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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 3:59:20 PM
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do you have a family tradition .. where someone (or you) always provide a certain dish at Thanksgiving Dinner?
My Nannie (aunt who raised my brother, sister and me) .. could whip up a mean Tapioca Pudding with Raisins .. Auntie Em always came through with her great tasting squash casserole .. my sister shasha brought the 'french style green bean/mushroom soup and french fried oinon rings .. from a can' .. aunt pat supplied the most fabulous pumpkin pies (well, except for the year she forgot to put the SUGAR in them! i had a beau at the time that choked it down to be polite before we discovered it had no sugar!)
let's hear some of your traditional foods! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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EagleNest
True Blue Farmgirl
192 Posts
Mary
Yakima
WA
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Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 7:43:22 PM
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We always have scalloped oysters, which are always better the next day. This year I will add a new tradition: Chocolate Cayenne Chillover with raspberries. There goes that chocolate again.
Mary
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Gal 5:22 |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 8:02:23 PM
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I like to toss a handful or two of pecans into my stuffing mix. That's become sort of my "tradition" ..also I have decided that every holiday must, must, must have apple pie in memory of my grandmother.
I'll probably make my mashed potatoes with rosemary and bacon a family tradition too.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 05:53:55 AM
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My family always relies on me to make the stuffing (out of the bird) and the corn pudding (a double batch). My stuffing has apples, pecans, sesame seeds, celery and good ole sage. Nice sweet savory combo, and there's never any leftover, which is sad! My mother in laws (I have a step and a regular) are the dessert bringers. The step mother in law makes the BEST jello molds I've ever seen--they're absolutely gorgeous and so refreshing, and the other makes the prettiest, best tasting pies this side of the Mississippi.
Aside from great traditional food, the most wonderful tradition this family has is that both mother in laws are best friends, and we don't have to choose between houses every holiday!
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ktknits
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Kathy
Northwest Indiana
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 06:34:43 AM
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You have an Auntie Em???! How Awesome!!
I always make oyster dressing for both my dad and my husband's dad. Both of our moms can't quite stomach even cooking with oysters. My husband won't get near the kitchen when I'm making it either! My husband's mom always makes great homemade noodles too! My mom is a good cook, but it's pretty much just the traditional turkey, potatoes, dressing, peas, corn & rolls.
I'm hungry now! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 06:52:27 AM
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Auntie Em .. she is about 88 years old now. She is one of the two aunts that raised me, my brother and sister. Strange .. but we called her EMMA when we were growing up .. not even Aunt Emma. When the next generation of children came along .. she just became Auntie Em. Two aunts raised us .. our precious Nannie .. who literally gave her entire life up to raise us .. broke off her engagement when her fiance did NOT want to take on raising three children! Nannie was so EXCITABLE .. i would often here her exlaim "DOOOOOO JEZUZZZZ" .. my sister took after her.
Auntie Em was the 'rock' .. who, if she got worried about something .. she ALWAYS hid it from the children ... i think i got her strength in that area. What precious memories!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
814 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 07:46:02 AM
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We always have Dressing and homemade mashed potatoes.
~~Bridge's Boutique~~
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 08:13:10 AM
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We have a corn pudding recipe that is a must for EVERY holiday! I submitted it to the Farmgirl Connection Cookbook so you'll have to order the book to find out the recipe!!! HEEEHEEEE!
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 09:01:23 AM
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dressing (in the bird), cream cheese mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie with real whipped cream
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 11:21:53 AM
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Every Thanksgiving I make Scallop Casserole, (the recipe is in the Farmgirl Connection cookbook as well!), and freshly made Pumpkin Pie, made by my nephew Brandon and me. It's his favorite pie and it has become a tradition that we make it the day before Thanksgiving. He is quite good at it now! I know it's not a dinner thing, but in the morning we have the Heap-Big Thanksgiving Breakfast Bash with fried dough( with fresh butter and maple syrup or molasses), bacon, sausage, fruit and orange juice. I usually have to thaw out and rise 8 pounds of frozen bread dough for our family!! Well, there are 18 of us!! We don't eat again until 5:30 in the afternoon. No one has any room for food until then! :)
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summerbreeze
True Blue Farmgirl
277 Posts
Laura
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 7:40:08 PM
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Mmmmm, it all sounds so good. The last few years we have been at family for the holiday. My sister-in-law does not like turkey so Thanksgiving is nontraditional at her house. She also does not know how to cook and has no interest in learning. She has my two nices and my nephew so I keep going back. Between me, my husband and brother we can put together a great dinner. My Grandmother (she passed away last Thanksgiving weekend) loved crab so I alway brought fresh crab legs. My brother makes homemade tamales. My husband pulls a few new recipies for a surprise.
If we go to my sister-in-law in New York, the food is always womderful. My husbands family is Jewish and we have a wonderful assortment of dishes. The traditional turkey with noodle pudding.
When we cook at home and have friends over we usually deep fry a turkey. No matter where I am someone always calls me for my sweet potatoes recipe.
40oz can of yams or cooked and mashed fresh (3-4 cups)1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 stick of butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
Mash yams and beat with sugar. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup soft butter
1/3 cup flour
1 cup pecans
Cut butter into nuts,sugar and flour to make a crumbly mixture. pour over sweet potatoes and bake 30 minutes at 325degrees.
Laura
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PlumJoy
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
joy
Merced
Ca.
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Posted - Nov 02 2006 : 5:17:33 PM
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Listening to all of you has made me so hungry. I was always the one who brought the home made yeast rolls. My new husband told me that he wanted me to make them as good as his mom did. My first attempt was just awful. Even our old dog wouldn't touch them. So as a joke my husband used them as skeets and he shot them. He laughed, but I cried. I kept trying though and now I make a mean yeast roll.
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Nov 02 2006 : 6:05:38 PM
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We have a tradition in the making.Our son and his 3 cousins(all boys ages 14, 13, 11 and 9) have started making a "surprise" dish for the holidays. They plan, shop and cook this treat all together and they bring it to the meal. So far so good, last year we had some kind of zesty pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds! Who knows what this year, it's always a surprise! We did hear alot of giggling
before it was served but they did really well! You have to love Food Network, some lucky girls are going to get these guys who like to cook! Mom may have started them cooking but Food Network made it cool to be a guy who cooks!
As for me...like last year, spinach souffle, pumpkin pecan pie, mincemeat pie and Julia's Cranberry Chutney! Look under Kitchen Topics for last year around this time, there are some delicious recipes posted you shouldn't miss! Julia's Chutney is FABULOUS!!!!
The only difference for us is the whole family on my dh's side is travelling to Ct. to my sister in laws! Puts a new spin on "The Moveable Feast"!
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Nov 03 2006 : 01:49:27 AM
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My daughter always asks for sweet potato casserole. I cook the sweet potatoes, skin and and mash them. Then I add orange juice, brown sugar and butter. I top it with almond slivers or roasted pecans. The recipe I use actually calls for a layer of sliced bananas in the center. I like that, but the rest of the fam does not, so I leave those out.
We always have fresh (not frozen) turkey, corn bread dressing, broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes and giblet gravy (I love to make gravy), rolls and sweet potatoes. And chocolate layer cake with jamoca ice cream. We figure of we are going to have dessert, it should always be chocolate!
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Holidays: Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Dish |
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