tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post8548540522572706228..comments2023-06-12T05:13:53.766-07:00Comments on A weigh to go - from munter to minx: America - we are so OVAH!Peridothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325992771558910173noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post-16349832114993570352013-12-05T18:34:04.809-08:002013-12-05T18:34:04.809-08:00ps we had no leftovers. the greedy buggers ate eve...ps we had no leftovers. the greedy buggers ate everything!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634069100565331516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post-86474491457972154042013-12-05T18:32:39.020-08:002013-12-05T18:32:39.020-08:00Please update! I want to hear about the Thanksgiv...Please update! I want to hear about the Thanksgiving dinner! You have and open invitation to come to my house for Tday dinner every year!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634069100565331516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post-62452300975040743582013-11-27T07:42:57.719-08:002013-11-27T07:42:57.719-08:00I forgot the most important thing -- the turkey sh...I forgot the most important thing -- the turkey shaped butter!!!!!!!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634069100565331516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post-32451059920856552982013-11-26T11:39:29.660-08:002013-11-26T11:39:29.660-08:00Please don't judge us!!!! ;o) We roast all k...Please don't judge us!!!! ;o) We roast all kinds of potatoes over here, but with turkey -- it's mashed potatoes. My mother makes the absolute best -- tons of butter and half and half, and just lumpy enough to have some texture. We have another thing here called an open faced turkey sandwich. It is roasted turkey served on cheap white bread, a side of stuffing, and mashed potatoes, covered with gravy. We also do it with roast beef, but without the stuffing. This is known as diner food.<br /><br />Re the sweet potatoes, I had to find a recipe. You cook canned sweet potatoes with 3/4 of the syrup and some brown sugar. You then put it in a pan and cover with marshmallows and bake it. I think it is disgusting, but people love it!<br /><br />Do you know about our canned cranberry sauce, Peridot? You need to look it up! You will never come here again. It basically is sweetened cranberry jello ("jelly"). There are no pieces of cranberry in it. You open the can and slide it out onto a plate. It maintains the shape of the can, ridges and everything. You slice it and serve. I don't like this either. It is like an aspic. <br /><br />What else? Baked ham with pineapple and maraschino cherries poked all over it! I like ham, but not served like that. Oh yes, another staple is green bean casserole. You mix green beans, preferably canned, with canned cream of mushroom soup, top it with canned onion rings and bake! Pumpkin pie, pecan pie (delish), pumpkin bread with pumpkin butter, Parker House rolls, and pumpkin cheesecake! <br /><br />People start to come over at 1 and you start with appetizers. You watch American football, eat around 3 or 4, watch more football and then do it all over again around 7.<br /><br />For my next post, I'll tell you what we do with the leftovers!!! <br /><br />Enjoy your dinner!!!<br /><br />oxoxoxoamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634069100565331516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post-16049069015147101942013-11-26T08:48:11.461-08:002013-11-26T08:48:11.461-08:00I really should not be reading today on my fast da...I really should not be reading today on my fast day. This amount of drool on the station platform is unseemly to say the least!! <br /><br />You sound much more chirpy thsn of late so I hope both diet and life are treating you well. Lesley xxLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197039686417212109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367518755083475837.post-8942687762692261262013-11-25T11:08:11.722-08:002013-11-25T11:08:11.722-08:00You are most definitely on - this sweet potato / m...You are most definitely on - this sweet potato / marshmallow combo just has to be done. In the meantime, I join my voice to yours to express my displeasure at our esteemed American cousins opting for mash over roasties. And I say that as someone who adores mashed potato with a quite unholy passion - with a roast dinner it has to be roast potatoes, and if you want a mashed / crushed texture then do so with swede.<br /><br />Having said that, I could definitely get on board with the idea of gingerbread M&Ms......<br /><br />Enjoy your Thanksgiving!<br /><br />SxSerenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902775858327076421noreply@blogger.com