Thanksgiving

ivamae

10 years ago

Hope everyone in Canada is having a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We have so much to be thankful for.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
10 years ago
Yes Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends! Have a wonderful day.
mare_wbpa
10 years ago
I'd like to add my wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian KTers.
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Oh man, it all looks delicious. At first I was concerned, then I saw the pink bowl for the stuffing and the pink pan holding spinach dip and all was right with the world. It's amylou, it's gotta have something pink. I think George has taken the correct measures, LOL. He looks a lot like my 25 pound cat, Spark. Orange cats gotta do orange cat things, you know. My Thanksgiving won't be until next Saturday, that's when Ashley has the girls and Makayla can come home for dinner and all other family obligations are fullfilled by all. Elery and I joined the neighbors at the B&B for dinner, the chef there did the cooking and I provided some of the "raw" ingredients. Well brined free range Amish turkey, nearly 30 pounds, some apple/cranberry stuffing, green bean casserole with no C of M soup, just some nicely seasoned white sauce and crunchy pan fried shallots, mashed potatoes from our Kennebecs in storage, gravy, fresh cranberry relish and dinner rolls, dessert was a really nicely spiced apple cake with cream cheese frosting. A couple of cups of coffee, chatting with friends and rooting for the Detroit Lions (who, true to tradition, lost), made a lovely day. Having lost my mother and my brother within the last year it was actually good to have something completely different. I'll start my cooking about Wednesday... Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Annie
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I love you guys too. :) plllog, about the stupid places that boxes are left after delivery: I just got a large heavy box delivered directly in front of my storm door. Do you know how hard it is to open a storm door that's being blocked by a huge heavy box? Thankfully that's only the third time it's been done to me. lol! neely, your plated meal is gorgeous! I only thought to take one photo of any of the food I made. The obligatory dinner rolls that are actually destined as leftover turkey sandwiches. :) Annie, I'm glad to hear that all is well there and your dinner with Elery sounds lovely. I can't even remember the last time I enjoyed a meal with an atmosphere like that............... agmss, it sounds like your nephew is a cooking phenom! That's a shame about the make-ahead blueberries. I had a similar disaster once when I attempted a make-ahead cheesey-creamy topping for an onion flambe. :p My butter/herb turkey breast was wonderful!!! The only drawback was a lack of drippings to make good gravy for my BF.... had to use the stuff that came in a package with the turkey.
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Happy Thanksgiving to my neighbours. Hope you all have a wonderful meal and time with loved ones.
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My sister wrote and thanked me for letting her help with making the tamales! I was a bit surprised by this, but maybe she wanted to learn how to make them, or maybe she just wanted to be more involved. When I have visited her house in the past, I have let her cook things the way she wants because if I help, then I do things differently than she does. When she cooks, she takes every shortcut possible, and I do the opposite. For the tamales, I made the filling, which I consider to be the most important part, and this involved poaching chicken thighs with chilies to make a chili chicken broth. I took all of the meat off of the chicken thighs and reserved it, and then put the bones and skin back into the broth and simmered it some more - about an hour and a half. Later, I thickened some of the chicken broth with a roux made with sautéed onion and garlic, and I added achiote paste to it as well as oregano. I added some of this to the chicken and saved some to use as a sauce. Sometimes I add a bit of cumin to it, but I did not this time. The assembly of the tamales does not involve changing the ingredients, and that's why I asked my sister and Kevin to help. Kevin did not like helping and made the tamales too big so that he would use up the ingredients faster, and this was not good. It is one of the reasons I do not ask for help or want it. At least Karen made them the right size!
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mary3444
10 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians.
pam_25f
10 years ago
I hope it has been a happy Thanksgiving.
stacey_mb
10 years ago
Thank you for the happy Thanksgiving wishes. Lucky people in the U.S., still having Thanksgiving to look forward to!
Georgysmom
10 years ago
Me, too. Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
sjerin
10 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving, Canadiennes!
drewsmaga
10 years ago
On Canada's Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful that beautiful, politically sane, non drug cartel infested Canada is our neighbor! Love you guys!
joyfulguy
10 years ago
Hope all of you other Canadians had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I celebrated mine with brother and various family members after flying to Regina, Saskatchewan for brother's 50th anniversary - figured I should be there, as I'd married them!

Now visiting sister-in-law in Edmonton, Alberta and nephew and niece.

Have visited some colleagues from university and seminary days, and expect to visit some more.

Flying home Saturday, Oct. 19, God willing.

ole joyfuelled ... with some help with the fuelling from family and friends
ivamae
Original Author
10 years ago
Glad to hear everything went great. I wasn't sure if you were driving or flying. Glad you chose the latter.
Have a good trip home. There will be lots of work waiting for you.
sjerin
10 years ago
Wow, sounds like a great trip and a lot of traveling, Joyful! I'm glad you had a nice time--now, go home and take it easy. :) Must've been lovely to see so much of your family. (I like your turn of a phrase.)

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