FR Thanksgiving Thread (Share Traditions, Recipes, etc)

20-nov-2003 | stb

[Lady Jag]

It breaks me up when I imagine the sounds just before the explosion. Everybody'd run like hell!

[ken5050]

Don't know....and I don't want to contribute to your early demise....(g)..check out the website I mentuioned....they may have info..or a query section?

[ken5050]

Thanks for the encouragement, and the words of advice....gonna try all your suggestions this weekend..but ione question..doesn't peanut oil color the flavor of the shrimp?..i'd tend to prefer olive oil for that reason..shrimp only take a few seconds, anyways..

[knak]

I need a suggestion. I usually make some kind of salad to go with the meal. Not lettuce or anything, but like a sweet jello salad and I'm kinda tired of the one I usually make. It's very good but I want something different this year. Somebody trade with me.

Strawberry Nut Salad
3 Med. bananas
1 c Boiling water
1 lb Drained crushed pineapple
2 10 oz pkgs frozen sliced Strawberries
1 Pint sour cream
2 Pkgs strawberry jello large
1 c Chopped nuts
Dissolve jello in boiling water. Fold in strawberries. Mix pineapple, bananas and nuts; add to jello. Pour HALF off the mixture into a 12 x 8 dish. Chill till firm. Spread wih sour cream. Genttly pour the remaining mixture over sour cream. Refrigerate until congealed and ready to serve.

[stainlessbanner]

Can anyone trade with Knak (post 64)?

[stainlessbanner]

Thanks for all the great suggestions - traditions, recipes, and stories.
Let's keep it going.

[stainlessbanner]

If we get over 100 posts, I don't have to sit at the kid's table this year : )

Thanks for all your good stories and recipes!

[USNFighting31st]

COPPER CARROTS

2 lb Carrots cut into ½ inch slices
1 green pepper cut into long slices
1 red onion cut into rings
1 small can Tomato Soup
1 cup Salad Oil
1 cup Sugar
1/3 cup white Vinegar
1 Tsp Dry Mustard
Salt & pepper to taste

Boil carrots until tender, drain and cool. Then combine in a casserole dish with the green pepper and the onion slices.

Heat soup, oil, sugar, vinegar, and dry mustard until hot and sugar is completely dissolved. Make sure you stir while it cooks to mix ingredients.. Then, Poor this mixture over the carrots. Mix and then cover and refrigerate overnight*. *Best made a day or two ahead.

Serve - Can be served warmed-up or left cool, your choice.

Note: I hate carrots, won't touch them with a ten foot asparagus, but I Love this recipe as does every one I make it for. It's my most asked for recipe.

[boxerblues]

Thanksgiving Weather Forecast

Turkeys will thaw in the morning, then warm in the oven to an afternoon high near 190º.

The kitchen will turn hot and humid, and if you bother the cook, be ready for a severe squall or cold shoulder.

During the late afternoon and evening, the cold front of a knife will slice through the turkey, causing an accumulation of one to two inches on plates.

Mashed potatoes will drift across one side, while cranberry sauce will create slippery spots on the other.

Please pass the gravy.

A weight watch and indigestion warning have been issued for the entire area, with increased stuffiness around the beltway.

During the evening, the turkey will diminish and taper off to leftovers, dropping to a low of 34º in the refrigerator.

Looking ahead to Friday and Saturday, high pressure to eat sandwiches will be established.

Flurries of leftovers can be expected both days with a 50% chance of scattered soup late in the day.

We expect a warming trend where the soup develops.

By early next week, eating pressure will be low as the only wish left will be the bone.

[Lady Jag]

I'm such a bad cook that I needed a steak knife to eat the eggs I cooked this morning. And, no, I did not want to try cooking another batch.

[Lady Jag]

Hey, I'm emailing that Turkey Day Forecast so everyone is forewarned!

[boxerblues]

lol thats where I got it from. Its a groaner for sure

[Constitution Day]

I've got some recipes I want to post over the weekend.

CD

[CARDINALRULES]

Mine at #58 is pretty good and fairly easy to prepare.

My almost 13 year old nephew requests it every year...sometimes even tries to get me to make it in the summer. lol

I use a food processor to chop the cranberries and nuts and chop the celery by hand.

There are so many new flavors of jello that you can get different tastes with each batch.
Once I even used one of the Sparkling flavors and used Sprite as the liquid.

I usually don't bother with a mold, I just use a covered container.

Using a disposable container is a good idea...esp if it gets pushed to the back of the fridge and not discovered until the 4th of July. :-`)

I get the food grade buckets/containers at Wal-Mart and use that to give to my sister for her son.

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You can keep your recipe though :-`)...I hate bananas, can't even stand the smell of them anymore....I used to eat them when I was a kid, don't know what changed.

[codercpc]

Thanks for the cartoon, I printed it out and it is going to be my central decoration for Thanksgiving Dinner.

[Zansman]

Any "coloring" of the flavor you might get will be for the better. Trust me, if you're going to saute the shrimp, olive oil is for you, but for fried, peanut oil is the ticket.

After you get your shrimp battered, try rolling them in a little coconut (or you can add the coconut to your batter if you prefer) for an additional taste sensation.

Serve 'em with either sweet & sour sauce, or you can use my cocktail sauce blend: ketchup, lemon juice, dash of worstishire sauce, wasabi paste (or horseradish) and black pepper to taste.

Good Luck!

[varina davis]

mark

[Howlin]

4 words: I'm on my way!

[Rebelbase]

"Gonna take you up on it..try it with a small chicken for a test run...is it always peanut oil?..."

Peanut oil is desirable becuase of its ability to handle high heat. I used canola oil one year as a substitute and it worked fine.

2 gallons was enough when using the tall skinny fryer pot that came w/the burner. To make sure you won't have overflow when the frying starts, you can put the bird in the pot, fill it w/oil just covering the bird, then take the bird out and fire up the burner.

I always get a couple of empty diaper cases from the grocery store and unfold them on the ground to have a place out of the dirt for the cooker. I wrecked my deck one year using newspapers.

[bonfire]

The kids table, lol! My cousin and I were DYING to be old enough to sit at the adult table. When the day finally came....it was sooooo boring. We really missed the food fights, the "hey, look over there" and stealing another cousin's turkey leg, etc. I STILL miss the kids table!