Posted on 11/21/2020 5:45:38 AM PST by mylife
I’m throwing some bacon into the mix , also . Can’t go wrong with bacon !
Banana Cream pie for dessert.
Have a recipe where you cook vanilla and sweetened condensed milk and some other ingredients where it thickens to a banana pudding.
Yummy
Lost my Joanie at that age....39 years ago.
Some one up stream mentioned venison, my grandfather was an avid hunter he was a cook in Burma during the WWII so I am sure they ate what they could find, we would have venison, pheasant, quail, turkey.
No squirrel pie?
Grandma made oyster stuffing, not sure where she found those in Ohio, not lake Erie. Lol
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12867/oyster-casserole/
I made this in Tx one thanksgiving it got jeers..
People you southerners that live on the gulf of mexico!
My wife and I want to see a picture!
In our house Mrs POF didn’t stand guard over the turkey. She was on the front line stripping the skin as soon as I took the bird off the Weber BBQ.
We have never cooked the bird in the oven. Not once in almost 40 years. Always on the Weber kettle with charcoal, not gas. We like to rough it.
You’ve done well in all those ways, sir!
Cranberry- pecan pie.
re: brussel sprouts
They are like broccoli, OK if you smother them in cheese or some bechemel, but Meh... cauliflower too.
As do I. So many make fun of it but I like it.
Interesting...
My mother found a recipe for oyster-potato-chip stuffing when I was a little girl. Each year, she made your standard stuffing & put it into the neck of the bird and then put the oyster stuffing into the belly of the bird.
I’ve revamped it, instead of using all those onions & celery, I now add a little white wine to the butter in the sautéed whole oysters and Knorr Leek Soup Mix.
My mother would cut the oysters into pieces, but I prefer them whole. Potato chips sounds weird but they add flavor and keep the bread from getting mushy or clumping together from lack of moisture.
I could eat this for the entire meal & not feel the least bit sorry for having missed anything else.
The only thing that puts me off is the leeks, I love virtually everything in the onion family shallots are wonderful, but never was a fan of leeks.
Maybe it’s the name? Leak soup? I’ll pass.
I love pecan pie but it is so damn sweet.
cranberry could be a nice counterpunch
I am almost 71 now. Parents both passed on. I still make two things. When I was 8 my mom showed me how to make home made bread, and noodles for the Turkey broth.
So simple. I asked her why she did it since you could buy noodles and bread so cheap back them.
She said. It tastes better...well yea it did: But what else?
The bread was a simple recipe quick to make and rise. And so delicious it simply cannot be found anywhere today.
My great grandma made it on the farm when great grandad came in to eat from the field. Back then it had to be easy, quick and good. That recipe was handed down from three generations past. I still make it today along with the noodles made with a rolling pin. I do it several times a year.
The recipe is so simple a cave man can do it. In fact my grandma made it for grandpa who would come in from working on the rail road all day. And then my mom made it for my dad who came in from the factory after a full day. And alas...I am the last generation to do so I do believe.
Why? Well my son is too busy to learn how to do it. He likes vegetables out of a can more than fresh.
When I pass on I suspect that what I learned from my mom will be no more. Fast food, store bread, canned vegetables.
When someone likes the flavor of canned more than fresh then you know society is making a turn. But something wonderful will be missed:
So for Thanksgiving: My moms bread: My moms noodles: My moms fruit salad: But she never could bake a turkey. It was always too dry. I have improved on that and mine is not.
My wifes folks have also passed on and recently: We used to go to their house for Thanksgiving: They always wanted me to bring the bread and noodles: Can't imagine why:
One time I asked my mom how she knew her bread was ready as she was kneading it....she said "well just do it until it feels right" ...I got it...enjoy your thanks giving folks
The recipe is no secret and I will post it here if I see someone wants it: Well, after my cat gets of my lap and I get to my keyboard again
harpolemond
That happened at my in-laws house. My sister-in-law denuded
the turkey all by herself. Her brother was livid.
True story, we had wild onion in the back yard. My parents never mowed it down. My daughter would go over & chomp on the green part (Leeks) growing on top of the bulb. I'd all but throw her out of my car when she ate them before going home.
“Oysters coated in cracker crumbs and sautéed in butter until they are golden brown.”
That is what my dad’s family made for holidays (or something similar), we grandkids only like the cracker crumbs.
Are we related?
I'm interested. My daughter all but kicks me out of the kitchen, but she's not as good a cook as she thinks she is. Shhh!
Yes, please share. I'd love to bring it alive here. Thanks for sharing the story.
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