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#816898 11/12/02 09:52 PM
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Ok...Turkey day is about two weeks away (I'm mathematically challenged, so if it's longer than that humor my poor brain...) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

With that in mind, how do you celebrate the holiday?

What are your favorite dishes and recipes? Please share them with us.

What are you thankful for...we do need to be thankful for something, even if it's air to breathe...

What are your hopes, prayers and dreams for yourself and where do you hope to be by next thanksgiving? (I'm gonna print this thread and do an update one year from now!)

I will answer this myself in a reply to this post, I have to dig out some of my favorite recipes...I don't have all of them memorized...

I thought this could be a fun thread to get going with turkey day coming around...

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Ok...my answers...

How we celebrate:
That depends...since Mr."T" is a cop, we might celebrate a day before or a day after depending on his schedule as he works extra for the holiday pay. I've spent many a turkey day alone with the kids. We usually wait and have our own day with Daddy home.

We have the usual, turkey, mashed taters, shrimp etoufee, sweet potatoe casserole, the green beans and fried onions deal, broccoli, homemade bread and pumpkin pie and pecan pie.

We say a prayer then hold hands and each of us say one thing we are thankful for. The girls love it and are thankful for more than one thing...I love to see what's on each girl's heart when it's their turn.

I am thankful for the gift of life around me, I'm thankful for cooler weather coming in and I'm thankful that I'm doing better now with Mr."T" than I was a year ago and I hope a year from now, it gets even better...My dream is for peace inside myself.

Now...my recipes.....*drum roll please*

Great Grandma Yoyo's Vermicilli Salad

1 (12 to 16 oz.) pkg. Vermicilli Noodles, broken, cooked and drained.

4 T. vegetable oil

3 T. lemon juice

1 T. Accent

1 T. seasoned salt (we use cajun seasoning)

1 bell pepper, diced

1 bunch green onions, chopped fine

1 can of sliced olives, black or green

1 Cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 Cup miracle whip or mayonaise salad dressing

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Marinate vermicelli overnight in a mixture of oil, lemon juice, Accent, salt and bell pepper. The next morning, add green onions, olives, cheese and miracle whip. Mix well and enjoy. This really tastes best a day after it's made to give time for the flavors to blend together in perfection.

Shrimp Etoufee

1 stick butter

Cajun seasoning

1 pound Shrimp, peeled and deveined

1 T. Paprika

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 green bell pepper, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups water

1 T. Worcestershire sauce

2 T. cornstarch mixed with water

1 T. chopped onion tops and chopped parsley

Melt margarine or butter in aluminum Dutch oven (using cast iron will cause the shrimp to darken) Season shrimp generously with cajun seasoning (or seasoned salt) Add paprika to the butter. Saute shrimp about five minutes. Remove shrimp and set aside.

To pot, add onion, bell pepper and garlic. Saute well at least 10 minutes. Return shrimp to pot and add 2 cups water and Worchestershire sauce. Stir and simmer slowly about 40 minutes. Check for taste, add more seasoning if necessary. Add mixture of cornstarch and water slowly until slightly thickened. Serve with Rice and garnish with green onion tops and parsley. Yields 4 servings...with my family size, I double or triple the recipe....

and voila...some of the things you might find on our table for Turkey day and other days too...

I can't wait to read and try out some of yours...

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I'm not giving up on this thread...I want recipes from y'all...so...bumping this up...

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Okay, Okay,

Honestly I am having a hard time focusing on the upcoming holidays.

What I do have to be thankful for are my two great kids. My daughter's birthday is Thanksgiving day this year. So I have something to celebrate.

As for the Thanksgiving meal, we went through a period of time when our main meal was tacos. It became a tradition. While everyone was stocking up on their stuffings and yams, we were stocking up on tortillas and refried beans. It was the only meal that the four of us could agree on and liked, so tacos it was.

I was the relative at the family gatherings that was assigned the paper products. Does that tell you anything about my culinary talents?

Hopes and dreams, you all know that, and you all cringe at the thought, but I want to start the new year with my H and I back together and working towards a full recovery.

Twiisty, the vermicilli salad sounds great!

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Tina, you and catnip can come have Turkey day over at my house...Mr."T" will be working again, double shifts...so that leaves me and the monkeys at home to fend for ourselves...soooo, my door is open for y'all and anyone else who don't have a place to park their butt...

I do ask that you bring the tacos and anyone bring something...that way I get to sample all y'all's stuff too!

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Nice thread, T. Bet ya'll can guess what I am grateful for, huh? This is our first year with kids. I just realized I don't have pet names that I can post for my kids so I guess I'll just go with the boring ones we use at home. Older son is Honey Bunny and younger one is Love Lump Pumpkin Baseball.

Did I ever tell you that they are gorgeous? Breathe-takingly gorgeous children and since I didn't birth 'em I get to say that and ya'll can't accuse me of being prejudiced. Huge, huge, huge blue eyes, the darkest blue eyese I have ever seen.

The other day Honey Bunny was picking on Love Lump about playing with girls. LL is almost-eight but more like about age five emotionally. He would fit in best with a group of kindergarten kids. (I don't mind; he'll grow up soon enough.) He plays with boys and girls on the playground--a fact that bothers HB no end. I told older son to leave the little guy alone and stop picking on him.

Mr. J: "When kids are little they play with both boys and girls. Then they go apart and don't like each other for awhile. Then later on they start playing together again."

(I almost wretched at this but that is a personal problem I have due to some past history that ya'll would know nothing about. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> )

Mrs. J: I said "And we call that dating. Some day honey there will be a girl that you love even more than you love your mama."

Hunny Bunny: "Nuh uh"

and with that, he hugged the breathe out of me.

I couldn't begin to post my holiday recipes. It would go on for ever. I come from a long line of very good cooks and I top the list (sorry to brag but I am the Queen Martha Stewart from a long line of Marthas). Last year we went to my father's house for T-day. There were 28 for dinner and I made eight pies--apple, pumpkin, chocolate cream, pecan, apple cheesecake, chocolate raspberry cheesecake, key lime and mincemeat. Pie is my favorite food in the world and my favorite scene in a movie is in the John Travlolta movie, "Michael" when Andie McDowell sings the song about pie.

For Christmas I'll be making hundreds of meat-filled Russian dumplings called Pelmeni. I have added a lot of Russian recipes to my repetoire. We are also going to celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7th with traditional Russian Christmas foods and some other kids who were adopted from Russia. My kids have requested Pelmeni as their favorite food memory of Christmas. (Love Lump was all weepy this morning remembering the years in an orphanage when he didn't get presents and many of the other kids who had a living aunt, uncle or grandparent would get one.) It is very hard not to spoil them and try and give them the world but that isn't the lesson that we want them to learn so we will celebrate Christmas with some restraint. We have been trying hard to teach them that our family doesn't show love with material things--we spend time together, Mama makes their favorite foods, we read, ride bikes together, having talking in bed nights when a parent curls up with each one and lets them talk about their previous life.

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MJ!!!!

Your boys sound like they are ajusing rather well now...are things settling?

I would love it if you would post a Russian Recipe...I would love to try it!!!

You are a loving, doting mama and you are doing wonderful things for your boys...many hugs to you...Enjoy your holidays and if you could share a no-fail pie crust recipe I would be eternally grateful...mine always seem too tough...

Hugs and love and prayers to y'all,
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Ok, Turkey day sucks for me.

I work retail and usually go in and open my store in the morning.

The good part is that our family is always invited to family's house to eat since they all know I can't cook and work at the same time!

So while I open the store, my H takes the kids to his mom's side of the family's house for an early dinner and then when I get off we go to his dad's for the "late" dinner. Since my mom lives in Chicago now, my sister will usually hang out at our aunt's house or tag along with us.

Xmas is usually set aside for my family. My mom usually comes to town to see her grandbabies. Xmas eve (after my store closes) is spent with my family. After the kiddies go to sleep we have a marathon wrapping session. Usually unitl 3 in the am. Then the kids wake us at 7:30 to open presents togehter. I cook brunch after presents and before we set out for house hopping to all the relatives!

That's my holiday in a nut shell. Retail sucks!

Receipe's .... hmm. I make egg nog cupcakes for the kids to take to school. Use a butter cake mix. Just replace butter for oil in the cake receipe and replace egg nog for water. use cream cheese icing and sprinkle a little cinnimon sugar on top. I always get empty cupcake containers from my store (just ask your grocer) to transport the cupcakes to school. Bonus: it's disposable!

Ok, don't laugh at my receipe. I'm a working mom. We cut corners.

I also like to make Kahlua cake. Just add some Kahlua to the batter ... yummy! cream cheese icing of course.

Always use milk for water and butter (not margerine) for oil. It'll make a box cake mix taste like homemade.

One last cool cupcake trick. Buy one strawberry and one bannana cake mix. Mix them both seperately. Then drop a dollup of each into the cupcake cup and bake. Wallah, strawberry bannana cupcakes! Cream cheese icing of course.

What am I thankful for. I'm thankful God saw fit to allow another man's sperm to reach OW's ovum before my husband's did. I'm thankful for my recovered and healthy marriage. I'm very grateful for my two healthy kids who's faces bless me every single morning. Who can resist that unconditional pure love! I'm thankful for God's grace and how he held my hand through my midnight hour. For these things I continue to sing his praise.

Happy holidays.
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I'm bumping this one back up to the top... let's get this one going ladies.

I'm really not much of a cook..but that I do know how to jazz up that tired old green bean casse role everyone makes, just add some cubed swiss cheese ..it's really yummy!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

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Still waiting for the recipes...we could use a change of pace around here.....

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Buttermilk Pie

Ingredients:
2 cups of buttermilk
6 eggs
1 cup melted butter
3 cups of sugar
6 tbs. flour
1 tbs. vanilla extract
2- 9 1/2 inch ready to bake pie crusts

***NOTE***
This receipe makes 2 whole pies, but I have found that I can actually make 3 with this receipe.

Directions:
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Step 2 - Take a large mixing bowl and pour your sugar and flour into it. Take a fork and blend the two ingredients

Step 3 - Add your melted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and buttermilk to the flour and sugar mixture. Then blend with a mixer for about 3 minutes on medium speed

Step 4 - Pour the mixture into your pie pans

Step 5 - Place your pies into the oven and bake for 1 hour or until golden brown

I make about ten of these at thanksgiving, and each year get the request for more.

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Ok Twiisty here's a pie dough recipe to have everyone asking, how did you make this taste so good?

BTW Tina, I laughed at you being in charge of paper detail.....I wish....I cook my rear off for every holiday dinner...just finished making homemade spaghetti (yup, I cut it with an old fashioned spaghetti machine...press first, flour and cut next...really fine and really thin.) and sauce with bracciole (stuffed steak) for S 23rd bd tomorrow...their first anniversary was today!
And I work tommorrow! jeese! BTW it's 1 egg to every cup of flour....1 egg per person, a dash of salt...I did 6 eggs and 6 cups of flour. Knead pull off a small piece and press through machine till thin enough....then flour and cut on other end of machine, I use thin cut. The only other size is fettuccine. You can add a little cold water if dough is too dry to press.

PIE DOUGH:

3 C flour
1 1/4 C crisco
1 tsp salt
---mix----

in a seperate dish beat:
1 egg
1 TBL cider vinegar
1 egg

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Add the egg mixture to flour/crisco and blend...

divide into two parts and roll out to 1/4" thin between two sheets of waxed paper,
place into pie dishes and fill.(remove waxed paper lol)

Can also make one heck of a two crust apple pie!

I'll be baking both Wed.

God bless you all for Thanksgiving. I celebrate it each day here. I'll always be thankful our situation turned out as it did. Regardless...God is good.

love
Debi

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Ok… I have searched long and hard for this recipe and I finally broke down and called my Mom!

This is a recipe that has been fixed for almost every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner in my family since before I was born.
My Grandmother got it out of The Farmer’s Almanac years ago. She passed to my mother and my aunts and now its down to my generation.

It is a light cheesecake and goes well with EVERYTHING!

It is always a Hit at Potluck dinners. No leftovers…EVER! (and mom would make 2 or 3 when we took them to Potlucks)

Cherries on Snow

1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 tblsp. sugar
1/4 c. butter, melted
1 pkg. unflavored gelatin
1/4 c. cold water
1/4 c. milk
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. sifted confectioners sugar
2 tsp. grated lemon peel
2 pkg. whipped topping mix
1 (1 lb. 5 oz.) can cherry pie filling

Mix cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter. Press into bottom of 8" spring-form pan. Line sides with wax paper.

Soften gelatin in cold water. Heat milk, stir in gelatin and heat until gelatin melts. Set aside.

Bear cream cheese with confectioners sugar until smooth. Add gelatin mixture, lemon peel and beat until well blended.

Reconstitute prepared whipped topping mix according to package directions. Fold into the cream cheese mixture.

Pour filling into spring form pan. Refrigerate until firm. Gently spread cherry pie filling on top and refrigerate until serving time. Overnight if possible. Cut in wedges to serve. Makes 9 servings

Enjoy!

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Cornbread casserole.....

1 can cream corn
1 can regular corn (do not drain)
1 8 oz. sour cream
1 box jiffy mix
1 stick butter
2 eggs

Mix together and bake at 350 for 1 hour....DELICIOUS@@@@@@

Happy Holidays and may God bless each and every person on this board!!!!!

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Dear Twiisty,

I hope this recipe doesn't come too late!

This was a wonderful idea to get us all in the proper mood for the dinner feast on Thanksgiving! May your family have many blessings this Holiday season.

Candied Yams

1 can yams, drained and mashed
1 stick margarine, melted
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. honey
1 can pineapple bits
1 c. pecans
miniature marshmallows

Put mashed yams in casserole. Mix together margarine, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, brown sugar and honey. Mix in yams with pineapple bits and pecans. Top with miniture marshallows. Bake at 325 degrees until heated through and marshmallows are bubbly.

love,
heavenly


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