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| highlandviewpantry |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 08:14:18 AM
My husband and I are both from large families, and we all live in the same town. This year we are going to my Mom and Dad's to eat and then stopping by his parents for a visit. This is the first year in our marriage that we won't eat two turkey dinners on top of each other. Friday, we stay home and I cook Thanksgiving dinner for the seven of us. We are considering making the move to stay home for Thanksgiving next year - we have five kids and the oldest is a teenager and I would like her to have memories of celebrating at home - like I do from growing up. It is a hard move to make though because we could invite our parents but inviting our siblings would be thirty or more -too hard. I love traditions but it is a little painful when it is time for them to evolve. What do you do - travel, stay at home with immediate family or have a huge bunch over to celebrate?
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| Marcia30 |
Posted - Nov 20 2010 : 1:09:16 PM
me and my husband and kids will first go over to his cousins house the day before thanksgiving cause this is her first thanksgiving being married, and having her own place, with all his family over there and then on thankgiving day i will have dinner at our house and my family will come over and his family will come over again also. Well most of them but the ones that came over the day before won't cause they have to work, but the rest will. Busy Busy thanksgiving!!
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| Simply Ann |
Posted - Nov 20 2010 : 06:38:11 AM
It will be just my Mom and I but we are cooking all the usual Thanksgiving traditions. If there are any Farmgirls in need of a placed to go for Thanksgiving you are welcome to join us.
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| Nanniekim |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 2:05:47 PM
It will just be 3 of us this year. Our families lives out of state and my married children will be at the in-laws this year. We might be eating leftovers for quite a while since I'm not sure I've ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner for just 3!
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 12:09:28 PM
I cook 2 20lb turkeys in a wonderfully huge tukey pan I found a few years ago. I have found that 2 20lbers will sit side by side in the pan sideways since the pan is supposed to be for a 36lb bird and is listed as an extra tall lid. It is as tall as it is long and is as wide as most raosters are long. I paid nearly $50 for it, but we also use it for storin cakes we bake for parties to keep the cats at bay. My Hubby likes to make 3 and 4 layer cakes and they won't fit in a normal cake holder, so we use the big pan! It has been totally worth the cost. We also have a huge stockpot that is a 3 gallon capacity. It takes 2 burners on the stove, but makes enough noodles to leave leftovers for us for another dinner for my 6-person family. It was a $30 investment that I wouldn't trade for anything. It can be used to store all kinds of things and can be turned upside-down to cover my middle girls favorite 10 layer rainbow cake that she has to have every year for her birthday. I usually need 3-4 days of noodle makin to have enough homemade noodles to fill that pan, so plan ahead if your gonna try to fill a pan like that by hand! Just a little experience talkin from someone who set up all night the first year makin noodles 2 days before Thanksgiving!
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| highlandviewpantry |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 09:57:12 AM
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Originally posted by natesgirl
We spend 2 weeks preppin and cookin and then have the dinner here as an evening dinner. We usually have 20-30 people who come and then we box up dinners for some of our older family and deliver them the day after. It's horribly hectic and a lot of work, but we are visitors and spectators for the christmas season, so it's not so bad in the long run.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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Just in case I get brave next year and do have all my siblings how many pounds of turkey do you cook for thirty people?
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 09:13:58 AM
Usually we're home, but this year we're traveling to celebrate Thanksgiving with my Mother and Stepdad. I am very, very excited! This is the first time in years I won't be hosting, cooking or baking for the holiday - she is so excited, she has taken the day before the holiday off from work to prepare all sorts of wonderful foods! We have a whole weekend of festivities planned, including a special tea on Friday for just my Mom and I at a fancy little tearoom near their home - how special is that!? We plan to play board games, look at old photographs, get some Christmas sight-seeing in as a family, as well as a little Christmas shopping. It's going to be so much fun! I can hardly wait! Have a blessed Thanksgiving, everyone! - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 09:10:49 AM
We spend 2 weeks preppin and cookin and then have the dinner here as an evening dinner. We usually have 20-30 people who come and then we box up dinners for some of our older family and deliver them the day after. It's horribly hectic and a lot of work, but we are visitors and spectators for the christmas season, so it's not so bad in the long run.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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