On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:22:10 GMT, "Elisa" > wrote:

>I've been asked to bring the vegetable dish for Thanksgiving. Today
I did
>some test recipies to see what was good. One was a zucchini recipe
with red
>pepper and provolone. Almost like a crustless quiche. It was pretty
good.
>Then, I made a cauliflower and spinach recipe with gruyere. Yuck.
Anyone
>have any tried and true, but awesome (read: not green bean
casserole)
>vegetable recipes to go with the Thanksgiving meal?
>
>Elisa
>

We have a geography dinner club and choose new countries each time.
We just had Scotland and there were lots of good food choices, believe
or not. The person assigned the vegetable dish brought the following.
I thought it was so good, I am bringing it as a vegetable to my family
Thanksgiving. (I made herb crusted rack of lamb and that was a hit.)
But here's the great recipe for the vegetable...

Rumbledethumps:

1 lb potatoes, peeled and thick sliced
2 med leeks, washed and sliced
2 med turnips, peeled and thick sliced
1 lb cabbage, sliced
2 cloves garlic, mashed/minced
1 cup milk
2 Tblsp butter
dash nutmeg
1 tsp salt
fresh ground pepper
2 oz grated cheese
Fresh chives
Boil cabbage in salted water till tender--about two mins. Remove with
slotted spoon. Boil potatoes next in same water till tender then
remove. Boil turnips in same water till tender then remove. In
separate pan, heat milk and simmer leeks until tender. Mash potatoes
and turnips with butter, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. When smooth, add
leeks, cabbage, and garlic and enough of the milk used to simmer leeks
to make smooth and creamy. Turn into buttered baking dish and top
with grated cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 mins. or until cheese bubbles.
Top with chopped chives and serve.

It was awesome.

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Thunder
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