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Skriven 2011-11-25 20:38:10 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
Ärende: Turkey Trots
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As predicted the gathering of the clan at my brother's was a day of wretched
excess. There were people there I don't recall having met before - some of whom
I hope to not meet again. But, most of them were nice enough. My niece with her
four kidlings and her girl friend's three. Her ex-husband and a friend with the
friend's two chirrun. A couple of my brother's Legion friends, two grandkids
and a daughter in-law. Oh, yeah, Phil (my brother and Vicky (his wife). Two
dogs - named Buddy and Buffy - for today called Hoover and Roomba. And the lop
eared rescue cat Boy. Boy stayed pretty much out the way of the pooches but
still managed to mooch a substantial meal from various humerns.   Bv)=

Lots of antipasto stuff - shrimp, green olives, black olives, a cheese ball,
broccoli and cauliflower flowerettes, some stuffed olives, celery and carrot
sticks, snack crackers and some cream cheese and tuna (I think) stuff to spread
on them. Oh, yeah, a ranch dressing based vegetable dip to add to the various
crudities. I left all of this pretty much alone except for six or twelve
previously frozen shrimp.

Roast turkey, baked ham, sweet potato casserole, scalloped corn, mashed
tatties, giblet gravy, regular dressing, oyster dressing, chorizo-cornbread
dressing, beef and noodles (I did seconds on this as it was *much* better than
the usual run of beef and noodles I get) which was a bit unusual for a
thanksgiving table - at least around these parts. Fresh baked yeast rolls.

I put out a call for the recipe for the beef and noodles - which came in a
crock pot that my niece brought and that her girl-friend had made.

Pumpkin pie, pumpkin-pecan pie, lemon chiffon pie, a caramel-apple & pecan pie,
lime custard and some chocolate chip cookies rounded off the dessert bar. Kool
Wip was available to top whatever.

Missing were (as promised) the green bean casserole, also missing were the
usual broccoli-cheese-rice casserole and (sorely missed by me) Brussels sprouts
in any form.

I managed to have some of the sweet potato casserole, dark meat turkey, beef &
noodles X 2, oyster dressing w/gravy X 2, mash w/gravy, a sample of the (pretty
standard) scalloped corn and a small sampling of the chorizo-cornbread
dressing. I was tempted to drink a cup of the gravy like it was soup - it was
that good.

No desserts for me today - my blood sugar has been acting wacky and the breads,
taters, and other starchy things I had already wolfed down probably spiked it
nicely anyway. I did bring a slab of the caramel-apple pie home for when I am
feeling frisky.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Caramel Apple Pie
 Categories: Pies, Citrus, Fruits, Nuts
      Yield: 6 Servings

           Pastry for a 2 crust 9" pie
     10    Caramel candies; quartered
    1/3 c  Flour
      2 ts Lemon juice
      3 c  Stayman-Winesap apples;
           - unpeeled, in 1/2" cubes
    2/3 c  Caramel ice cream topping
    1/2 c  Pecans; chopped

  In medium bowl, combine caramels and flour. Add apples,
  caramel topping and lemon juice; mix well. Pour mixture
  into crust; top with pecans.

  Bake on preheated baking sheet at 375øF/190øC for 40-45
  minutes until crust has browned; cool.

  Optional: Drizzle some caramel topping over nuts after
  taking pie from oven, but before it's cool.

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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