Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Thanksgiving Tips It's the season when the food police come out with their wagging fingers and annual tips on how to get through the holidays without gaining 10 pounds. You can't pick up a magazine without finding a list of holiday eating do's and don'ts. Eliminate second helpings, high-calorie sauces,and cookies made with butter, they say. Fill up on vegetable sticks, they say. Good grief. Is your favorite childhood memory of Thanksgiving a carrot stick? I have my own list of tips for holiday eating. 1. Avoid those carrot sticks. Avoid them. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Thanksgiving spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. Like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an egg- nogaholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Thanksgiving! 3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat. 4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission. 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to Thanksgiving dinner is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? Remember college? 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog. 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted cookies in the shape and size of a turkey, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. You can't leave them behind. You're not going to see them again. 8. Same for pies. Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day? 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all costs. I mean, you've got to have some standards. 10. And one final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips. Start over. But hurry! Cookieless January is just around the corner.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 If you have like 7 dozen tamales left over in your freezer that you worked really hard to make and you have the choice between giving them as gifts OR eating 2 a day between the day after Thanksgiving when you cooked them till New Years Day. Always, always go with the second choice. ;> November 23rd till January 1st, 2007 equals 40 days times 2 equals 80 tamales or 7.5 tamales. Sounds good! ;>
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter <----wipes away a tear Lisa! At long, long last, an area in which we are in complete accord. Give us some privacy, people, we're having a moment here.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Sure, that's easy enough if you can make tamales. But for those of us who are masa challenged and don't know carnitas for pigs feet, that is downright selfish.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all costs. I mean, you've got to have some standards.<< Am I the only person who likes fruitcake? That's okay, it leaves more for me.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Nope, you have to share it with me, Alex. Love, love, LOVE fruitcake!!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo <---Loves fruitcake. I once made a couple that I kept in the fridge for a year and basted with rum every month. Out.of.this.world. I think the list missed the most important party rule: If while eating you run low on stuffing say, and you still have turkey and other things on your plate, you have to put on *more* stuffing so it comes out even.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Three, my mom used to make homemade fruitcake that she wrapped in a linen dish towel and drenched with rum every day or two. It was fantastic!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon <<Am I the only person who likes fruitcake?>> Nope...I think it's great! Some are better than others though. If you get a bad one it's REALLY bad. <<I once made a couple that I kept in the fridge for a year and basted with rum every month. Out.of.this.world.>> YUM, YUM, YUM!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon And what about those cherries (Queen Annes?) that are marinated in whiskey or something like that for months on end? They are really a treat!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Time for the annual bump. (And if there were an edit feature, I would put "author unknown" on the first post. I wish I could take credit for these wonderful tips, but I can't).
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka The holidays are here...it's time to celebrate BUTTER! Rich, creamy, delightful butter. Oh butter, how I love you so.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight And REAL heavy cream! Ohhhhh praise be to the artery cloggin heart stopping taste of the real stuff!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Yummmmm! Love me some cream. Just the other day I was craving a bowl of rice kripies w/sugar and half and half. (Then I got shooting pains in my arm and was distracted.) I bought some creme fraiche to put into the chocolate pumpkin tart that I am making tonight. Soooo much better than sour cream.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Obviously,you've never been tazered! Honestly ♥FoDD♥, don't you have a pun to go post somewhere?! ;-)
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka My mom showed up an hour early AND my turkey is cooking faster than it should. So, here is a Thanksgiving tip from me....VODKA.
