This Old Chef

A few posts from the archive with lots of ideas for that turkey meat!  Check it out!

Six Surefire Ways to Honor That Bird in the Days After Thanksgiving 

Perhaps turkey cooked "en cocotte" is more to your liking this year, especially if you're opting not to serve an entire bird.  Here's my recent MyRecipes article on the technique for your consideration!

What Cooking "En Cocotte" Means and Why…

I'm proud to say that this is one of those recipes that's among This Old Chef's greatest hits!  Your family will love it, I promise!

Dressing...  Yes, I'm from Michigan and we called it "dressing" whether on the inside or…

According to the National Turkey Federation (and who else would you ask?), nearly 88% of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving.  They report that the average weight of a turkey purchased for Thanksgiving is 16 pounds, so that means that over…

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing some testing with the new Toshiba Digital Toaster Oven.  First off, let me admit to you that, as far as toaster ovens go, my experience is firmly rooted in the ‘70s.  Seriously…

This is one of those dishes people write to me about all the time!  You got this... I've even laid out my learning curve so you can see where you'll go with just a little practice.  Enjoy!

So I froze…

Warm up the bowls for this Hamapalooza Flashback!

With the cool, wet Spring going on this May (we had a fire in the fireplace last night!), I'm reminded of one more blessing from Easter 2018...

Ham Chowder!

I’ve never really…

While I realize that not everyone lives in a home where ham is the ONLY acceptable Easter dinner, I am not one of them. Easter may be the only time I make a ham, but there is never any question…

Here's a Hamapalooza 2015 recipe that's sure to tickle your hambone!

When you reach that point with your Easter ham that you have...

Shall we say...

Odds and ends... Pieces that are still really good, but way…

Eanie Beanie, Chili Beanie, The Hamapalooza Spirits Are About to Speak!

I had some gorgeous heirloom beans from Deb in L.A. ...

Good Mother Stallards (on the left) and Snow Caps (on the right)...

I also…

A while back, when I was still learning my way around an Easter ham, I decided to head in an Eastern direction...

Asian food.

Pork.  Pork.  Pork.  Pork.  Ham.

Yes?

I cubed a cup of ham…

So... I somehow got confused and experimented with making a boned and rolled turkey breast... four days before Easter. 

I therefore ended up with both turkey and ham starting Easter Monday. 

As you all know, I consider already…