Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! I'm going to my Mom's. Are you cooking or is someone else?
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We went to my moms yesterday for Thanksgiving, and we'll go to my wifes family today.
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Well I'm still not sure but most likely thanksgiving is going to be at my house this year. I'm still not sure how many people are going because my mom and sister keep inviting people so i would say around 30+ people are going to be at my house, Well either mine or my aunts house still not sure but i will find out tomorrow
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When Mom and Dad get tired of cooking the holiday meal, it's time for the next generation to step up to the plate (er--roasting pan might be better).  :-)
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Thanksgiving's at my family's old house used to be crazy.  Family members from all over the US would gather in the small farmhouse, cooking dinner, playing football, and reminicse by the fire.  I remember fondly a Thanksgiving eight years ago.  I was stuffing the turkey and my mom was making pumpkin pie.  We didn't have a mixer, so she took out the blender and said "Yeah, you blend" I told her she was crazy and went back to fixing the turkey. My cousin walked in on my mom trying to make pumpkin pie in the blender and said "Ohh la la", out of suprise.  She looked at me with a serious look on her face "Lets sit in front of the fireplace" she said.  Just then, the lights suddently went out.  The phone rang.  It was my cousins. Due to the massive storm that had hit the area, they wouldn't be able to make it. "Bill Bailey won't you please come home", my mom jokingly told my cousins on the phone.  I heard my aunt screaming from the other room at my six year old cousin " you are not going to watch tv as we eat dinner." He responded by having a temper tantrum because he didn't understand power outage.\n\nDespite the power outage, the stove was gas so we were able to have a beautiful candlelight feast without the tv on or cousins watching tv.
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every food that my mom makes....u over for dinner?
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im with ya on this one,have a great thanksgiving. No more bitchin its gotta be awesome.My sister says im a recluce but if she shut her mouth long enough
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I'm Italian so we tweaked the traditional American Menu so here it is.................\nTURKEY (of course) now to make it interesting my mom de-bones her turkey & stuffs it with a more italian like stuffing of wild rice mushrooms & spinach. Its tender and delicious\n\nMASHED POTATOES this I make with roasted garlic & chives a must have\n\nSTUFFING this is more traditional not actually stuffed into the turkey. \n\nBROCCOLINNI which are a green italian vegetable, very good.\n\nGREEN BEANS another american tradition, but we put our own twist on it with garlic & olive oil, and best thing is these are fresh grown in our own garden!\n\nPASTA our table always has a pasta on it either with a sauce or in the form of a soup. This year we are making gnocci a very yummy potatoe based pasta with a roasted tomato sauce.\n\nCRANBERRY SALAD made with fresh cranberies, pineapple & nuts real good.\n\nSWEET POTATOES in the oven.\n\nPUMPKIN PIE, BLACK BOTTOM BANANA PIE, CHOCOLATE SILK PIE (something for everyone) tons of holiday cookies too!!\n\nCHESTNUTS after dinner & dessert we roast chestnuts and eat them this is a huge family tradition!\n\nThis is Thanksgiving Italian-American Style
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I'm having a P*A*R*T*Y at my house!!!!  About 19 people so far are coming & 2 dogs!  Wanna come?  Please come!  YIPEE!  We are going to have a big taco bar, homemade pan pizza's and hot wings!  Yummy!  Saving up my calories for then!
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Mabye her mom can't cook..If it's ok with here mom and you can afford to feed her to go for it.
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We have two meals: one for my family and then I prepare one for my husband's family. My families is usually at 2 or 4pm on Thanksgiving day or the Sunday after. Then I have mine the opposite day at around 6 pm. And you?
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We have both turkey and ham because my mom hates turkey. ALSO we have :\n\nHome made Crescent rolls, Green Bean Casserole, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Creamed Corn, Scalloped Potatoes, Cranberry Dressing, Fruit Salad, Devilled Eggs, Vegetable, Fruit & Relish Trays, etc. I KNOW I'm forgetting something. Sorry. \n\nFor dessert, we have Pumpkin pie, Sweet Potato Pie, French Silk Pie, Triple Berry Pie, and Apple Pie. These are all home baked not store kind. \n\nFor snacking, there are pumpkin bars & Chex Party Mix. \n\nI LOVE baked macaroni & cheese but can't fit it in the oven with all the other stuff in there or I would make that, too!\n\n Happy thanksgiving!!
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Ate ate ate ate  and then ate some more..I am still stuffed.  We had family in from Michigan, Tennesee, and from Florida..So my house was very full.  It was very good tho.  We had turkey, ham, green bean cassarole, corn, chicken stuffing (home made very awesome), 24 hr Salad, bread, candied yams, blackberry cobler, peach cobler, a custard desert with angel cake (very awesome) chocolate cake, cookies of all kinds, and so much more..I still have a full fridge.\n\nI hope yours went well also.
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My family always went or invited other relatives over for a feast...we would have a potluck or cook fresh. The women made the food while men watched football. My grandma would usually take care of the apple or pumpkin pie because her crusts are the best...now that shes gone...we just buy it. My mother and I made the stuffing every year while the guys cheer at football and stuff... I miss my grandmother very much...
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Well welcome back to Ohio!!  LOL!!  As I have for the past 22 years, I will play "meals on wheels"!  Got off work at noon and commenced baking pies and prepping.  Tomorrow Hubby and I will pack the car and go off to my Dad's house.  Our kids will come over for dinner at Grampa's after visiting with their friends and family.  We'll eat too much, make a mess of Daddy's house (he'll smile through it all), clean it up, give him hugs and kisses and head for home (of course, we'll have to leave a pumpkin pie for Pop's "midnight snack").  He does get preferential treatment being the oldest member of the family (86) and only grandparent!
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Well, well, well, quite a conundrum.\nI have a few thoughts.  \noption #1: Call up Lori ann directly and tell her you would love to cook the turkey, ask if she minds bringing side dishes instead, but if she insists on cooking the stupid bird, let it go.  I would tell her that you want to make a small turkey for yourself, just so she doesnt freak when she comes in your house.  I would cook one myself, for these reasons:\n1. to have the smell of cooking turkey in the house \n2. for leftovers for your family because bird # 1 will be devoured by the guests\n3. you will have the free range variety to ingest\n and \n4. just because its your house and you can do what you want, and you are getting to host, which you wanted to do and its a lot of work to host on its own.\nOption #2:\ndont call her at all and still cook your own bird and whatever else you want and let her bring the stupid bird .  you are getting to host it which is what you really wanted anyway. Just let your mother and her know that you are making a bird "on the side" or hide it in the basement ;0\nOption #3:\ndont cook a bird and you will have oh so much less hastle because the stupid turkey takes so much time to cook, that all the side dishes will be cooked effortlessly without Tom Turkey in the way\noption 4:\nput turkey in microwave to purge it from carcinogens because it is not a free ranger and explode it accidentally (just kidding)\noption 5:\nsmother turkey with mayonnaise from a squeeze bottle and ...oh, just kidding!\nLast part of my opinion:\ndont put your mother in the middle to communicate or things could get ugly ;)\nOption 2 is probably what I would do myself.  \np.s. hubby says if you lived down here, you could take her turkey out back when she arrives and use it as target practice, then serve your own ;)\nand I know, believe me, that it is frustrating to hear that mom doesnt want to hurt HER feelings, but what about yours???  But like I said, if you get to host it, then resolve it with one of the above or better suggestions, so that it goes well for you and doesnt cause your adrenal system to decompensate.
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go see a dietician .....and take your mom
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GAZOOKS !    sad not thankful turkey day to you....howz that/   I',m thanful that some one out there is having aturkey dinner...cos i'm not...i'm poor..and if our american ppl want to be thankful for all they got.then thats them...me? I just gunna sit here and think about a juicy piece of turkey that someone else is eating and wish them well.   think about this lil fly when ya eats the wingpart...its my fave part of the bird....for all you out there  HAPPY THANXGIVING>>..!!!!