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Ah, of course! Wait…..you mean there are actually people living outside of Oregon!?!
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I had an oven break years ago with a 20 lb turkey in it . 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️
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Every day is a holiday for me now.

We have lots of snow too.

I had an oven issue with a turkey too at our Thanksgiving one year. Our guest was very forgiving, We ate vegetables.🥕🍅🥒🥔🥦

Way - 20 lb is a lot of turkey!!!
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Golden ,

I don’t do 20 lb turkeys anymore , not since my parents passed away . Older sibs moved , are spread out too since retiring .

Much smaller holidays now , just my kids and sig others , one nephew , one sister ( except now she was just placed ) , and sometimes the elderly couple next door come .
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Remember that bizarre trend of roasting the turkey inside of a brown paper bag? Talk about a fire hazard!
I wonder the percentage of people who have NOT had some kind of holiday disaster - clogged drain, dead fridge, power outage, frozen pipes…..DH had a heart attack one year!
I’m thankful we made it through Thanksgiving with nothing bad (and very much good) happening.

Way, BIL said turkeys over 16 lbs are all Toms so more likely to be tough. Could be true or could be man-talk! All I know is the one he smoked was tender, juicy and delicious so he’s allowed to man-talk all he wants when he can cook like that!
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Golden, I think I would enjoy an all veggie sides Thanksgiving if you were cooking it!
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Way - I guess not! You still have a decent number. Very kind of you to include the older couple next door.

Psue - thank you but they really weren't inspired. I remember cooking things in a made-for-the-oven "plastic" bag, Wasn't worth it! Sorry to hear your dh had a heart attack one year.

Rotisserie chicken for supper tonight. The groceries just came. I love not having to go out in the snowy cold and ice.

R is getting his permanent crowns at the dentist today. Good thing too as one came out last night. He did have one replacement prepped last time and 4 were preps for new crowns. He handles this stuff very well.
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Leftovers! fridge is working, hubs replaced a part and cleaned all the coils, etc. So some stuff is back in and I will get the rest tomorrow ( supposed to be 25 tonight so the stuff in the coolers will hold nicely,, LOL. Good way to get the fridge cleaned out
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PamZ - Well done for your hubby. Glad it all is working out. As it's well below freezing here now (5F) I am using the balcony as a freezer.
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Wow. Pam! Do you hire him out?

Leftovers tonight for us too. We came home with way more than we brought! Tomorrow is our quasi-Thanksgiving so I did as much prep for that as I could - splitting butternut squash, trimming sprouts, cooking up onions, celery and herbs and browning ground turkey and sausage for the stuffing. Smells good in here!

Golden, I don’t think I could handle that cold for very long - I know DH couldn’t. He’s standing in front of the gas fire with his coat on right now while I can feel my cheeks burning.
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Had Thanksgiving at my daughter and son-in-law's place, with two grand daughters and son-in-law's parents. I was on turkey, gravy, and stuffing duty; daughter is vegetarian so I spared her from having to handle the bird! Thirteen-year old grand-daughter was a big help. Had a very traditional New England menu: turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, pies (pumpkin, apple, pecan, and, new this year, sweet potato). Came home with lots of leftovers, including the turkey carcass that I'll make into soup stock. My late husband loved soup of almost any kind, but for some reason turned his nose up at turkey soup, though he loved turkey and loved Thanksgiving. It was his favorite holiday, and we really miss him on that day; he passed away in June, 2022 so this was our third Thanksgiving without him. Friday I went to a family member's belated birthday dinner and had lobster! Tonight: Thanksgiving #2 (leftovers)
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Ooh, Nacy, I agree. My DD puts her leftover stuffing in her waffle iron and makes turkey, cranberry sandwiches with the waffles. Too good!
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KFC here has been advertising a festive chicken, stuffing and cranberry sandwich and when I checked online it has good reviews, it's on my list of junk foods I must try (lol)
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Yum, I cannot wait to try KFC.

Yeah, but they don't have it here in my area.
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I am my wife's caregiver and last night I grilled chicken wings and served with a bag caesar salad that she absolutely loved. I like to season the wings with seasoned salt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and paprika. Then I grill until they are mostly crispy, turn the heat down a little, and baste with barbecue sauce. I let the sauce cook on, baste again, turn them over and do the same on the other side. The sauce is then kind of caramelized and sticky, the wings are outstanding. Easy meal (for me) for around $10.
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Throw on an extra batch sammy I'm on my way....
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Made a batch of turkey corn chowder with rivels! Delish!!
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Pam, what’s a rivel? Is it game night?
Sam, wings sound yum. Double yum if crispy on the grill!

Tonight, quesadillas on the old George Foreman. Easy to make; a pain to clean up.
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rivels are possibly german, just little dumpling like things made by mixing flour and a beaten egg until it breaks into "crumbles". Then you drop them into the soup and they cook, and thicken the broth a bit. Yummy!
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Big pot of cauliflower cheddar soup. With garlic bread and turkey kielbasa for us. Taking soup (and other food) to my daughter who is writing exams. Tomorrow - not tonight. First snowfall here and there are cars in ditches and crashes everywhere. My son’s out driving a tow truck and a car slammed into the back his truck. The car’s a write-off and he’s now towing it to the impound lot. (son is fine)
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Last night was stew, tonight it is tuna casserole.... craving carbs and comfort food.
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Cwillie,
Yes to carbs and comfort food. Tuna as well for us.
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Chicken soup - doesn't get more comfortable than that.

I have no idea how people make soup in 30 mins, Takes me a couple of days.
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No dinner for us. DH flipped out and we ended up in the ER for several hours getting blood and urine and ekg and ct scan. All negative, which is good and bad in equal parts. Home at 10 to finish drying sheets before he can go to bed. Medication waiting at the pharmacy will have to wait until tomorrow but that’s ok….he’s all sweetness and light now!

Looks like I’m having a whine for dinner!
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I didn;t sleep well last night, so I skipped exercise class and we just ran for groceries and had lunch out at a local place. My sides were mac and cheese and stewed tomatoes. I swear they make the best tomatoes! Some places put bread in theirs ( this place does) and it is delish! Our localish Amish market puts bread in too. How do you all make yours? I'd love to make it at home! We had enough that we will both get another meal out of this! The main was a huge piece of fried catfish.
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Peasuep: Sorry that DH flipped out.
PamZ: Get some rest.
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Split pea soup with ham and summer savory herbs. Longing for something wholesome, soothing and filling tonight.
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Pam Z - never heard of stewed tomatoes with bread. I bet the fried catfish was good! Hope you sleep better.

Psue- pea soup and ham is great comfort food. Hope you have a quiet night.

Yesterday - ribs, roasted eggplant, baked yam for R and a nice fresh green salad. I put Montreal Steak spice on the ribs. Today - leftovers and a big mug of lemon ginger tea. R is still out working and will probably stay at the farm tonight. He said there was too much snow to shovel.

Found my great fish soup recipe with tomato and 5 bay leaves. 😊 There are scallops in the freezer. Must get some cod and make it.
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Pam, are the stewed tomatoes served hot like Italian Bread Soup?
Ive never had catfish but, like most fish, I bet I would like it.

Golden, fish soup with crusty sourdough bread is a childhood memory for me having grown up near San Francisco. So is coquille San Jacques (is that how you spell it?) and abalone which my sisters and I referred to as “prom night food”.

I don’t know what’s in Montreal steak spice but I will look it up.
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The stewed tomatoes are hot, they go great with mac and cheese. I have had them with bread, I think it's to thicken them, and without. I have to look up Italian bread soup! catfish is mild, and mostly farm raised for commercial sales. We used to own a company that installed commercial fish farms for a dealer,, that was something to see!
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