tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061321.post113314703753964334..comments2023-11-02T10:12:21.199-04:00Comments on <center>Suburban Lesbian</center>: I'm All About RitualSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832720652240317984noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061321.post-1133287607477044242005-11-29T13:06:00.000-05:002005-11-29T13:06:00.000-05:00In response to Liz's question, this native Texan a...In response to Liz's question, this native Texan also says "Hell yeah" to the marshmallows on the yams.WenWhithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894708908646890568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061321.post-1133285684952609062005-11-29T12:34:00.000-05:002005-11-29T12:34:00.000-05:00foul stuffed with foul stuffed with foul.that is j...foul stuffed with foul stuffed with foul.<BR/>that is just...wrong.weesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618625306145677343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061321.post-1133276500845503172005-11-29T10:01:00.000-05:002005-11-29T10:01:00.000-05:00Bizarre!I just came in from walking my dog Sam. W...Bizarre!<BR/><BR/>I just came in from walking my dog Sam. While we were walking, I started thinking about what I would cook for Thanksgiving from now on. <BR/><BR/>You see, I adopted two infants in June of this year. Brand, new babies from birth - and I just turned 51 last week.<BR/><BR/>I'm starting to think about creating memories and traditions for them, and Thanksgiving will be a biggie. Up until this year I have cooked the same things - Turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing (pepperidge farm - don't have a cornbread dressing recipe), smooth cranberry sauce and tons of creamy gravey to pour over everything. Almost identical to your likes. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I started thinking about my babies and the memories and traditions they will grow up with and call their own. Maybe, starting next year, I should fix a bigger spread every year with more variety and let them pick and choose their favorites and then recreate, incorporating their favorites, our Thanksgiving dinner tradition. <BR/><BR/>Just no Turducken or TofuTurkey, even though all they eat right now is organic baby foods. :) <BR/><BR/>By the way. I love the layout of your journal. I recently found it while I was searching for a nice layout for my own journal. I'm not good at html, so I figured I would find a layout I liked and then 'tweak' it to make it mine. So, that is what I did with yours. I hope you are not offended.<BR/><BR/>I also enjoyed the writing links you had in your journal. I am an aspiring writer, like yourself, and I loved the reference links and the November 'Write a novel in a month' thing. I'm going to give that one a 'go' next year.<BR/><BR/>Chava<BR/><BR/>http://chavahoffman.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061321.post-1133248183329801912005-11-29T02:09:00.000-05:002005-11-29T02:09:00.000-05:00Liz here, from I Speak of Dreams.I served a turduc...Liz here, from <A HREF="http://lizditz.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">I Speak of Dreams</A>.<BR/><BR/>I served a turducken last Christmas. The consensus was, good but not worth the "import tax". <BR/><BR/>This Thanksgiving we were down to just four people. Only one child (from three) -- my daugher. Three women: me, my daughter, and my stepsons' mother. The only man in the mix was my stepsons' stepfather. Well, we've been celebrating holidays together for twenty years. Sometimes the family you grow from scratch is more meaningful than the one you get from the vows.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, one of the requirements for OUR dinners-with-turkey is cranberry sauce from the can, WITH the ridges still intact.<BR/><BR/>OK, so now we have a sweet potato/yam question. If you serve candied yams, do you top them with marshmallows and (briefly) broil the dish?<BR/><BR/>The midwesterners I've questioned have never heard of such a thing; all native Californians I've asked have said, "hell, yeah!" (even those who serve sushi or guacamole as hors d'ouevres).<BR/><BR/>This year I was in charge of all the vegetable dishes. Instead of candied yams, I made a variation of the sweet potatoes and apples dish from the "Joy of Cooking" -- less sugar, less butter, lime juice instead of lemon, and guava juice for the added liquids. It was light and bright; I'll make it again. The daughter even said it was good enough for regular rotation.<BR/><BR/>The sole male in the entourage is the chief pastry cook. He made a chocolate-pumpkin pie that was really good. Essentially you add 4 to 5 ounces of grated chocolate to the spiced pumpkin mixture. He made a chocolate-graham-cracker crust; we agreed it would be more interesting with a traditional pastry crust, but maybe we'd need another taste-test to be really sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061321.post-1133241381370573712005-11-29T00:16:00.000-05:002005-11-29T00:16:00.000-05:00I'm not sure what I have to say about turducken, a...I'm not sure what I have to say about turducken, although I am sure your friend serves a lovely one. <BR/><BR/>After Thanksgiving dinner makes a whole lotta sense! That way you can celebrate with friends that were not able to attend the actual event day festivities. <BR/><BR/>Hmmmm, lately I have been reading lots of cool traditions from other people that are so good I am just going to wind up stealing them!<BR/><BR/>Although perhaps minus the turducken.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604097511444010759noreply@blogger.com