So...whats for dinner?
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susan - sounds great! Sorry your timeline went south - it happens. I was supposed to go to the fajita lunch at DH's office - felt like poo this morning so I bagged it. DH came home this evening and we went out to get the turkey and a few odds and ends. I feel better after resting, but I got NOTHING done today, so you are way ahead of me!
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p.s. Also made the cranberry compote.0 -
I've been anxiously awaiting the pumpkin roll report!
Cleaned all day then made pie crusts, also chilling in the fridge. Tried a new technique of pounding the butter flat before adding to the flour. Supposed to make for a more flaky crust. Mine's pretty flaky anyway, but dh thought it was even more than usual. It's a lot more work and painful on my arthritic hands, but we'll see what the verdict is on the pumpkin pie.
Since I had an abundance of crusts, I made a fresh spinach and bacon quiche with a salad for dinner.
Dbil and dsil are coming tomorrow to spend the night and travel to dh's and dbil's sister's house for dinner Thursday. Since they will need to be fed, tomorrow night's meal will be a fairly simple roast beef with horseradish sauce, roasted parmesan potatoes and, much to dh's disappointment, Brussels sprouts. (An olive oil cake will cheer him up). I too, have a giant stalk from Trader Joe's, Lacey!
Good choice on the filling Susan.
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Susan,
Even though it was a detour you hadn't intended, I'm sure your friend Pat's (Frapp) partner will never forget your kindness. The first holiday without a loved one can be really rough and I'm sure it was a great comfort to him to talk with someone who understands!0 -
Hi everyone: Back in Florida for the winter...two day drive from the Carolinas trying to beat the bad weather...just made it.
The day before I left I made my traditional Thanksgiving dinner for BF's kids. They raved about my deviled eggs and cornbread dressing which made me feel good. My kids just take it for granted that I will prepare these dishes. Once I tried to make the deviled eggs with diet mayo and they noticed immediately, saying "Mom, we're not on diets". My secret is I add a little juice from the green olive jar, and I use dijon mustard and a little sour cream.
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Seaside,
Can't agree with you more.... I mean is steaming onions or being a friend more important? No question. I fired up a pot of coffee and chose being a friend. Real friends aren't easily made or kept. The onions aren't going anywhere. [I checked the kitchen; they are still in the brown paper bag.]
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susan. Words to live by. Friends before onions.... LOL might have to explain that one though.... LOL
Kara glad you made it before the snow. SpecialK hope you feel better.
To all Much love.0 -
No surprise about your choice for empathy, Susan. That was more of a meaningful holiday event than any food prep.
DH and I also headed out for food shopping today....four stops (one left for tomorrow), and sadly our Trader's was totally out of brussels sprouts, stalk or not!
Menu revision unless Roche Bros has some.
While on our way to Volante's we passed the local turkey farm....OMG !!! People were lined up football field length to pick up turkeys....I do not recall that the one we had from there a few years ago was worth standing in the cold for an hour.
Of course after all of our food purchases we forgot about dinner, so I made a fritatta with the tons of beet greens and onions that just came home. It was pretty good.
Tomorrow I need to get into some serious productivity.....self-induced pressure given our low key T-giv.
We're supposed to have driving rain tomorrow, so it will be a good day to stay in the kitchen...after, of course, someone picks up the turkey.
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lacey, Wilson Farms has TONS of brussels, all grown right there, if you can stand the crowds. Should have bought some for you today when I was there.
Moon, there is a t-shirt in there somewhere. I give you that idea. Just remember us little folks when you make it big!
Kaara, your holidays sound just perfect for you.
The whole house smells great. The bread is almost done. I made a fairly standard country loaf, and added some finely minced fresh sage. If the bread tastes as good as it smells, I will post a link to this year's recipe.
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Susan,
Yes, real friends are few and far between. And I think I should say that you also are included in those who are facing a first holiday with a loss(es). And I keep you all in my thoughts and prayers!0 -
Hello Every one Thank you so very much for all the well wishes and the Card from you Deb, You always send the best cards to every one here. Been home from the hospital for a few days after spending 8 days in ICU (Thank you Joyce for letting everyone know) Honestly when I went in I didn't think I was coming out, I was only breathing about 70% and when they saw me they wheeled me so fast my head was spinning. I still have Pnemonia the Dr said I will for a few more weeks maybe more, my white blood count was way up and still have a fever, I am on so much prednisone (125mg) that is keeping my lungs open and on oxygen 24/7 but it is keeping me stable so I won't complain too much, except the steroids make me a really crumpy person,. I will start weening off them this week all in all I am much better, after I get better I am going to go to a lung rehab place to try to improve my lung function having severe emphysema and having (had) lung cancer, has taken a toll on these poor lungs.
It took me quite awhile to catch up, I have been reading for the past hour or longer and missed so much. I am sure you all are going to be very busy today cooking and prepping and preparing but thought I would check in just to let you know I was still around and to say hi and I hope every one has a really nice Happy Thanks-Giving.
Now on to the more important stuff, I cried through every one's story on Michelle's Celebration of Life, You all wrote and told about it so beautifully as If I was there too. I know how hard this all had to be on you everyone with there different reasons why it effected them but mostly because you all loved her so so very much.
Joyce- I cried when I read about you bringing the chair, I think she will be sitting there next to you, you won't see her but she will be there. You are always In my thoughts.
Lacey, I am so glad you found a friend that Michelle also was friends with, You will both have lots to talk about and I bet you become very close friends with her. Just what Michelle would of wanted.
Deb- You have also been on my mind, I know things are still hard for you as it is me as well, I am still struggling too, I hope that your new Grand child will bring you much joy, Congrats!!
Susan- Glad you were able to make it there as well even though you didn't feel well, Thanks for the lovely story on the place and also the visual, I felt like I had a window in watching. I hope you are feeling better.
Seaside- I hope you also are better, glad I got the worst of it, wouldn't want any of my triplets to get sicker than me so I took it for ya! ha!
Laurie- I was thrilled when I read you were going on a trip and to Florida!! You deserved this vacation and I hope you are having the time of your life.
Sorry for all those I missed, there are just so many of you!! LOL! But I love you all and love reading each and every thing that is going on in your life. (My steroids make me quite chatty) Sorry!
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Debbie, so good to hear from you! Glad you are doing better, please continue to do so :-)
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Debbie, soooo good to hear from you and I wish you continued progress on your path back to health. Scary event, but what a strong constitution you have to come through this. Please rest rest rest!! I am more than impressed with how much you respond to on this thread. This gemini girl can barely respond to one or two sisters' comments/situations.
Susan, thanks so much for the thought and suggestion about WF. Am actually heading to the gym, and thought I could shoot up the highway but then had this wild thought that maybe Trader's might hae gotten some more stalks in. Called them and voila...they just got twenty stalks. I'll just take one, thank you! I better get off this and run up there before they are gone.
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Yay for brussel sprouts - I have some from WF but they are not on the stalk - I may be the only brussel eater so I just got the little de-stalked bag, but I am excited!
debbie - so good to see you! Sorry about the health crisis, but good to know you are hanging in - don't overdo it, rest!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends on this thread - such a warm, wonderful and encouraging group of friends! I am picturing all of you in your kitchens preparing food with love for those we are thankful to have in our lives!
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Lacey - Traders will put stuff back for you. I found this out when I was in search of the frozen leeks.
Off to PT. BBL to chat.0 -
Hi DEBBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
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Debbie, So good to "hear" your voice. What a nightmare you have been through. I hope all the lung folks can get you back to your old self quickly. I know it will take a lot of work on your part.
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T-Day Prep Update
The stuffing bread was waiting for me this morning. I sliced a sliver and toasted so I could determine if it was any good. Underseasoned for a stuffing bread, but very delicious! I will make another loaf for our turkey sandwiches. I will increase the amount of both sage and salt next year, but I think I have found a good formula for this purpose.
Then I moved to the rye bread. I have never had a rye bread rise so fast, or so much. In fact, it is soooooo tall I might have to cut it down to use as cocktail bread! Haven't tasted it yet, but it smells wonderful.
And finally, the dreaded pumpkin roll. All five of my 1/4 cup measures are missing. [Yea, look at YOU kid.] So I weighed the flour which i suspect was not a good thing. It took a long time to bake, and the thickness of the cake seemed really thin. The parchment pulled off easily. Towel roll up went well, and then it cooled. And sadly, this is where things began to go awry. The cake was so moist that the towel absorbed a lot of moisture, which meant that the non-sugared side of the tea towel stuck to the darn cake. One section became rather lace-like. We decided to forge ahead, and spread the filling. Rolling it back up was not so bad except for the lace area. I wrapped it in plastic and stuck it in the fridge. We just pulled it out to taste to determine if it is guest-worthy. The cake is delicious. The filling was way too sweet. The lace section can be seen when you cut the roll. We are going to try again tonight. Changes will be, we will actually use a jelly roll pan which is slightly smaller than the size called for. We will dust both sides of the cake with sugar and substitute parchment paper for the tea towel. We will reduce the amount of sugar in the filling by half. Here is our failure. It will head to the freezer as a quick dessert for anyone in the house who craves something very sweet.
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Debbie,
Soooooo glad to hear that you are out of the hospital but sorry to hear that you still have some mending to do! This respiratory thing that's going around is crazy bad. I had things nowhere near as bad as you but 3 weeks out, I'm still coughing! I hope now that you're home, your recovery is swift and complete!
Susan,
I will gladly send you my address and joyfully accept any and all of your culinary 'failures'!! I think all of your baking looks delicious!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends here! May you all enjoy your day however you choose to spend it. For those for whom this is a first holiday without a loved one, I hope that your memories will comfort you. Thinking of all of you tonight!0 -
Susan, as always, you are my idol.
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Susan, you are having quite an experimental day! I think the roll looks sooo tempting and I'm not even a pumpkin crazed person. I am also not so much into sweet things of late...am noticing that in the past week or so, I am not even interested in cookies or candy. I think my last cookie was at Michelle's memorial.
Today on The Chew, which I love to watch while on the treadmill, Michael Symon made a boned whole turkey roll up. Boy, did it look good! I was a bit squeamish about rolling up the skin, since I would not enjoy fatty skin amid my deliciously flavored turkey meat.
So I made the last (hopefully) trip to the store, got the turkey (in parts!), and assorted other things. Came home and made cole slaw ( tribute to my mother who always served cole slaw with turkey dinner...always seemed odd given her Italian heritage, but we all enjoy it). Had hamburgers for dinner, made cocktail sauce for tomorrow's shrimp, and the turkey stuffing which will be en casserole given no total turkey. I want to make some part whole wheat rolls for dinner, but that is probably better left for the AM.
I also have to check to see if I can make the Kelly Ripa brussells sprouts dish tonight ...or a least parts of it. I have no dessert making to do since DS2 is bringing an apple pie from his firm's work fundraiser, and I picked up a pumpkin pie yesterday. I do not like pumpkin pie at all, so if the apple pie is not from a good restaurant, I won't even be interested in dessert....a good thing. I was amused to see how many more folks than usual were at our fitness center today...working out like crazy.....it has to be the Thanksgiving effect. On Friday it should be mobbed!
The big task tonight is to convert the dining room to the dinner space. Boy would I love to leave all my sewing there, and eat in our perfectly fine kitchen, but I guess Thanksgiving tradition and pride is in my way.
Happy Thanksgiving to a very special group!0 -
Susan- I agree with Nanc, You are my Idol as well, and I thought the pumpkin roll looked good to me, I made one years ago and it certainly did not come out looking as nice as yours. Did you post the rye bread recipe? I would love to have it, not now of course because you are all so busy but maybe in the next few days when you get a chance?
Seaside- Ditto on sending it to my house too lol!
Lacey- Friday at the Fitness center should be slow since every one will be at the Malls going crazy. (not me) You couldn't pay me to go shopping on Black Friday. I found the coleslaw intriguing since your mom was of Italian heritage, so had to look it up. Guess what, Many regions made this dish with there own ingredients, like Sweden, Germany, Dutch, and of course American, but it says that the Italian's loved this dish and usually put ham in it and called it "Insalata Capricciosa" (Capricious Salad) and there ya have it, but you may of already knew this. I learn something new through all of you.
Hi Eric!!! "-))
Every one have a nice day tomorrow, I will probably be the only one here posting since I am not making anything tomorrow. DH is going to take me to the Casino, I will just park my butt on a machine with my oxygen and maybe cook the free Turkey we got for spending 150.00 at Safeway this week-end.
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susan - and now you know why there was so much swearing, lol!
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Debbie,
This is Nancy's recipe. She posted it on page 565, but here is a direct link to an online recipe holder which I created for myself:
http://www.pepperplate.com/sharedrecipe.aspx?id=d06e8cf1-696a-4083-bc65-964b6627cc05
Will report on flavor and texture when I cut in tomorrow! We know it works in Nancy's house; how does it do here? A mystery!
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Pumpkin Roll No 2 is still cooling. So far, it seems more successful. We have reduced the sugar in the filling and it much better! I bet I don't have time tomorrow to take pictures. You will just have to imagine it as being perfect. :-)
Lacey, you may have the perfect dinner menu. Need some gravy? I made 6 cups. [And I did promise I wouldn't overdo!] I don't actually eat dessert. I just enable others, sometimes.
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wow it all sounds so good. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Except for those Canadians who already had theirs! LOL
I spent most of the day going through paperwork. I should have done it yesterday but I just couldnt. So today it was. My DH is home to nite so he will do the floors tomorrow when he wakes up and I am still sleeping. This is the first year I don't need to put the Turkey In BEFORE 8 In The am. Yay! LOL we will be eating late so the hunters can have a full day. So din at 6:30. Much love to all.0 -
Debbie: So glad you're home & on the mend. I too will not be cooking since all cooking smells have been a problem now that I'm doing chemo again.
Laurie: Sorry to see cold weather in Florida. Hope the kiddos are over the 'bug' and the rest of you didn't catch it. Looking forward to hearing about your trip.
Thanks everyone for posting all the cooking & family activities. It sounds great in my brain & it's fun to live vicariously. I'll be going out to McCormick & Schmicks with my ex-husband and his wife.
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minus - "I will be going out to M&S with my ex-husband and his wife....." there is an interesting story in there somewhere .....
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Happy Thanksgiving all.
After 17 years of being responsible for T-day dinner at our Senior Center I FINALLY THREW IN THE TOWEL. This year my DH is taking me to the best restaurant in town. I intend to order prime rib!
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Susan ~ your recipe for turkey stock is wonderful. I made it last night and it is delicious. Thank you for sharing. Hope your pumpkin role turns out great.
Debbie ~ hope you are feeling much better and can enjoy this holiday.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY BC SISTERS. You make make me laugh and cry at the same time. Bless all of you.
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