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08-04-2006, 09:35 AM
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The Perfect Thanksgiving
We are having our first Thanksgiving at home this year and we are adopting a houseful of people to share it with us who can't make it home to their families. So, does anyone have any recommendations for menus or recipes? I know it's early, but we are will need to start budgeting for it now. Thanks!
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08-04-2006, 10:15 AM
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Sounds like fun, Leonne. Good luck in your first big turkey dinner!
 There are plenty of online recipes that you could follow, and Thanksgiving menus that are out there, too. The standard we've used would look something akin to: 12-14 pound roasted turkey with giblet gravy cornbread stuffing mashed potatoes green bean casserole regular or creamed corn candied yams or sweet potatoes (with the marshmellow topping, YUM!) cranberry sauce dinner rolls and for dessert: pumpkin pie pecan pie apple pie Finally, make sure you have extra bed-linens for the guests who mysteriously and suddenly fall into a deep slumber on the living room couch while watching football.  What's really important, though, is find out if any guests have food-sensitivities/allergies or have decided to leave out certain foods in their diet for ethical reasons. In that case, have kosher foods, sugar-free or salt-free foods, and/or vegan recipes on hand in case one of the guests alerts you to a special request (like a tofu-turkey............which actually can taste pretty good). This is all from memory. We've all congregated over to my grandmother's house with certain parts of the menu designated to each of the households that are coming. You could do that, too, to relieve the burden of making everything, which is expensive and tiring. We hosted Thanksgiving one year, and I wound up exhausted after making everything for everybody. We also spent over $100.00 for the dinner alone. The family decided to go back to doing the pot-luck style Thanksgiving again.  Peace, Mystic
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08-04-2006, 11:29 AM
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Turkey (for the perfect roasted Turkey recipe, ask me in a week when I'm back on). Cornbread stuffing (gluten-free) and bread stuffing (not baked in the turkey). Veggies: Garlic beans, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes (just baked, nothin' on 'em) with cinnamon butter for those who want that. Sometimes we make some corn, but not always. Salad! Spring mix with whatever we like, usually. Rolls...with honey butter. Yum. Potato rolls are the *best* Dessert: My grandma's pumpkin pie, made gluten and dairy free. Also chocolate pie, made with almond or hazelnut milk. Yum! Whipped cream for those who can have it, and this soy replacement "Hip Whip" for those of us who can't.
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08-04-2006, 11:50 AM
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What are the traditions of the "houseful" you're adopting? Perhaps these should be taken into consideration.
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08-04-2006, 11:56 AM
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08-04-2006, 12:14 PM
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(EDIT: Spelling... I need to get more sleep!) Last edited by evearael; 08-04-2006 at 02:32 PM.
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08-04-2006, 02:26 PM
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Our traditional family Thanksgiving--melding of Northern and Southern Families
Roast Turkey--cornbread stuffing cooked in the Bird Mashed Potatoes--homemade are best--Bob Evans aren''t bad either. Turkey Gravy-- make your own--or French's in the jar is good/ with or without giblets. Green Bean Casserole--follow ther recipe on the Durkee french fried onion rings can Succotash--alot of recipes out there--we use pinto beans and corn Pumpkin and Pecan Pies--if you have never made pies--dont mess with it--get Mrs. Smiths. I know this isn't a traditional home cooked meal--but in a pinch anything you don't have time, energy, or the inclination to make--get at Boston Market. I had a friend who was confined to her bed over the holiday--and she and her family declined coming to my house for the day--I put in an order at Boston Market the day before and had her husband pick it up. Her family raved about it.
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08-04-2006, 07:51 PM
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I love Thanksgiving. Ever since my hubby and I got our own place, we've been inviting all of our friends too. I must say, I've found that getting a fresh turkey at a butcher shop is about 200% better than getting one at the grocery store. I just had to say that.
Menu Broccoli Quiche for breakfast (Gotta eat something in the morning) Pineapple Cream Cheese appetizer Roast Turkey Homemade stuffing cooked in the bird Mac & Cheese Candied Sweet Potatoes Mashed Potatoes Cranberry Sauce Relishes (olives, sweet pickles, etc.) Pecan Pie Pumpkin Pie Would you like recipes too? The stuffing I make is my grandma's recipe and it is one of the best things I've ever tasted. Also, we do our candied sweet potatoes differently...it's not the souffle with marshmallows that most people are used to.
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08-04-2006, 09:06 PM
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The only Thanksgiving foods we've made so far consist of homemade mashed potatoes and pecan pie (with and without bourbon). We've never done sweet potatoes or stuffing... or a turkey for that matter.Thank you all for helping me with this! Frubals all around once they refresh!
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08-04-2006, 09:40 PM
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