Remembering Thanksgiving Day

A Dad, Chef, Vet | Nov 1 2002 | Carlo3b

[Ditter]

Thanks for the recipes. I may be using your dressing recipe, I just found out I am allergic to corn, no cornbread dressing for me, ever again. SOB!

[ventana]

Thank you very much for that reminder. Elian bump.

[Misty Memory]

These recipes are excerpts from the cookbook "Chef Carlo Cooks with Teens"...Enjoy!

Where can I get this cookbook? I can't find it at Amazon.

[Misty Memory]

Thanks for the recipes and the rememberances, BTW. Wonderful!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

[MozartLover]

Thank you for sharing your memories!

I don't supposed by any chance you remember that stuffing recipe you gave me last year? It was......something like..........Uncle Joe's Favorite........????? I made it for Christmas and it was a huge hit.............

This year we are "doing" Thanksgiving dinner here for hubby's family and I'd like to make that same stuffing again but I lost the recipe.:(

That sweet potato recipe looks good; I think I'll try that one....

[carlo3b]

Ta Da,   Just for you and your family! Have a great holiday.

Uncle Joe's Favorite Stuffing

This stuffing is for a big bird, not to be confused with stuffing"Big Bird", or as a side for any roast. It will easily stuff a 24 pound bird and have a little left over. If you are using a smaller bird, you can halve this recipe, or else freeze the extra. One of the best things about this stuffing is how well it freezes. Take any extra stuffing and place it in a foil lined casserole dish.  Bake like normal and cool to room temperature. Freeze for a day or two. Remove your casserole dish and you will  have a nice package of frozen stuffing for whenever you need it.

• 2 cups diced dried apricots
• 1 cup diced dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup amaretto liqueur
• 1 cup pear or plain brandy
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 2 large yellow onions, chopped
• 1 bunch scallions, sliced
• 6 stalks and leaves celery, chopped
• 8 cups day old egg bread cubes
• 2 pounds bulk pork or turkey sausage
• 2 cups chestnuts, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 3 pears, cored and chopped
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 cup apricot nectar
• 3 cups chicken stock
• salt and pepper

Soak the apricots and cranberries in the amaretto and brandy overnight. Saute the onions, scallions, and celery in 4 tablespoons butter until soft. Once cooked, transfer to a large bowl. In the same pan crumble the sausage and cook until browned. Add the sausage and bread cubes to the onion mixture. Add the chestnuts, pears, apricot mixture (including soaking liquid) and rosemary to the stuffing mixture. In the same skillet heat the rest of the butter, apricot nectar, and chicken stock until the butter is melted and pour over the stuffing. Salt and pepper to taste and mix well. Loosely stuff the turkey if desired. Bake any leftover (or all of the stuffing) for 40 minutes along with the turkey.

[Non-Sequitur]

Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

Abraham Lincoln

Happy Thanksgiving back at you.

[carlo3b]

Good morning my dear friend, it's that time of year once again... the Holidays. They are my children's' favorite time, and my family stays so close at this time of year, in almost constant contact. For me it will be a bit emptier, and posting recipes and seeing old friends only reminds me of those dear friends and loved ones not returning for a warm hug.

As for strudel, I happen to know you have some wonderful recipes... LOL  ?????????

Hungarian cucumber salad.... Come on... waiting... taping my fingers.... checking my watch.... hummmmming...grin

[RnMomof7]

Thanlk you..I will try some of them ,(the potatoes for a church supper this week) I have printed them out

I make a family receipe dressing for holidays. My daughter in law calls it "a bread dressing"

We take fresh bread ..tear it into bite size pieces..then the bread it "wet" with water..then press out the "extra " water..

While we are doing that we cut bacon into small strips and cook slowly when almost finished we add chopped onions and celery and saute them . We add that to the moist bread..along with 2 eggs that have been beat to mix and salt, pepper,and poultry seasoning to taste.Mix well to coat all the bread ,then place in bird to cook...the remaining is placed in an oven proof bowl and baked for one hour at 350 before dinner..

We use a "standard" dressing most of the year..but this is in honor of my beloved German grand ma...it is moist and wonderful ..a sweet memory:>)

[carlo3b]

FReepers offer advice on FRYING A TURKEY

Hey big guy, what a great thread, link...Happy Thanksgiving.

[ppaul]

Thanks.
Same to ypu.
Our prayers are with you.

[carlo3b]

Welcome my dear friend, pull up a chair, our great cookbook friends are on their way... Bless you and your family, and have a great holiday season.

[Cyber Liberty]

We deep fry at the Cyber Liberty household....

[carlo3b]

Aloha, big boy! Always good to see ya. Thinking about all of my old friends today...it's so good that you stopped by. Carlo

[1Old Pro]

Fried Turkey, yum, yum. If you have never tried it take a look at the suggestion thread, it's full of very good advice.

[carlo3b]

My daughter in law calls it "a bread dressing"

Well, so will we...Copied and pasted "Bread Dressing".. I will try this very soon, Thanks so much, let me know if I can be of service with a recipe or two. Thanks again

[carlo3b]

I will flag you soon with a direct link to order, if you wish, Thanks for asking.. Happy Thanksgiving

[carlo3b]

I am allergic to corn, ...

No big deal..really, ping me when you need any great subsitutions..I'll be your PECK and CALL GUY...LOL

[carlo3b]

Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

We can use a little divine intervention right about now...smile Thanks for the great quote, have a safe and happy holiday.

[Corin Stormhands]

America's First Official Thanksgiving - 1619

Happy Thanksgiving from Virginia!