By next Thursday, everyone will be thinking about the large Thanksgiving Day dinner they will consume. The turkey, being the main focus of the feast will need to be prepared accordingly.  However, each Thanksgiving we scramble to find a way to improve, fix, or avoid last year’s turkey cooking shortfalls. And, each Thanksgiving, the good folks at Butterball try to provide turkey cooking advice to new and experienced cooks.

Butterball is a poultry company that is known as the turkey company. As a way of thanking their customers, the company provides their customers with Thanksgiving cooking tips and help each year. Whether you need a quick answer or a bit of guidance during the turkey cooking marathon, Butterball will be there for you FREE of charge. You can call them at 1-800-Butterball or send an e-mail to talkline@butterball.com.  And, on November 25th, 2008, they will host a live web chat with their turkey experts. They also have a lot of great Thanksgiving dinner cooking tips, recipes, and advice. For more information about your turkey preparation visit them at www.butterball.com.

Once you achieve your turkey cooking perfection, it would be nice to serve it in style. That’s when Dom itp comes in. Our selection of imported Polish porcelain dinner sets is the largest online. We have porcelain by Chodziez and Polska Porcelana, the two cornerstones in Polish porcelain. Feel free to e-mail us at info at domitp dot com or call us at 773-282-6430, and we will answer any questions you may have regarding our selection and we will take your order over the phone if you’d like.

Order your dinner set today and get it for Thanksgiving to serve your dinner.

Order any jug kettle and get it by Thanksgiving.

Are you baking this Thanksgiving?  Then you need a MAKUTRA mixing bowl with a wooden utensil and some baking tins. Get them just in time for Thanksgiving.

Not a turkey fan? Then pick-up the amazing electric potato grater or give someone an early Christmas gift before it sells out.  Order today, get it by Thanksgiving.

In order to ensure the delivery by Thanksgiving, you need to place your orders today (11-20-08).

For those of you in Chicago, we invite everyone to our retail locations where these products are available as well. If you got any questions feel free to e-mail us at info at domitp dot com.

Dom itp - European Houseware

1 E. Camp McDonald Rd.
Prospect Hts., IL 60076
(847) 222-7565

6840 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60634
(773) 282-6430

4747 N. Harlem Ave.
Harwood Hts., IL 60706
(708) 867-3802

Dom itp - Garden & Hardware Center

5212 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60634
(773) 545-5618

Latkes (placki ziemniaczane) are quick (under 60 minutes) easy, and inexpensive snack made for 2 people with potatoes and few ingredients. In order to prepare them, you will need 4 potatoes, 1 onion, salt, black pepper, 2 eggs, vegetable oil, flour, 2 spoons of chopped parsley, and green peppers (if you plan on adding them).

1. Peel, wash, and grate the potatoes using the electric potato grater or hand grater.
2. Add the finely chopped or grated onion to the grated potatoes. If you are making the latkes with green peppers, the peppers should be added at the same time as the onion.
3. Mix the 3 ingredients. If the mixture is a bit more fluid, pour out the excess liquid.
4. Add 2 eggs and the chopped parsley to the mixture and stir.
5. Add 1 table spoon of flour, and continue to add more flour until the mixture becomes consistent and all ingredients are combined together.
6. Add salt and black pepper for flavor.
7. Add vegetable oil to the skillet (patelnia) and warm it up until the oil is very fluid.
8. Place 2 to 3 pieces of the mixed dough, and fry the dough until both sides of the latkes are golden/brown.
9. Serve it with sour cream or apple sauce.
10. ENJOY!! - SMACZNEGO.

Do you have any favorite recipes that you would like to share with others? E-mail us and we will post them on our blog.

What is you favorite dish that’s quick, easy, and inexpensive?

If you have any questions relating to our products or whether you are looking for a Polish product, feel free to visit our retail stores, or contact us by phone or email us at info at domitp dot com.

Dom itp - European Houseware

1 E. Camp McDonald Rd.
Prospect Hts., IL 60076
(847) 222-7565

6840 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60634
(773) 282-6430

4747 N. Harlem Ave.
Harwood Hts., IL 60706
(708) 867-3802

Dom itp - Garden & Hardware Center

5212 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 545-5618