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I would LOVE to win a turkey!!! I absolutly love T...

2010-11-17T16:05:29.894-06:00

I would LOVE to win a turkey!!! I absolutly love Thanksgiving. All the baking , the smells, the gathering of family and of course the turkey. Our favorite is the brine method!! Thanks for the delicious sweet potato recipe. I love your site and visit it at least 5-6 days a week!! Thanks for all you do to spice up our menu!

Sorry comments get buried sometimes. To answer you...

2010-02-02T06:09:22.976-06:00

Sorry comments get buried sometimes. To answer your ? just omit the rice crispies and add flour. Here is a good ration on measurements.

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup chopped pecans

I hope this helps.

Hi I was wondering could you give me any suggesti...

2010-01-26T23:12:23.351-06:00

Hi

I was wondering could you give me any suggestions on swapping the rice crispies for something else.

I tried this version of sweet potato casserole, an...

2009-11-29T19:55:47.700-06:00

I tried this version of sweet potato casserole, and it was a success! I've always made this dish for Thanksgiving, and its my family's favorite, but I've never made it with rice crisps before. Thanks for yet another great recipe!

I think I am going to try this sweet potato casser...

2009-11-19T10:52:40.277-06:00

I think I am going to try this sweet potato casserole to bring to my parents.

2009-11-16T15:58:45.812-06:00

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OK one memory that I have was when I was about 15 ...

2009-11-16T15:55:32.525-06:00

OK one memory that I have was when I was about 15 or 16 years old. I started to enjoy baking and wanted to make a cake for a holiday I think it was Easter. Well I started mixing everything and put it in a cake pan. I put the cake in the oven. About 10 minutes later the fire alarm starts to go off. I wasn't thinking that it would be the cake because the alarm would go off all the time. But checked the oven anyway. My cake was on FIRE. Well instead of putting the stove on I put the broil on and my cake was black. My father came to the kitchen and was so shocked didn't know weather to laugh or yell at me. Now my father makes sure that he tells my children to keep me away from the oven.

Hi Tina, I really enjoy your site, so glad I stum...

2009-11-15T05:06:46.119-06:00

Hi Tina, I really enjoy your site, so glad I stumbled upon it. My favorite Thanksgiving recipe is actually green bean casserole with a slight twist. Years ago I decided to make the well known green bean casserole recipe for my family Thanksgiving and searched thru every magazine I had at the time hoping to come across the recipe, that was pre internet days. I had seen it many times in most every magazine but somehow could not find a single recipe so I decided to wing it. I remembered most of the recipe using the french cut green beans and mushroom soup and the french fried onions on top. But something seemed to be missing so I added to the large can of mushroom soup 1/3 cup of mayo and mixed in a whole can of the french's onions then folded the 6 cans of drained french cut green beans and added more of the french's onions on top and baked it for 30 to 40 min. in a 350 % oven until bubbely and hot. Ever since that long ago Thanksgiving day back when my three children were still children I have never been able to correct the mistake that I had made, or my family will protest. So that recipe blunder so many years ago have become a family tradition to this day. Thank goodness I was not able to locate the recipe at that time. Wishing your family a warm and heartfelt holiday season from the Starr family.

Hi Tina. I posted my most cherished Thanksgiving m...

2009-11-14T10:19:54.038-06:00

Hi Tina. I posted my most cherished Thanksgiving memory of my mother a couple days ago and neglected to add the recipe of her Giblet Gravy. So here it is:

Giblet Gravy
1 cup drippings from turkey
1 cup water
1/2 cup flour (self-rising)
Salt & Peppper to taste
*optional-boil turkey neck in a separate pot and tear the meat off into small peices and add to gravy

We always use alot of gravy so I normally double this recipe if I am going to have family over.

2009-11-14T10:17:32.521-06:00

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Hi Tina! What a fun giveaway! Being from the north...

2009-11-14T09:47:55.230-06:00

Hi Tina! What a fun giveaway! Being from the north, Scandanavian foods garnish our holiday tables. I would say my favorite Thanksgiving dish would be Corn Noodle Casserole and Chunk 'o Cheese Bread. YUM!!

I am very blessed to have a great family that all ...

2009-11-14T08:35:56.924-06:00

I am very blessed to have a great family that all jumps in and helps me make Thanksgiving dinner every year. I make the Turkey (deep fry) and other members of the family bring side dishes and desserts. So I do not have a recpe to share but I do have a great story. When I was about 12 or 13 my parents desided to take my sister and I out to Las Vegas to celebrate Thanksgiving with my grandparents. Two days before Thanksgiving my grandmother, mom and myself spent all day in the kitchen cooking pecan, pumpkin, and apple pies. The next day we all had decided to make a trip to the strip to walk around. My grandfather decided he didn't want to join us. 3-4 hour later we came home and noticed grandpa sleeping on the couch, my grandma went into the kitchen to find that he had eatten all 5 of the pies that we had made the day before. So we had a Thanksgiving with store bought desserts.

I have to say my favorite dish is green bean casse...

2009-11-14T08:27:41.857-06:00

I have to say my favorite dish is green bean casserole using cream of mushroom soup and Frech's onion rings. The funny thing is I never use cream of mushroom soup except for making this dish!

The best dish I have had at Thanksgiving is a pota...

2009-11-13T22:11:56.307-06:00

The best dish I have had at Thanksgiving is a potato casserole my sister in law makes. It is shredded hash browns with french fried onions, cheddar cheese soup, and more cheese on top. so good.

One year I had to make the Turkey because my mom h...

2009-11-13T21:32:49.335-06:00

One year I had to make the Turkey because my mom had to work. I had never made turkey before so I called her up and asked her what to do. She said to take the packet out of the cavity....well, i hesitantly reached in and couldn't find it so I thought "oh it doesn't have one." Needless to say when my mom came home and pulled the turkey out half of the turkey had been burnt out. Luckily there was still enough left for the dinner.

After my children were born, I wanted to learn to ...

2009-11-13T19:21:09.640-06:00

After my children were born, I wanted to learn to make Thanksgiving Dinner so that I could pass the recipes on to my daughter. Now, twelve years later, my daughter and I make the dinner together. I think we all like the cornbread dressing best. My kids also have always liked that I serve yellow, orange, and red Jello cubes. It's the only time of year we have Jello with a meal, and the fall colors look pretty in glass parfait dishes. We also have a special Thanksgiving punch. And every year I tell my daughter to be sure and marry a man who will take the "insides" out of the turkey before she cooks it -- like her wonderful father always does for me!

A favorite memory from Thanksgiving time is when w...

2009-11-12T23:37:05.437-06:00

A favorite memory from Thanksgiving time is when we had 15 or 16 people around a table made for about 8 to 10 people... LOL! We had to get one or two people to go into the kitchen to bring out the food because there wasn't room on the table. :)
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i love making sweet potatoes. i just put a couple...

2009-11-12T17:45:54.667-06:00

i love making sweet potatoes. i just put a couple in the oven and cook for an hour. then i mash them and add some cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and 2 tbs. cream cheese or a 4 oz. tub of yogurt. so yummy.

Hello! I started to stop by and tell you how much...

2009-11-12T14:23:12.842-06:00

Hello! I started to stop by and tell you how much my husband loved your Hummingbird cake, but then I saw this and stopped. Because it's like the best of all that is Thanksgiving. It's like sweet potatoe pie and pecan pie all in one, without the crust! Which means, now I am going to try and make one with a crust. Anyway, Anyway, bloopers...I've had many, like the one where I cooked the neck in the turkey, or the time I pulled out the most beautiful turkey ever to have my mother's dog mob me and steal it yipping all the way from pain..yet kept on eating...BUT the one that touches my heart the most is the year when I was eight and I begged my dad to take me home so my mom wasn't alone for Thanksgiving. I found her crying in the kitchen because she had somehow 'tomained' (Her word) the turkey..and then she saw me and wiped them away. "Wanna have hotdogs and watch the parades?" It was the best Thanksgiving ever and I will never forget it!

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is....how can I pick...

2009-11-12T13:58:06.254-06:00

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is....how can I pick just one I love all Thanksgiving food and the leftovers YUM!!! But if I have to pick one it would be my grandma's stuffing recipe which I think was how her mother made it. It is great and uses sausage and sage. The smell of it alone brings back lots of great memories of past Thanksgiving.

On my Mother's side we have a very large famil...

2009-11-12T12:41:32.015-06:00

On my Mother's side we have a very large family. My Grandmother is 92 and makes the best dressing. For the last 2 years I have been able to help her and my aunts make dressing for our Thanksgiving feast and learn how to make it because you know its nothing that is measured. We make a huge amount and it is so much fun!

What a GREAT GIVEAWAY! On Thanksgiving it seems ...

2009-11-12T12:10:40.213-06:00

What a GREAT GIVEAWAY!

On Thanksgiving it seems like this is the only day were you eat all day. But I thought I would share with you something "SWEET"

Chocolate Scotcheroos

1 C light corn syrup
1 C Sugar
1 C peanut butter
6 C Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal
1 package (6oz.,1 C) Semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 C butterscotch chips

1. Place corn syrup and sugar into saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves and mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat. Stir in Peanut Butter. Mix Well. Add Rice Krispies. Stir until well coated. Press mixture into pan coated with cooking spray. Set aside.

2. Melt Chocolate and butterscotch chips together in saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread evenly over cereal mixture. Let stand until firm. Cut into 2x1-inch bars when cool.

ENJOY!

I have a lot of Favorites!! But this year I'm going to try and make Mango Pie... I love your site and your great recipes!! I follow your BLOG! Now. THANKS!

My FIL decided not to deep fry a turkey, maybe if ...

2009-11-12T11:49:49.174-06:00

My FIL decided not to deep fry a turkey, maybe if I win one it will change his mind.

Traditional Cdn Thanksgiving included perogies, cabbage rolls and ham.

My favorite Thanksgiving memory is the year we had...

2009-11-12T09:45:26.032-06:00

My favorite Thanksgiving memory is the year we had roasted dishrag for dinner. After we (my daughter & I) got the turkey in the oven we started cleaning up. I searched high and low for my dishrag. I finally got out a clean one. Later when I lifted the turkey out of the pan, there was my dishrag! I had set the turkey on top of it before putting it in the oven. My daughter told me I couldn't say a word about this or my son-in-law wouldn't eat a bite.

Hi I just found your blog and I'm really enjoy...

2009-11-12T09:03:10.592-06:00

Hi I just found your blog and I'm really enjoying it. I can't wait to read some of your past posts.

I have a story that makes me smile when I think of Thanksgiving and Turkey. I am the youngest of 10 children. Since forever, we have always had a big family style Thanksgiving with all of my siblings and their families. It usually consisted of 50+ people. We almost always had it at my house since hubby and I had the biggest one in the family and could accomodate everyone. I always made the turkey so no one had to try and transport such a big bird across town. When my daddy died, we stopped getting together and just started having dinner with our own families. The first Thanksgiving that we didn't get together, my telephone was ringing off the hook. I felt like the Butteball Hotline and Betty Crocker both. I bet everyone of my sisters called me atleast once that day for a particular recipe or for instructions on how long to cook their turkey. Over the years, the phone doesn't ring as much. I guess they have figured it out for themselves.