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Cooking Capers Pod Newsletter Volume II. Number 3. (supplement) November 1998 http://members.tripod.com/~TofuMuffin TofuMuffin Hello Gourmets and Connoisseurs, I apologize for messing your email up again. Still, I thought, I better. It is almost Thanksgiving and a few recipe ideas may be appropriate. Certainly, everyone has a box of recipes that work for Thanksgiving, but for those of you who are a bit adventurous, try these. Injected Turkey About ten years ago I saw this idea for cooking turkeys. I have used it ever since. (It is from the Frugal Gourmet Show) You need to get a syringe and needle (available at cooking stores or maybe your grocer). Melt one stick of butter, 1/4 pound, and then mix in 1/4 cup of sherry. I have never used cooking sherry. Use Cream Sherry. Depending on your budget, Gallo or Paul Masson works fine, Dry Sack or Harvey�s gets it done too. You have to move kinda fast, as the butter hardens, or reheat a bit. Inject the bird in the breast, both sides, legs and thighs and cook as usual. Trust me on this one, or just do a leg or a breast and see the flavor. The alcohol cooks out and sherry flavor remains. If you prefer not to use sherry, I still recommend the butter injections. Remember a Butterball Turkey. That is what they do! Turkey Alternatives All right, it is time to come clean, maybe. I am not a vegetarian. I admit it, I ate Turkey at Thanksgiving, it is a law, I think? On the other hand, I rarely eat flesh, although, please do not tempt me with steak tartar, inari, nigiri or anything from the grill. Never the less, I did this one year for Thanksgiving. My dog is still bent out of shape about the whole thing. This is quite satisfactory for Thanksgiving ---> a Tofu �meatless� Loaf. Yes, this is how I make my Tofu Muffins. http://members.tripod.com/~TofuMuffin At the recipes link, and yes, there are pictures, so careful if you�re on a 28 or 33, the page may load slow. Squash I always love to cook squash. Yummy stuff. There are so many different ones, and some even taste a bit different. I hope you did not forget about these babies? I have three ideas for squash this time of year. Nothing exotic, just simple me. Squash One This one is too simple. Cut a squash, butternut, acorn, what have you, in half. Cut the butternut length wise. Bake for 30 minutes or so at 375 and eat. Squash Two Put a ball of sausage in the squash and bake. Squash Three Add rice stuff, like fried rice or something to the squash after about 15 or 20 minutes and continue to bake. And guess what? Three small acorn squash or butternut squash makes six side dishes! Try it! Enjoy everyone! Happy Thanksgiving! Newsletter Schedule The Cooking Capers Newsletter will be sent to everyone who has signed up to receive it. The Cooking Capers Newsletter is distributed monthly. This is just a supplement Best Wishes Apricot dreams and Kiwi fantasies !!!! TofuMuffin http://members.tripod.com/~TofuMuffin