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    Old 11-23-2009, 09:29 AM
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    For us Thanksgiving is turkey, stuffing, corn casserole, mashed turnips, mashed potatoes, lots gravy, whole and jellied cranberry sauce, and apple cider. Sometimes a fruit cup, salad, additional veggies or buttnut squash soup might be added. It's really the only time I make a whole turkey. I'm from an Italian family and some families also add a macaroni dish but my Grandfather insisted that Thanksgiving be just Turkey and all the fixings. He used to buy the biggest turkey he could find, he even bought a restaurant sized pan for it.

    This year we'll be having Thanksgiving diiner at my DIL's sister's in Delaware so I'll see what is tradtional for her family. Hostess is the one who issued the Great Turnip Challenge I posted here about last week. My recipe will be honey glazed carrots and turnips. I'm curious to find out what other turnip dishes will be brought to this dinner. May in Jersey
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    Old 11-23-2009, 09:44 AM
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    Originally Posted by Lisanne
    SaraSewing, your Rosy Slush sounds like something I'd like to try!

    I don't know that my stuffing is so off-the-wall, but being Jewish, my family used challah (Jewish bread) as the base for the stuffing. I've tried others over the years, from instant mixes to cornbread stuffing recipes, and they're good, but no Thanksgiving stuffing tastes completely right to me unless it's made with challah.

    I've been through some tough times in my life, so when things got better, Thanksgiving became a very meaningful holiday for me. I would reflect on the things I was thankful for.

    This year, after being unemployed for 18 months and with both my unemployment and my health insurance ending this month, I was going to skip it. But I just got contacted for a job interview, so I may have a limited holiday and call it a "Thanksgiving of Hope" - and if I get the job, I'll do a real Thanksgiving when I finally see a paycheck (which, the way they're moving, won't be until late next spring, and will be less than half what I was making - about the same amount as my unemployment check is now, actually - but will at least keep me going.)
    I will be thinking of you! Good luck and keep us posted. Pam
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    We don't do turkey. We usually do Butterflied Bayou Shrimp. Yummy. :D :D :D :D
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    Old 11-23-2009, 10:19 AM
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    DH is chinese and i consider my lifestyle to be more chinese than american and we do a chinese menu.

    well i cook chinese all day every day but holidays are a feast menu.

    i make peking duck, crispy chicken, butterfly shrimp with bacon, steamed sea bass with ginger and scallions, noodles with asian veggies, jasmine rice, and assorted chinese veggies.
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    My son is an avid hunter. All events revolve around hunting! He always shoots his own turkey and he cooks that and pheasants for Thanksgiving.

    My mom makes little tarts. She bakes the shells and then fills them with cheesecake filling or pie fillings. pumpkin and cherry etc.
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    Old 11-23-2009, 10:25 AM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    DH is chinese and i consider my lifestyle to be more chinese than american and we do a chinese menu.

    well i cook chinese all day every day but holidays are a feast menu.

    i make peking duck, crispy chicken, butterfly shrimp with bacon, steamed sea bass with ginger and scallions, noodles with asian veggies, jasmine rice, and assorted chinese veggies.
    LOl Klue I am not a fan of Chinese flavors but we are going to go to a new restaurant just opened recently. It is called Family Buffet and they have primarily Asian foods. Mongolian/ Chinese / etc. DH and I went the other day to try it out. He loved it! He was in Viet Nam and has always refused to try Asian cooking. But he tried mussels on the shell / crawfish and a few other foods and loved it. My mom and my daughter's family all like Chinese. So that is going to be our Thanksgiving this year. They are serving turkey and crab legs for Thanksgiving.
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    Old 11-23-2009, 10:26 AM
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    my husband does NOT want to ever have company or go any where on Thanksgiving day because the Dallas Cowboys always play that day so I bake 2 cornish hens and a pan of dressing. One year I talked hime into a 2 hr trip to his family's and we had to stay till the game was over and that made us very late getting home and I have to get up at 4am for work so I won't make that mistake again!
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    Old 11-23-2009, 11:28 AM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    DH is chinese and i consider my lifestyle to be more chinese than american and we do a chinese menu.

    well i cook chinese all day every day but holidays are a feast menu.

    i make peking duck, crispy chicken, butterfly shrimp with bacon, steamed sea bass with ginger and scallions, noodles with asian veggies, jasmine rice, and assorted chinese veggies.
    Klue--can I eat your house???

    My unusual tradition isn't centered around the food--I like to watch movies while I decorate for Christmas--but not Christmas movies. I watch the same 3 every year--Legends of the Fall, Titanic, and Pearl Harbor. I do this to keep my husband out of the way! LOL

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    Old 11-23-2009, 11:46 AM
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    When the kids come its a full on tradition with the addition of beef raviolis with red sauce (not a real meal without them in the cold months) to start with (what meal is complete without those?) and biscotti for dessert.
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    Old 11-23-2009, 11:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by Rose Hall
    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    DH is chinese and i consider my lifestyle to be more chinese than american and we do a chinese menu.

    well i cook chinese all day every day but holidays are a feast menu.

    i make peking duck, crispy chicken, butterfly shrimp with bacon, steamed sea bass with ginger and scallions, noodles with asian veggies, jasmine rice, and assorted chinese veggies.
    Klue--can I eat your house???

    My unusual tradition isn't centered around the food--I like to watch movies while I decorate for Christmas--but not Christmas movies. I watch the same 3 every year--Legends of the Fall, Titanic, and Pearl Harbor. I do this to keep my husband out of the way! LOL

    Rose Hall

    sure you can eat at my house.

    in NY people say that italian people center everything around food and i just have to laugh because it really is chinese people who surround their lives with food.

    the normal greeting when you talk to people is "hello" or "hi" the chinese opening greeting is "have you eaten".

    when you open the front door the first thing you're supposed to say is "have you eaten".

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