Sorry this is so late getting out. As usual, my life is hectic and I'm behind on everything. Menu below is the same as last year. That food is just so yummy. If anyone has any recipes to share for Thanksgiving or Christmas, let me know! I know someone out there is having a goofier Thanksgiving than I am. Check this out:
Greetings friends and family!
Martha Stewart will not be at our Thanksgiving feast this year. So, the plans have changed somewhat. Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, we decided that a bunch of burning lunch sacks was not giving the desired welcoming effect.
Once inside you will notice that there are no swags of Indian corn and fall foliage. There will, however, be lots of leaves that my kids dragged in on their shoes. The mud was their idea.
Our centerpiece will not be the tower of fresh fruit I promised Martha I'd do. We will be displaying a hedge-hog looking thing made of paper mache' and lots and lots of construction paper. My kids assure me it is a turkey.
We will be dining fashionably late. The children will entertain you while you wait with every comment I've made today about cooking for this bunch. Please keep in mind that these remarks were made at 5 am upon discovering the turkey was still hard enough to drop a charging rhino, or at least give him one heck of a headache.
An accompaniment to the children's recital of the above will be tribal drumming. If the children mention that we don't own a recording of tribal drumming, or that the drumming sounds a lot like a turkey thawing in the dryer, ignore them. They lie.
We toyed with Martha's suggestion of ringing a dainty silver bell when dinner is ready. In the end, we chose to keep the tradition we mainly use at mealtimes. When the smoke alarm sounds, dive onto the nearest chair, even if you have to push your brother off of it.
In the spirit of harmony, we ask that all children sit at a separate table---in a separate room---at the neighbor's.
Now, I know you've all seen pictures of a person carving a turkey in front of an appreciative, smiling crowd. Put down the greeting card and rejoin us all on planet earth. For safety reasons, our turkey will be carved in a private ceremony. Private means: Do not enter the kitchen to laugh at me. Do not send small, unsuspecting children to snoop. I have an electric knife. The turkey is unarmed. It stands to reason that I will eventually win. When I do, we eat.
No, Martha Stewart won't be here this year. Next year isn't looking too promising, either.
It's almost Turkey Day!!
Has absolutely nothing to do with Thanksgiving but it's so damn cute, I had to put it in there....like this one....
I'll betcha ya look before you sit down from now on. ROFL!
Thanksgiving in the good 'ole days.
Hope you found that at least moderately interesting. Now on to far more interesting matters.....
Now on to fooooooooooooooood............
If you see anything yummy, just click the link under the picture! To print your recipes, click one of the links above the name of the recipe/dish. You'll see options to Print, 3x5, 4x6, and FULL. 3x5 will print out your recipe for cards that size. Same with 4x5. Once you click on a size, go to the top right of the new page that opens and click on the link for Advanced Print Options. When that window opens up, select the size of recipe card (not sure why they ask you twice) and then the text size. In the third option, UNselect "Advertisements." That will keep the ads off your recipes. Much simpler than it sounds here--you'll see how easy it is after you do it the first time.
There are multiple versions of certain dishes so that you have choices. Enjoy!
