I haven't eaten yet... and yes.
Thanksgiving Dinner
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A very thin pumpkin cake (spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon) made in a jelly roll pan and then spread with cream cheese filling after it has cooled and rolled up like a jelly roll. We only have it at Thanksgiving so is a special treat that is asked for every year.
It is--it's a bit of a pain to make because there are lots of steps but worth it. I'd be happy to share the recipe if anyone wants it.
No... I'd just like you to make it for me--once a month, at least. *droooooooooool*
I am diabetic and no one else here eats many sweets. but thank-you and enjoy a piece for me.
My kids have made that same request but it's still a Thanksgiving only treat. The only reason I got out of making it this year is because my mom thought I wasn't getting back from Europe until this Wednesday so she's already done it ahead and frozen it. I would have done it Thanksgiving morning but admit I was a bit relieved not to have to. 
Yay for (slight) miscommunication... and Moms!
You all are killing me....I was reading all of these wonderful posts and I just caught myself eating a pencil...it does not taste like pumpkin roll, just sayin.
would love to have the recipe, but only when you have the time to share.
I'll have turkey, sprinkled with my mom's vague passive aggressive hints that I don't come home enough and she doesn't see her grandson often enough...lol, same song different year at my Thanksgiving family get together type event......AHHH, the holidays...at least the Packers and the Lions are playing.....football, turkey, and intoxicating beverages, hooray!!!!
Question...since you lot clearly have Turkey on Thanks Giving, is Turkey traditional at Christmas dinner too?
We sell these at work, started doing it last year. Much easier than starting from scratch, Marsha. I believe they're made from someplace in Ohio, frozen, then shipped out around the country. I'll try to get the company name for you, then maybe you could have them ship one to you to taste test. My sister, who makes hers from scratch, tried it last year and said it was as good as hers. There's no weird chemical aftertaste either, which I was expecting since it does have some preservatives in it, but it is quite nummy!
Everything sounds so delicious!
We are having 11 people over, for a total of 14. We are making turkey and andouille gumbo, turkey, cornbread dressing, shrimp and mirliton casserole, oyster patties, pumpkin pies with whipped cream and ice cream, and rolls. My mom is bringing the baked macaroni and sweet potato casserole. My sister-in-law is bringing two veggie sides. And I don't know what else the others are bringing, probably various desserts.
I just spent a few hours making place cards - am I insane?? I have so much to do, but I have to have cute place cards. I pasted old-fashioned, Victorian-looking Thanksgiving images onto cream-colored card stock, and wrote the names in gold ink. I punched a hole in the corner, and on Thanksgiving morning I'm going to pick some sprigs of fresh rosemary and use fall-colored ribbon to fasten the herbs to the place cards. Cute. Everyone will just have to gaze at the cuteness and ignore the dust in the corners.
We are having 11 people over, for a total of 14. We are making turkey and andouille gumbo, turkey, cornbread dressing, shrimp and mirliton casserole, oyster patties, pumpkin pies with whipped cream and ice cream, and rolls. My mom is bringing the baked macaroni and sweet potato casserole. My sister-in-law is bringing two veggie sides. And I don't know what else the others are bringing, probably various desserts.
I just spent a few hours making place cards - am I insane?? I have so much to do, but I have to have cute place cards. I pasted old-fashioned, Victorian-looking Thanksgiving images onto cream-colored card stock, and wrote the names in gold ink. I punched a hole in the corner, and on Thanksgiving morning I'm going to pick some sprigs of fresh rosemary and use fall-colored ribbon to fasten the herbs to the place cards. Cute. Everyone will just have to gaze at the cuteness and ignore the dust in the corners.
That chemical aftertaste is a big thing along with whatever other "extra" ingredients they might put in but I'm up for giving it a try.
Much less so for Christmas. That seems to be more whatever the particular family tradition is. I usually do a prime rib roast but am thinking about doing something with lobster this year depending on the price just to mix it up a little.
My wife and I will be having Thanksgiving dinner here at home, just the two of us. When I got home yesterday she showed me a 7# turkey she picked up...last year I think we had a couple Cornish game hens. With the turkey we'll have rutabaga, mashed potatoes, garden carrots...corn if I have any say and dressing...and we also have some pumpkin from the garden. Be nice to make a pie. I also put in a request for some cranberry...the stuff that comes in a can, is solid, no berries in it. Wish I could duplicate the way my parents made dressing. They'd save heels/crusts from bread for a time, toast those, grind that up with the things that come in the little white paper inside the turkey...parts...neck...they'd heat that stuff up in a pot, grind it up, mix in some celery, a few other spices, put that in the bird. Have to give it another go this year...see if I stumble onto the method. I remember Staropeace...does she use a cap in her name?...staropeace? I dunno...anyway, I recall that she suggested cooking the bird upside down in the pan...a thread from before, said it leaves the meat juicier...the bird does not dry out as much? I remember the parents opening the oven as the turkey cooked, basting it with a big plastic syringe-like thing...plastic tube w/a bulb on the end.
We decided to scrap our trip home so I picked up a ham yesterday. I wasn't sure if I had enough time to unthaw a turkey, putting the meal together last-minute. So we will have ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, corn and apple and pumpkin pie. ( I did promise turkey for Christmas, so we will just be a little backwards this year. ) Not a huge, huge meal but it will just be us here. Hopefully everyone feels well enough to eat!
) Not a huge, huge meal but it will just be us here. Hopefully everyone feels well enough to eat!
Oh no! Now I get to go to bed hungry as well... thanks guys!
(I hope everyone will be well too, Cat.)
(I hope everyone will be well too, Cat.)