I think most of the info about takeout T-giving is for people vacationing here over Thanksgiving break. Not all rentals are equipped to cook a full T-giving dinner.
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I think most of the info about takeout T-giving is for people vacationing here over Thanksgiving break. Not all rentals are equipped to cook a full T-giving dinner.
Kurt--can I put the political forum on my ignore list?
Nope, and there's nothing like a 9am phone call on T-Day with someone complaining because the unit doesn't have enough pie plates, a turkey baster, or (and I don't know why this isn't a standard in every rental :roll
a cornocopia (sp?).The real nightmare is after the renters leave and they have cooked.
I go all out cooking for the holidays even though it's just me and the 2 dogs. The good news is, I get to try all those recipes for left over turkey for a month afterwards. The dogs are much more interested in the food and their new Christmas toys than holiday spirit. I still have to read their Christmas card to them and I still can't figure out how they mail me a card. Family and friends are what makes the holidays special, but we get great joy vicariously thru others excitement and hope to read all about it in the lounge.
Don't despair aggieb - the Scooterbug family will spend days cooking everything from scratch (except the cranberry sauce and the Cool-Whip) for a 3 generation formal meal.
I don't cook well so I am kitchen wench - polishing silver, washing and chopping veggies, setting the table, hauling firewood, bartending for the chef, and of course dishes!
Even when we are at the beach for Thanksgiving, I cook a huge meal. I cook the stuff that freezes well the weekend before. On Tuesday I make the desserts. And I do the rest on Thanksgiving Day. We only have one oven at the beach house, so I also use the oven at my sister's house which is a few hundred yards away.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Appetizers
Crudit?s (celery/carrots/pickles/low-fat ranch)
Marinated Mushrooms and Artichokes
Nuts
Main Course
Turkey
Honey-Baked Ham
Mom's Dressing
Bean Casserole
Daughter’s Lemon-Garlic Green Beans
Tomato Pie
Rice
Gravy
Daughter’s Pecan-Cranberry Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Ambrosia
Yeast Rolls
Iced Tea and Wine
Dessert
Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie with Chantilly Cream
Cherry Pie
Thanksgiving 2008
Thanksgiving Dinner
Appetizers
Crudit?s (celery/carrots/pickles/low-fat ranch)
Marinated Mushrooms and Artichokes
Nuts
Main Course
Turkey
Honey-Baked Ham
Mom's Dressing
Bean Casserole
Daughter’s Lemon-Garlic Green Beans
Tomato Pie
Rice
Gravy
Daughter’s Pecan-Cranberry Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Ambrosia
Yeast Rolls
Iced Tea and Wine
Dessert
Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie with Chantilly Cream
Cherry Pie
I made those lemon-garlic green beans last year and they were excellent! I had to ask BR what elephant garlic was.
LOL. We love those beans. Glad you do, too!I made those lemon-garlic green beans last year and they were excellent! I had to ask BR what elephant garlic was.
The reason we have the redundant beans is that the guys in the family don't like the bean casserole (because of the sour cream and cheese), but beans are their favorite vegetable. The girls love the bean casserole (cheese is my middle name). Nobody is wild about squash. So we just cook two bean side dishes.
Green Bean Casserole
Mother made this dish every Christmas and Thanksgiving for years. She got the recipe from her next-door neighbor and friend.. We like this so much that we always double it. When we're having leftovers, it's my first choice.
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 can French-fried onion
1 cup sour cream
2 (12 ounce) packages of frozen French-style green beans, cooked
1/2 pound grated Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup corn flake crumbs
Combine 2 tablespoons of butter with the flour; cook gently. Remove from heat; stir in seasonings and cream. Fold in beans. Place in a shallow 2-quart casserole dish. Cover with cheese. Melt remaining butter with corn flake crumbs in a small saucepan. Put crumbs and onion rings on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Serves 8.
Kurt--can I put the political forum on my ignore list?
OK BR, we are going to be in SOWAL for Thanksgiving. Are you???
If we were going to be with the extended family we would be cooking the traditional meal but no way am I cooking all that food for 2 people. This year my Mother, brothers etc. will be going to the Mts.
Hubbie and I will be the only ones at home, so we will probably dine out or have carry out.
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