The key is to stay sober enough to avoid ruining the food while cooking it. That's an important life lesson they never taught me in school.
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The key is to stay sober enough to avoid ruining the food while cooking it. That's an important life lesson they never taught me in school.
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When I lived in Louisiana, I could have eaten gumbo every day, every meal and been perfectly happy.
*makes note to go to Kitty's for Thanksgiving*
Only for you, poet. Only for you.
dessert: CHOColate pie (with whip cream topping, NOT the merignue stuff) . . .
oh, and I'll have a handful of those haystack thingies too. yum yum yum
oh, and I'll have a handful of those haystack thingies too. yum yum yum
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My mom always made pumpkin, pecan, and a fruit pie -- either apple or cherry -- at Thanksgiving. At Christmas, she'd make the above three varieties and add mince, as well.
Some years ago, she confessed to me that she's never really been a huge fan of any of the above pie flavors...she'd rather have banana cream pie than anything else.
Some years ago, she confessed to me that she's never really been a huge fan of any of the above pie flavors...she'd rather have banana cream pie than anything else.
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Obviously, I don't turn down anything with chocolate (unless it's ants. They're too crunchy.) Lately, though, my family has demanded Key Lime pie from me on holidays.
Which really blows because it's a pain in the wazoo to make.
Which really blows because it's a pain in the wazoo to make.
Let's see, since this is all over the place I'll just list the typical turkey dinner.
Citrus turkey with herbs de province, homemade rolls with butter, herb roasted potatoes, ham roast, stuffing made from scratch with cornbread and yummy spices, gravy made from the turky juices, the herbs de province and citrus make it very interesting and extremely good. Pumpkin spice roll, chocolate cream pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, banana cream, and generally a candy bar pie, and sometimes some nut pies. It really depends on who all comes and what they all bring.
Citrus turkey with herbs de province, homemade rolls with butter, herb roasted potatoes, ham roast, stuffing made from scratch with cornbread and yummy spices, gravy made from the turky juices, the herbs de province and citrus make it very interesting and extremely good. Pumpkin spice roll, chocolate cream pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, banana cream, and generally a candy bar pie, and sometimes some nut pies. It really depends on who all comes and what they all bring.
Mom's homemade stuffing (I'd tell you how it's done, but then I'd have to kill all of you and where the heck would I hide this many bodies????) - and not an oyster to be found anywhere near the recipe, thankyouverymuch.
The menfolk would revolt if I didn't make pumpkin pie (homemade, right down to the whipped cream to top it. I'm a purist when it comes to cooking) - though I can barely stomach the smell of pumpkin and have never once eaten a piece of said pie.
I, on the other hand, can't let Thanksgiving go by without my mom's apple pie. It's my grandfather's recipe and (unfortunately) no one has ever been able to bake one that's tasted quite as good - but we keep trying.
The menfolk would revolt if I didn't make pumpkin pie (homemade, right down to the whipped cream to top it. I'm a purist when it comes to cooking) - though I can barely stomach the smell of pumpkin and have never once eaten a piece of said pie.
I, on the other hand, can't let Thanksgiving go by without my mom's apple pie. It's my grandfather's recipe and (unfortunately) no one has ever been able to bake one that's tasted quite as good - but we keep trying.
Thanksgiving at my in-laws house isn't Thanksgiving without cranberry sauce in the shape of a can. (Anyone remember Frazier?!) Seriously though. My MIL is a die-hard product of the early '60s easy cook and bake era.
I tried passing around my homemade cranberry sauce one time and no takers on that side of the family. They all wanted the jiggly stuff that popped right out of the can.
I tried passing around my homemade cranberry sauce one time and no takers on that side of the family. They all wanted the jiggly stuff that popped right out of the can.
I like the sort of cranberry relish that's made with cranberries, raw, ground/food proceesored with sugar, oranges, and orange peel, and walnuts.
But I also like the Stamberg Relish; honest, it's quite good and very pretty.
But I also like the Stamberg Relish; honest, it's quite good and very pretty.
Last year was the first time I'd ever had green bean casserole.
Planning on having it again.
My God!!! I thought this was a Swedish tradition started with Grandma Allen when she celebrated her first Thanksgiving after hitting Ellis Isle.
Of course we now substitute Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls, but the tradition lives..
What, nobody else needs the obligatory sweet potato bake with melted marshmallows on top? You people are insane!
Oyster stuffing'd better not be Yankee. I am multicultural that way, but my mom would turn over in her grave hearing that. My dad always told her it was German
So, for us: white rice - the good kind you use in gumbo - to hold the giblet gravy. Which must have liver because otherwise it's just silly Oyster stuffing. Non-oyster dressing with the turkey on top like only Southern relatives can perfect. Sweet potato casserole. Green beans.
And pumpkin pie, silly.
Also gingerbread... but I'm beginning to think Dad snuck in a lot of German into a few holidays.
Oyster stuffing'd better not be Yankee. I am multicultural that way, but my mom would turn over in her grave hearing that. My dad always told her it was German
So, for us: white rice - the good kind you use in gumbo - to hold the giblet gravy. Which must have liver because otherwise it's just silly
Oyster stuffing. Non-oyster dressing with the turkey on top like only Southern relatives can perfect. Sweet potato casserole. Green beans.And pumpkin pie, silly.
Also gingerbread... but I'm beginning to think Dad snuck in a lot of German into a few holidays.
Creamed Cauliflower, with gobs of melted cheese baked over it..
The family would be heart broken if I didn't make a pot of it,,, pretty damned tasty..
The family would be heart broken if I didn't make a pot of it,,, pretty damned tasty..
What, nobody else needs the obligatory sweet potato bake with melted marshmallows on top? You people are insane!
Oyster stuffing'd better not be Yankee. I am multicultural that way, but my mom would turn over in her grave hearing that. My dad always told her it was German
So, for us: white rice - the good kind you use in gumbo - to hold the giblet gravy. Which must have liver because otherwise it's just silly
And pumpkin pie, silly.
Also gingerbread... but I'm beginning to think Dad snuck in a lot of German into a few holidays.
Candied yams are a staple.
What's white bread? I'm mostly Native American and Southern And you bake it in a cast iron skillet, or even a fire if you're feeling really traditional
I'm mostly Native American and Southern And you bake it in a cast iron skillet, or even a fire if you're feeling really traditional My mom, South Carolina, born and bred, is big on oyster dressing.
We can get fresh local caught oysters here, pretty much all year round--but I gotta say, why put them in stuffing when you can roll 'em in some seasoned corn meal, fry 'em and have an oyster po' boy?
At which point--who needs turkey?