Thread: Salmon instead of turkey

zxcvbob wrote:
> Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
> cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
> handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
> fillet in the freezer too...
>
> If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
> keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
> and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
> Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
> creamed spinach?
>
> Bob

you might also consider cauliflower

my 2c - I wouldn't bake fillets -- usually poach them but that doesn't
seem very thanksgiving-y

In article <[email protected]>,
zxcvbob <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
> cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
> handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
> fillet in the freezer too...
>
> If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
> keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
> and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
> Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
> creamed spinach?
>
> Bob

If you want to "keep it Thanksgiving," roast the turkey half and have
the salmon in a couple week. Heresy.
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http://www.barbschaller.com, as of August 20, 2012

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> In article <[email protected]>,
> zxcvbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
>> cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
>> handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
>> fillet in the freezer too...
>>
>> If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
>> keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
>> and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
>> Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
>> creamed spinach?
>>
>> Bob
>
> If you want to "keep it Thanksgiving," roast the turkey half and have
> the salmon in a couple week. Heresy.

What is "green bean hotdish"?
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Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> zxcvbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
>>> cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
>>> handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
>>> fillet in the freezer too...
>>>
>>> If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
>>> keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
>>> and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
>>> Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
>>> creamed spinach?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> If you want to "keep it Thanksgiving," roast the turkey half and have
>> the salmon in a couple week. Heresy.
>
> What is "green bean hotdish"?


Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
"hotdish" just to annoy people.

The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish, then you sprinkle
canned french-fried onions on top and bake. And then you eat it :-P

http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...recipeId=24099

Bob

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:20:00 -0000, "Ophelia"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> What is "green bean hotdish"?

A casserole.

http://community.cookinglight.com/sh...Bean-Casserole
http://www.myrecipes.com/t/casserole...an-casseroles/

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zxcvbob wrote:

> > What is "green bean hotdish"?

> Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
> "hotdish" just to annoy people.
>
> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish,

.... and you *describe* it to disgust people.

"zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..

>> What is "green bean hotdish"?

Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
> "hotdish" just to annoy people.

lol and does it?

> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish, then you sprinkle
> canned french-fried onions on top and bake. And then you eat it :-P
>
> http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...recipeId=24099

Thank you. Is this a popular dish?


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"George M. Middius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> zxcvbob wrote:
>
>> > What is "green bean hotdish"?
>
>> Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
>> "hotdish" just to annoy people.
>>
>> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
>> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish,
>
> ... and you *describe* it to disgust people.
>

Uhuh
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tert in seattle wrote:
>
> zxcvbob wrote:
> > Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
> > cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
> > handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
> > fillet in the freezer too...
> >
> > If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
> > keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
> > and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
> > Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
> > creamed spinach?
> >
> > Bob
>
> you might also consider cauliflower
>
> my 2c - I wouldn't bake fillets -- usually poach them but that doesn't
> seem very thanksgiving-y

I've been cooking a lot of years, and I've yet to find anything that can
be poached that is not better when prepared by other methods and salmon
is no exception. Salmon is best broiled to get a nicely cooked and
lightly browned exterior while not overcooking the interior.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article <[email protected]>,
> zxcvbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
> > cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
> > handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
> > fillet in the freezer too...
> >
> > If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
> > keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
> > and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
> > Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
> > creamed spinach?
> >
> > Bob
>
> If you want to "keep it Thanksgiving," roast the turkey half and have
> the salmon in a couple week. Heresy.

Bah! Thanksgiving is supposed to be a fall harvest celebration and while
turkey is indeed one of the things that may be harvested, so is salmon.

Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>
>>> What is "green bean hotdish"?
>
> Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
>> "hotdish" just to annoy people.
>
> lol and does it?
>
>> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
>> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish, then you sprinkle
>> canned french-fried onions on top and bake. And then you eat it :-P
>>
>> http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...recipeId=24099
>
> Thank you. Is this a popular dish?
>
>


It's *very* popular, right on up there with canned cranberry sauce. It
actually tastes okay if you like salty stuff (and I do) but I don't know
why it's so popular. Probably just great marketing by Campbell's.

You can do a lot better using frozen green beans, fresh mushrooms, etc.
But then people will say it doesn't taste right...

Bob

On Nov 20, 10:50*am, zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>
> > "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschal...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]..
> >> In article <ah0d15F2cf...@mid.individual.net>,
> >> zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
>
> >>> Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. *I was planning to
> >>> cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
> >>> handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
> >>> fillet in the freezer too...
>
> >>> If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
> >>> keep it Thanksgiving-y? *Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
> >>> and cranberry sauce? *Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
> >>> Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
> >>> creamed spinach?
>
> >>> Bob
>
> >> If you want to "keep it Thanksgiving," roast the turkey half and have
> >> the salmon in a couple week. * *Heresy.
>
> > What is "green bean hotdish"?
>
> Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
> "hotdish" just to annoy people.
>
> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish, then you sprinkle
> canned french-fried onions on top and bake. *And then you eat it :-P
>
> http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...spx?recipeId=2....
>
Pig slop.

> Bob

--Bryan

"zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>
>>>> What is "green bean hotdish"?
>>
>> Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
>>> "hotdish" just to annoy people.
>>
>> lol and does it?
>>
>>> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
>>> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish, then you sprinkle
>>> canned french-fried onions on top and bake. And then you eat it :-P
>>>
>>> http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...recipeId=24099
>>
>> Thank you. Is this a popular dish?
>>
>>
>
>
> It's *very* popular, right on up there with canned cranberry sauce. It
> actually tastes okay if you like salty stuff (and I do) but I don't know
> why it's so popular. Probably just great marketing by Campbell's.
>
> You can do a lot better using frozen green beans, fresh mushrooms, etc.
> But then people will say it doesn't taste right...

Hmm in a cream and mushroom sauce ....

Tasting 'right' depends on what one is used to of course


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On Nov 20, 12:03*pm, zxcvbob <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>
> > "zxcvbob" <zxcv...@charter.net> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]..
>
> >>> What is "green bean hotdish"?
>
> > Usually called Green Bean Casserole, but I used the Minnesota idiom
> >> "hotdish" just to annoy people.
>
> > lol and does it?
>
> >> The most popular version is canned green beans mixed with a can of
> >> Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup in a baking dish, then you sprinkle
> >> canned french-fried onions on top and bake. *And then you eat it :-P
>
> >>http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...spx?recipeId=2....
>
> > Thank you. *Is this a popular dish?
>
> It's *very* popular, right on up there with canned cranberry sauce. *It
> actually tastes okay if you like salty stuff (and I do) but I don't know
> why it's so popular. *Probably just great marketing by Campbell's.
>
> You can do a lot better using frozen green beans, fresh mushrooms, etc.
> But then people will say it doesn't taste right...

Slobs with awful taste say that. You are correct that made with
quality, fresh ingredients, it is a pretty nice combination of
flavors. I might make some if by back improves enough to want to take
on another task.
I will definitely make the cranberry sauce from scratch. Heck, that's
hardly any extra effort. I'll be making two batches, the smaller one
being sweetened with sucralose.
>
> Bob

--Bryan

zxcvbob <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..

-snip-
>>>
>>> http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...recipeId=24099
>>
>> Thank you. Is this a popular dish?
>>
>>
>
>
>It's *very* popular, right on up there with canned cranberry sauce. It
>actually tastes okay if you like salty stuff (and I do) but I don't know
>why it's so popular. Probably just great marketing by Campbell's.
>
>You can do a lot better using frozen green beans, fresh mushrooms, etc.
>But then people will say it doesn't taste right...

When my vegan daughter is around I make 2- A vegan one with fresh
beans and saute 'd mushrooms, and one from cans. Daughter and I
like the fresh one-- so far everyone else prefers what they're used
to.

Works for us.

Jim

Pete C. wrote:
>
> tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>> > Just gonna be Wife and me for Thanksgiving this year. I was planning to
>> > cook a half a turkey (split the one in the freezer lengthwise with a
>> > handsaw) but then I remembered I have a nice big vacuum-packed salmon
>> > fillet in the freezer too...
>> >
>> > If I bake the salmon instead of the turkey, what to serve with it to
>> > keep it Thanksgiving-y? Maybe steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes,
>> > and cranberry sauce? Or should I use the sweet potatoes to make S.P.
>> > Pie and serve a different heavy vegetable -- like green bean hotdish or
>> > creamed spinach?
>> >
>> > Bob
>>
>> you might also consider cauliflower
>>
>> my 2c - I wouldn't bake fillets -- usually poach them but that doesn't
>> seem very thanksgiving-y
>
> I've been cooking a lot of years, and I've yet to find anything that can
> be poached that is not better when prepared by other methods and salmon
> is no exception. Salmon is best broiled to get a nicely cooked and
> lightly browned exterior while not overcooking the interior.

well that is one opinion

I don't think there's anything other than salmon that I poach

sometimes you want to take the minimalist approach, especially with a
nice piece of fish

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:30:17 -0000, "Ophelia"
<[email protected]> wrote:


>> http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Reci...recipeId=24099
>
>Thank you. Is this a popular dish?


Campbell's wants it to be,
but I have NEVER seen it at any dinner I've been to.






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On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:57:52 -0600, "Pete C." <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Bah! Thanksgiving is supposed to be a fall harvest celebration and while
>turkey is indeed one of the things that may be harvested, so is salmon.

If someone invited me to Thanksgiving dinner, then offered me salmon,
I'd walk out, and NOT necessarily quietly!

There are traditions, then there are fools who DON'T RESPECT
traditions!










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The Other Guy wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:57:52 -0600, "Pete C." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Bah! Thanksgiving is supposed to be a fall harvest celebration and while
>> turkey is indeed one of the things that may be harvested, so is salmon.
>
> If someone invited me to Thanksgiving dinner, then offered me salmon,
> I'd walk out, and NOT necessarily quietly!
> There are traditions, then there are fools who DON'T RESPECT
> traditions!


Uhh, I hate to break this to you; you haven't been invited.

If I was having guests over, I'd cook a turkey. Besides being what
they'd expect, turkey is a *lot* cheaper than salmon.

What if someone served you Cornish game hens? (it's like little bitty
turkeys!)

Bob