Happy Thanksgiving Tech Republic!

I'll join in. :)

Looks like eating season is on.

Deep Fried Coke a Cola specially fried past extinction for our Yank Brothers.

It's nice and crispy as well as a Carcinogenicity Agent. ;)

We where thinking about Deep Fried Mars Bars but that's not going to happen as it's way too much fun watching the Possums eat them. The way that the Caramel Sticks to their front paws and they can not get rid of the Mars Bar when they get a fright has to be seen to be believed. :D

Col :^0

Add-in!
Deep fried twinkies AND deep fried pumpkin pie... goes very well with deep fried turkey roast and deep fried Waldorf Salad :D

That was so cardialicious that it became a double post :)

Add-in!
Deep fried twinkies AND deep fried pumpkin pie... goes very well with deep fried turkey roast and deep fried Waldorf Salad :D

to all our American friends :D ! Hope you all have a fantastic holiday!

I got paged out to Myrtle Beach last night because both cash register keyboards in a customer service kiosk were down and the manager wanted same-day service. [b]Both[/b] keyboards had physical damage from being smacked, smashed, or swung, so I marked both tickets billable due to customer abuse of the equipment. If we'd known that going in, I think both my boss and the store manager's boss would have told him to suck it up until Friday.

Might get home today in time for dinner...

But hey, I'm still employed!

Slow Americans.... :D

May we, in addition to counting our blessings, bless others. And not just today... :)

J. Oliver's twist on an American classic.

ingredients

1 x 500g pack ready-made dessert pastry
1 large butternut squash, quartered and seeds reserved
teaspoon ground nutmeg
teaspoon ground ginger
teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons maple syrup
6 tablespoons caster sugar
3 large eggs, preferably free-range or organic, beaten
200ml double cream

method
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas 6. Roll the pastry to the thickness of a pound coin. Get a 22cm loose-bottomed tart tin, line with the pastry and bake blind for 20 minutes. Set aside.

Lay the squash in a baking tray. Sprinkle with the nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon and drizzle with the maple syrup. Cover the tray tightly with a double layer of tinfoil and bake for 45 minutes until soft. Reduce the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.

Allow the pieces of squash to cool, then scoop out the flesh. You should have about 600g of cooked squash flesh. Don't forget to scrape out the bits in the tray and the maple syrup. Put in a food processor and whizz until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of the sugar and the eggs. Mix well and stir in the cream.

Fill the cooled tart case with the mix and bake for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, wash the stringy bits of squash off the seeds, dry them and lay them flat on a tray. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and place in the oven with the pie for the last 10 minutes until crispy.

Remove the tart from the oven. Sprinkle with the seeds when cool. Serve with a dollop of cream or ice cream.

There you have it. Loose-bottomed tart, just like that.

After tiring of the 'duelling turkey dinners' at two of my sweetie's relatives', we had our own this time. We replaced baked fowl with bacon-fried New York strips, and the NFL with pot-limit Hold-em (turns out that cards is not only more 'participatory' than TV football, but it pays for the steaks ;) ).

I like my loose-bottomed tarts with larger cans than that.

Substitute confectioner's sugar 2:1 in recipes calling for Caster Sugar....

Sorry to hear that it has been stopped, corporate should understand that small perks go a long way to improve employe satisfaction.

that's how I feel about beer.