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| I would love to do something different, but I have to consider family members who thrive on tradition. I would also like to use cloth napkins and get through a meal without anyone spilling or crawling under the table. But since the ages go from 1 1/2 to 91, none of that is going to happen. We'll use paper napkins and wash the cheap table cloth if it's salvageable. For some things you just have to bite your lip in order to keep peace in the family. We will have turkey, now brining, to be cooked at the crack of dawn, and ham, which I will cook tonight. I've already fixed mashed sweet potatoes to be heated tomorrow, as well as the Jimmy Dean version of stuffing. They will have a choice of homemade cranberry-apple relish or canned cranberry sauce. Raw vegetables and dip, crackers and cheese spread, hot yeast rolls, deviled eggs, and green beans almost complete the list. A niece is bringing her special macaroni and cheese. My brother is bringing red potatoes (my dad's request) and pumpkin pies, his traditional favorite. I have the whipped topping, coffee, tea, sodas, and fruit juice for the kids. Gravy will done last minute, after the turkey is carved. There's a chance the fourth family will bring something. I almost forgot, I have a pumpkin roll in the freezer, purchased from Costco after one of their tempting samplings. Sounds like more than enough, right? My dad being the country boy at heart, and who can't stand the thought of everyone not getting too much, will fix some shrimp cocktail. He used to fix a seafood salad. My mom's recipe was pretty good, but her taste buds started to go, and she stretched it out with too much onion and celery. Now dad is doing the same thing, only he buys really strong onion and goes too far with the vegetables in it. No one will eat it but him. When so much was left over a few holidays ago and was eventually discarded, he caught on that no one liked it. Be sides it's too much food for 14 people, half of whom are under 11. And he forgets that 9 of them have already had a meal before they get here. And one family will have a third one the same day *thankfully, they're all thin and never gain). They don't want as much food as my father wants to give them. I don't have any Beano on hand, but do have a large jar of Tums. Spell check says brining is not a word, but you do brine a turkey or other meat. |
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