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Yum, I cannot wait to try KFC.

Yeah, but they don't have it here in my area.
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KFC here has been advertising a festive chicken, stuffing and cranberry sandwich and when I checked online it has good reviews, it's on my list of junk foods I must try (lol)
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Ooh, Nacy, I agree. My DD puts her leftover stuffing in her waffle iron and makes turkey, cranberry sandwiches with the waffles. Too good!
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Had Thanksgiving at my daughter and son-in-law's place, with two grand daughters and son-in-law's parents. I was on turkey, gravy, and stuffing duty; daughter is vegetarian so I spared her from having to handle the bird! Thirteen-year old grand-daughter was a big help. Had a very traditional New England menu: turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, pies (pumpkin, apple, pecan, and, new this year, sweet potato). Came home with lots of leftovers, including the turkey carcass that I'll make into soup stock. My late husband loved soup of almost any kind, but for some reason turned his nose up at turkey soup, though he loved turkey and loved Thanksgiving. It was his favorite holiday, and we really miss him on that day; he passed away in June, 2022 so this was our third Thanksgiving without him. Friday I went to a family member's belated birthday dinner and had lobster! Tonight: Thanksgiving #2 (leftovers)
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Wow. Pam! Do you hire him out?

Leftovers tonight for us too. We came home with way more than we brought! Tomorrow is our quasi-Thanksgiving so I did as much prep for that as I could - splitting butternut squash, trimming sprouts, cooking up onions, celery and herbs and browning ground turkey and sausage for the stuffing. Smells good in here!

Golden, I don’t think I could handle that cold for very long - I know DH couldn’t. He’s standing in front of the gas fire with his coat on right now while I can feel my cheeks burning.
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PamZ - Well done for your hubby. Glad it all is working out. As it's well below freezing here now (5F) I am using the balcony as a freezer.
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Leftovers! fridge is working, hubs replaced a part and cleaned all the coils, etc. So some stuff is back in and I will get the rest tomorrow ( supposed to be 25 tonight so the stuff in the coolers will hold nicely,, LOL. Good way to get the fridge cleaned out
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Way - I guess not! You still have a decent number. Very kind of you to include the older couple next door.

Psue - thank you but they really weren't inspired. I remember cooking things in a made-for-the-oven "plastic" bag, Wasn't worth it! Sorry to hear your dh had a heart attack one year.

Rotisserie chicken for supper tonight. The groceries just came. I love not having to go out in the snowy cold and ice.

R is getting his permanent crowns at the dentist today. Good thing too as one came out last night. He did have one replacement prepped last time and 4 were preps for new crowns. He handles this stuff very well.
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Golden, I think I would enjoy an all veggie sides Thanksgiving if you were cooking it!
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Remember that bizarre trend of roasting the turkey inside of a brown paper bag? Talk about a fire hazard!
I wonder the percentage of people who have NOT had some kind of holiday disaster - clogged drain, dead fridge, power outage, frozen pipes…..DH had a heart attack one year!
I’m thankful we made it through Thanksgiving with nothing bad (and very much good) happening.

Way, BIL said turkeys over 16 lbs are all Toms so more likely to be tough. Could be true or could be man-talk! All I know is the one he smoked was tender, juicy and delicious so he’s allowed to man-talk all he wants when he can cook like that!
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Golden ,

I don’t do 20 lb turkeys anymore , not since my parents passed away . Older sibs moved , are spread out too since retiring .

Much smaller holidays now , just my kids and sig others , one nephew , one sister ( except now she was just placed ) , and sometimes the elderly couple next door come .
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Every day is a holiday for me now.

We have lots of snow too.

I had an oven issue with a turkey too at our Thanksgiving one year. Our guest was very forgiving, We ate vegetables.🥕🍅🥒🥔🥦

Way - 20 lb is a lot of turkey!!!
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I had an oven break years ago with a 20 lb turkey in it . 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️
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Ah, of course! Wait…..you mean there are actually people living outside of Oregon!?!
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Golden, how was your holiday?
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Pam, that really does sound great- except for the fridge part. Such horrible timing, but isn’t it always? I suppose if it had been the oven it would have been worse. Wonderful that you have a husband with skills!

Nacy, so your late Thanksgiving tomorrow is going to be Christmas themed? And you have SNOW! Yay! (I mean boo.)
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We had the traditional meal, with one exception of no pumpkin pie as the friend who was bringing that woke up sick this morning. And we survived! Still plenty to eat and everyone had a good time. And after everyone left we discovered our fridge was crapping out! At least it held on until AFTER the meal! and it's cold enough here that we could pack up alot, went into the beer fridge, cooler and our unheated sunroom. Hubs will fix it tomorrow once he can get the part. we had our DD ( baby went with dad to his family for the day and overnight) and we have 2 friends and a friend of DD and her son. So it was low key and lovely.
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Traveling to DH’s sister’s for the full meal deal. She and husband are fabulous cooks so it should be traditional and scrumptious. DH was up and down all night in anticipation which means I was up and down too - I will probably ask to borrow cucumber slices from the relish dish for my puffy eyes.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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I don't eat turkey so it's a porterhouse steak for me with all the side dishes.

I'm not cooking. I'm not cleaning. My sister has everyone over and does the whole thing. I have the whole day off and life is good.

We do have to bring my mother so we'll see how that goes.
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Turkey etc of course !
Except not for DH , he’s allergic , so he eats chicken thighs .
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Made a chicken salad sandwich with specialty cranberry sauce from Trader Joes.
That was yesterday.
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Julia Childs and the Galloping Gourmet. Yes I remember them! What characters and what geat cooks!
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Oh ugh Nacy! Ok, I take it all back - your instinct was right! You should have closed the shutters turned up the tv and snuggled in with hubs and a big bowl of popcorn. If you’ve seen one tractor with lights on it, you’ve seen them all!
You're a good sport!
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Nacy, how nice of you to host dinner even though you weren’t attending the parade. Your friends must adore you.

Golden, I used to love watching Julia Child cook with wine! And then there was The Galloping Gourmet - remember him? What a goof! I’m not a fan of cooking shows anymore though.

Tonight: leftover Cabbage rolls for DH (not enough left for two) and I’ll have whatever I can find in the fridge.
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Nacy - I read, play games on the computer, look things up - I have a 'satiable curiosity. Anyone remember Rudyard Kipling's the Elephant's Child who is full of “ 'satiable curiosity”. That's me.

Sounds like a great idea for your dh, psue. Tv and snacks!

Made another soup yesterday - sort of a curried chicken and veg. I used some pureed roasted eggplant I had in the freezer as a thickener and will do that again. It worked well. Since I am more limited in the veggies I can eat I am having to be creative.Threw in some chopped baby bok choy as well. Must get my green leafy veggies.

My father used to make what he call "Zoop". He made it from whatever leftovers were in the fridge, often a beef base, and finished it off by adding a glass of sherry. It was always good. Hmmm! A glass of good red wine added to a beef stew definitely brings it up a level.
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Golden, I’d be happy without a tv from dawn to dusk, especially in the winter and in this house where there is no escape from the noise. Last year we solved the problem by setting up a separate room for DH complete with a tv and a drawer full of snacks!

Hoyas were my favorite house plant in our high desert house. I had two that were many yards long, trailing across whole rooms. One, I had inherited from a GF - it was at least 70 years old.
Both of them promptly died when we moved into this house in the woods. I think it was a combination of low light and too much moisture in the air. GFs hoya lives on though, because 20 years ago, I rooted a dozen starts off the original plant and gifted them to relatives at a family reunion. My Mini Hoya survived relocation and remodel and is doing well in the new east windows. It’s a much better size for this small house.

I did not know you could grow hellebores indoors! I have a few in the garden but they die back to the ground every year. I wonder if yours is a different variety. Wonderful plants - toxic to deer too, which is why they’ve been left alone!

Your dinner sounds absolutely wonderful! You put together such lovely flavor combinations! I took stuffed cabbage out of the freezer yesterday for dinner tonight - hot and satisfying but definitely not exciting.
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Psue - I was on my own that Thanksgiving - before I moved - so the meat loaf was perfect. As far as TV is concerned, we have one but it isn't plugged in. I haven't got the service yet. I'm quite happy without it, but R would like it for sports and news. I'll get it hooked up one of these weeks.

We got so excited about a variegated hoya, a red Thanksgiving cactus and a full in flower hellebore, I forgot to buy the rotisserie chicken. I'll pan fry the salmon we did remember to buy, make some carrot/cabbage fritters, and a strawberry spinach salad.

Don't think I ever had a sour cherry.

Found out the hellebore is very toxic to us and to cats. Rocky got up on the coffee table and started to lick the petals. I said "No" and she stopped, but I will have to move it out of reach at night. I don't want a trip to the vet b/c of that plant. Normally she is very good about avoiding the plants that are toxic but not this time.
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Cwillie, then I’m jealous of your chunk o’ cherries. The only sour cherry thing I’ve had this year was a milkshake. It was way, way, way too small.

Nacy, this was my second shot at THE BEAR. I barely made it through the pilot the first time. Then my sister told me to give it another chance and after about the 4th or 5th episode I started to fall in love with the people.
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Sour cherries!! Sweet cherries are good for fresh eating but sour pie cherries have all the flavour and are superior for everything else (and I think they're delicious fresh off the tree too).
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Golden, Cranberries! Yes! Mustn’t forget them - I think they would be great right in the stuffing along with some toasted pecans. I wonder if I can score some Delicata squash to use instead of butternut. Easier to split.

cwillie, I’m glad you got the cherry thing sorted. Are they sweet cherries like Bing or the old fashioned, sour, pie cherries? It’s hard to find those anymore but that tang is hard to beat. Cherries of all kinds are my second favorite fruit next to Italian prune plums eaten right off the tree. They are both a feast for the eyes as well as the tastebuds.

Golden again, are you able to get The Bear on tv? (Hulu) If you can get past the utter chaos and constant F-bombs it’s a really good drama series for foodies, and ‘peoplies’.
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