We're attending a Thanksgiving meal with people who are not necessarily food people.
One example: on occasion, they say that they make duck for dinner.
They take the frozen duck out of the freezer, defrost it, score the fat, put it into the pan and cook it to whatever their desired temperature is, drain off the rendered duck fat into a jar so it can be thrown away, then they serve the duck with perhaps some hoisin sauce and moo-shu wrappers from H Mart for duck tacos.
WE KNOW. WE KNOW.
Anyway, they've invited us over for Thanksgiving and are doing one of those grocery store package deals, which lessens a lot of the stress from having to prepare a meal (plus guarantee minimal leftovers).
They've asked what we would like to have available in the pantry/fridge to zhuzh up the meal a bit. Make it more restaurant quality. Think of this as one of those mystery box challenges on Masterchef, or maybe a basket on Chopped.
Here's what's on the menu:
but what else would you want, or what would you try to "enhance", to make the meal a little less..... "bland" or "boring" ?
One clarification: all the food will come prepared already., This is a "heat and serve" event.
One example: on occasion, they say that they make duck for dinner.
They take the frozen duck out of the freezer, defrost it, score the fat, put it into the pan and cook it to whatever their desired temperature is, drain off the rendered duck fat into a jar so it can be thrown away, then they serve the duck with perhaps some hoisin sauce and moo-shu wrappers from H Mart for duck tacos.
WE KNOW. WE KNOW.
Anyway, they've invited us over for Thanksgiving and are doing one of those grocery store package deals, which lessens a lot of the stress from having to prepare a meal (plus guarantee minimal leftovers).
They've asked what we would like to have available in the pantry/fridge to zhuzh up the meal a bit. Make it more restaurant quality. Think of this as one of those mystery box challenges on Masterchef, or maybe a basket on Chopped.
Here's what's on the menu:
- Roasted boneless turkey breast
- mashed potatoes
- herbed bread stuffing
- roasted Brussels sprouts
- home-style turkey gravy
- cranberry stuff
but what else would you want, or what would you try to "enhance", to make the meal a little less..... "bland" or "boring" ?
One clarification: all the food will come prepared already., This is a "heat and serve" event.
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