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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: Thanksgiving Central users admin

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Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love reading all these posts...just goes to show that Thanksgiving can be enjoyed in many different ways. Keep'em coming!

Urgrace, keeping your corner of the world in my prayers today. I trust that everyone will be okay and that the water will subside easily and quickly without too much damage. Keeping Imbewitched in my thoughts, too.

Pcakes2, what a wonderful idea! Such a nice alternative to food gifts...I'm gonna snag that one! Secretsmile, you sound just like Martha Stewart to me...bet your home is lovely for the holidays.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pcakes, love your potpourri idea and am stealing it,too.


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Stole the idea too, Pcakes!!! My 10 year old dd always makes her gifts and this will be great!!!

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We're going out to dinner. Less mess, less stress, more alcohol.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
More alcohol??? Heck, I can drink a bottle for the cost of a glass! LOL

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Escapee and Texannie!

update:
The rain stopped around 5:20pm but it's not over. There are several shelters set up for hundreds of people flooded out or unable to get home due to low water crossings (they just don't make bridges over or culverts under the county roads in this part of the country.) More rain is expected tomorrow. I see the school closings are now being announced. Some state highways are closed, too. The river crested at 31 feet in Seguin!

Can someone pass the Bailey's ? I love Pcakes idea too.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They finally showed the flooding on the news! Hope all y'all get some relief soon!

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I like having all the family together...it's all the fun with much less stress than Christmas.

I live in a farmhouse with a big kitchen. For Christmas I put up a lighted evergreen garland that swoops all the way around the room. One Christmas, I ran out of time and didn't get it up and everyone missed it. So now, I put it up for Thanksgiving and it stays up until the Daytona 500 giving a warm and festive look to my kitchen all winter long.

I've had some unusual Thanksgivings. Some fantastic...others not so great. The worse ones were always when my husband was overseas during his time in the Navy. One Thanksgiving he was actually in Turkey!

One year when he was an instructor at the Naval base, he asked if he could invite his single students over to spend Thanksgiving with us so that they could have a nice dinner and not have to stay on base. (Hubby had always looked out for the young single guys, trying to keep them out of trouble by finding other forms of recreation for them like starting a softball team or a bowling league so that they would stay away from the bars.) So I said sure...no problem! Thinking I would just add another plate or two. I could feed six or seven just as easily as four.

Little did I know...the whole class was single!!! We had 10 more for dinner! We had enough to feed everyone (no leftovers) and thank goodness we lived in San Diego so we could put some out on the patio because there was no way a crowd that size was going to fit in the kitchen! I'll never forget that one!

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just to report in: the butternut squash lasagna is great so it's officially a go for Thanksgiving. Love those no-cook noodles. Here's the link if you want to try the recipe.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My fil is a diabetic so I am always trying to find desserts for him. I made this to take, and if it tastes half as good 'set up' as it did out of the bowl..it will be heaven! (i might add more cream cheese next time, and I only added one cup of coolwhip, i also used a premade sf graham cracker crust)

Low Fat Orange Dream Cheesecake
Recipe Rating:

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 4 hr 15 min
Makes: 8 servings


1 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, crushed (about 3 Tbsp.)
2/3 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Brand Orange Flavor Sugar Free Low Calorie Gelatin
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Low Fat Cottage Cheese
1 container (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Fat Free Cream Cheese, cubed
2 cups thawed COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping



SPRINKLE crumbs onto bottom of 8- or 9-in. springform pan or 9-in. pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
STIR boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 min. until gelatin is completely dissolved. Cool 5 min. Pour into blender container. Add cheeses; cover. Blend on medium speed until well blended, occasionally scraping down side of blender container; pour into large bowl.
ADD whipped topping; stir gently until well blended. Pour into prepared pan; smooth top with spatula. Refrigerate 4 hours or until set. Remove side of pan just before serving. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Nutrition Bonus:
If you love orange cream soda, you'll love this low fat, low cholesterol cheesecake. It's a good source of calcium, too.


Diet Exchange:
1 Carbohydrate,1 Meat (VL)


Kraftfoods




Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We have a diabetic in the family, too, and that pie sounds just yummy for him and for anyone minding a diet, Annie.

Glad to hear that rain in Texas has subsided and just in the nick of time, too.

Mary, your dh sounds like a dear man. Wonderful of you to rise to the challenge of receiving extra guests for the holiday. I'd like to think that more of us could open our hearts and homes to others by following that example. Probably that Thanksgiving goes down as a very special one in your family's history!

As the traveling begins and the cooking ensues, I imagine that traffic here will be lighter, but I just wanted to say that it has been so much fun to read all of your recipes, stories, research (Thanks again, Reader!), and craft ideas.

Hope your travels are easy, your preparations satisfying, your table warm and bright, your blessings too numerous to count. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For those with nothing better to do......during the Thanksgiving holiday when you have lots of time on your hands/feet.

This is one of the strangest things I have ever encountered.

Left brain, right brain.

While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it. This WILL drive you crazy.

(From an e-mail I received this morning...just in case you don't have enough to do today! )

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My daughters first grade teacher asked her class last week how to cook a turkey. Then she typed up the responses and sent the paper home for us to read. My daughters response:

"You buy it from the store. Put it in the oven for 12 minutes on 8 degrees. Then you take it out and eat it for Thanksgiving dinner."

Hehe, looks like she inherited my cooking genes. To be fair all but one of the children in her class think the turkey should be cooked for less than an hour and under 30 degrees. One of the girls realized it'd take a bit longer, her answer was:

"Go to the store to buy the turkey. We cook it for 30 hours at 8 degrees, then share with my sister."

I love 6 year olds! They are just too cute.

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just lost a post, but I'll try again.

I said I would report back after making the butternut squash lasagna recipe. I made it last Sunday, and it came out really well.

Next time though, I might make some changes. There was a higher pasta to filling ratio than I like. So next time I might leave out a layer of the lasagna noodles, and use the same amounts of the other ingredients. Or I may get ambitious and just make more squash and sauce, and just make a bigger lasagna. I probably used less basil than the recipe calls for, but that's ok because I'm not wild about basil, and it tasted just fine the way it was. Also, to make a moister lasagna, I would probably at least partially boil the lasagna noodles first.

It sounds like I didn't like the recipe the way it was. I did like it, but there's always room for improvement.

Idolworship
Member

05-07-2003

Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Many Blessings to all TVCH posters, their families, and those who are no longer with us, to sit at the Thanksgiving table. My small family is together, for the first time in ten years, but my heart goes out to families who are split by war, sadness, and distance. May we have a peaceful year.

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Happy Thanksgiving all!

Made Emeril's turkey today -- it was GORGEOUS! It had the perfect skin, it was NOT dry -- and the entire in-law family commented on its wonderful flavor. The only "mistake" I made was cooking it upside down! LOL Poor DH was trying to carve it and found it difficult, until someone pointed out the "breast" was on the bottom! Because it was down, it ended up being extra moist (the meat rack I used was very short) - -so it was actually a fortunate mistake. Wish I could have taken a picture! LOL

Hope all your Thanksgiving goodies turned out wonderful as well!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, November 26, 2004 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wargod, good thing your little one won't be making Thanksgiving dinner for a few years yet! Too funny!

Weinermr, your improvements sound delicious. I haven't tried that recipe yet, but when I do, I'll be following your suggestions since everyone accuses me of preferring lasagna soup...love lasagna to be moist and juicy rather than dry.

Teach, glad your upside down turkey was serendipitous. I love it when things turn out to be happy accidents.

We had a wonderful day, but I ate way too much. And, with all the leftovers, I'll be eating way too much today, too. Oh well, it's all for the cause.

Anyone have any excellent left-overs recipes?

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, November 26, 2004 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope y'all had a nice Thanksgiving :-)

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Friday, November 26, 2004 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK Teach, you shared yours, I'll share mine!!

First I made 2 10#birds. One in the oven, one on the grill. Someone (*cough DS) used the grill kept the lid off, and the charcoal outside... key in WINTER snowstorm! ugg, bless dh, he braved the cold, the ice, the snow, and made fire!! (took longer than I figured!)

Oven Turkey, if you dont take the time to get your hands between the meat and the skin and add herbs and lemon, you are missing out on flavor, and presentation!! ITs gorgeous, and it tastes excellent!! Juicy!! I put 6 thin slices of lemon, sage, rosemary, and butter between that skin and meat!! Of course dh took it out of the oven a tad early, but I put it back when I came back from the store with more aspargus and greenbeans (dont ask!)

So we finally sit down to eat (an hour late!) the house still has that "lived" in look, I think it was a quiet meal. Funny I felt like explaining each dish... the turkey on the top is grilled, the bottom oven rosted. This is aspargus with parmesean and balsamic vinegar. The green beans are sauteed with hazelnuts (like a 16 or 19 yr old knows or cares!)


"amazing" the reaction to the cranberry sauce (homemade 1 c sugar 1C orange juice)

Time for desserts... 3 pies, again big hits, the apple pie crust was not soggy, no soup running juices, so A+, pumpkin, outstanding, unbelievable, (ds 16 gf is from Russia and had never even had Pumpkin pie - they took a plate of food to her gf also from Russia, who was equally impressed)!

Time for clean up, and special blessings for the dh and SO, who clean up the messes! I tried to help. I dropped the chocolate pie on the floor. 5 second rule, I scooped it up, put it back in the container, and promptly disclose my fauxpaux!! And today I went and bought more ingredients and they made another, while I eat the last 2 pieces that fell to the floor!! *g

Nobody's perfect right?!! :-)

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hubby and I spent Thanksgiving with his sister and her family like we do every year. I just love his family! Back row on left is hubby's sister and next to her is their oldest daughter who is in her 3rd year at the Coast Guard Academy. Sitting on the arm of the couch is the next oldest and next to her is the only boy and then the youngest snuggled up with daddy.

family

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Such a good looking family! They're all leaning toward each other, too. That's an excellent sign!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They are a very loving and active family! Thanks, Vee!

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, I have to do it, it's just too funny not to tell. As some of you already know my family is a riot when it comes to cooking. They just can't do it.

This year middle sister cooked for the family. I don't have the main meal with them. We go to dh first and then to mine for dessert. Sis calls says she screwed up the deviled eggs. Last year she tried three times to do a dozen eggs and ended up throwing them all in garbage. Anyway she said the shells stuck to them and it pissed her off so she threw them all in garbage. I had told her to make sure to buy her eggs a couple of weeks before and she forgot. Then she starts telling me that she is doing her celery with cheese. I told her not to forget to string them. She said "yea right". I said "seriously sis you gotta string them", she says "do you think I am that stupid, there ain't no damn strings on celery". Calmly I said, "yes there are I am not trying to be funny I am trying to help you". Sis, "well I have served them before and they didn't have strings". Sis said, "it's not funny when you try to be sarcastic and say stupid things". I am getting frustrated now because she will not listen nor believe me. Finally I say, "break one in half and you will see the darn strings, ok". Sis breaks it in half and says, "well damn they do have strings." Then she dubbed me Kristy Stewart! There is more but this was the funniest. I know she called me 25 times to get help.LOL

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL...bet you thought this thread was a goner! Because a picture is worth a thousand words... This one's for Texannie!
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Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, Vee...those are gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Question for you, Annie...did you wind up trying it? I just noticed that I forgot to include my cinnamon accent... Problem solved! You'll have to imagine a couple of cinnamon sticks on the side.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, I didn't. I forgot and found some candles that I like, but now I wish that I had remembered your idea.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ohhhhhh, beautiful, Vee!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, gals, it's not too late...so easy and festive. We have two, but I think I could have a few more...

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, just read your post above. What a riot!!!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, for crying out loud, I never knew that one should take the strings off the celery either! Live and learn!! Well, my celery and cream cheese will definitely be stringless this year...thanks, Hon!