2018--Striving to Make This Year Our Best Possible
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I was wondering what she'd do with chicken livers. Into the gravy??? I'M with Jean on liver. Yuck. What a waste of good gravy. I would have to eat my turkey dry.j0
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I’ve never liked gravy, so I don’t really care what you use to make it, lol! I prefer cranberry sauce on my turkey. And we don’t have mashed potatoes with our Thanksgiving dinner, so no need for gravy there, either. Although, I don’t like gravy on mashed potatoes either. DH thinks that is a very weird quirk of mine, but I just never have liked gravy.
I have to make the cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and a pecan pie before we drive to my sister’s place on Wednesday. I’ll be working on all of that tomorrow because today I’m doing laundry and a couple of other projects. I’ll bake the sweet potatoes while the pie bakes, then put that casserole together. I’m debating whether to make the cranberry sauce in the crockpot or on the stovetop, but leaning toward the stovetop because it’s easier to clean a saucepan than the crockpot. None of the things I’m making are difficult, but it will take some time.0 -
I don't do turkey but I do like ham for Thanksgiving. I don't so gravy on mashed potatoes either. My sweet potatoes will come out of a can. I'm lazy!! I have to admit that your all's dinners sounds good.0
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That reminds me I need to put DH's can of cranberry sauce in the frig. Personally I don't touch the stuff.0
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Maryanne, I never liked the canned cranberry sauce, but after tasting homemade I love it! And it is truly easy to make so I always make some. My BIL will only eat the canned kind, so we always have both on the table.0
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I like any cranberry sauce but now I think I will be cautious about any gravy after the mentioning of livers being put in it.0
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Isn't giblet gravy a real thing? I don't think my family invented it (or anything else).0
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Giblet gravy is traditional, but in my family it was always made using the bag of organs that you fish out of the neck of the bird before roasting it. I suppose the bird’s liver was one of them. Since I don’t like gravy, I never paid attention to which parts of that package were used to make the gravy. I vaguely recall seeing the neck and other parts being boiled before it was thickened with flour and the meat and bones were removed and cut up then the meat was added back into the gravy. I guess boiling the parts made a stock which is what was used to make the gravy.0
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I buy my gravy in a jar (told you, SO not a cook) but add the turkey liver and some chicken livers to it.
I never thought the turkey liver alone was enough.0 -
I lost no weight last week so no movement in the ticker! Disappointed!0
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I gotta admit I don't miss what seemed like a LONG Thanksgiving day in my grandparent's overheated house with parade watching and football (both of which I hated). I miss the people but not the rest of it.0
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Liver is one of the few foods I can't eat. It goes back to childhood. I'LL cook calf's liver for DH but won't eat it myself.0 -
Maryanne, I never liked the canned cranberry sauce, but after tasting homemade I love it! And it is truly easy to make so I always make some. My BIL will only eat the canned kind, so we always have both on the table.
My sister has invited her neighbor and family to join us for dinner. The wife is making cranberry relish. I just buy the whole berries in the can for us. I'M looking forward to her relish. MIL used to make it with cranberries and oranges.0 -
Maryanne--I remember when the Thanksgiving Day parade was a "must" activity. I don't remember the last one I saw.0
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My pie is cooling, the cranberry sauce is in the fridge, and the sweet potatoes are cooling. I’ll peel them, then mix up the casserole in awhile. I make my cranberry sauce with orange zest and juice, though I may have gone overboard this year with the orange juice. I think in years past I have done half juice and half water for the liquid, but this year I used all orange juice. It tasted a bit tart when I sampled it, but I like tart so I didn’t make any adjustments.
We typically have the parade playing on the TV but are busy in the kitchen so don’t actually see much of it. The past two years we watched so we could see the performance of whatever play my niece was working that year. I don’t know if the one she is working for this year will be performing. It just opened a couple of weeks ago, so it might be. It’s King Kong, The Musical. It might be hard to take it on the road, since Kong is a huge puppet that requires 16 people to manipulate. My niece said it used to scare the crap out of her whenever she would come on it unexpectedly backstage, but she’s gotten used to it now. The play didn’t get great reviews, so it will probably close after the producers get their investment back in about 6 months.0 -
I guess the story is that it might be too windy for the balloons in the Macy's parade. Time will tell. In the meantime, when thinking about your outside Christmas light decorating, keep this in mind:
Those of you who are placing Christmas lights/decorations in your yards, can you please avoid anything that has Blue flashing lights? Every time I come around the corner, I think it's the police and I have a panic attack. I have to brake hard, toss my bourbon, fasten my seat belt, throw my phone on the floor, turn my radio down, and push the gun under the seat. All while trying to put my clothes back on. It’s just too much drama, even for Christmas. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.🎄
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Pretty funny. My nephew has 3 kids; 9,7 and 6. When they would come over for Thanksgiving, they showed zero interest in watching the parade on TV. Maybe it's different if they see a parade in person. Or maybe it's a generational thing?0
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I always thought both the parades and the football were super boring. My grandmother's house had the tiniest kitchen so it wasn't like everyone could be together with the cook.
Of course now I'd give anything to be with all those people again for a holiday.0 -
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We had a great Thanksgiving. It was a group effort. My sister cooked the potatoes, stuffing and a corn and zuchinni casserole. Her boyfriend made a smoked turkey and a fried turkey. He bought a special fyer that looked like a microwave oven. We’re going back for dinner Sunday so I’ll find out more about how it worked. Both turkeys were good but I preferred the fried. The neighbors came and the wife did sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and a pecan pie. I did fruit and cheese platters. Her brother used to work in the wine industry so he brought the wine. The food was excellent and the conversation interesting.0
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We just got here me from Thanksgiving at my sister’s home. Ours was also a joint effort since I had made a few things and took them with us and of course I helped with cooking everything today. Our turkey was a Cajun spiced turkey breast that my sister had purchased through her church. It was delicious and although everyone ate till we were stuffed, we still had half of it left over. We also had a lot of everything else left over but fortunately my sister has a fridge in the garage so she had room for the leftovers out there. And we brought home a generous amount of leftovers as well.
My sister currently has no guest room so we opted to stay in a nearby Hampton Inn. I have to say, it was the nicest hotel of that price range I’ve ever stayed in. The staff were extremely welcoming and nice, the room was spotless and well supplied with everything we could possibly need, and their breakfast buffet was very nice. The assortment of foods offered was better than most places that offer a hot breakfast and everything I tried was good. As I was going back to my room I noticed some brown paper bags on the counter at the front desk and asked about them. The person behind the desk said those were breakfast on the go bags for people who didn’t have time for the buffet and urged me to take one. I told her I had just enjoyed the buffet and didn’t need one but she said take one for later! I didn’t, but I thought what a great idea, especially for business travelers or people who were in a hurry to get on the road. When we checked in the day before they offered us fresh baked cookies and gave us little goodie bags full of candy mini bars. I’ve never been treated so well, even in much more expensive hotels! So if you’re ever passing through Paris, Texas, I can recommend the Hampton Inn if you need a hotel.0 -
I would have liked a group effort. But I got everything done. I always appreciate the leftovers more in the days after the holiday than I do the actual meal! Nothing fancy but a lot of things to be ready at the same time.
DH was hanging over my shoulder so I offered him a knife to work on the turkey. He decided he needed me to hold the pan so I was no further ahead than if I'd done it myself. LOL!0
