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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 1:04 pm
And oh heck. I came here to say... Paula Deen is on Food TV right now and she's gonna do a Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake. 1pm Pacific Time.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 1:07 pm
Kosher - If you truly want to have a Kosher Thanksgiving, then you must use a Kosher turkey. Meat that is koshered is killed a certain way (supposedly in some more humane fashion) and is treated with a salting and soaking routine to draw out most of the blood from the meat. So... even if you're not Jewish, or not keeping Kosher, a Kosher turkey is always very moist because the Koshering process produces results similar to the brining process. Kosher turkeys are delicious, in fact to me, Kosher meat of any kind always tastes better than non-Kosher meat.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 1:18 pm
I love Paula - she makes most of recipes with a pound of butter or a cuppa sugar!! Thanks Weinermr - I went to our local "world" market... its filled with labels I cant read, and I love listening to the languages I cant understand - I know there's Polish, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese... etc... the bakery alone is filled with smells of fish, sausages, Baklava, those of what I recognize - - anyhow.. They do sell lots of Kosher there also, including a Kosher Turkey that was $0.69 - next year!! I did get a loaf of Challah bread - Thanks for the link Costacat - I do have a hard time with about.com, pop ups etc,but they do have the information!! I found a few jewish.org sites as well
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 1:42 pm
COSTACAT!!!!!!!! was getting ready to make your cranberry sauce and the only liquid is from half of the orange????
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 1:52 pm
Meats, or any foods that are labeled "Kosher" are inspected also by an outside firm. I work for a food processing plant and often, maybe once a month a group of Rabbis will come in to do Kosher inspections. They ensure that the foods are being handled, process, and packed in a sanitary and meeting the "kosher" standard. I won't purchase hotdogs unless they are "kosher". BTW: the company I work for has a wonderful holiday catalog out right now!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 1:54 pm
Per the gravy question: Go to your local supermarket, Pick up several packets of Durkee Turkey Gravy mix. You can't tell the difference, except the packet gravy is less lumpy. (I take the easy route on certain things)
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 7:41 pm
Tex!! Sorry I just saw this (next time PM me!). But yes, that is the ONLY liquid! The cranberries will cook down. It's kinda like making jam. Escapee, *I* can tell the difference. The first year I did a turkey breast draped over stuffing, there were no drippings. So I hadda make do. And I don't like it. I even doctored it up with sage and poultry seasoning, and I could still tell it was fake! Then again, I grew up helping my mother make gravy -- as soon as I could see over the top of the stove, I was responsible for helping stir in the flour and then the stock.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 6:00 am
NP, Costacat. I ended up using a little more liquid but i think it turned out ok.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 5:48 pm
Thanks Weinermr. It always helps to get the information from one in the know. I am going to be very careful about any meals with them in the future. Today I had to be careful about food preparation for someone who is lactose intolerant and someone who is diabetic. One of the items was fruit salad, but I made a separate fruit salad with no whipped cream for them.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 5:07 pm
YW Grace. I did Thanksgiving a little differently this year. Not much, but just a little. We had the turkey, stuffing, gravy, yams, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie like we usually do. But instead of mashed potatoes and green beans and corn, I made potato salad and cole slaw! It was not traditional, but it was delicious.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 5:45 pm
weinerpapa, did you make my pie recipe? i made 22 this year!
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 8:55 pm
Thanks to Twiggyish for the mashed potatoes recipe... I'm making mine with buttermilk from now on. 
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 7:46 am
LANDI!! I completely forgot about your fantastic pie recipe - I cant believe I just now realized it!! <<<reader goes in search of archives, and deep corners for the BEST pie recipe>>>
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 8:00 am
Reader if you find it can you post it. Or Landi if you feel like posting it again yourself I could use a great pie recipe. I'm not hosting at my house this year so I need something mouth watering to take. I figure any recipe that calls for 22 to be made has to be out of this world.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 8:26 am
actually it's not to be posted. i'd be glad to send it to you biloxi if you send me a PM. it's in word format. i am very lucky in that i get my pumpkin pie ingredients donated to me (this year it was safeway and ralphs). i gave 20 pies to the local women's shelter for their thanksgiving dinner.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 10:11 am
Landi that is wonderful thing for you to do for the shelter! I am sending you a PM now.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 6:55 am
Landi, the pies where outstanding! I made test run pies and my oldest just grabbed up a whole pie after tasting a slice of the other one. My dad just finished off the last piece last night and already wanted to know when I was making another one. Is that your own recipe you came up with?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 7:05 am
biloxi, when you read the recipe, it looks so simple, but it started years ago with a better homes & garden recipe. then one year i tweaked it one way, that worked, then the next year i tweaked it another way, and so on and so on. the big thing is, i hate doing dishes, and so when i found using the blender, well i thought to myself. "well that sure makes it easy!" and then everyone tasted it, and low and behold there i am! it has taken about 12 years of tweaking to get to the final recipe, where it has been for the last 3 years. you are more than welcome!
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:59 pm
how far back is the recipe? would someone mind to copy and paste here again. thanks
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 8:01 pm
anybody have a good chocolate fudge recipe. i make a good one w/ peanut butter and my son is allergic, so was hoping to find a great chocolate fudge recipe.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 9:06 pm
sherbabe, if you want the recipe for pumpkin pie, PM me.
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Lawrie
Member
08-11-2004
| Friday, December 09, 2005 - 7:36 pm
Sherbabe - I haven't tried this myself but a friend has an allergic son and she uses Peabutter in place of peanut butter. It is a Cdn product but I found a USA site where you can order it if you are interested. http://www.jsfoods.us/product.htm
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:13 am
My fudge recipe has been an annual thing since I was 12 years old. I got this recipe in a Betty Crocker Boy's and Girl's Cookbook, back in the 60's. Guaranteed awesome fudge, with or without nuts! If you want the recipe, PM me and I'll email it to you.
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