to share our Thanksgiving Dinner menu. Several of us have posted things we are having, but I thought it would be fun to have it all together.
I polled the kids and they unanimously voted for our traditional family feast *sigh*...so no fancy stuff this year. I guess I'll just have to wait and get creative with the leftovers.
I'll start.
-Antipasto platter (new)
-Fresh baked bread
-Crackers
-Turkey (brining this year....shhhh don't tell the family)
-Ma Ma's stuffing (Pepperidge Farms-don't know why, stale bread, saltines, chopped onion, boiled egg, moistened with chicken stock and baked in "patties" with a few pats of butter on top of each until crispy on top...YUM!)
-Rice (DD pick) or mashers
-Ma Ma's giblet gravy (usual- unused chicken parts, roux and boiled egg)
-Ma Ma's sweet potatoes (baked with pancake syrup- I know weird but it doesn't get "ropey" like with other syrups, sugar, cinnamon, and a little butter)
-Butter beans (Is that one word?)
-Roasted asparagus
-Rutabagas (boiled with fat meat-removed and mashed)
-Collards (steamed with ham hock and chicken stock whole, coarsely chopped)
-Cranberry sauce (Don't laugh, but they LIKE the canned stuff. But I AM trying a Sandra Lee recipe that is like a congealed salad using the canned stuff.)
-Deviled eggs (I may get "wild" here and add some wasabi or something)
-Home baked dinner rolls (still trying to decide on the recipe)
-Ma Ma's pecan pie or Aunt Oleta's Chocolate Pie (maybe both- no notes, these require a "recipe"...LOL!)
Can you hear my arteries clogging from where you are? I added notes on how some things were cooked since these are things that have been cooked in the same manner in my family for several generations and may be unfamiliar to some of you who wouldn't be familiar with how "we" cook things like this "down here"...LOL!
I polled the kids and they unanimously voted for our traditional family feast *sigh*...so no fancy stuff this year. I guess I'll just have to wait and get creative with the leftovers.
I'll start.
-Antipasto platter (new)
-Fresh baked bread
-Crackers
-Turkey (brining this year....shhhh don't tell the family)
-Ma Ma's stuffing (Pepperidge Farms-don't know why, stale bread, saltines, chopped onion, boiled egg, moistened with chicken stock and baked in "patties" with a few pats of butter on top of each until crispy on top...YUM!)
-Rice (DD pick) or mashers
-Ma Ma's giblet gravy (usual- unused chicken parts, roux and boiled egg)
-Ma Ma's sweet potatoes (baked with pancake syrup- I know weird but it doesn't get "ropey" like with other syrups, sugar, cinnamon, and a little butter)
-Butter beans (Is that one word?)
-Roasted asparagus
-Rutabagas (boiled with fat meat-removed and mashed)
-Collards (steamed with ham hock and chicken stock whole, coarsely chopped)
-Cranberry sauce (Don't laugh, but they LIKE the canned stuff. But I AM trying a Sandra Lee recipe that is like a congealed salad using the canned stuff.)
-Deviled eggs (I may get "wild" here and add some wasabi or something)
-Home baked dinner rolls (still trying to decide on the recipe)
-Ma Ma's pecan pie or Aunt Oleta's Chocolate Pie (maybe both- no notes, these require a "recipe"...LOL!)
Can you hear my arteries clogging from where you are? I added notes on how some things were cooked since these are things that have been cooked in the same manner in my family for several generations and may be unfamiliar to some of you who wouldn't be familiar with how "we" cook things like this "down here"...LOL!
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
Keep your mind wide open.