Scott's TV Tips
from the Brickyard Barn Inn

• Sliced grapes
• Alfalfa sprouts
• Cream cheese and ? Toasted nuts? Rolled pepperoni?
• Chicken salad
• Rolled smoked salmon
• Guacamole and bacon
• Mixture of pesto and cream cheese with ?
• Mixture of tomato paste and cream cheese with ?

Focus on flavors and color. Have fun!

Make your mashed potatoes as you normally would, only the day or two before. Blend in some cream cheese, sour cream, salt, and cream. Put into a baking pan and brush top with melted butter. Refrigerate. Bake until completely heated before serving at 350 degrees. Twists to add: Garlic, blue cheese, parmesan cheese, frozen corn, onion, shallots. Have fun!

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar (more or less to taste)
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 (10 ounces) package fresh cranberries, picked over
• 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, drained (more or less to taste)
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (more or less to taste)

Bring water and sugars to a boil, stir until sugars are dissolved. Add the cranberries. Return to boil and cook for 10 minutes. Add the horseradish and mustard. Chill. Use as either a condiment, or spread over cream cheese as an appetizer.

• Bake first 2/3 of the total baking time upside down to keep the breast moist.
• Make sure you own a good quality meat thermometer
• Try brining your turkey to create a very moist turkey. See the Internet for thousands of ideas.
• Stuff the turkey with aroma, not dressing. Examples: oranges, onions, handfuls of fresh herbs, apples.
• Stuff the skin, not the cavity. Slip your hands under the skin starting at the cavity. Carefully separate the skin from the meat, then spoon your stuffing into the space; smooth and bake.

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