FCG’s Thanksgiving Day Feast – Back to Basics: Perfect Roast Turkey
Thanksgiving Day is the only day where I cook for my whole family, which includes all the aunts, uncles, and cousins that live on the other floors of my house. This will be my 4th year continuing on with this tradition and I always look forward to it even though I am not much of a chef. The years before that my immediate family and I would just order a $40 dollar roasted turkey from a Chinese restaurant and we would have that with rice and other dishes that we make. I have to admit that Chinese restaurants can make one hell of a roasted chicken, but not this big turkey bird. It always seems to be too dry and flavorless and I end up finishing the gravy that comes with it. I mean like, how healthy can that be? And that is why I roast my own bird!
Perfect Roast Turkey w/Spanish Rub
Before this big day, my friend and I took a trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond and picked up this:
July 4th Flag Cake – Ina Garten’s Recipe
Every July 4th, I usually follow the tradition of going to a friend’s or relative’s bbq for the weekend. Quite honestly, I have never been a fan of bbq, but I enjoy socializing and mingling with others. With these bbqs, the only part that I play is either clean up or maintanence which I’m not a fan of. So this year, I swear to myself that I will make dessert. And the only time I will clean up is after myself when I’m making the dessert. Now I’m not being lazy or selfish, but there are many others who could help and I refuse to do it since I’m going to contribute a huge cake!
Now understand that I’m not much of a baker. I think only recently that I’ve taken this interest. There are a lot of things that I’ve only done for my first time, like this cake that I will show you, for instance. My source of inspiration for a cake for the fourth of July is the Food Network website. FN is the only channel, next to Fit TV, which I really watch. And the website had a special section for July 4th recipes and one of them was Ina Garten’s Flag Cake recipe!
Ina Garten's Flag Cake Recipe
