Originally Posted By csgoofygirl What a fun discussion! This will be our first year without one of our kids home. The little stinker moved to California last January and can't make it home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. We will go see him the week after Thanksgiving . . . but I still think I'll feel a little sad on Thanksgiving. This year we are switching things up a bit and working at a Salvation Army Community Thanksgiving Dinner. A new experience for all of us. And then we have invited an Air Force couple to have dinner with us. He is from Michigan and she is from Hawaii. There will just be 7 or 8 or us this year.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Very nice cs. I think it's always a bit more special when we are able to slide a few more chairs in for people who are not near their families.
Originally Posted By debtee This has been a lovely thread to read, thanks guys! We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia, so it's been fun to read what your plans are all going to be. I love reading that people are having friends over that don't have anywhere to go, that's so special.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 It is very special indeed! I always thought that I'd invite my kids college roommates to our house for any holiday when they couldn't make it home. It just occurred to me that all my kids have had roommates that lived close enough to go their own homes. I guess that is a good thing Lisann, not to belabor the point but crab crap really is crappy isn't it? The first time I had to clean a crab I couldn't do it (gag reflex) and I admit that I threw the whole crab away.
Originally Posted By friendofdd And all this time I thought Lisann had mispelled clam. I am so slow. =o[
Originally Posted By friendofdd We gathered together to eat some raw turkey Cuz Mother forgot you should thaw it out first. The gravy was lumpy and daddy was grumpy We stifled our laughs til we thought we would burst. The Jello was runny, the corn tasted funny, The biscuits you couldn’t cut through with a knife. The yam casserole overflowed the big bowl; This was the worst dinner I’d seen in my life Our mother had taken some pieces of bacon And crumbled them up in the cold pumpkin soup. The scalloped tomatoes were like scorched potatoes. She’d made enough slaw for a whole boy scout troop. Then mom started cryin, but there’s no denyin’ Our Thanksgiving dinner had lost its appeal. Mom said, “That’s enough,”she got up in a huff, Then cleared off the table and served us oatmeal.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon <<I forgot about the olives...kids tradition, wear them on your fingers and eat them with a big grin.>> ^^^^^^^ This sure brings back lots of memories from my own childhood and that of my children, neices and nephews.
Originally Posted By wendebird My family is all back east, so it's just the 4 of us for Thanksgiving. I don't know how to make a Thanksgiving dinner for only 4 people, so we will have a TON of leftovers. Appetizers: Buffalo wings Lisanns spinach/artichoke dip w/pita chips pizza dip w/bread rounds bagel bites for the kids cheese, crackers, olives, pickles Dinner: Roasted Turkey (I only use butter, salt & pepper on my turkey) mashed potatoes with lots of butter & half & half stuffing with crumbled sausage lots of gravy green beans (no casserole here either Lisann) homemade biscuits mashed sweet potatoe casserole with enough butter, cream & sugar to choke a horse cranberry sauce of out of a can (kids love it) Dessert: homemade pumpkin pie homemade apple pie We'll be eating Thanksgiving dinner for a month, lol.
Originally Posted By wendebird LMAO, I wrote potatoes & realized typo, backed the s out & forgot the e.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 LOL wendebird! Thanksgiving dinner IS meant to be enjoyed for days to come. Yesterday I ordered my turkey. 28lbs. The butcher asked how many people were coming to dinner. I said "15 and 15 leftovers" I just realized that 2 of those 15 are vegetarians and one is only 4 years old. We may be eating turkey for a month too My family always enjoyed the olives on the fingers and the olive finger boxing matches Sadly NONE of my kids like olives. They got the "doesn't like olives" gene from their father
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD If it is the pampered chef recipe for pizza dip it is yummy and easy. It has been years since I made that one. Maybe it is time to pull it out. That crab dip sounds yummy and not crappy at all!
Originally Posted By wendebird Yup, it's a pampered chef recipe. You mix cream cheese with some oregano & basil & put it in the bottom of a 8 x 8 or round pie dish. Then you mix mozzarella cheese & parmesan cheese & sprinkle a little over the cream cheese. Top that with some tomato sauce, then sprinkle the rest of the cheese. Top with some diced green pepper & green onion. Baked 350 until bubbly & serve with bread. I put bread dough (I buy frozen kind) & bake it inside Pampered Chef's Valtrumpian (whatever they're called) tubes, then slice it. Spread with dizza dip & yummy! If you want more specifics, I'll go dig the book out.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb All this talk of leftovers reminds me of my favorite Thanksgiving food tradition... Leftover Turkey Tacos! Oh, and it isn't the holidays unless I've had 1 turkey sandwich
