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NorasMom
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We're all talking about meatbirds and changing the scales in advance, but what's on the menu for Thanksgiving dinner in your circle? Are you cooking anything yourself or traveling anywhere? (I need to figure out whose house I'm going to show up at on Thursday. 😁)

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falalalala profile image
falalalala

I am cooking nothing and loving it. I will however, do dishes.

My hub's making turkey,gravy, mashed potatoes. corn, biscuits,cinderblocks, oyster stuffing and pumpkin pie with whipped cream.I think that's it.

The pumpkin pie is Julia Child's recipe and it is good! I never really cared for it until I had that version.

We're having some family over so it should be fun :)

What are you doing/having?

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tofalalalala

Turkey and duck with oyster stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, overcooked brussels sprouts, Harvard beets, corn, turnips & parsnips in broth, canned cranberry sauce, bought artisan bread, 2 kinds of pumpkin pie, and apple pie. Mum's roasting the birds, but I'm doing everything else. It'll be at her house, which means we'll run around turning off all her heaters the moment we get there. What are cinderblocks?

It's great to find someone else that eats oyster stuffing! Ours is traditionally made with a REALLY heavy dose of ground black pepper.

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falalalalaβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

Your dinner sounds delicious!

Cinderblocks are those large gray bricks often used in construction as well as testing to see if someone got through one of my posts! A+ feel free to use this test.πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

NorasMom profile image
NorasMomβ€’ in reply tofalalalala

I love it! I'll have to use that for my family.

falalalala profile image
falalalalaβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

They're always good for that.πŸ˜…

goatgal profile image
goatgalβ€’ in reply tofalalalala

And I thought it was commentary on your hub's biscuits!

falalalala profile image
falalalalaβ€’ in reply togoatgal

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ More like my own!

Greentime profile image
Greentimeβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

It was a test! I thought it was some sort of local dish!

falalalala profile image
falalalalaβ€’ in reply toGreentime

πŸ˜…

Greentime profile image
Greentimeβ€’ in reply tofalalalala

Cinderblocks?

Kit10 profile image
Kit10

Here in the UK it's just an ordinary day.

I thought you were planning big chunks of cinder toffee!

because we call them "breeze blocks".

NorasMom profile image
NorasMomβ€’ in reply toKit10

Well, now. It doesn't need to be. You could celebrate the fact that you're no longer responsible for us! You just need a large roasted bird, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and your vegetables of choice. Make far more food than what you need for the number of people being served. Have an array of handprint turkeys and papier mache pumpkins scattered across the table, along with some autumn leaves. Put on a new silk blouse that will show every drop of gravy that you dribble. Be sure to seat drunken Uncle Mel next to the newest in-law, and have Great-Aunt Margaret beside a child whose cheeks she can keep pinching while declaring "Oh, my; you look so much like your mother at that age." Keep feeding people until their buttons burst and everyone falls asleep at the table.

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hairbrain4β€’ in reply toNorasMom

That sounds like one of my childhood dinners!πŸ˜‚

Greentime profile image
Greentimeβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

πŸ˜‚

Kit10 profile image
Kit10

That's called "Christmas" ...

NorasMom profile image
NorasMomβ€’ in reply toKit10

No, no, no. Christmas is simply the Second Thanksgiving! πŸ™„

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

(Don't tell anyone, but I stopped cooking Christmas dinner years ago. We'll have ham sandwiches and finger foods.)

goatgal profile image
goatgalβ€’ in reply toKit10

As in Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales...which is my favorite Christmas reading.

mrsmike9 profile image
mrsmike9β€’ in reply togoatgal

That is my absolute favorite movie! I've never met anyone else who's even heard of it before!!

goatgal profile image
goatgalβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

I encountered it on a recording of Thomas reading it. It has become a decades long favorite of mine, absolutely magical.

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mrsmike9β€’ in reply togoatgal

You have not seen the film? It sticks right to Dylan Thomas's writing. If I can only see one Christmas film, that is the one I would choose.

goatgal profile image
goatgalβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

I would probably love the film, but I haven't seen it. When I was 15, I went to work after school for the Pasadena (CA) Public Library. I was assigned to the Children's Room to sort and shelve returned books. The children's' librarians became fond of me; one Christmas they gave me a booklet of the poem. A few years later, in college, I bought the recording but though I have seen videos of Thomas himself, I've never seen the film. I will start looking for it. Maybe it's on DVD.

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mrsmike9β€’ in reply togoatgal

I will ask my husband if there is any way we can copy ours. It's on a DVD. If we can, I can send it to you.

goatgal profile image
goatgalβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

That's a kind and thoughtful offer, but let me look for it first. If I can't find a copy, I will certainly let you know.

Kit10 profile image
Kit10

Isn't once a year enough?!

We have Harvest Festival (mostly a church or school thing), Harvest Supper (also called Mell Supper, some villages do it as a social event, often with a barn dance.) Do you do that too? Then there's 5th November Guy Fawkes bonfires and fireworks - originally to celebrate King James 1st not being blown up by the gunpowder plot (gunpowder barrels in a cellar under the houses of Parliament) - or as someone once said "Every year the British public attempts to remind Parliament that it would have been a Good Thing." (Sellar and Yeatman in "1066 and All That" - Classic humourous version of British history.)

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply toKit10

I think parts of the Midwest (farming country) still do harvest suppers, but I'm not really sure. A neighboring town here has an Apple Festival in October, but that's all I know of. We no longer have the sense of community that you guys still have.

kdali profile image
kdali

You are welcome at my table, there's always room! A ridiculously good marinaded turkey breast (not "Thanksgiving" but hubs doesn't like a normal turkey and this one I don't have to babysit), mac and cheese, green bean casserole, brown rolls, and pies (apple crumb and pumpkin). Mom is bringing cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy. If I have the energy, I will add a rib roast, sweet and sour purple cabbage, deviled eggs, and spinach dip.

NorasMom profile image
NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

I'll come just for the deviled eggs!

kdali profile image
kdaliβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

I'll make you a plate! 🀣

Happy plate
NorasMom profile image
NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

Oh, that looks so good! Thank you!

mrsmike9 profile image
mrsmike9

We do a carry-in at my husband's sister's house. Fortunately many of his family are allergic to cats so I don't have to clean my house! We are bringing corn casserole.

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CatsandCarsβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

Wow, that IS fortunate!πŸ˜‚

kdali profile image
kdaliβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

I feel like I'm missing a corn dish, how do you make this?

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

You beat me to it. I've been seeing a lot of corn casserole ads on my computer, and they look very interesting.

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mrsmike9β€’ in reply tokdali

CORN CASSEROLE2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup melted butter

16 oz. can, cream style corn

16 oz. can, whole kernel corn

10 oz. box Jiffy corn muffin mix

In your casserole dish, microwave the butter to melt it. Then dump all the other ingredients in the same dish and mix until blended.

Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned. Remove from oven and sprinkle 1 cup grated cheddar or Swiss cheese on the top. Put back in oven for 10 - 15 minutes

I love this because it's so easy to make and you make and bake it all in 1 bowl.

To double-bake 1 hour, 20 minutes and the cheese is 15 minutes.

Yum!

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

Darnit! I have everything except the sour cream, and I refuse to go back to another store until at least Tuesday. Thank you, MrsMike9!

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mrsmike9β€’ in reply toNorasMom

Get the sour cream when you can and try it! It's so easy to make and delicious!

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kdaliβ€’ in reply tomrsmike9

Thank you so much! πŸ₯° I'm going to try it, and I love a good dump and stir recipe πŸŽ‰ We have cornbread dressing already so it may have to wait until Christmas πŸ€” I also make 2 variations of maque choux (corn, corn milk, diced onion and bell pepper, spices, sometimes meat) when sweet corn is fresh here, and turning those leftovers into a casserole would be divine! My life is seriously changed right now πŸ€―πŸŽ‰

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mrsmike9β€’ in reply tokdali

I'm not much of a cook, but even I can make this! It's so yummy, too.

melack01 profile image
melack01

Turkey Breast - in the instant pot, get it in and forget it. Oven is free for other things.

Gravy

Oyster stuffing - because my husband loves it]

Cornbread stuffing - because my mother-in-law doesn't want oyster stuffing

Mashed potatoes - because my oldest son doesn't like any stuffing

Sweet Potato Casserole - because my mother-in-law loves it.

Meatballs - because my youngest son won't eat any of the above

Crescent rolls - because everybody loves them including my youngest son

Cranberry sauce - because my mother-in-law sees it as traditional

Pumpkin Pie and Pecan Pie - from Krogers

Pear Pie - because I think it sounds delicious and I want to try it

I am trying to keep the portions of a lot of these small because there will be only 5 of us.

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tomelack01

I love the comments! My son would fit in well with your family.

hairbrain4 profile image
hairbrain4

Everyone's dinner sound so good except for the oyster dressing. We are having spare ribs, stuffing, green beans, rolls & salad. Dessert is Pumpkin praline with ice cream topper. We start marinating the ribs tonight.

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kdaliβ€’ in reply tohairbrain4

Love praline anything, I'd probably eat a praline turd 🀣 I'm going to go google this mysterious oyster stuffing πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

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hairbrain4β€’ in reply tokdali

I love praline anything too & this dessert is so easy. As for oysters...they need to stay in the ocean!πŸ¦ƒ

kdali profile image
kdaliβ€’ in reply tohairbrain4

I googled it 🫣 But I have questions 🀣

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

It's an acquired taste, to put it mildly. I'd warned my now-ex the first time he came to holiday dinner that he did NOT want to eat the oyster stuffing. He forgot. One of my biggest joys in life is remembering the look on his face when he took a big bite. 😁

My recipe is very simple, made from memory because Grandpa died without writing it down. I'll be working on it later today. My daughter and I will fight over the leftovers, but no one else will touch the stuff.

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kdaliβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

🀣 My experience with dressing is making an awesome bite with the turkey, gravy and sometimes cranberry sauce. I can't imagine throwing fish into that mix 🀣

It's a wonderful thing to have Gpa's memory with you, and something you and your daughter love but don't have to share! πŸ₯°

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

My favorite bite is mixing the stuffing with candied sweet potatoes. πŸ˜†

hairbrain4 profile image
hairbrain4β€’ in reply toNorasMom

Do you put your oysters in whole or cook them first & chop up then put in dressing before baking.

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tohairbrain4

Oh, my no. That sounds too much like work. I get the canned ones and just mix them into the dry bread. I wouldn't have the first idea what to do with ones that needed cooked or cleaned or caught or whatever one does with oysters. πŸ˜…

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

I just looked up recipes for oyster stuffing, and no wonder Kdali's horrified! lol. Mine's strictly a landlocked Depression-era recipe.

kdali profile image
kdaliβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

I actually cringed when I saw celery. I can't do crunchy bits in dressing 🫣

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

lol. Mine doesn't have celery or onions. I'll send some over for you to try.

kdali profile image
kdaliβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

Ok, I'm only scared of the oyster bits now 🀣 You can bring those sweet potatoes also!

NorasMom profile image
NorasMomβ€’ in reply tokdali

If I can pry them out of my son's hands...

hairbrain4 profile image
hairbrain4β€’ in reply toNorasMom

That sounds a little better than what my mom used to make. She used raw oysters. Just grossed me out!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

whwiechm profile image
whwiechm

We ordered a dinner from Krogers. My wife is tired of cooking a big meal after 70+ years

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Elizt3

there will be 9 of us. the turkey is in the frig thawing (as of Sunday night). fortunately no pressure with the guests we will have. my significant other and i work on the dinner together. we have a typical menu. i always make the baked corn pudding in honor of my mom (she always made it and i have her recipe ❀️) the holidays used to maximally stress me out but i'm working hard to not let it get to me. happy thanksgiving !!

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MarkUpnorth

Did the whole turkey meal thing a couple of weeks ago, using the last bargain turkey in the deep freeze from? Last Thanksgiving? Smoked it! Literally and figuratively. Applewood, low and slow. Did all the sides to go with it of course.So this year, going by relatives for Thanksgiving and bringing whatever they ask. Had 3 bargain turkeys last year. Ate them all. Even tukey in July is great. I already filled the last open spot in the deep freeze with another bargain turkey for post Thanksgiving!

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Tazmanian

We are going to my parents house for dinner my parents oven doesn't work so everyone is making something and bringing it over

anaishunter profile image
anaishunter

It will be a quiet one with just my husband and I. And I demanded he cooks a Cioppino. So much of it that we'll have some for at least 3 days of the long weekend.

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twooldcrows

we do pretty much the same as others except no fishy stuff ..but all are great sounding ...i am just into the fish stuff ..my husband and son and some of the grandkids do it ...but it is outside at the beach...the smell is terrible to me ...yuck sorry everybody who love it ...hope all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember to be thankful for what we have and why ...love and much happiness to enjoy this special day ...

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