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Very OT. Am I crazy??
This Thanksgiving it is just DH and I. MIL has passed on, and we decided
it would be nice to have it alone, so we didn't invite anyone over. I decided to make everything from scratch. Home-made cranberry/orange relish ( made yesterday, a double batch); home-made Texas cornbread stuffing ( yup, made the cornbread muffins last night). Creamed onions, from the "real" onions, not frozen. Real garlic mashed potatoes; real brussell sprouts, not frozen. This will be quite a feast for us, but most of the veggies I am making about half-recipe. Since we won't have room for dessert, I will make an apple pie tomorrow for the left-over dinner. I am having fun, so I guess one isn't crazy if one enjoys doing it. It is just that it is usually so easy to buy prepared, packaged and frozen food these days. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Gillian |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
"Gill Murray" wrote in message news:Cnmhf.8765$Tr3.1426@trnddc08... This Thanksgiving it is just DH and I. MIL has passed on, and we decided it would be nice to have it alone, so we didn't invite anyone over. I decided to make everything from scratch. Home-made cranberry/orange relish ( made yesterday, a double batch); home-made Texas cornbread stuffing ( yup, made the cornbread muffins last night). Creamed onions, from the "real" onions, not frozen. Real garlic mashed potatoes; real brussell sprouts, not frozen. This will be quite a feast for us, but most of the veggies I am making about half-recipe. Since we won't have room for dessert, I will make an apple pie tomorrow for the left-over dinner. I am having fun, so I guess one isn't crazy if one enjoys doing it. It is just that it is usually so easy to buy prepared, packaged and frozen food these days. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Gillian No, you're not crazy. I'm going to my friend's daughter for dinner and it will be nice, but I miss doing it myself. I loved doing Thanksgiving and making all the traditional dishes that my family loved and we always had company so it was a big, happy crowd. She did ask me to make a cranberry mold that her family loves and I don't even like a little, so I get to do just a little cooking. Have a happy! Lucille |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
Gill Murray wrote:
This Thanksgiving it is just DH and I. MIL has passed on, and we decided it would be nice to have it alone, so we didn't invite anyone over. I decided to make everything from scratch. Home-made cranberry/orange relish ( made yesterday, a double batch); home-made Texas cornbread stuffing ( yup, made the cornbread muffins last night). Creamed onions, from the "real" onions, not frozen. Real garlic mashed potatoes; real brussell sprouts, not frozen. This will be quite a feast for us, but most of the veggies I am making about half-recipe. Since we won't have room for dessert, I will make an apple pie tomorrow for the left-over dinner. I am having fun, so I guess one isn't crazy if one enjoys doing it. It is just that it is usually so easy to buy prepared, packaged and frozen food these days. Hey, I don't think it's crazy even if you have a bunch of people for Thanksgiving. We have a crowd, but we cook collaboratively so no one has too much to do. Everything is from scratch for us, except the obligatory jellied cranberry sauce in a can (which we love ;-) ). I made the pumpkin pies last night and the apple pie this morning and the turkey's in the oven now. Best wishes, Ericka |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... Gill Murray wrote: This Thanksgiving it is just DH and I. MIL has passed on, and we decided it would be nice to have it alone, so we didn't invite anyone over. I decided to make everything from scratch. Home-made cranberry/orange relish ( made yesterday, a double batch); home-made Texas cornbread stuffing ( yup, made the cornbread muffins last night). Creamed onions, from the "real" onions, not frozen. Real garlic mashed potatoes; real brussell sprouts, not frozen. This will be quite a feast for us, but most of the veggies I am making about half-recipe. Since we won't have room for dessert, I will make an apple pie tomorrow for the left-over dinner. I am having fun, so I guess one isn't crazy if one enjoys doing it. It is just that it is usually so easy to buy prepared, packaged and frozen food these days. Hey, I don't think it's crazy even if you have a bunch of people for Thanksgiving. We have a crowd, but we cook collaboratively so no one has too much to do. Everything is from scratch for us, except the obligatory jellied cranberry sauce in a can (which we love ;-) ). I made the pumpkin pies last night and the apple pie this morning and the turkey's in the oven now. Best wishes, Ericka Plain old jellied Ocean Spray cranberry sauce is wonderful stuff. I'm asked time after time to make this concoction of canned wholeberry cranberries, jello, fruit and nuts because apparently most people think it's great. For me, canned is the thing. Lucille |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
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Hey, I don't think it's crazy even if you have a bunch of people for Thanksgiving. We have a crowd, but we cook collaboratively so no one has too much to do. Everything is from scratch for us, except the obligatory jellied cranberry sauce in a can (which we love ;-) ). I made the pumpkin pies last night and the apple pie this morning and the turkey's in the oven now. Best wishes, Ericka LOL, my daughter was here in the summer with her family. I cooked a turkey, because it can be an easy meal. I had home-made cranberry sauce, and bought a can of the jellied stuff. Well, I think DGD, Stephanie aged 11,ate almost the whole can of the jellied stuff! I still giggle when I think of it. The turkey smells good, doesn't Erica? Gillian |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
Gill Murray wrote:
I am having fun, so I guess one isn't crazy if one enjoys doing it. It is just that it is usually so easy to buy prepared, packaged and frozen food these days. I thought I was the crazy one. I'm about 2 weeks from giving birth, we just bought a house and moved, DH is on week 3 at home post knee surgery, and I'm self-employed and have tons of work to do. So...sending the dawdler off with her g'ma to the relates' house for the yearly shindig, and having Banquet TV dinners in front of the TV between working, cleaning, and putting away. Oh, and since Wal-Mart's open but no one's ever there on T-day, we're going essentials shopping when we can be slow and gimpy together and no one will jostle us. -- Lizard-Gumbo http://community.webshots.com/user/moonlightmojo |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
"Gill Murray" wrote in message news:V7nhf.8770$Tr3.2754@trnddc08... . Hey, I don't think it's crazy even if you have a bunch of people for Thanksgiving. We have a crowd, but we cook collaboratively so no one has too much to do. Everything is from scratch for us, except the obligatory jellied cranberry sauce in a can (which we love ;-) ). I made the pumpkin pies last night and the apple pie this morning and the turkey's in the oven now. Best wishes, Ericka LOL, my daughter was here in the summer with her family. I cooked a turkey, because it can be an easy meal. I had home-made cranberry sauce, and bought a can of the jellied stuff. Well, I think DGD, Stephanie aged 11,ate almost the whole can of the jellied stuff! I still giggle when I think of it. The turkey smells good, doesn't Erica? Gillian LOLOL! Well, we HOPE that Erica smells good!!! Happy thanksgiving to you all! Pat P |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
Pat P wrote: "Gill Murray" wrote in message news:V7nhf.8770$Tr3.2754@trnddc08... . Hey, I don't think it's crazy even if you have a bunch of people for Thanksgiving. We have a crowd, but we cook collaboratively so no one has too much to do. Everything is from scratch for us, except the obligatory jellied cranberry sauce in a can (which we love ;-) ). I made the pumpkin pies last night and the apple pie this morning and the turkey's in the oven now. Best wishes, Ericka LOL, my daughter was here in the summer with her family. I cooked a turkey, because it can be an easy meal. I had home-made cranberry sauce, and bought a can of the jellied stuff. Well, I think DGD, Stephanie aged 11,ate almost the whole can of the jellied stuff! I still giggle when I think of it. The turkey smells good, doesn't Erica? Gillian LOLOL! Well, we HOPE that Erica smells good!!! Happy thanksgiving to you all! Pat P Oops, forgot "it"!! The package arrived safely, Pat. I really appreciate you doing that for me. Something will be heading your way before long! Gill |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
Gill Murray wrote:
LOL, my daughter was here in the summer with her family. I cooked a turkey, because it can be an easy meal. I had home-made cranberry sauce, and bought a can of the jellied stuff. Well, I think DGD, Stephanie aged 11,ate almost the whole can of the jellied stuff! I usually don't eat a pile of it at Thanksgiving dinner, but I *love* it on the turkey/stuffing/cranberry/ mayo sandwiches the next day ;-) I still giggle when I think of it. The turkey smells good, doesn't Erica? You betcha! My parents live next door, so dinner is usually at their house. It's usually them, my family, my sister, and some guests. My sister usually does some appetizers and some sides. I'm always on pies and gravy (for some reason, everyone else is afraid of making gravy) and usually do the roasted turkey in my oven and then whatever else needs doing. This year, we're doing a roasted turkey, a fried turkey, and a ham. Yum...I'm getting hungry already ;-) I suppose I'd better get dressed, though. I've been lazy in my PJs today! Best wishes, Ericka |
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Very OT. Am I crazy??
hi there
this is a test for my college work. back soon to chat about needlecraft. anyone do tatting??? "Lucille" wrote in message ... "Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... Gill Murray wrote: This Thanksgiving it is just DH and I. MIL has passed on, and we decided it would be nice to have it alone, so we didn't invite anyone over. I decided to make everything from scratch. Home-made cranberry/orange relish ( made yesterday, a double batch); home-made Texas cornbread stuffing ( yup, made the cornbread muffins last night). Creamed onions, from the "real" onions, not frozen. Real garlic mashed potatoes; real brussell sprouts, not frozen. This will be quite a feast for us, but most of the veggies I am making about half-recipe. Since we won't have room for dessert, I will make an apple pie tomorrow for the left-over dinner. I am having fun, so I guess one isn't crazy if one enjoys doing it. It is just that it is usually so easy to buy prepared, packaged and frozen food these days. Hey, I don't think it's crazy even if you have a bunch of people for Thanksgiving. We have a crowd, but we cook collaboratively so no one has too much to do. Everything is from scratch for us, except the obligatory jellied cranberry sauce in a can (which we love ;-) ). I made the pumpkin pies last night and the apple pie this morning and the turkey's in the oven now. Best wishes, Ericka Plain old jellied Ocean Spray cranberry sauce is wonderful stuff. I'm asked time after time to make this concoction of canned wholeberry cranberries, jello, fruit and nuts because apparently most people think it's great. For me, canned is the thing. Lucille |
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