Thanksgiving is like, tomorrow, ya'll

[pinkie]

Anyone up for a plan along?

My co-conspirator and meeting tonight to make lists and set a schedule.

Holla at your pilgrim!
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[madgeylou]

so far here's what we have planned:

* a turkey bought from my friend who is a farmer and raises the most beautiful birds

* i am making these red velvet brownies that someone posted on facebook because GOOD GOD

* also these burnt caramel donuts

there will also be potatoes, brussels sprouts, fresh bread, corn pudding, green bean casserole -- the greatest hits.

but yeah, we need to put a bit more thought into it ...
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[madgeylou]

(also, i bet thanksgiving at your house is ridiculously awesome and i will be watching this thread / likely stealing all your ideas.)
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[LooseyMama]

[pinkie]

That veggie tree would have completely enchanted little kid me!

And you know ya'll are invited :)
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[BlueJedi]

We're having our "Thanksgiving" on Dec 3rd at my grandma's. They're going to be gone on a cruise on the real day. We always have a second family "thanksgiving" separate from the real day, sot that way everyone can have their individual family ones w/o stressing out over not making it to the one at my grandmas.

We're getting two turkeys, with my grandma cooking 1 and my mom and I cooking the other. Plus there might be a ham as well. There will be like, 30 people, so it'll all get eaten. my mom and I are making stuffing, and real mashed potatoes. I might try making real creamed corn this year just because I like to try at least one new thing a year.
We also have the cheap white dinner rolls, gravy, and the canned cranberry jelly stuff.

Afterwards we all have pie for desert.

Pretty much we stick to the same menu that we've always used.

[knittykat]

Must. Make. Broccoli. Tree. For. Maggie.
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[checkersumthing]

You mean American Thanksgiving . . . Canadian Thanksgiving was a long time ago :)

[rawrlie]

yeah, my menu tends to stay the same as well. i think what i may start doing is trading in one or two new recipes every year. starting with, perhaps, these sweet potato biscuits i found on pinterest. and maybe a pecan pie. which i have never made! or eaten? anyone have a good recipe recommendation?

one thing that is a must, however, is the mashed sweet potatoes with the tiny marshmallows on top. it is the only time of the year i allow myself to have them, because sweet potatoes are so good on their own! the marshmallows are almost superfluous if not a bit overkill. but. it's not thanksgiving without them. and i love them. so toasty.
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[petunia_843]

We are having the big Thanksgiving to-do in my family. My mom makes sweet potatoes, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, turkey and cranberry sauce. I don't know if she'll have a ham, too.

I will probably make the pies because I have had some success lately with cobbler. I will make a cherry pie, a mincemeat pie, and we'll buy some pumpkin pies.

I don't know how many we're having this year - my mom and stepdad, me, my two cousins and one of their's husband, their three little girls, my granny, and maybe my friend and his partner and his daughter. 14 at the biggest.

I can't wait!

[PurpleDoor]

We're going backpacking, but I still want to have something a little Thanksgiving-y. So far all I've thought of is mixing craisins into the trail mix :(

[BlueJedi]

[pony j]

I think that we are going to have a Thanksgiving at a restaurant this year with my Grandpa, and then we are going to the mountains the next day and cooking a dinner with my parents. Last year there was this big to-do/kerfluffle where we were at my folks with a reasonably big group (12) and I made collard greens which ended up costing me like $40 and my dad (who will never let anyone else in the kitchen) forgot to heat them up and so no-one had any and I got hurt feelings. Boo. So I am thinking I might re-do the greens? It'll be easier this time because we'll be a group of 4 this year.
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[Chiquita]

So this year my in-laws are coming to our place for Thanksgiving. This will be the second or third time I've cooked a turkey. The last time it was a heritage turkey and came with instructions from the CSA I bought the bird from.

So question for those who are more experienced turkey cookers:
What is your favorite way to prepare the turkey?
Do you brine it first?
Do you stuff it with anything (one year we put oranges in it but I don't know if htey added t the flavor much)
Anyone follow a particular recipe?
Should I go out and buy a roasting pan for these birds? Last time I used an OLD roasting pan that was way oversized but seems like it worked okay.

[sobriquet]

We're going to my uncle's house this year, so I'm only making a few things:

-my usual cranberry sauce (cinnamon/clove/ginger spiced), although I'm thinking of adding a splash of bourbon just for a laugh
-this corn pudding
-my usual maple pumpkin pie
-crookedtree's grandmother's pecan pie (which I've made the last four Thanksgivings and Christmases to rave reviews)

I'd like to make fresh bread, but it won't be as appreciated as our favorite frozen dinner rolls so I think I'll skip it.
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