I am always amazed at the massive amount of work Vicki puts into these cooking videos and she does EVERYTHING from scratch! James, you won the parent lottery, my boy.
Lol . I agree. I don't think they realize we cook this every year so are kind of experts at this point! Plus we also still make breakfast, lunch and appetizers. We try to tell them it's often a 2-3 day process but to them a 2-3 drive is also exhausting! Lol jk kinda!
Thanksgiving is certainly something all the world can understand. It is: reflection on the mercy we’ve been shown to make it this far into the year, a time to show and share love to the people we choose (!) to love, and great comfort food. It’s not “just American” as far as I’m concerned. Good on you folks!
We have the same thing. Spring ahead. Fall back. We do a fresh cranberry/orange zest side dish. Your stuffing is close to ours and of course everyone has their traditional recipe but I think your stuffing would be even better using cubed bread rather than breadcrumbs. We don’t use breadcrumbs for our stuffing. I think your pork would be pork loin here and I’m not sure what our equivalent for gammon is but sounds great.
Your Pigs in a Blanket recipie is great. I’m going to pass it on to my daughters who make this as an appetizer. I hate our Pigs in a Blanket. They are just wrapped in pastry crust. Yours look delicious.
Yes, we also have daylight savings time in the US. We just switch back a few weeks ago. Just remember, the first pilgrims at Plymouth Rock were Brits cooking thanksgiving for the first time too! Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Mom has a lovely accent. Nice that you have her around. And I'm sure she's great with the grandchild/children. Something to be thankful for!
I had to look up Gammon - "Gammon is meat that has been cured (by being salted, brined or smoked) and sold raw, whereas Ham is meat that has been dry-cured or cooked, and is sold ready to eat. In a nutshell; when you've cooked your Gammon, it becomes Ham."
Over here writing down Vicky’s helpful tips. Vicky is such a kind, humble and lovely person who is genuinely curious about American culture. She just warms my heart ❤️ I enjoy watching her cook and her willingness to learn and receive feedback to further improve her cooking skills. I also enjoy listening to her brief stories she has shared with us - it shows the personable side of her as well on top of her friendliness etc! 😊😊 I’ve officially adopted her as mom!
Great job for your first Thanksgiving! We do as much as possible in the days before. If we're making pies, we do those at least a day or two in advance. Mashed potatoes in advance (this year we reheated from frozen that were from another dinner). The more you do it and figure out what you want to make, the better you get at organizing it all and making as much as possible before the actual day.
I wish James wouldve shared this video first. This would've been fun to watch while we all were making our own meals! As you know this is a 2-3 day process. I would've loved to watch this the day before Thanksgiving because it would've been cooking side by side.
Not in our house. We go to the diner for Thanksgiving and bring home turkey as they overload the plate so we have plenty if leftover turkey. We did Bob Evan’s mash potatoes, stuffing, bake corn soufflé. Green bean casserole it only takes a couple hours to make if you split the dishes between two people.
A good way to have a turkey not go dry is to put it in a brine overnight. Also, my mother and grandmother would put the stuffing inside the cavity of a full turkey. That's why it's called stuffing and not dressing. The FDA here in the US has a lot of people scared to do it because of salmonella but my family survived without getting it all these years. I like your stuffing. Only 2 of our states don't have daylight saving time. A good way to keep your apples from turning brown is to sprinkle some lemon juice on them or put them in water.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Millie, Archie and Vicky 😍🤩!! Much love from California! I have loved this channel for a long time now. Always a joyful journey ❤
I don't mash my sweet potatoes, I just peal, cut into chunks, them, cook them in water, drain when soft, add my brown sugar and butter, put them in baking dish, then add the marshmallows and some pecan pieces. Put in oven to toast the marshmallows and done.
You all did Awesome. Some of the dishes or possibly just the terminology I've never heard of on this side of the pond but it all looks great. It's nice to see Brits celebrating Thanksgiving with us Americans. We all can have a day an official day of Thanks. I'm looking forward to seeing your Yourkshire Pudding video Vicki. I've heard of it but never seen it or seen it made. Looks Delish!
I used to live in the UK, so I knew what a "Gammon joint" was. We call that "Ham" here in the States. We will put butter under the skin of the turkey along with different seasonings and herbs on and inside the turkey. I Loved how you incorporated some your own UK dishes, such as Pigs in the Blanket, Yorkshire Puddings and you're vegtables and cranberry sauce mix. Everybody's house maybe different concerning the selections/items they will cook to put on the dinner table. You cook what you like to eat.😊 You did a Good job! Yes, we fall back and spring forward too. We just do it at different times of year.🙂
I'm enjoying watching you good folks making Thanksgiving dinner for the first time from New Orleans! You all are doing a wonderful job! We have our own dishes here as most places feature their own specialties. The sweet potatoes with marshmallow are often served with the main course and not as a desert but it is good for desert too. My mom used to like to make stuffing or dressing with oysters and she used to like making bread pudding with meringue on top baked in the oven. My aunt May used to like making gumbo. A baked ham along with the turkey is also great. And my aunt May also liked having a big beef roast too. And a big pot of red beans and rice too. We went nuts with the food. And someone would lead our Thanksgiving prayer before we ate. You all are doing a great job. Happy Thanksgiving. ❤❤❤
I am unfamiliar with a, "Gamon, (spelling?)", joint. We can learn new things constantly. Isn't that just a wonderful thing? If you love the smell of citrus/clove/cinnamon or other dried bits of herbs and/or spices...A little craft project to try... Slice Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, (Whatever you like). Dry in oven at a very low temperature with your additions of spice and herbs on waxed paper. Once dried, thread string or yarn through them, hang them in a sunny window...smells so good and looks like stainglass. We also have a saying, "Fall Back, Spring Ahead"..to remember daylight savings time.
I use butter and herbs under the skin which keeps it juicy and do my stuffing separately. Its really what ever works for you. Yes we do change our clocks but they are trying to change it back. The only state that doesnt change is Arizona. Not sure how they got out of doing that. 😂I hope yall had a great Thanksgiving ❤Your food looks so good ❤
We only had 3 sides this year. Mash potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, and our bake corn soufflé made with John copes corn. We usually go to a diner and take home extra leftover turkey Not many like turkey so meat options are allowed like baked ham
Vicki….you just introduced us Americans to some new things we’ve never seen but will definitely be adding to our Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions!!!
I love how you incorporated some of your special foods,as well as American food. Yorkshire pudding sounds really good 😊👍. IDK what Gammon is. I'm 62 years of age and have not heard of it.
For a good juicy turkey, i do a foil wrapped { and sealed } at 450 degrees fahrenheit recipe. My turkey always come out moist. After it comes out of oven, keep it loosely covered with foil, and do not carve for 30 minutes.
Your dinner sounds delicious, but very different than the traditional Thanksgiving dinner I grew up with in New Jersey, USA. I never heard of gammon or pork belly. They both sound delicious. My family usually had a whole roasted turkey, classic stuffing with sausage, bread cubes,eggs, celery,onion, chicken broth, pepper, thyme, pepper, parsley, butter and salt. There are a lot of different stuffings you could make, but this is the kind Mom made. We also had green beans casserole, corn, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, cranberry jellied sauce, butter biscuits, turkey gravy, and corn bread. For dessert we would have apple pie, pumpkin pie, and vanilla ice cream. To drink, we have hot mulled apple cider. I really enjoy watching you cook. It is funny to see your measurements are different as we use cups, tablespoon, teaspoons, ounces, and pounds. Our oven also runs on different heat from 170 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Looking forward to seeing you make more different delicious dishes.
Vicki, I had never heard of a Gammon Joint before but it sounds like a great piece of meat and I've already started my search for recipes. I think it would be great cooked in tslow cooker, my Crock Pot !!! Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the UK! We Americans love you all. Why shouldn't English people celebrate Thanksgiving English style. Also, I think America should embrace pudding.
I think my biggest tip from America is no matter whether your making our food or yours, don't be afraid of salt, pepper, spices and herbs! Everyone loves our dishes and think they can't recreate them! You can! But you can't be afraid of the spices! I don't mean spicy, I mean flavor that enhances the dishes!
Our praline yam recipe: 1 (29 oz) can of yams, drained 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup chopped pecans 3 T. melted butter Place yams in greased casserole dish. Combine brown sugar, coconut, pecans, and butter and sprinkle evenly over yams. Bake at 350°F (176°C) for 40 minutes. We much prefer this to the sweet potato casserole with marshmallows.
@8:59 You were asking, in a previous video on pot roasts, about cutting the onions. In the US, when we make a pot roast, most of us will cut the onion in several thick slices,, just like those oranges, or else we will cut them into wedge-shaped quarters. Just three or four cuts and done. It will cook all the way through, and it will really save your eyes.
We did something new this year. Instead of mashed yams with marshmallow we did mashed yams with oats and pecans and it was absolutely fantastic! Everything else was the usual and came out pretty well.
Your turkey was beautiful, and what a Thanksgiving spread! I usually use Gordon Ramsay’s turkey recipe, but this year I cooked w/ a turkey crown for the first time, since it was all that was available at my grocery store at the time. I was worried it was going to be dry, but I found a dry brine recipe that made it super tender and juicy. It’s just a dry rub marinade instead of adding your brine seasoning to liquid, pretty much the same way you’d season your turkey right before you bake it. I brined it for about 4hrs, and I didn’t use stuffing or aromatics, since I didn’t have much on hand this year. The recipe I used called for wrapping the crown tightly in tin foil while baking it to steam the turkey. Then, I broiled the skin for a few minutes after the meat was done. I was so surprised how well it turned out. There’s lots of dry drink recipes online, but the one I used was from the blog The Typical Mom.
The only thing wrong with this video is I can't smell it from over here...or maybe I can't taste it from over here, either. 😇 The madelines: yes we have them. Yes, the reason you cool the butter is so you don't start cooking the eggs. (no thank you, I don't think I want scrambled eggs in my cookies) Yours turned out great. Fun fact: in my area, pigs in blankets are tiny sausages covered in puff pastry. I like your version better. Another fun fact: I've never met a turnip or a parsnip in person. I wouldn't even know how to tell if they were ripe enough to eat. Yes, James, we have Brussels Sprouts, but in my family, we put them in bacon fat and roast them until they are completely dead and headed towards burnt. Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for showing us this awesome video.
Thank you, Vicki😊, for your hard work making our delicious food. Also, all the hard work in preparing Thanksgiving dinner. Even with your UK twists and additions. I think your coriander is our cilantro.
That was an amazing story about Dolly Parton. She is an amazingly wonderful person. I grew up in TN as a kid and loved her music. You should watch the movie 9 to 5 with her in it.
The #1 flavor of American Thanksgiving is SAGE!! It is a MUST in Stuffing! The best kind to use is "Rubbed Sage". It has been dried and rubbed to just get the most flavorful part of the sage. It's available in the grocery store in the US. Here is a great video to show you how to make the perfect American Stuffing: ruclips.net/video/jRRO30huRA8/видео.html I make mine the same way, but I add Mushrooms, Apples, and Pecans! 😋
Delicious. I would hoover all of that. I love parsnips ... more salt and some butter. Sweet potato casserole needs brown sugar, butter and maybe a touch of cinnamon. My mom sliced the potatoes lengthwise and layered them with the butter and sugar. Marshmallows on top, I scraped them onto my brothers plate and ate the sweet potatoes. I thought you were going to make cranberry relish for a second there. My mom and I would grind cranberries, oranges and walnuts together. Add some sugar and let it set a day. I loved that stuff. I think my mom and I were the only ones. More for me. Give some thanks and be happy every day. Too many old people get bitter. Not me. I'm a happy old bastard. LOL Just had some leftovers and a Baileys in tea.
Yes, most of the US uses daylight savings time as you all do. But oddly enough, 1 or 2 states do not change their clocks. I don't remember which ones, though.
Love the cheesecloth tip! Going to try it at Christmas. My pigs in blankets are done with sausage and half of crescent rolls, from the can crescent rolls. These look so good! Is streaky bacon different from our regular bacon?
Omg. Did you eat till you were miserable? Cooked cabbage rolls the night before and woke up to cook the ham, some yams, dressing, sweet potato pies and english toffee in the morning. I ate till i felt like i was going to pop. That pie tasted good in the morning too. With loaded coffee. Omg.
Who says we gather around the table for love at Thanksgiving? There is often fist fights. 🤣 "I'm just a mom'. Vickie, you are cooking wizard. I don't suppose you have a twin sister that would be interested in men about twice her age, do ya? Sorry, I will behave. Try toasting the walnuts for just a few minutes in a hot oven. They burn quickly so just a few minutes. I will have to try some of these.
It's important to remember that half of the original 102 Pilgrims died within a year at landing at Plymouth because they weren't prepared to land so far north (they were aiming for Jamestown, Virginia), & the Native American tribe they celebrated Thanksgiving with agreed to help them live of the land in exchange for weapons & defense to fight off another tribe.
I am no history buff but I know enough that things got very bad in so many hundreds of years after, during and in between. I think it's great other countries are taking on the idea of Thanksgiving.. but I don't think they grasp the deaths before and after. I don't expect them to know but It definitely is romanized.
Hey Vicki, please understand that this isn't a knock on you. I have said that you have a very inviting and genuine way about you, and I would watch videos of you making British food. Which is basically what you have been doing, but that's OK. I would love to know where you are finding "American" recipes or ideas. I know that you would have received a lot of suggestions for what Americans eat at Thanksgiving. But most comments on this channel are ignored. Anyway, good luck to you!!
Is that how you make vegetables over there? I know you make Sunday roasts and have certain items for Christmas, so just wondering if that's what you made?
Pigs in a blanket definitely isn't on an American menu for Thanksgiving. Maybe 4th of July but excited to see why she chose it? Did I hear right? You put breadcrumbs on the mashed potatoes? I could be totally wrong...we use bread in stuffing and crumbs on Mac n cheese in the South mostly but you put it on potatoes? I need to watch more because I like to comment as I watch so again I could've misheard! I don't think most Americans haven't heard of Gammon? Guessing from the comments it's a version of Ham? I'll have to Investigate more because it's hard to give tips on things we don't generally have here. So this and the Yorkshire pudding is 100 percent in your hands! Belly pork ..putting in your hands as well. Yes we have seen this but not for Thanksgiving. I am excited that your making this a new tradition in your family! If you loved it perfect! Keep that tradition! But so far not American. We put a stick of butter under the skin on both sides of the breast to keep it from drying out. You can make your stuffing on the side, never heard stuffing going under the skin? But as far as the recipe, it may be a fun thing for us to try on Christmas! I wish James would've just said our first British Thanksgiving! This is such a sweet video! Definitely not American but a thousand times sweet! I would've loved to cook by her on the day before and would've loved to see you eat the day of along with us! The QnA would've been fun on the day after like you did but she was answering questions about our constitution! We would've loved her to answer questions about her and her videos! We already know our constitution! Can't wait for more videos. Sending happiness from America!
British meals look very good. Quite different than what we do in the US and I like to learn. Our Thanksgiving is such a precious holiday that has an important meaning for us and for Canada. There is no reason to make a British version. Just share with us why you would make a special meal.
We didn’t have a big meal because of a family illness. Usually we would have smoked turkey, turkey dressing casserole, green bean casserole, broccoli casserole, candied sweet potato, mashed potato, assorted crudités (pickles, olives, celery, pepperoncini), yeast rolls. For dessert a chocolate trifle and either a pumpkin cheesecake or pumpkin pie.
Did you use strawberry marshmallows? I only ask because I saw another Brit use strawberry instead of plain! The color on my phone may be off but I hope you didn't follow them in flavored marshmallows!
Thanksgiving isn't about the food. Thanksgiving is about 🫂family,❤ community, 🫶🏼 love, and sharing. 🤲🏼 Food facilitates by bringing loved ones together in the various stages of planning, 🍽️ preparation, and consuming. It is beautiful to see how delightfully well this family embraced all the steps of celebrating 🎉 their very first thanksgiving together. 👍🏼👍🏼 There is always a certain amount of 😢 angst in the waiting through hours of cooking smells. One of the benefits to having nobody left out of the cooking, is the way each person gets some occasional finger🤫 lick, or small bite 😋of fruit, or other little taste not big enough to fill up but good to take off the edge. Children have the most difficulty. My grandma had a little thing she'd do to make it fun. She would pretend to be sneaking some little tasty morsel to "stray" kids (there were never less than six grandkids, and one year, four cousins were born within 5 months), and moms would pretend to not notice. Just one more way of working together to enjoy the day. Don't forget as foods are passed, and plates are being filled, to discuss the things each person feels thankful for in their lives. Someone needs to free range wild turkeys in the UK, if for no other reason than to share the exposure. They're completely different than farm turkeys, and are cool to encounter without even expectation of eating one. I think it is the best way to introduce our quirky bird to people who are gaining interest in the customs, and flavors 🌽🍗🍽️🥧🍞🧈🧂🥐🧅🍎🍒🍅🥦🥔🍷🥃🍹🧃🥤🍨🏈of the holiday. Hearing the babble from somewhere amidst 🍂🍁🌳🍄🕷️🦗🪲🦃🌳🍁🐌🦗🦃🪵🌻🌳🍁🐛🦋🦃🌲🍃🍂🍁 trees and fallen leaves, getting an occasional glimpse of the iconic colorings, it lends an added excitement about the turkey. It would be a cool experience to have, even if nobody wants to eat them. Turkeys in the wild is something everyone should experience, especially Americans, even if just five minutes, only once in life. By the way, they really like grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, and similar eats. 😮 😊 Lor' ! I do go on! Happy holiday season, EVERYONE 🎉❤🎉 !!!
I am always amazed at the massive amount of work Vicki puts into these cooking videos and she does EVERYTHING from scratch! James, you won the parent lottery, my boy.
Love the longer video. We're all aware a Thanksgiving dinner takes many hours to cook and several more to prep and shop for!😉
Lol . I agree. I don't think they realize we cook this every year so are kind of experts at this point! Plus we also still make breakfast, lunch and appetizers. We try to tell them it's often a 2-3 day process but to them a 2-3 drive is also exhausting! Lol jk kinda!
Archie looks so excited for his first Thanksgiving experience...what a JOY.
Happy First Thanksgiving! Archie will come to love this time of year as do all of you. My favorite holiday since I love cooking too. Enjoy!
Thanksgiving is certainly something all the world can understand. It is: reflection on the mercy we’ve been shown to make it this far into the year, a time to show and share love to the people we choose (!) to love, and great comfort food. It’s not “just American” as far as I’m concerned. Good on you folks!
Certainly some liberties taken there for your own personal definition
@ perhaps. But I’m 60 years I’ve never heard another
We have the same thing. Spring ahead. Fall back. We do a fresh cranberry/orange zest side dish. Your stuffing is close to ours and of course everyone has their traditional recipe but I think your stuffing would be even better using cubed bread rather than breadcrumbs. We don’t use breadcrumbs for our stuffing. I think your pork would be pork loin here and I’m not sure what our equivalent for gammon is but sounds great.
Your Pigs in a Blanket recipie is great. I’m going to pass it on to my daughters who make this as an appetizer. I hate our Pigs in a Blanket. They are just wrapped in pastry crust. Yours look delicious.
Vicki, what a great feast! So happy to see you use the cheesecloth method instead of a plastic roasting bag! Better for your health. 🕊️
Yes, we also have daylight savings time in the US. We just switch back a few weeks ago. Just remember, the first pilgrims at Plymouth Rock were Brits cooking thanksgiving for the first time too! Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Mom has a lovely accent. Nice that you have her around. And I'm sure she's great with the grandchild/children. Something to be thankful for!
I had to look up Gammon - "Gammon is meat that has been cured (by being salted, brined or smoked) and sold raw, whereas Ham is meat that has been dry-cured or cooked, and is sold ready to eat. In a nutshell; when you've cooked your Gammon, it becomes Ham."
Thank you for your info ..I was lost with the wording . Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving ❤
I had to look up gsmmon, too.
Thanx for the info. Do they not sell conventional ham ,in the UK???
I also had to look it up! I had no idea what it was!
Same here
Over here writing down Vicky’s helpful tips.
Vicky is such a kind, humble and lovely person who is genuinely curious about American culture. She just warms my heart ❤️ I enjoy watching her cook and her willingness to learn and receive feedback to further improve her cooking skills. I also enjoy listening to her brief stories she has shared with us - it shows the personable side of her as well on top of her friendliness etc! 😊😊 I’ve officially adopted her as mom!
Great job for your first Thanksgiving! We do as much as possible in the days before. If we're making pies, we do those at least a day or two in advance. Mashed potatoes in advance (this year we reheated from frozen that were from another dinner). The more you do it and figure out what you want to make, the better you get at organizing it all and making as much as possible before the actual day.
This is a great gift today is my 41st birthday
Happy birthday ❤️
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday wonderful lady!
I wish James wouldve shared this video first. This would've been fun to watch while we all were making our own meals! As you know this is a 2-3 day process. I would've loved to watch this the day before Thanksgiving because it would've been cooking side by side.
Not in our house. We go to the diner for Thanksgiving and bring home turkey as they overload the plate so we have plenty if leftover turkey. We did Bob Evan’s mash potatoes, stuffing, bake corn soufflé. Green bean casserole it only takes a couple hours to make if you split the dishes between two people.
A good way to have a turkey not go dry is to put it in a brine overnight. Also, my mother and grandmother would put the stuffing inside the cavity of a full turkey. That's why it's called stuffing and not dressing. The FDA here in the US has a lot of people scared to do it because of salmonella but my family survived without getting it all these years. I like your stuffing. Only 2 of our states don't have daylight saving time. A good way to keep your apples from turning brown is to sprinkle some lemon juice on them or put them in water.
Also, you can inject brine in it if you’re trying to save time or are short on time! Brine is the way to go
Leaving it in the oven might be ok.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld as a former chef in a restaurant, never leave raw turkey in the oven or on the kitchen counter over night
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Millie, Archie and Vicky 😍🤩!! Much love from California! I have loved this channel for a long time now. Always a joyful journey ❤
I don't mash my sweet potatoes, I just peal, cut into chunks, them, cook them in water, drain when soft, add my brown sugar and butter, put them in baking dish, then add the marshmallows and some pecan pieces. Put in oven to toast the marshmallows and done.
You all did Awesome. Some of the dishes or possibly just the terminology I've never heard of on this side of the pond but it all looks great. It's nice to see Brits celebrating Thanksgiving with us Americans. We all can have a day an official day of Thanks. I'm looking forward to seeing your Yourkshire Pudding video Vicki. I've heard of it but never seen it or seen it made. Looks Delish!
I used to live in the
UK, so I knew what a "Gammon joint" was. We call that "Ham" here in the States.
We will put butter under the skin of the turkey along with different seasonings and herbs on and inside the turkey.
I Loved how you incorporated
some your own UK
dishes, such as Pigs in the Blanket, Yorkshire Puddings and you're vegtables and cranberry sauce mix. Everybody's house maybe different concerning the selections/items they will cook to put on the dinner table. You cook what you like to eat.😊
You did a Good job!
Yes, we fall back and spring forward too. We just do it at different times of year.🙂
I'm enjoying watching you good folks making Thanksgiving dinner for the first time from New Orleans!
You all are doing a wonderful job!
We have our own dishes here as most places feature their own specialties.
The sweet potatoes with marshmallow are often served with the main course and not as a desert but it is good for desert too. My mom used to like to make stuffing or dressing with oysters and she used to like making bread pudding with meringue on top baked in the oven. My aunt May used to like making gumbo. A baked ham along with the turkey is also great. And my aunt May also liked having a big beef roast too. And a big pot of red beans and rice too. We went nuts with the food. And someone would lead our Thanksgiving prayer before we ate.
You all are doing a great job. Happy Thanksgiving. ❤❤❤
I love the tip about the cheesecloth. Everything looks great.
I am unfamiliar with a, "Gamon, (spelling?)", joint. We can learn new things constantly. Isn't that just a wonderful thing?
If you love the smell of citrus/clove/cinnamon or other dried bits of herbs and/or spices...A little craft project to try...
Slice Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, (Whatever you like).
Dry in oven at a very low temperature with your additions of spice and herbs on waxed paper.
Once dried, thread string or yarn through them, hang them in a sunny window...smells so good and looks like stainglass.
We also have a saying, "Fall Back, Spring Ahead"..to remember daylight savings time.
gamon is jamon, the Spanish word for ham
Vicki, that Pigs in Blankets with the Sliced Orange just sounds so dang GOOD !!!
I use butter and herbs under the skin which keeps it juicy and do my stuffing separately.
Its really what ever works for you.
Yes we do change our clocks but they are trying to change it back. The only state that doesnt change is Arizona. Not sure how they got out of doing that. 😂I hope yall had a great Thanksgiving ❤Your food looks so good ❤
Your amazing sweet sister keep doing what you're doing. It's beautiful to watch warms my heart
Love from Tn.
We definitely have the time change. This Spring Change and the Fall chance have been ensconced in American Culture since the 1930's I believe
Awesome video! Thanks! Really enjoyed it
We only had 3 sides this year. Mash potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, and our bake corn soufflé made with John copes corn. We usually go to a diner and take home extra leftover turkey
Not many like turkey so meat options are allowed like baked ham
Vicki….you just introduced us Americans to some new things we’ve never seen but will definitely be adding to our Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions!!!
I love how you incorporated some of your special foods,as well as American food. Yorkshire pudding sounds really good 😊👍. IDK what Gammon is. I'm 62 years of age and have not heard of it.
For a good juicy turkey, i do a foil wrapped { and sealed } at 450 degrees fahrenheit recipe. My turkey always come out moist. After it comes out of oven, keep it loosely covered with foil, and do not carve for 30 minutes.
I am coming to your house for Thanksgiving dinner next year!! lol
Your dinner sounds delicious, but very different than the traditional Thanksgiving dinner I grew up with in New Jersey, USA.
I never heard of gammon or pork belly. They both sound delicious.
My family usually had a whole roasted turkey, classic stuffing with sausage, bread cubes,eggs, celery,onion, chicken broth, pepper, thyme, pepper, parsley, butter and salt. There are a lot of different stuffings you could make, but this is the kind Mom made. We also had green beans casserole, corn, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, cranberry jellied sauce, butter biscuits, turkey gravy, and corn bread. For dessert we would have apple pie, pumpkin pie, and vanilla ice cream. To drink, we have hot mulled apple cider.
I really enjoy watching you cook. It is funny to see your measurements are different as we use cups, tablespoon, teaspoons, ounces, and pounds. Our oven also runs on different heat from 170 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Looking forward to seeing you make more different delicious dishes.
Gammon is raw ham,
Looks absolutely delicious 😋
Vickie can you give us a tour of your harb and vegetable garden.
We put butter under the skin of the turkey.
Vicki, I had never heard of a Gammon Joint before but it sounds like a great piece of meat and I've already started my search for recipes. I think it would be great cooked in tslow cooker, my Crock Pot !!! Thanks
Gammon is ham that has not been pre-cooked.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the UK! We Americans love you all.
Why shouldn't English people celebrate Thanksgiving English style.
Also, I think America should embrace pudding.
Yep all types of pudding.
I think my biggest tip from America is no matter whether your making our food or yours, don't be afraid of salt, pepper, spices and herbs!
Everyone loves our dishes and think they can't recreate them! You can! But you can't be afraid of the spices! I don't mean spicy, I mean flavor that enhances the dishes!
Our praline yam recipe:
1 (29 oz) can of yams, drained
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3 T. melted butter
Place yams in greased casserole dish. Combine brown sugar, coconut, pecans, and butter and sprinkle evenly over yams. Bake at 350°F (176°C) for 40 minutes.
We much prefer this to the sweet potato casserole with marshmallows.
I love the idea of yorkshire puddings. Were gonna add those to our menu next year.
I’ve learned some cooking tips watching you. Thank you.
@8:59 You were asking, in a previous video on pot roasts, about cutting the onions. In the US, when we make a pot roast, most of us will cut the onion in several thick slices,, just like those oranges, or else we will cut them into wedge-shaped quarters. Just three or four cuts and done. It will cook all the way through, and it will really save your eyes.
I want to go to your house for Thanksgiving next year. Everything looks so delicious! You should have your own cooking show!
We did something new this year. Instead of mashed yams with marshmallow we did mashed yams with oats and pecans and it was absolutely fantastic! Everything else was the usual and came out pretty well.
It's awesome that you are exploring our traditions. Maybe someday you can smoke your turkey. You may find it vary good. I smoke mine every year
Your turkey was beautiful, and what a Thanksgiving spread! I usually use Gordon Ramsay’s turkey recipe, but this year I cooked w/ a turkey crown for the first time, since it was all that was available at my grocery store at the time. I was worried it was going to be dry, but I found a dry brine recipe that made it super tender and juicy.
It’s just a dry rub marinade instead of adding your brine seasoning to liquid, pretty much the same way you’d season your turkey right before you bake it. I brined it for about 4hrs, and I didn’t use stuffing or aromatics, since I didn’t have much on hand this year. The recipe I used called for wrapping the crown tightly in tin foil while baking it to steam the turkey. Then, I broiled the skin for a few minutes after the meat was done. I was so surprised how well it turned out. There’s lots of dry drink recipes online, but the one I used was from the blog The Typical Mom.
The only thing wrong with this video is I can't smell it from over here...or maybe I can't taste it from over here, either. 😇
The madelines: yes we have them. Yes, the reason you cool the butter is so you don't start cooking the eggs. (no thank you, I don't think I want scrambled eggs in my cookies) Yours turned out great.
Fun fact: in my area, pigs in blankets are tiny sausages covered in puff pastry. I like your version better.
Another fun fact: I've never met a turnip or a parsnip in person. I wouldn't even know how to tell if they were ripe enough to eat.
Yes, James, we have Brussels Sprouts, but in my family, we put them in bacon fat and roast them until they are completely dead and headed towards burnt.
Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for showing us this awesome video.
I learned of two new pieces of meat today: gammon joint and belly pork. I love pork so I'm sure I would love your version.
Gammon joint is raw ham and pork belly is raw thick bacon
The UK does roast dinners every week is basically the same thing. It’s our first Christmas then we get second Christmas
Thank you, Vicki😊, for your hard work making our delicious food. Also, all the hard work in preparing Thanksgiving dinner. Even with your UK twists and additions.
I think your coriander is our cilantro.
Why does the turkey have veins running all over it?
Everything looked very good. Great job
That was an amazing story about Dolly Parton. She is an amazingly wonderful person. I grew up in TN as a kid and loved her music. You should watch the movie 9 to 5 with her in it.
We do the time change thing too... I kinda hate it, tbh ;)
The #1 flavor of American Thanksgiving is SAGE!! It is a MUST in Stuffing! The best kind to use is "Rubbed Sage". It has been dried and rubbed to just get the most flavorful part of the sage. It's available in the grocery store in the US. Here is a great video to show you how to make the perfect American Stuffing: ruclips.net/video/jRRO30huRA8/видео.html I make mine the same way, but I add Mushrooms, Apples, and Pecans! 😋
Delicious. I would hoover all of that.
I love parsnips ... more salt and some butter.
Sweet potato casserole needs brown sugar, butter and maybe a touch of cinnamon. My mom sliced the potatoes lengthwise and layered them with the butter and sugar. Marshmallows on top, I scraped them onto my brothers plate and ate the sweet potatoes.
I thought you were going to make cranberry relish for a second there. My mom and I would grind cranberries, oranges and walnuts together. Add some sugar and let it set a day. I loved that stuff. I think my mom and I were the only ones. More for me.
Give some thanks and be happy every day. Too many old people get bitter. Not me. I'm a happy old bastard. LOL Just had some leftovers and a Baileys in tea.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I like to saute the apples sugar, and spices for 10 minutes prior to assembling the pie.
Yes, most of the US uses daylight savings time as you all do. But oddly enough, 1 or 2 states do not change their clocks. I don't remember which ones, though.
I’ve never had a breadcrumb crust on mashed potatoes but it sounds yummy. Can’t beat a crispy potato
Am I hearing cows?!?
Love the cheesecloth tip! Going to try it at Christmas. My pigs in blankets are done with sausage and half of crescent rolls, from the can crescent rolls. These look so good! Is streaky bacon different from our regular bacon?
Think Sunday Roast with family/friends bringing aside dishes
Omg. Did you eat till you were miserable? Cooked cabbage rolls the night before and woke up to cook the ham, some yams, dressing, sweet potato pies and english toffee in the morning.
I ate till i felt like i was going to pop.
That pie tasted good in the morning too. With loaded coffee. Omg.
Who says we gather around the table for love at Thanksgiving? There is often fist fights. 🤣 "I'm just a mom'. Vickie, you are cooking wizard. I don't suppose you have a twin sister that would be interested in men about twice her age, do ya? Sorry, I will behave. Try toasting the walnuts for just a few minutes in a hot oven. They burn quickly so just a few minutes. I will have to try some of these.
Thank you 🙏 great 👍 kitchen for happy thanksgiving 🦃🎊🎈👏👏👏👏👋☮️
The Madelines were fun to see you "wing it" for your grandson! Yes Americans have them over here. Just not a Thanksgiving food.
In America we tend to let meat rest for half the time we cooked it
Awesome!
Your turkey recipe looks very good.
It's important to remember that half of the original 102 Pilgrims died within a year at landing at Plymouth because they weren't prepared to land so far north (they were aiming for Jamestown, Virginia), & the Native American tribe they celebrated Thanksgiving with agreed to help them live of the land in exchange for weapons & defense to fight off another tribe.
😂😂😂
They really needed Boston Market 😂❤😂
I am no history buff but I know enough that things got very bad in so many hundreds of years after, during and in between. I think it's great other countries are taking on the idea of Thanksgiving.. but I don't think they grasp the deaths before and after. I don't expect them to know but It definitely is romanized.
Our time changes a week before the UK.
What is gamon joint? I've never heard of it in the US
It is raw ham, so it will need to be fully cooked
Hey Vicki, please understand that this isn't a knock on you. I have said that you have a very inviting and genuine way about you, and I would watch videos of you making British food. Which is basically what you have been doing, but that's OK.
I would love to know where you are finding "American" recipes or ideas.
I know that you would have received a lot of suggestions for what Americans eat at Thanksgiving.
But most comments on this channel are ignored. Anyway, good luck to you!!
The internet
Is that how you make vegetables over there? I know you make Sunday roasts and have certain items for Christmas, so just wondering if that's what you made?
I would love to learn how to make Yorkshire pudding, Dutch babies and popovers.popover.
P.S. Vicky, you are dressed very pretty.
Do a good job Mom
I think your on to something Mom with the cheese cloth and butter and wine moist turkey
Hi im a new subscriber. What lart of england you from?foods looking good well done
Jersey which is a british Island.
What is a gamban joint? What animal does it come from?
Gammon joint aka raw uncooked ham
Pigs in a blanket definitely isn't on an American menu for Thanksgiving. Maybe 4th of July but excited to see why she chose it?
Did I hear right? You put breadcrumbs on the mashed potatoes? I could be totally wrong...we use bread in stuffing and crumbs on Mac n cheese in the South mostly but you put it on potatoes? I need to watch more because I like to comment as I watch so again I could've misheard!
I don't think most Americans haven't heard of Gammon? Guessing from the comments it's a version of Ham? I'll have to Investigate more because it's hard to give tips on things we don't generally have here. So this and the Yorkshire pudding is 100 percent in your hands!
Belly pork ..putting in your hands as well. Yes we have seen this but not for Thanksgiving. I am excited that your making this a new tradition in your family! If you loved it perfect! Keep that tradition! But so far not American.
We put a stick of butter under the skin on both sides of the breast to keep it from drying out. You can make your stuffing on the side, never heard stuffing going under the skin? But as far as the recipe, it may be a fun thing for us to try on Christmas!
I wish James would've just said our first British Thanksgiving! This is such a sweet video! Definitely not American but a thousand times sweet! I would've loved to cook by her on the day before and would've loved to see you eat the day of along with us! The QnA would've been fun on the day after like you did but she was answering questions about our constitution! We would've loved her to answer questions about her and her videos! We already know our constitution!
Can't wait for more videos. Sending happiness from America!
British meals look very good. Quite different than what we do in the US and I like to learn. Our Thanksgiving is such a precious holiday that has an important meaning for us and for Canada. There is no reason to make a British version. Just share with us why you would make a special meal.
We do Turkey breast a different way. Here in the South we don’t make stuffing. We make dressing.
We didn’t have a big meal because of a family illness. Usually we would have smoked turkey, turkey dressing casserole, green bean casserole, broccoli casserole, candied sweet potato, mashed potato, assorted crudités (pickles, olives, celery, pepperoncini), yeast rolls. For dessert a chocolate trifle and either a pumpkin cheesecake or pumpkin pie.
Yes queen dolly is the best @55:59
Did you use strawberry marshmallows? I only ask because I saw another Brit use strawberry instead of plain! The color on my phone may be off but I hope you didn't follow them in flavored marshmallows!
✨🌞✨
You're trying too hard imho .. Thanksgiving is mostly about the sides. Someone makes the bird, but everyone else brings a side.
We are Thankful for the Beesley Family and your great content. We always look forward for your next video .
God Bless Your Family ❤
I'm tired of all these British people making a joke of Thanksgiving, just stop
❤❤❤First❤❤❤😊😊😊
Thanksgiving isn't about the food. Thanksgiving is about 🫂family,❤ community, 🫶🏼 love, and sharing. 🤲🏼
Food facilitates by bringing loved ones together in the various stages of planning, 🍽️ preparation, and consuming.
It is beautiful to see how delightfully well this family embraced all the steps of celebrating 🎉 their very first thanksgiving together. 👍🏼👍🏼
There is always a certain amount of 😢 angst in the waiting through hours of cooking smells.
One of the benefits to having nobody left out of the cooking, is the way each person gets some occasional finger🤫 lick, or small bite 😋of fruit, or other little taste not big enough to fill up but good to take off the edge.
Children have the most difficulty.
My grandma had a little thing she'd do to make it fun. She would pretend to be sneaking some little tasty morsel to "stray" kids (there were never less than six grandkids, and one year, four cousins were born within 5 months), and moms would pretend to not notice.
Just one more way of working together to enjoy the day.
Don't forget as foods are passed, and plates are being filled, to discuss the things each person feels thankful for in their lives.
Someone needs to free range wild turkeys in the UK, if for no other reason than to share the exposure. They're completely different than farm turkeys, and are cool to encounter without even expectation of eating one.
I think it is the best way to introduce our quirky bird to people who are gaining interest in the customs, and flavors 🌽🍗🍽️🥧🍞🧈🧂🥐🧅🍎🍒🍅🥦🥔🍷🥃🍹🧃🥤🍨🏈of the holiday.
Hearing the babble from somewhere amidst 🍂🍁🌳🍄🕷️🦗🪲🦃🌳🍁🐌🦗🦃🪵🌻🌳🍁🐛🦋🦃🌲🍃🍂🍁 trees and fallen leaves, getting an occasional glimpse of the iconic colorings, it lends an added excitement about the turkey. It would be a cool experience to have, even if nobody wants to eat them. Turkeys in the wild is something everyone should experience, especially Americans, even if just five minutes, only once in life. By the way, they really like grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, and similar eats. 😮 😊
Lor' ! I do go on!
Happy holiday season, EVERYONE 🎉❤🎉 !!!