Cranberries plentiful for Thanksgiving but maybe not Christmas

Seattle Post/AP ^ | 11-23-05 | ROBERT IMRIE

[Ciexyz]

Dried cranberries really touch up a salad. People rave about them, so I'd recommend if you're taking a salad to a party or event, add some dried cranberries -- and also a dusting of sliced almonds.

[Semi Civil Servant]

I think this is an attempt by "Big Cranberry" to drive up prices by Christmas.

By George, I think you've got it.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I'm boycotting.... like I do every year.

[Gabz]

Thank you Jenny!!!!!

Hope you have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving.

Gabz

[woofer]

My sister and I just made a caramel apple pie and a deep dish blueberry pie.

So, umm, mware. You forgot to include directions to your house in your reply post.

You know the rules!

[mware]

If you find yourself in Hammonton, NJ look us up. Working on the candied yams and chestnut stuffing right now.

[little jeremiah]

I think gravy served in a bowl with a spoon is just fine. I mean, a bowl for each person. You can always dunk things in it if you want.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I think gravy served in a bowl with a spoon is just fine. I mean, a bowl for each person. You can always dunk things in it if you want.

Thats what I'm talking about! Who needs a gravy boat when I can have my own little barge docked to my plate!

[WIladyconservative]

I bought 10 pounds (at a dollar a pound!) from the growers in my area in October. I have them in jellied form, in whole berry sauce form, and in the freezer.

I'm ahead of the game for ONCE in my life!

[woofer]

>>If you find yourself in Hammonton, NJ

Hammonton? Why I'm just up the road.
Shall we say, something twoish?






Actually, I'm out in Iowa, family's in Illinois and I have business to attend to Friday.

[carlo3b]

The Big Cranberry conspiracy.. FREEZE'EM, and beat them at their own game.. :)

Choose firm, deep-red cranberries with glossy skins. Stem and sort. Wash and drain. Unsweetened cranberries freeze very well. To syrup pack, cover cranberries in freezer containers with a cold 50% syrup. Leave headspace. Seal, label, and freeze.

To puree cranberries, prepare as for freezing whole. Cook each quart of cran-berries in 2 cups of water until skins crack open. Press through a sieve. Add sugar to taste, about 2 cups for each quart of puree. Pack into containers, leaving headspace. Seal, label, and freeze.

[Texas Eagle]

Throw away the apple pie. I will eat the cranberries."

I'll take that apple pie.

[Gabz]

ROFL!!!!!

After this weekend I won't have any room in freezer for ANYTHING!!!!

This is my main cooking weekend for the rest of the year, I will be doing little else.....cookies, lasagna, bread, tamales, canneloni, cookies, cookies, and more cookies.

[carlo3b]

I knew it.. you are a unabashed slave to that little cookie monster.. cookies, lasagna, bread, tamales, canneloni, cookies, cookies, and more cookies.. LOL Happy Thanksgiving.. HUggggg

[speekinout]

I love cranberries. I like making my own jelly ( no, I don't like the usual cranberry-orange recipes). And I love cranberry nut bread. The biggest disappointment in my life was when Kraft stopped selling the Neufchatel-pineapple spread that I slathered on it.

[Gabz]

LOL!!!

My little cookie monster - BAH - thae cookies I make this weekend are for gifts.which reminds me, I forgot to add jelly to list of what I'm making this weekend :)

I may not be at your caliber of cooking expertise, but I sure can hold my own :)

Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving to you, my FRiend.

[Gabz]

I never cared for the jellied canned cranberry sauce. My Grandmother made a relish, yes the kind with orange in it, that was tolerable, and the recipe provided to me earlier in the thread seems to be about the same as the one she made. So I am going to try that tomorrow.

How about making your own spread for the cranberry nut bread? which, BTW sounds wonderful.

[little jeremiah]

Who needs a plate? Just the bowl of gravy with a few things floating in it.

Yum!