4 The Jibsheet November 24, 2009
FEATURES
Winner, ',Jinner turkey dinner
Riley Hartwell
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
Thanksgiving means a lot of things to
different people. To some, it means getting
together with family and friends and
sharing a meal, just like the Pilgrims and
Indians who came together all
those years ago.
To others, it's a day
celebrating the fact that we
took over already inhabited
land and shared not only a
meal, but also diseases, such
as small pox with the Native
Americans.
However you view
Thanksgiving, it is a holiday
celebrated with food, family
and giving thanks.
This foodusually comes
in the form of traditional
cranberry sauce, delicious
mashed potatoes, stuffing,
rolls, vari0us vegetables,
honey baked ham--the list
goes on and on.
Of course, the main
event, the star of the meal--
the turkey--cannot be
forgotten.
Back in the day, when the Pilgrims
started this tradition, there weren't too
many options on how to cook it or different
ways to eat it.
If you were a vegetarian, ),ou were
out of luck and didn't get any protein in
• this meal.
From the deep-fried to thetraditional,
to turkey-flavored tofu and even a
"turducken," there are many. ways to enjoy
turkey; you never have to get stuck with-a
dry bird again.
Deep frying is always in and it
seems like anything fried has to be good.
People fry chicken and fish everyday, why
not a turkey too?
Deep fried turkey takes less time to
cook, approximately 40 minutes, compared
" to the daylong process of the traditional
oven-baked turkey.
All you have to do is purchase a lot of
cooking oil whether it's peanut or canola
and a special deep fryer made for turkey.
If you enjoy the
there are still tons
online and in cookbooks
that you can use to get the best flavor out
of your bird.
You can use a garlic herb butter rub or
just a little salt and pepper.
Oven baking your turkey is a nice
tradition to keep going. It gives you time to
bond with your family and work together
to make a delicious turkey.
If you don't have a huge family,
you don't need to roast a turkey. You can
purchase individual turkey breasts and
saut6 them within minutes.
This is a valuable option to keep in
mind if you don't want to tackle a large
bird and want to avoid eating turkey
sandwiches, soups, and casseroles for the
next few weeks.
If it's not the method of cooking
that you need to change, but the turkey itself
that is not desirable, there's something for
vegetarians, too.
For most vegetarians, tofu is the
ultimate food substance that fulfills the
protein space on the food pyramid.
"Tofurkey" is a loaf of
wheat protein
that is stuffed
with various
grains or breads
flavored by broth,
seasoned herbs
and spices:
It looks like
a large ball of tofu,
which when cut in
two rvegetable and
bread stuff-mg.
Well, to put it in
the nicest way possible,
it is an interesting route
to take.
On the positive
side, there's no
preparation needed and
you can microwave it.
Don't knock it until you
try it.
So, if you're
still not happy with
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(especially the last one),
there's something any bird lover will
enjoy.
It's called a "turducken" and is the
fusion of a chicken, within a duck, within
a turkey.
It's very large and looks like a normal
turkey on the outside but ultimately it
combines three different birds that taste
good separately-- maybe even better
together.
You can either purchase this triple
threat at your local grocery store or take on
the challenge of constructing it yourself.
It's a time-consuming process but it might
be fun to prepare and cook.
From the fried to the traditional,
tofurkey to turducken, there are tons of
recipes and ways to keep Thanksgiving
dinner interesting.
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Sugar an [spice--plus everything nice
Alina Faustman
FEATURES EDITOR
Rachael Ray, cute as a button,
sweeter than cookies and cooking guru
extraordinaire.
Rachael Ray
R a y
grew up
memory
around food. "My first vivid
is watching my mom in a
restaurant kitchen.
She was flipping something with a
spatula. I tried to copy her and ended up
grilling my thumb,"said Ray.
Ray has emerged quickly into
the wildly successful career as a celebrity
television star, an idyllic Food Network
television personality, bestselling cookbook
author and the founder and editorial director
of her own lifestylos magazine.
The success of the "Rachael Ray
Show" has shot to the top of the ratings.
Her unique style and approach to
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cooking offers something no one else has.
The show receives an average of 2.6
million views daily, making it one of the
most-watched daytime shows.
Her warm energy, boundless charisma
and endless curiosity helps bring a new
light to the show daily,
The concept behind the program
focuses on more than just Ray's culinary
skills.
The show offers celebrity interviews,
provocative discussions, musical
performances and featured guest like
Oprah.
The set of the show is one of kind.
The audience is seated on a large turntable
that rotates.
This gives the audience a real sense
of the action taking place around them.
Ray has a lot planned for
Thanksgiving this year. On her website, she
offers everything you need to know about
cooking a traditional and non-traditional
turkey dinner.
For the future of food and television,
you can definitely count on Ray to give
the latest, most popular recipes and
entertainment.
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