The Answers to All Your Thanksgiving Questions

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I tried to answer as many questions as I could!

0:00 Introduction
0:10 TURKEY
0:15 Tips for optimal cooking and browning.
1:18 Should I cook my turkey upside down?
2:10 Why you should use a sheet tray, not a roasting pan.
2:25 How a pizza stone will improve your turkey
2:59 How do I convince my family to let me spatchcock the turkey?
3:40 How dangerous is it to try a turkey?
5:05 How can I save overcooked turkey?
5:15 Dry-brining vs. wet brining
7:18 How salty should my brine be?
7:48 Can you use baking powder to make turkey skin extra crispy?
8:03 2007-era Kenji and a Dutch angle
8:55 How do you make turkey less boring?
10:04 How long should I let my turkey rest before carving?
10:55 How to cook a turkey for two.
11:50 How to make a “turchetta” (porchetta-style skin-wrapped boneless turkey breast
13:05 STUFFING
13:10 How to make extra-moist stuffing
14:18 What do you think about Stove-Top?
15:00 Is there a difference between stale bread and dry bread?
16:33 What should I put in my stuffing?
17:35 POTATOES
17:40 Can I make mashed potatoes ahead of time?
18:45 What's the best potato for mashed potatoes?
19:40 SIDES
19:45 Vegetables for folks who hate vegetables?
20:42 Can I used canned cream of mushroom soup in recipes?
21:59 What's a good Pacific Northwest flavor I can bring to Thanksgiving?
23:05 Whole cranberries in your sauce, or smooth?
23:42 What's a good cranberry sauce alternative?
24:33 What's the best bread for Thanksgiving?
25:08 My favorite Thanksgiving side?
25:48 How can I "elevate" my cranberry sauce?
26:45 How can I make a good fast gravy?
27:50 How do I prevent my gravy from getting lumpy?
29:24 What are some non-traditional dishes you recommend?
30:11 How fix broken gravy?
30:30 America's Test Kitchen suggests Better than Bouillon over boxed broth. Do you?
31:27 A PLANT-BASED Thanksgiving
31:35 What's a great vegan main course?
31:39 How to make great vegan gravy
33:44 PIE
33:49 How do I make a great pie crust?
35:55 How to give your apples great texture for pie
37:15 How to pick the right apple for pie
37:50 Canned vs. fresh pumpkin?
38:45 What's the deal with canned pumpkin?
39:40 LEFTOVERS
39:49 My favorite things to do with Thanksgiving leftovers
41:27 PLANNING
41:40 What can be made ahead?
43:50 How would you simplify Thanksgiving?
45:24 What are some bright dishes to go with Thanksgiving?
46:23 Go easy on yourself
47:05 THANKSGIVING FOR NON-AMERICANS
47:13 What are Thanksgiving essentials?
48:14 How does Thanksgiving compare to Christmas?
49:02 If you could redesign Thanksgiving, what would you change?
50:10 What is more common, turkey or ham?
50:41 RANDOM QUESTIONS
50:50 Traditions other than food?
51:47 Can I eat expired food?
53:12 Are brownies cookies?
54:20 My rule of thumb for determining if food [x] belongs in group [b]
54:48 I like Jacques Pépin's pie recipe. Should I try something new?
55:53 What's my go-to Thanksviging pot-luck gift?
56:51 Why does food taste better when you aren't the one cooking it?
58:31 That time Kevin Bacon wrote my name on his hand.
58:36 Kevin sees me. I know.

Видео The Answers to All Your Thanksgiving Questions канала J. Kenji López-Alt