Comments on: Talking Turkey for a Turkey

By: nicole

nicole — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:38:43 +0000

i have been married for 6 years as of yesterday and have two kids but i have yet to make thanksgiving dinner. i would love to win a turkey and try

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:46 +0000

Memories! I think every year the turkey is never done when you want it to be done.. it’s either way to early or not in time… Never has it happen at the RIGHT time!

One of the recipes that my MIL makes is a pumpkin pie to feed a crowd! Enjoy!

Pastry for double 9″ crust
4 eggs
3 1/4 C (29 oz can) pumpkin
1 1/2 C granulated sugar
1 t Salt
2 t Cinnamon
1 t Ginger
1/2 t Cloves
3 C (2 12oz cans) Evaporated milk

Lay pastry in 13×9x2 pan,overlapping at the center.
Trim and fill holes. Trim to edge of pan. Mix ingredients and pour into shell. Bake 425 for 15 min. Reduce heat to 35 and bake an additional 50-60 mins until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

ENJOY~~~

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:44:29 +0000

I dont have quite a funny story to share either; and although I have 4 kids of my own, I havent had to cook for Thanksgiving yet, b/c either my mother or mother in law cooks. I try to help by baking dessert or trying a new recipe for fresh rolls. I think one of our favorite recipes for salad is here and is always a request (as it is this year!):
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Winter-Fruit-Salad-with-Lemon-Poppyseed-Dressing/Detail.aspx

It is great as is, dont change a thing! Thanks!

By: Kim @ Fist Full of Dandelions

Kim @ Fist Full of Dandelions — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:17:00 +0000

This cracked me up! I don’t have such a funny story to share.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:53:07 +0000

Our most eventful Thanksgiving was one of the first years the in-laws came for Thanksgiving. We brined the turkey the night before using one of the brine bags and sticking it in the vegetable drawer in our refrigerator.

When his mother pulled it out of the vegetable drawer, the bag ripped and we had brine all over our refrigerator and all over the kitchen.

It was hilarious! We cleaned the kitchen and kept making the turkey, and it turned out delicious. We continue to brine the turkey to this day and have only had minor mishaps with the bags ripping since then…

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:51:45 +0000

I don’t really have anything special to contribute by way of fiasco or recipe. The most memorable Thanksgiving I have ever had was 2 years ago. My father in law had just died a couple weeks before Thanksgiving in 2007 so it was just a sad time for the family. It is especially hard when you think of the year before, when everyone was all around the supper table. That experience (as well as some others I have had since then) has really showed me to be grateful for every year the Lord gives us to share Thanksgiving or Christmas or even every day of having my children all around me. Time goes by so fast and we are not promised tomorrow. It does give a different perspective.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:15 +0000

Our family has never been super big, but we’d gather at my grandparents and I was always at the folding table…regardless of my age!
My grandmother died the year of my 22nd birthday, so I felt determined to make sure the family all got together, for my grandpa’s sake. No one was a big cook, but I definitely was determined to make it happen.

I shopped and cooked, pulled out grandma’s dressing recipe (super yummy!) and made my grandpa’s favorite Banana Pudding. I invited a guy I had begun dating to eat with my family and I was definitely trying to impress him! Well, we get to my grandpa’s..he’s getting on up in age..and I notice a huge paper sack of pecans in the dining room. They had been cracked and were waiting to be shelled. Well, since it was a HUGE sack, I decided to move them into the kitchen..when I did, little tiny flying bugs went EVERYWHERE!! They went all over the dining room, onto the table, everywhere! I scurried around trying to get them all and was absolutely frantic.

We all sat down to eat, were enjoying our dinner (success!) when my new beau got up to get some more iced tea. He squeezed behind the dining room chairs, brushed the curtains and OH MY a mass of flying bugs came out of the curtains and flew all over the room. In hindsight, it was hysterical..there’s my grandpa completely oblivious…and me, turning red from my bug infested first ever Thanksgiving meal.

By: Becky L.

Becky L. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:02:31 +0000

One year we decided to eat out for Thanksgiving. It was different but we enjoyed ourselves. The people at the restaurant were dressed in pilgrim attire. It doesn’t matter where you eat, it’s who you spend it with and share in the blessings of the bounty that God so richly bestows on us every day.

By: kayla

kayla — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:50:10 +0000

I don’t have a wonderful Thanksgiving tale to share but I am grateful for the Thanksgiving Blessing that will be arriving at the airport on Thanksgiving day this year. My husband and new 15 year old son will be arriving back in America following his adoption on the 24th. WhooHoo!!!! it has been an awesome journey.

By: Selene M.

Selene M. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:31 +0000

My turkey tale actually involved the Thanksgiving dessert. One year, my pecan pie boiled over (remember to put a cookie sheet under it) onto the hot oven element which resulted in flames. I sized up the situation quickly, and the pie seemed okay, but since the oven was a mess, I had to finish the pie in the microwave. The pie looked a little different but it tasted great!