WeatherbySwann
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I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving!
Thank you! And the same to you!
I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving!
Follow the gourd!
Thanks Tiggerfan! I know you're very busy today Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving with plenty of gourds.
Follow the gourd!
May the gourd be with you!
I'm trying to find a recipe for my turnips/rutabega's. They were SO left out of the gourd thread! LOL
Just kidding! But really, they were the original Jack-o-lanterns, allegedly!
Wish me luck!
I'm thinking of just mashing them with some nutmeg, butter, and freshly cracked gourmet peppercorn mix.
:Hey, thanks for including a link to my thread in your signature! That's really nice of you. I'll return the favor by advertising your thread in my sig.
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Did you all get lots of Black Friuday bargains?
Proof that the feud has ended!
Pictured above: Sweet Potato's (we can't leave yam enough alone.), Pumpkin Trifle, and Twi-nips (yep, Twi-nips)
But really, let's not get trifiling about it!
Rootabuddies!
I boiled the rutabega's until tender then I mashed them with a fork. I like some chunkiness so I don't "puree." I added some butter, some chinese five spice (nutmeg would surely have been fine), and some cracked pepper (but I use the "combo peppercorns" that have rose corns... they have more of a nutmegg-y taste and, as you can see, I like that.).
The sweet potato's (*actually, beauregard yams... but really NOT yams as yams were a giant root from the carribean islands that didn't exist on the mainland of the US so when the carribean people came here they saw these things and called them yams.) I just quartered them, boiled them, threw brown sugar and butter bits over them, shot some OJ on top of that and threw them in the oven. I forgot the marshmallows this year!
If these two can get along, there's hope for the Hatkins and the McGourds.
Trouble is we have St Nicholas as well on Friday and until that's clear I find it hard to think straight on what I need ot get next.
they don't get that that would mean I couldn't loaf aorund most of the day leaving the crockpot to do all the work
Those dishes look delicious! I must confess that I've never eaten rutabegas or turnips. What do they taste like?
I'm glad that the sweet potatoes turned out well. That reminds me...........I totally forgot to take a picture of my sweet potato casserole!!!
Thanks so much for posting your Thanksgiving report, travelmel! That was awesome! I loved the pictures of you and your family. I'm glad you all had a great Thanksgiving.
P.S. Turkey and wine......I've never thought of that!
Thanks for the recipes - I'll try that!
I don think t and r are gourds - turnnip is a root and rutabega is (I believe) also known as kohl rabi and a member of the cabbage family (let me know if I'm wrong, but I remember searching for recipes to use up my veg box and I'm pretty sure that's what came up).
I stayed away from the crowds.
We tried to get some stuff but I guess my bad memory needed refreshing: They only get like 6 of any given sale item and that item is gone by 6:45 am.
And I'm not talking doorbusters.. I'm talking about pretty much ANYTHING listed as on sale. We went, hoping for like 12 different things... we got, I believe, none.. maybe one.. I don't remember already. Irritating.
I realize that they do it on purpose but it's still frustrating. We bought a few things that we wouldn't have, and, of course, that's the idea.
Today is Christmas Tree day! Then the civil war game (Beavers and Ducks, very important, I guess? ) and I'm going to go through all the presents I have socked away in my closet to figure out what's what. I shop all year so that it isn't as scary this month. LOL
How bout you guys??
I made my hot pot pot pie and I liked it but the kids didn't - they weren't keen on the bisquick pie crust, and said I should have done a "proper" pie - they don't get that that would mean I couldn't loaf aorund most of the day leaving the crockpot to do all the work
Thanks! Turnips (or rutabegas.. they're sorta similar) taste, to me, like a potato with more flavor mixed with a very mild cauliflower. Yep, that's right. LOL More of a potatoflower.
I can't believe you forgot your thankgiving porn! Oh well, maybe you can make it up during the upcoming pre-holiday food festivities. lol
Don't worry, I took a picture of the pumpkin stuff. I just forgot about the sweet potatoes. Hopefully, they won't be offended!
DH has dibs on the remainders when he gets in from watching the game later - Chelsea vs someone else they'll probably lose but it gives me the pm, to scrap so I don't care Boys main gripe was they wanted more meat - greedy bunch!
St Nicholas is a continental thing - on 5 December the children leave out their "clogs" (wellies now) and if they've been good st Nick leaves sweets and treats, or if naughty, sticks. We all leave our boots out but as I "help" St Nick I only get good girl stuff - DH gets the most sticks, the boys get a bit of each As Dh has early shift on 6/12 he said he was going to move all his sticks into my boot
St Nicholas is a continental thing - on 5 December the children leave out their "clogs" (wellies now) and if they've been good st Nick leaves sweets and treats, or if naughty, sticks. We all leave our boots out but as I "help" St Nick I only get good girl stuff - DH gets the most sticks, the boys get a bit of each As Dh has early shift on 6/12 he said he was going to move all his sticks into my boot