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Just curious to know if anyone does a vegetarian thanksgiving. We don't, but I know some people do.
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Turns out I'm going to be doing a very small Thanksgiving.
We were expecting my brother and his wife and their two kids, in addition to me, my kids and my mom. Wes is at the station.
Now, they aren't coming, so it's just my kids my mom and me. Given that I'll probably just do a turkey breast as opposed to roasting and entire turkey.
Wes will be having a traditional thanksgiving supper at the station - I'm responsible for making their green bean casserole. It will be a rather quiet and subdued day - maybe I'll rent some kids movies and we'll eat early, then pop some popcorn or even roast some marshmallows over the fireplace. That might be fun.
Of course there's our other Thanksgiving tradition - after you clean the dishes you sit down with all the sale papers from the newspaper and plan some shopping!
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I'll be alone here, plus on call Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sunday. That's 96 hours straight, right? I'll probably have tons of goofing off time, but it will be unpredictable. I think I've decided I want to make my family's famous stuffing and maybe a cornish hen or smal chicken or something to go with that. I can eat that allll week. Yum. Tempting to make cranberries but a bag would make too much and I'm not interested in the canned kind. Some gravy made from whatever poultry I make, for moistening the stuffing.
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Belle, there are some good TV specials aimed at kids on TV on Thanksgiving. We always enjoyed watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. There's also a Charlie Brown special on, followed by Finding Nemo.
Theca, you know you can always freeze the cranberries you don't want to use right now. Just remove what you want from the bag and freeze the rest. They freeze easily and last a long time in the freezer. I do it all the time.
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Speaking of a vegetarian Thanksgiving, I was just made aware of the Tofurky site. I am not too big on fake meat substitutes, but wondered if anyone has had this stuff, and if it's any good.
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rotisserie turkey on the grill my mother's delicious stuffing sweet potatoes, some just with butter and some with brown sugar and marshmallows mashed potatoes gravy acorn squash with plenty of butter (my favorite part) cranberry sauce (with can ridges still intact) warm rolls with butter cheese & summer sausage tray olive & pickle tray cute little bite size french silk, banana creme, and cherry pies a regular sized pumpkin pie roasted chestnuts (I think they are disgusting, but everyone else seems to enjoy them)
This is basically the same menu as every year, except for last year when we tried turducken, which was a complete disaster.
Because no one else has (really) posted recipies, which was in the title, I shall. That and to appease Ela... :]
So, Pumpkin Cake!!!
-The cake!-
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon (though I prefer more...)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cloves
2 tsp baking powder
1 scant cup oil
1 can of pumpkin (uh...whatever size most cans are, I suppose)
-The frosting!-
3/4 cup butter
3 oz cream cheese (here again, I prefer more)
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar (or if you want to sound fancy, "confectioners' sugar")
1 tsp vanilla (Guess what! I think that you can't go wrong with more!)
food coloring is a must
-And here's what you do!-
Set your oven for 350 degrees, middle rack
Combine all wet stuff in your mixer
Combine dry stuff in a separate bowl
With the mixer running (slowly!), pour in a cup or so of the dry stuff at a time
Mix well, but not overly
Pour into a well greased jelly roll pan (9x16 or thereabouts, I'm not sure) and shake to get the air bubbles out
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out slightly damp and the top is brownish
And, when the cake is completely cooled, you can frost it
Mix room temperature butter and cream cheese until no lumps are left and is somewhat fluffy
Slowly add powdered sugar
And then add vanilla and food coloring
We eat it for dessert and for breakfast. And it'll serve whoever gets there first. Woo...oh,a nd because it has cream cheese, you should probably refrigerate it, provided there's any left. </not exaggering>
[EDIT] Please note that this isn't just a holiday recipe, but can, and is, enjoyed any time of the year. [/EDIT]
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I would post a recipe, but all I am trusted with is taking the cranberry sauce out of the can. If I'm lucky, I may get to cut up the cheese and sausage. Posts: 4292 | Registered: Jan 2001
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Pumpkin cake sounds yummy. The recipe sounds sort of similar to a carrot cake, with that cream cheese frosting.
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It's very similar, except it tends to be a tad moister. More moist? ..The water content is higher.
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This is a great thread - I'm glad it's around.
I may be making a Thanksgiving dinner with my roommates. I am not going anywhere for Thanksgiving and while Matt has family here, they might not be around for it. Matt also has tests due that day at noon and it is entirely possible he will be studying/writing all day. All three of my roommates will be in town, so, I think we are going to make Thanksgiving dinner.
This will be a first for all of us. Fun! I'll make my grandmother's pies and whatever else we can come up with. I think we are going to invite any other people who aren't going home as well, to fill the house.
So, if you live in D.C. and aren't going to see family, you are invited to katharina's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Posts: 26077 | Registered: Mar 2000
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My brothers, who both eat meat, love it, but they had it when they were vegetarians.
My husband, on the other hand, has NEVER been a vegetarian, and was introduced to the loaf after marrying me. He LOVES it.
So... there ya go...
Now we have vegetarian/meat hybrid thanksgiving and christmas meals--although it's not really fair, since the meat-eaters always take some of the dinner roast, too. It goes *fast*.
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I'm spreading the goodness of my evidently not so cobblery cobbler.
1 can of crushed pineapple 1 can of pie filling (whatever flavor. I'm a fan of blueberry myself) 1 vanilla cake mix 1 or so sticks of butter
Get yourself a pan type dealio. A rectangular one with sides. The size isn't overly important. It depends on how you like it (bigger pan = more dry). Put the pineapple on the bottom. Spread it around. Then put the pie filling on top of that. Sprrreeaadddd it around. Then put the cake mix on top of that. You know what to do. Spread it around! Then slice up the stick of butter and stick the squares all around the cake mix. I can't remember how much I usually use, but have them probably be an inch or two apart. Maybe less if you like butter. If you don't have butter, I've heard canola oil works (we'll see when I get mine out of the oven). Put it in the oven for 45 minutes at 350. Enjoy! It's especially good served warm with vanilla ice cream.
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