Thanksgiving thread? Tips, cooking, stories?

[Laura's Babies]

I haven't told this one on myself (I don't think). My first trip on the boat I am on now was Thanksgiving. I was so excited to be on such a nice boat with such a great crew that I really wanted to knock their socks off with my Thanksgiving meal. I worked on it for weeks, baking my cornbread for the dressing, crumbeling it and freezing it, cutting up all my seasonings, baking the deserts and just going all out.

I had forgot that out there, days just run into each other and it is hard to know what day it is if you don't mark them off on a calander and I hadn't been marking them off..

What I ended up doing was serving our Thanksgiving meal on the day BEFORE Thanksgiving.. I was so embarrassed but they did not care one bit. I did serve the left overs Thanksgiving day with whatever I cooked for that day.

I am due to work this Thanksgiving and that will mark my 8th year on the JMD so it will be a special trip for me.

[RICHARD]

What I ended up doing was serving our Thanksgiving meal on the day BEFORE Thanksgiving.. I was so embarrassed but they did not care one bit. I did serve the left overs Thanksgiving day with whatever I cooked for that day.

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Men with full bellies will forgive anything and anyone.

[Trinityagain]

A few years ago I had trigger finger surgery the day befroe Thanksgiving. A friend of ours was coming down to help me out a bit and she was HORRIFIED that I wanted Stove Top stuffing. Oh no! You MUST have chestnut stuffing. Ok whatever...bolied them puppies and she and hubby shelled them...and put the shells down the garbage disposal...and had to take the disposal apart 3 times to clean them out. Bolied or not they don't go thru the disposal....

And I have to say I don't know what the fuss was about. It had no taste at all...Stove Top is much better IMO....

[Karen]

A few years ago I had trigger finger surgery the day befroe Thanksgiving. A friend of ours was coming down to help me out a bit and she was HORRIFIED that I wanted Stove Top stuffing. Oh no! You MUST have chestnut stuffing. Ok whatever...bolied them puppies and she and hubby shelled them...and put the shells down the garbage disposal...and had to take the disposal apart 3 times to clean them out. Bolied or not they don't go thru the disposal....

And I have to say I don't know what the fuss was about. It had no taste at all...Stove Top is much better IMO....

Hey, Thanksgiving is about tradition - and yours is Stove Top! At least you got a good story out of it. I've never had chestnut stuffing, and now that I am allergic to "tree nuts" I guess I never will! Good to know I'm not missing anything!

[Cataholic]

Had a 'date' over for some pumpkin pie...made some coffee, had the ice cream out to soften a little bit...and, then, the great unveiling of the pumpkin pie...MOLD! Gross. How embarrassing.

Who knew that pumpkin pie had to be refridgerated?

[RICHARD]

Thanksgiving box?

For the last three or four years I started a little tradition that has served us well leading up to Thanksgiving.

The TG box.

In the months leading up to the holiday I purchase odd and ends for the meal.

A few cans of cranberries, boxes of stuffing, pineapple, olives, pickles, broth and other stuff that I'll use for TG.

Another thing you can do is to take a marker or paste a page to the box with what is inside it. That way you can make a listing of what you need on your last shopping trips.

The only things that I usually need, and can shop for easily for are the perishables like veggies, fruit and dairy-

You also spread the cost and hassle of planning the meal across a few months, instead of panicking and doing a last minute and costly shopping trip.

[Nomilynn]

Had a 'date' over for some pumpkin pie...made some coffee, had the ice cream out to soften a little bit...and, then, the great unveiling of the pumpkin pie...MOLD! Gross. How embarrassing.

Who knew that pumpkin pie had to be refridgerated?

Hilarious!!


I also use Stove Top - always chicken flavour though. I don't like the turkey flavour. I also take some pork sausage (the big log roll) and tear it up in the stuffing after I've prepared it on the stove, and stuff the bird with that. If I have more stuffing than room in the bird (which usually happens) I put it in a casserole dish and bake it along with the bird in the oven. It's very unhealthy (fatty) but SOOOO good and spicy, and very flavourful!!