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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 392277" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I guess I'm the token woman who doesn't forget the bag...</p><p> </p><p>A couple of years ago, we got two smaller turkeys. husband does the turkey - he rocks at it - but I prepared it. Thaw, wash, pull out bag, stuff... Make gravy... Make cranberry stuff... Make taters and beans... Make punkin pie (from scratch, the canned stuff is awful now that I've had real)...</p><p> </p><p>This year, sister in law and father in law hosted. I took homemade rolls and sweet potatoes (more later on this)... My Mom made the turkey, a punkin pie, a pecan pie, gravy, deviled eggs, and her "special" cranberry sauce (YUMMERS). mother in law (divorced from father in law since 1984) was there, and not to be outdone brought asparagus (again, YUM) and hollandaise (not my thing), deviled eggs (yes, she knew my Mom was bringing them), and rolls (this was planned after she found out about mine... can we say difficult child-mother in law?!)...</p><p> </p><p>About mine. Wednesday night I mixed up the bread dough. Half a recipe of rye, half of wheat, and then a whole one of plain ol' white. Waited FOREVER for the dough to rise. The rye and wheat tasted good, but BOY were they HEAVY and dense. The white rolls were awesome... And GONE in about 10 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>The sweet potatoes. First, let me say this - my family has never been big on the candied part - so I use minimal brown sugar and NO marshmallows. I got a bag last month from Angel Food Ministries (I love them!!!)... So I peeled them, went looking for Mom's recipe and... Couldn't find it! So I called her. She told me to bake them in their skins first... Whoops. So I boiled them (like mashed potatoes). Drained, mashed in a dish with LOTS of butter. And you know what? They were GREAT! Even Onyxx, who does not like them, said so... Happy...</p><p> </p><p>But really, up until 2 years ago Turkey Day has always been with my parents (and years ago, Mom's parents). 2 years ago, Onyxx was in psychiatric hospital, and we hosted... Last year, Jett was with BM so the 3 of us went to my parents'. And I can say... I prefer smaller gatherings!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 392277, member: 6705"] I guess I'm the token woman who doesn't forget the bag... A couple of years ago, we got two smaller turkeys. husband does the turkey - he rocks at it - but I prepared it. Thaw, wash, pull out bag, stuff... Make gravy... Make cranberry stuff... Make taters and beans... Make punkin pie (from scratch, the canned stuff is awful now that I've had real)... This year, sister in law and father in law hosted. I took homemade rolls and sweet potatoes (more later on this)... My Mom made the turkey, a punkin pie, a pecan pie, gravy, deviled eggs, and her "special" cranberry sauce (YUMMERS). mother in law (divorced from father in law since 1984) was there, and not to be outdone brought asparagus (again, YUM) and hollandaise (not my thing), deviled eggs (yes, she knew my Mom was bringing them), and rolls (this was planned after she found out about mine... can we say difficult child-mother in law?!)... About mine. Wednesday night I mixed up the bread dough. Half a recipe of rye, half of wheat, and then a whole one of plain ol' white. Waited FOREVER for the dough to rise. The rye and wheat tasted good, but BOY were they HEAVY and dense. The white rolls were awesome... And GONE in about 10 minutes. The sweet potatoes. First, let me say this - my family has never been big on the candied part - so I use minimal brown sugar and NO marshmallows. I got a bag last month from Angel Food Ministries (I love them!!!)... So I peeled them, went looking for Mom's recipe and... Couldn't find it! So I called her. She told me to bake them in their skins first... Whoops. So I boiled them (like mashed potatoes). Drained, mashed in a dish with LOTS of butter. And you know what? They were GREAT! Even Onyxx, who does not like them, said so... Happy... But really, up until 2 years ago Turkey Day has always been with my parents (and years ago, Mom's parents). 2 years ago, Onyxx was in psychiatric hospital, and we hosted... Last year, Jett was with BM so the 3 of us went to my parents'. And I can say... I prefer smaller gatherings!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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