by Julia Schrenkler
Member since:
August 31, 2005

Need last-minute Thanksgiving day help in the kitchen?

November 22, 2007 10:14 AM UTC
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Hello and happy Thanksgiving everyone! Lynne & Co. are on the air for you today - for two solid hours! Turkey Confidential  runs on air and online from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.  

Share your last minute question here, but know full well there's fine print: You might not help in time to salvage your stuffing, you might not get on the radio w/Lynne, or ultimately you might find other cooks here advising - with all affection - that you should turn off the oven (& perhaps the fire alarm) to find a restaurant and just enjoy yourself. 
 



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Julia Schrenkler
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Comments: 14

J W. Nov 22, 2007, 10:26am UTC
thanks for sharing
Susan *. Nov 22, 2007, 10:30am UTC
fantastic! I think this is great! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
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Julia Schrenkler Nov 22, 2007, 10:47am UTC
Hey there J Wright, Susan*, debby b! Hope everything is going smoothly in your kitchen.
Lydia S. Nov 22, 2007, 11:20am UTC
Not a turkey emergency but I was wanting to make the Wildrice, mushroom and cranberry dish featured on the NYTimes website http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/12/dining/20071114_THANK_SLIDESHOW_9.html
but forgot to soak the wheat berries. Any suggestions?
Julia Schrenkler Nov 22, 2007, 11:35am UTC
Hi Lydia, ohh... Sorry. I don't think wheat berries can be hurried. Has anyone steamed them?

Maybe we can try a substitute...I can't nab that url from the browser. Can you send it to me? Not sure I can help because I haven't seen the recipe.
Julia Schrenkler Nov 22, 2007, 11:39am UTC
*still searching on that recipe*

I wonder if bulgur would work. It is nuttier but only takes a bit of time on the stovetop...
Lydia S. Nov 22, 2007, 12:02pm UTC
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/12/dining/20071114_THANK_SLIDESHOW_9.html

You have to copy and paste in your browser. Actually, I have some time so I've just been boiling the poor wheat berries to smithereens and they are an okay texture. The recipe also includes walnuts so maybe if someone gets a tough wheat berry they'll assume it is an oddly flavored nut.
Julia Schrenkler Nov 22, 2007, 12:10pm UTC
lol That's the spirit Lydia.

Hmm, the url in my browser blows under the column, and I can't grab it. If it turns out alright, let me know!
Erik M. Nov 22, 2007, 12:37pm UTC
"Free range is a moral imperative" Mario Batali (Splendid Table Guest). But Mario thinks Foie gras is moral? Foie gras literally means "fatty liver" in French. To produce it, young ducks or geese have over four pounds of corn mush forced down their throats through a long metal pipe each day for two to three weeks until they can barely move and are on the verge of organ rupture and death. For a 150 pound human, this would be equivalent to 60 pounds of food per day. Mario Batali is a moral man?
Brett M. Nov 22, 2007, 12:40pm UTC
Please help me out... I missed the first few minutes of the show in which someone apparently called in about green bean casserole without cream of mushroom soup. I'm having my first Thanksgiving at my boyfriend's mom's house, she's a great chef, and I need something other than sour cream and cream of mushroom soup that can make a great grean bean casserole. I was thinking of using cream of chicken soup? Can you reiterate the answer given to the first caller?
Lydia S. Nov 22, 2007, 1:19pm UTC
If anyone is wondering about wheat berries, you go to the nytimes.com web site, then to dinging and wine and there is a Thanksgiving slide show there for wild rice, mushroom and cranberry salad. The recipe (with wheat berries) is there.
Julia Schrenkler Nov 22, 2007, 3:38pm UTC
Erik, I can't speak for Mario, but you probably have the beginnings of a good Gather article.

I'm sorry Brett I missed that too - but you could probably make that substitute with ease. A white sauce would work in a pinch too.

Thanks Lydia. Let us know how it turned out and if you'd recommend it.
M.K. Mueller Nov 22, 2007, 11:03pm UTC
I always love Lynne's Turkey Confidential! It's a great way to spend my Thanksgiving morning!
Dick & Laura Peek Nov 27, 2008, 12:42pm UTC
Hi-
We've got a 15.5 pound bird and are going to try the 450 degree technique that Lynne and her guest are talking about.
The question is, do we have to adjust the time of 2-1/2 hours for altitude?
We're at 7000 feet!
Thanks

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