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  • #610244
    CSBM
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    i apologize for my post, i should have kept that information to myself. i will ask KM to erase my post.

    #610245
    SoxsMom
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    Cheri you asked me to “shut up” and I have done precisely that to keep you from bothering KM with desire to have this reported and that erased. Could you just please leave KittenMaster alone. Post whatever you want and leave KittenMaster alone. This world is not all about you having to have KittenMaster edit your posts. Again post whatever you want–no one is stopping you. DO whatever you want no one is stopping you. Please leave KittenMaster out and just live your life as you see fit.

    #610246
    CSBM
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    ok

    #610247
    WillowandWindismom
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    Hmmm…. I must have mistakenly thought that this thread was about recipes and celebrating Thanksgiving. So, I am going forward in that light….

    In the South, most of us are used to having cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving. For those not familiar with dressing, it is like stuffing but it cooked outside of the turkey, never stuffed inside. And it’s really personal – everyone likes it the way their mom or grandmother made it. And no matter how old we all get, if we don’t have our moms and grandmothers here anymore, we especially miss them during the holidays. Those who do still have them have no idea what a treasure that is.

    My grandmother and my mom never had a “recipe” and so my cornbread dressing is just never as good as theirs. But here is a recipe that is pretty close. My grandmother always told me to add enough turkey broth so that you could stir a fork through the dressing easily.

    Cornbread Dressing Recipe

    (Serves 12 people.)

    1. Prepare 2 ½ quarts of broth with preceding instructions. Allow to cool.

    2. Bake two 8 x 8 pans of cornbread from your favorite recipe. Cool completely and break into small pieces.

    3. Tear or crumble 8 slices of white bread and allow it to sit out only long enough to dry it slightly.

    4. Put breads in a large mixing bowl.

    5. Add the following:

    * 1 cup white onions, chopped

    * 1 cup chopped celery

    * 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning

    * 1 teaspoon sage

    * 1 teaspoon salt

    * ½ teaspoon black pepper

    * ½ cup butter

    * 4 beaten eggs

    * 8 to10 cups turkey broth

    Toss the ingredients together until all bread is dampened but not mushy. More or less broth may be added to combine the ingredients. Use several cups of the stuffing to fill the turkey. Place the rest in a casserole dish. Top with chopped green onions. Cover with foil and refrigerate.

    When ready to bake, heat oven to 400º F. Place casserole dish in the hot oven and bake for one hour. Remove the foil and return to the oven for about 10 minutes longer to brown.

    #610248
    Abigail
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    Ok, I’m hungry…..

    #610249
    morrissmom
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    WWM–I know about how “personal” the stuffing can be. We always had sage stuffing and my Dad usually made it. When I moved “down south” from Maryland, most had corn bread stuffing, but everyone I knew made it differently. But I was so used to the sage kind, for several years, I had to call my Dad to make sure I wasn’t forgetting anything! Whenever I called a few days before the holidays, he would always chuckle at me. And, of course, there was no recipe as such–just add this and that and taste it.

    We always had the stuffing in the bird growing up, but now with the idea of it not being cooked enough, I always make it outside the bird.

    #610250
    morrissmom
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    And I have a question. Not having done this in years, has anyone cooked a whole fresh pumpkin recently. I have many years ago, but have forgotten what I did. Do you just clean it out and bake it in a pan? Can’t remember if I added water to keep it moist–that would seem logical. Seems to me I just baked it, then spooned the pulp away from then skin. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    #610251
    Buttercup
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    WWM that sounds pretty close to the Cornbread Dressing my Gramma used to make only she didn’t add any bread to it.I think maybe I’ll give it a try this year. I know how personal the dressings could be and I’ll never forget the year we ate at someone else’s house and the dressing had kumquats in it. Sacrilege!!!

    #610252
    Buttercup
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    I don’t know much about Pumpkins though MM. I’m sure someone else does though. I’d like to also know about how to cook the seeds,they’re yummy!

    #610253
    SoxsMom
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    MM last time I cooked a pumpkin I remember I boiled it and then baked it for a short time. I don’t remember if I was following instructions or not. Probably just not sure what to do and making it up as I went along.

    I have to say that Instinct put me onto brining a turkey–wouldn’t make one any other way now! And I have tweeked Cindy’s cranberry jello recipe and that is a smashing hit every year at church.

    Now if you look at that thread WWM went on a whirlwind with all the recipes!! I haven’t even got through them all yet! But I can say they are wonderful!!

    #610254
    WillowandWindismom
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    BC, my grandmother and mother always did add stale bread to the cornbread dressing. For some bizarre reason, they would let it sit out on the counter for days until it was bone dry – both the bread and the cornbread. And then they would soak it in water and squeeze out all of the excess moisture the day that they made the dressing. And so that’s how I do it but I don’t know why! My grandmother was raised on a ranch in Texas and I’ll bet that she did it that way because they would never throw out anything and so would collect bread long before Thanksgiving.

    I would say it’s about 2/3rd’s cornbread to 1/3rd white bread. Too much bread makes the dressing gummy.

    #610255
    Jeankit
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    Hmmm the 30 Days of Giving looks interesting…will check it out further in a bit! Thanks for this Dee! ps The Thanksgiving Prayer by author Garrison Keillor is a good one too!

    #610256
    Dee
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    6 Spirited Liquors Worth Tasting

    (Snap Organic Liqueur sounds so good and perfect for Thanksgiving!)

    http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/beverages/liquors-worth-tasting-00000000045748/index.html?xid=rs-hol-11-02-10

    #610257
    Dee
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    #610258
    Dee
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    #610259
    Dee
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    Dee
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    #610261
    CSBM
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    my mom makes the best pumpkin pie in the world. the recipe starts with getting the burpee seed catalog to order the seeds for growing the pumpkins…

    #610262
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
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    Thanks to everyone for the Thanksgiving thread 🙂

    Cheri, that would be fun, to grow them from the beginning. We never grew pumpkins, our pies always used the stuff in cans, still love pumpkin pie 🙂

    #610263
    Dee
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    Fresh ideas for fresh cranberries (don’t forget to buy extra this holiday season so you can have fresh cranberries during the year!)

    http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/fresh-ideas-for-fresh-cranberries-2405997/

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