Where people can go in and talk about the holiday and give recipes and stories about their family get together.


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Well, I think we now HAVE a Thanksgiving Thread (thankyou, JODO! ) so I'm going to move this to Off Topic and people can share their recipes and so on.

ever since I moved here I have always made Chocolate Trifle for Thanksgiving because I am not a big fan of pumpkin pie... his family loves it...

you just layer chocolate cake with some pudding and a big tub of cool whip and broken up pieces of Crunch bar in a big bowl....

for the pudding I usually mix 2 (4 ounce size) boxes instant vanilla pudding with 1 (4 ounce size) instant chocolate pudding.... although last time I made it I think I did the opposite 2 chocolate and 1 vanilla and it came out good... oops, you mix the pudding with about 4 cups of milk... you need to do this close as possible before assembling the trifle as it will get thick pretty quick....

Are you telling us this is the aperitif at your home for the day?

I will be working Thanksgiving Day.

mixes well with egg nog

My second attempt at Thanksgiving this year. I made a chocolate/raspberry version of key lime pie (if that makes sense to anyone) last year for desert, very yummy. I have tried pumpkin pie and it just isn't something I can really get to grips with.

I'm still gobbling down Halloween candy.

I guess that makes my shopping list for Thanksgiving easy

anyone live near Evansville, IN? lol order your thanksgiving stuff from my bakery/cafe it will be delish!

enough egg nog and wild turkey and i won't give a chit if the turkey is burned or not

Do you deliver? We're only about 2-3 hours away!

I love Thanksgiving turkey... it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

This will be my first American Thanksgiving. For Canadian thanksgiving in October I just did a frozen turkey breast, mashed potatoes and veggies.

I know we will have lots of people over for Thanksgiving. We are still deciding whether to do a deep fried turkey or a turduckin. I have never tried either.

do they sell a small turkey already cooked? I won't spend all day in the kitchen if I have to work the next day and I won't ever make the same mistake I made last Christmas to cook a turkey that last a month for both of us.

You can buy pre stuffed turkey breasts. They are really good.

I love this time of year..............we get a lot of days off from work

I love thanksgivings with my inlaws.. they cook a lot, and everybody's there.. we drink a lot of beer and liquor lol.. the only thing is that for the last 2 years that i worked in retail I had to work from 5am to 10pm on black friday, which fortunately I won't have to do this thanksgivings!! yay!

I don't know. I'm not much into the pre whatever food, you know? blah, I guess i'll have to get ourselves a turkey and do the stuffing with nuts and raisins like I did last christmas. Pros: I won't have to worry about cooking on the weekend after that since we'll have leftovers. I'll be up before 6 as I always am so I'll have time to cook it. Cons: hubby will have to eat leftover for a week, poor thing. I'll have to free space on my fridge for that.

do you work on the actual thanksgivings day? where do u work? not even retail is open that day

no I work the day after. Isn't Thanksgiving a Thursday? I work Fridays.

yeah, black fridays.. I hate that mofo.. I worked it for 2 days.. and no more! I might work that day, dunno yet, but it's not gonna be a gazillion hours in a store packed with stupid people

well I bet you that Friday is gonna be one of those Fridays where I just sit here and do absolutely nothing, like a punishment, and I can't call in sick Friday after Thanksgiving

yea noone can do jack on black friday, if u call sick or soemthing they usually fire you lol

Back in the days where there were just two I had to cook for, I'd just make a roasted chicken instead. Still tasty, less time to cook and less leftovers! Plus all the other traditional Thanksgiving foods go well with chicken too.

OMG...that cracked me up

you could just buy a couple of turkey breasts instead of buying the whole turkey...

my mom does that, she just buys turkey breasts and drums....

Mmmm Thanksgiving food!!! We're heading to Vancouver for Thanksgiving to visit my in-laws. Really looking forward to the trip (I need a VACATION!!!!). I know my MIL will make a nice Thanksgiving meal for me (which is sweet since they already celebrated their Thanksgiving). The only thing I will miss is my mom's stuffing ... family recipe that calls for sausage and roast chestnuts in it .. yummy!!!

This will be my first Thanksgiving. Yay!

I love Thanksgiving... turkey, stuffing, cranberry jelly (the stuff in the can, none of that fru-fru homemade stuff ) mashed potatoes and gravy... YUM YUM!!!!!!!

YAY for Squanto !

I have to work on Thanksgiving but hopefully will have the day after off, we dont know yet. Either Gary will make the dinner, well start it anyway, or we will go to a friends house that invited us.

I never understood why they put Thanksgiving on a Thursday

This will be my first Thanksgiving and i am very excited about it.

Latest craze around here is deep frying turkeys... I do admit that they are much better, but I'm afraid I'd set the house on fire....

This will be hubby's first thanksgiving. He is so excited about tasting turkey for the first time. I love cooking Thanksgiving dinner- all from scratch and very traditional. In the past the only thing we would buy is dessert, but this I am thinking about making some tarts instead of pumpkin and pecan pie.

I love Thanksgiving! And it's the only holiday where usually D and I are always together...we've missed 1 in 8 years. We'll miss this year as well

We got engaged on Thanksgiving Day too...

Awwww

I will be missing Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. But, the family has decided to postpone Christmas until I return. That's sweet of them.

amen sister moccasin

Amen, brother magic slipper ! We cannot forget Squanto cos he started the whole thanksgiving scene.

damn straight he did..a great warrior..who sadly believed in the white man integrity

How to Roast a Turkey


http://www.butterball.com/en/main_canvas.j...ep&s1=guide


http://www.eatturkey.com/ The National Turkey Federation lots of recipes and cooking tips for the holiday bird.

Anyone have a good recipe for a Harvest Cake??

I'll just eat turkey lunch with hubby's family and then on to work till 11 pm. Then black Friday I work again. Blah!

I am staying indoors after Thanksgiving first day of christmas shopping when all the freaks come out lol.

I have a recipe for Harvest Loaf ....


Harvest Loaf

1/2 margarine, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin (without spice)
2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking poder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Cream margarine and sugar together. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in pumpkin.

In another bowl combine the remaining ingredients, stir to mix together. Pour flour mixture into egg mixture. Mix all together, just until moistened.

Spoon into a greased 9" by 5" loaf pan. bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes to an hour or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for about 10 minutes. then turn loaf onto a cooling rack. when cool wrap.

Thanks Marilyn