Happy Thanksgiving from Skirt in the Kitchen. May you and your family be blessed this holiday season. … [Read more...]
2020 Pandemic Thanksgiving Apple Pie
Turkey Talk
What's your preference-- pie or cake?... Pie is scrumptious, but a party cake's a celebration!White turkey meat or dark turkey meat?... Depends on how well it's cooked-- a moist or dry turkey! Fried turkey, smoked, baked, grilled, blackened or spatchcock?How do you like your dressing?-- milk-bread, sage, cornbread, oyster, grits?Do you like whole berries in your cranberry … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Brunch Megmosa-Poinsettia
We shall drink; a Megmosa-Poinsettia, that is. Composed of equal parts champagne and grapefruit juice is a Megmosa... but half cranberry juice to half champagne is called a Poinsettia cocktail. Since I'm including grapefruit juice as well as muddled cranberries, this is a Megmosa-Poinsettia for brunch on Thanksgiving. Always use fresh fruit, not fruit juices from the … [Read more...]
Citron Bourbon Cranberry Relish
Let it be the best time of the year, this Thanksgiving, not only at Christmas... [and they're starting early/extending, mixing up, ALL the holidays into one now... (sigh)] A huge shop-fest. Christmas in July. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, AND school supplies in the same rows in stores when semester begins... ugh. Why can't we make it the best time of the … [Read more...]
Bourbon Sweet Potato Cake with Fireball
These are Alabama red sweet potatoes. This Bourbon Sweet Potato Cake with Fireball, a moist and subtle flavor of booze in the cake, is ideal for Thanksgiving. Preheat conventional oven to 350 degrees. Bring 4 large eggs to room temperature. Peel and grate sweet potatoes for 3 firm cups. Don't loosely fill the measuring cup. Beat together 4 eggs, 1 … [Read more...]
Bacon-Cheese Spaghetti Squash
I didn't exactly know what to name this. The bacon and the cheese make this "pop" with taste, so I suppose I will refer to it as Bacon-Cheese Spaghetti Squash. This can be for breakfast or for a regular meal with nothing served alongside it. Soak the seeds for a few minutes in warm water if you want to roast them for the meal or just have them for a snack. I … [Read more...]
Fireball Banana Pumpkin Pie
Fireball Banana Pumpkin Pie, exclusively Skirt in the KitchenBreak tradition and do something different. … [Read more...]