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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 28 2007 : 9:10:52 PM
anyone thinking 'thanksgiving' celebrations yet? |
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| Alee |
Posted - Nov 08 2007 : 12:36:36 PM
I LOVE Thanksgiving too! I usually buy the biggest turkey we can find and I try to cook all the side dishes and desserts too. We usually collect all the "strays" of our friends who don't have or can't make it home to spend time with family. It's a sad season to be alone. :( I love the way the house gets toasty warm and you can open all the windows and still be comfortable and the smell of a roasting turkey! Oh yum yum yum!
We did a thanksgiving dinner when I was home with my family in Wyoming (before Halloween) since I can't make it home for the holidays this year. So my turkey pump is primed so to speak- and I have been craving it since! LOL
Alee
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| mima |
Posted - Nov 08 2007 : 12:17:31 PM
You are soooo lucky Beemoosie! To have a grandma like that....sigh.... |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Nov 08 2007 : 08:48:35 AM
My 80 yr old grandma still insists on having it at her house, she cooks, Turkey, ham, beans, mac salad?, from scratch baked beans, corn, mashed potatoes. Nothing really out of the ordinary. All the veggies are still from her garden, I don't think they have bought a veggie in their lifetimes!
So we head over the river and through the woods to grandma's!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| nut4fabric |
Posted - Nov 05 2007 : 08:36:56 AM
This is the first Thanksgiving in seven years that we will have our daughter home with us and I can't wait. Sadly son and his wife won't make it but I am thrilled to have any family. Since moving to Washington 12 years ago it was just DH DD and me and than she left so it was just the two of us. Haven't seen her in almost a year so I can hardly wait.
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| shawna |
Posted - Nov 05 2007 : 07:34:54 AM
Thanksgiving is so fun. We have had a Big dinner for the last 7 ( i think) years at my house. This has always been crazy because it seems like i always either have a little baby or one that is at the get in to everything stage. I like it best when I can get my husband to cook the turkey( this is the part that stresses me most) Now Thanksgiving time is even better. My 3rd daughters birthday is tomarrow (she will be 2- thats the get in to everything kid now) also my birthday is the 21- so i get plenty of sweet treats. we started something nice a couple of years ago--reading out loud ur "things we are thankful for" its nice to share these with loved ones!
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Nov 04 2007 : 6:04:33 PM
I love Thanksgiving too! The interesting part about our Thanksgiving is that we have to meld Northern (Vermont) and Southern (Arkansas) traditions. Since neither of us was really willing to give up our favorites we have a whole lot of everything!!!!
We were trading of Christmas and Thanksgiving everyother year with my parents and Richies mom but now that we have a nephew that has all changed! This year we will have thanksgiving at home and will travel to my sisters for Christmas. I invited our best friends and their 2 kids to come for thanksgiving but they are travelling to Kansas City! Bummer! It will be just Richie and I and his mom and sometimes her friend Judy stops by too!
I still plan on making a TON of food cause we will eat off the leftovers all winter long! I am actually cooking two turkeys this year instead of 1 big one. I will cook one on Wednesday and will cut that up to use as leftovers and to freeze for pot pies etc. I will cook the dinner bird on Thursday as usual. We will have both stuffing and dressing because of the whole north/south thing. We will also have corn souflee, mashed potatoes, hot rolls, sweet potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce, applesauce, blackeyed peas, squash, pickles (which no one eats but it isn't thanksgiving without them on the table) and pies! Usually we have apple and pumpkin and last year I made a chocolate chess pie which was really good and I will probably make again! YES there are only 3 of us!!!! What we don't eat the dogs and cats will!
My favorite part of Thanksgiving is Midnight at the end of the day! That is when I get to start decorating for Christmas(by a self-imposed rule)! I stay up til midnight and put up the tree and the lights. I turn them on and they stay on all night and when we get up in the morning we play christmas music and put up all of the decorations!
I love this time of year!
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| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Nov 04 2007 : 4:53:21 PM
Are you kidding! I bought just about every cooking magazine that came out that said, "THANKSGIVING" on it :-) I love to peruse the magazines for new recipes every year, although I usually end up making variations of the same things. Some how I always end up doing the cooking, which I love. However, having said that, this year I have decided not to have a turkey (horrors!). It dawned on me that it's reaalllllly expensive and my mother and I only eat a little bit of it and then it stays in the freezer for months only to eventually get thrown away. Of course now I have to come up with something else. Hmmm....
I've also decided that I'm going to prep as much as I can the day before so I can have a relaxing time cooking. Of course we'll have the famous "holiday frittata" for breakfast and then for the 'big meal' I'll pull some homemade butternut squash soup out of the freezer, which will be followed up with sweet potatoe cassarole (without the marshmallows), green beans (from my garden) cooked in garlic, olive oil and a dash of fresh minced basil (maybe I'll throw on a few almonds or hazelnuts on top), some kind of stuffing (I can't eat bread, but I might do a cornbread stuffing-although I'd have to make the cornbread), I was also thinking of making a cool looking wild rice/stuffing thingy I saw in one of the many magazines. Hmm, still have to finish figuring everything out. Then...for dessert I make a pumpkin pie with a nut crust (since I can't have a regular crust).
Yum! That's makin' me hungry...:-)
Last year I cut up the squashes, etc the night before and put them in baggies, so that all I had to do on Thanskgiving was just turn on the oven and pop them in (well, okay, I did a little more than that, but I didn't have to cut them). I'll also make the pie the night before and then try not to eat any.
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Nov 04 2007 : 1:33:40 PM
I love Thanksgiving and Halloween as much as Christmas! These three months are the best. I do all of the holidays at my house since everyone who is older (our parents, siblings, etc) has moved away within the past 10 years. We have our own kids and their friends of course, and anyone who has been left adrift by family and friends. It's quiet and relaxing, even with all the cooking. |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Oct 30 2007 : 9:36:38 PM
We will be going to Washington state this year to be with my parents, sister and bro-in-law for Thanksgiving. Mom always makes this white dessert with cream cheese, fruit cocktail, powdered sugar, coconut and I don't know what else. A little goes a long way. My sister and I have named it "white death". We'll just hang out and enjoy each other's company. Later in the day (after supper), we consider it opening of the Christmas music season and start playing all the Christmas tapes and ancient LPs. We have to fly home the day after, so I think we'll just lay low after the feast.
Sharon
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| aimeeravae |
Posted - Oct 30 2007 : 10:06:31 AM
I love this time of year! Thanksgiving is even busier than Christmas for me. I have a Craft Show the Saturday after. I organize this one and craft for it and make candy for the Izaak Walton Table. I host our dinner and cook most of the food. My sister doesn't cook creativly. My mother can't cook. My house is neutral ground. If anyone fights they have to deal with me and they don't like that. I have to cook for about 20. Two things I like to make are calico beans and mashed sweet potatoes. I love them and the kids eat up.
This year we are doing un-traditional Thanksgiving. I don't especially like turkey, so I took a poll. Crazy enough, only two people wanted turkey. So...I am making prime rib. I am also making turkey breast for the two. Prime is one of those things I rarely make. I can just taste the herb crusted goodness. Yummy!
We all get together after and play cards, pick at leftovers and be miserable. Its a great time.
Aimee
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| Lainey |
Posted - Oct 30 2007 : 08:14:17 AM
I love Thanksgiving as well. Some of the best memories I have are of times spent with family during that time. Since both my grandmothers passed on our remaining family members haven't really started new Thanksgiving traditions. So I'm not sure where we will have it this year. One aunt has been hosting it the past few years but her daughter might be working so I'm not sure she'll want to this year. If she doesn't I might have it at my house for the first time. I saw the most adorable cheeseball turkey in a magazine the other day. It's body was the cheeseball and tail feathers are oval crackers with cheese coloring it and it's head is a piece of red pepper. I'm not really an artsy-type cook but it looked like something I might be able to do.
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| CountryBorn |
Posted - Oct 30 2007 : 06:43:06 AM
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love that it is just about family,friends,thankfulness and good food! We usually have a big dinner at my daughters,but, this year she has to work the night shift. She's a nurse and somebody has to work! Anyway her mother in law (who happens to be my best friend) and I are going to get together at her house and make a turkey and all the fixings. We are having a ball planning it. It will be smaller than usual just 9 of us. But I think it will be fun.
MJ
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 10:46:33 PM
This year Thanksgiving will be here for sure. My favorite cousin Shelley and her husband and possibly her 25 year old daughter are coming from Arizona! I am so excited to have them come! I never get to see her much since we moved here. We chat on the phone every couple months ..just not the same!! We grew up much like sisters. Her mom is actually grandma's youngest sister(my grandma was the oldest of 12 kids) ..so she is my second cousin..but her mom and mine are the same age (69) and we all grew up together. She is about a year younger than me.
We do a small Thanksgiving each year since we moved here. I never know who will be here, but I always cook. I love it! Such a fun, relaxing family day. All about the meal and the visiting..alot less pressure than Christmas for sure. But then...I LOVE Christmas too.
I will be roasting a turkey, cornbread stuffing and all the usual traditional trimmings...including fried okra in my family...and Shelley is baking the pies..she is a wonderful cook....we are looking so forward to cooking together again!!
Jenny in Utah
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| mima |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 6:51:28 PM
since most of the family switched to a vegan diet-we are going to do the tofurky thing!!! I'm excited to do a Gentle Thanksgiving! Unfortunately I may have to work in the bakery that day-but I think my kids will jump in and help!!!! |
| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 5:16:48 PM
This year will be my second year as a married woman hosting Thanksgiving. We will be having my husband's parents, husband's grandfather and my sister and her husband and baby. I also have my menu and decor planned out, but I still need to put together the seating arrangement, prep list, cooking schedule, and shopping list. I also need to do a test-run baking of the desserts-- I'm doing the pumpkin pie with home-frozen puree (instead of store-bought from a can) and Norwegian Almond Cake, which I've never baked before so I want to try them out ahead so I can make any necessary adjustments so they come out perfect on the big day. I'm excited about it-- I love entertaining, especially at holidays!
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| ktknits |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 09:33:15 AM
We're going to Phoenix to my older daughter's house. DH doesn't fly, so he'll drive (it's a 3 day drive from Indiana). I can't take that much time off work, so I'll fly out on Weds and back the next Tues. I drive past a turkey farm every day on my way to work, so I asked DH if he thought I should take a fresh turkey on the plane with me. Couldn't you just see security at the airport?? ".... Um, maam, what is in the cooler?" "TURKEY", she replies!!
DH told me to forget it. What fun is he???!
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 07:17:10 AM
I think we'll be going to (one) of my mother-in-law's this year--I have a MIL and a Step MIL. I'm sure I'll be on sweet potato duty. Now that my dh is back to speaking with his paternal grandparents and that side of the family, I guess we'll have to make an appearance there, too. Back to the "hustle and bustle" part of the holidays that I was SOOO happy didn't happen anymore!
Last year, we had Thanksgiving dinner with friends, and they chose to prepare fish. I guess the Pilgrims and the Indians probably had fish, but it wasn't what I had in mind 
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| debinmtns |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:59:22 AM
I have gotten my fresh turkey already, and I froze it. Its free of chemicals and thats what I was after. I am baking and cooking, it will be family tradional dinner. With all of it being from scratch. Except for the pies. the filling will be but the crust will be store bought. I have never been able to made decent crust. I guess, some things can't be taught. Ladies, I have tried all the recipes. I gave it up years ago.
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:48:07 AM
I love cooking and baking for Thanksgiving. My immediate family doesn't get along, so I have friends join us each year to celebrate. It is much more fun and enjoyable celebrating the holiday with people who want to be with you, instead of with people who are only there because you're related! The stressful part for me is putting up with nasty digs from my mother for not celebrating with them. Otherwise, I do enjoy planning my menu, which I've already started doing, and of course decorating the house. I have tons of Thanksgiving decorations that I've collected over the years that I really love putting out.
Dawn in IL |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:46:10 AM
We usually have thanksgiving at my house---well it used to be at my moms but she said "I'm tired you do it", so I do. Like Nancy Jo my birthday is close to Thanksgiving and this year it is on Thanksgiving (that makes me the turkey I guess). That happens about every 7 years. Gobble Gobble. Last Thanksgiving we had a big snow and windstorm so power was out and the year before the power was out hmmm....it seems to be the stormy time of year for us out here. Maybe we should go somewhere else. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL!! MB
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| Libbie |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:29:15 AM
That's a great idea!!! I have this wonderful recipe with great cheeses, too - like Fontina and Grueyere (is that how it's spelled?!?!?!) Thanks, Nancy Jo!!! Problem solved!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:27:45 AM
I have Thanksgiving at my house. I get up early and start the bird with the help of my oldest daughter. I usually have dinner around 4pm and my family is here. My mom and dad, my children and their signifigant others, my hubby, and my grandbaby! I love it! We always turn the parades on television for the little ones and they get a kick out of the floats. Afterward, we all relax and talk after stuffing our bellies full of turkey and all the trimmings. So much work for one day, but I wouldn't have it any other way!
I hope all my farmgirl friends have a blessed Thanksgiving too!
 What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:11:39 AM
Libbie,
Two big tins of mac and cheese. I know in the South its always a side dish at Holiday dinners. If there is going to be lots of kids you know they will eat it.
NANCY JO
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 06:08:16 AM
My youngest daughter has it at her house. She has the most room. Its always a nice time,and my Birthday is near Thanksgiving so I get presents. What could be better? Last year was differnt because it was a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY, they had a big surprise party for me, about 50 people. This year will be the usual, which I think I maybe like better.
NANCY JO
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| Libbie |
Posted - Oct 28 2007 : 10:10:55 PM
I just LOVE Thanksgiving. Our little family alternates between going to my husband's family's dinner and my family's dinner each year. This year it's at his parents' home. He's the youngest of ten children - yep, ten - so with everyone there it's a raucous and fun group. I'm not sure what I'll bring - any suggestions for a side dish that serves about, oh, sixty?!?!?!
XOXO, Libbie
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