My Thanksgiving... :)

Originally Posted by pushylady

Naw, they'll thaw out in time. Those cornish hens are so little!

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I'm thinking turkey, but she DID say cornish hen.

Nevermind... :::slinks off with her tail between her legs:::

Originally Posted by GingersMom

I'm thinking turkey, but she DID say cornish hen.

Nevermind... :::slinks off with her tail between her legs:::

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:::::scratches under GingersMom's chin::::::: Awww... honey you are fine. They are in the process of thawing right now. I hope to have them in the oven by 3:00pm.

Originally Posted by lookingglass

:::::scratches under GingersMom's chin::::::: Awww... honey you are fine. They are in the process of thawing right now. I hope to have them in the oven by 3:00pm.

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Purrrrrr, purrrrrr, purrrrrr....

Thanks, I feel better now.

Starting to wake up, LOL...going to pick up my daughter and head off to my friend's house for turkey. I'm bringing pie - chocolate cream, of course. I don't envy you cooking all day - but I bet it will all be DELICIOUS!

Originally Posted by GingersMom

Purrrrrr, purrrrrr, purrrrrr....

Thanks, I feel better now.

Starting to wake up, LOL...going to pick up my daughter and head off to my friend's house for turkey. I'm bringing pie - chocolate cream, of course. I don't envy you cooking all day - but I bet it will all be DELICIOUS!

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Did you make the chocolate cream pie? I love chocolate pie.

I'm going to be honest; I have a store bought desert. With starting my new job this week and trying to get everything in order I just didn't have time for the sweet potato tart. I went out to a bakery yesterday and bought a lemon raspberry pie.

My Mom always said "Honey, know your limits."

We are starting the stuffing now...

Here's the link to the recipie we used:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci...ml?rsrc=search

I bought mine to Only because I WANTED it The Cheesecake Factory Pumpkin Cheesecake, but I am not really having anyone for dinner so the Cheesecake is starting to resemble A small TART I started eating it on Tuesday And now it's a good thing no one is coming

Originally Posted by halfpint

I bought mine to

Only because I WANTED it The Cheesecake Factory Pumpkin Cheesecake, but I am not really having anyone for dinner so the Cheesecake is starting to resemble A small TART

I started eating it on Tuesday

And now it's a good thing no one is coming

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I'm not really embarassed about it, but I am cooking everything else from scratch.

Next year I will prebake and freeze.

Okay... the stuffing is ready to go into the oven. The hens are completely thawed out and cleaned; we are now boiling the potatoes for mashing.

8-Bit tried to "help" by licking out the bowl with the sausage drippings. He was whisked off to the bedroom to think that over.

I've also graded the cheese that's going into my cheesy mashed potatoes.

The roux burned so we are not having gravy this year. Oh well, I've never been a fan of it anyway.

Everything seems to be going well...

I just found some MUSHROOMS!!!! So they are going in the roasting pans with the hens!

The hens are in the oven. We have about an hour until we eat.

The stuffing is now going in the oven... it smells just wonderful in here.

I'm so stuffed I can't move. We haven't even gotten to the tart yet.

The highlight of the meal: the stuffing!

The lowlight: Room temperature Iced Tea.

Just got back from our family gathering - nap time, definitely!

Originally Posted by Yosemite

Did you make the chocolate cream pie? I love chocolate pie.

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Nope, I woke up an extra hour early on Wednesday so I could drive 40 miles round trip to get THE pie. Homemade from a "famous" area diner, the Agawam Diner.

:::groan::: I think I ate too much...

Originally Posted by GingersMom

Nope, I woke up an extra hour early on Wednesday so I could drive 40 miles round trip to get THE pie.

Homemade from a "famous" area diner, the Agawam Diner.

:::groan::: I think I ate too much...

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The tart is done. The bakery where I got it from is fantastic, so it was very yummy.

Now we are playing Wii Bowling and having a grand old time.

Any idea what to do with all the leftovers?

Originally Posted by lookingglass

Any idea what to do with all the leftovers?

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Well, after our meal, everybody grabbed a takehome container and helped themselves. Otherwise, heat them up for tomorrow, or Saturday, or Sunday...

Congratulations on your first (of many) successful Thanksgiving dinner! I've always thought that while it seems like a ton of work, it's really not a terribly difficult meal to make.

Originally Posted by valanhb

Congratulations on your first (of many) successful Thanksgiving dinner! I've always thought that while it seems like a ton of work, it's really not a terribly difficult meal to make.

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My problem is that I can't ever get everything to get done cooking at the same time. Last night the turkey took much longer than everything else. Sometimes the turkey is the first thing done!