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Theresa wrote: "It can be made in a food processor but I make it the way my mother did using the grinder attachment on my stand mixer. I also have tweaked the recipe, adding a crisp tart apple and a small lemon to the orange, bag of cranberries, and sugar. This was my mother's favorite cranberries, which we all hated as kids but love as adults. Goes well with any dish......"Richard's cranberry relish also includes tart apple. And he also uses the grinder attachment on the stand mixer. When he makes it he makes TONS of it. (I think last year he used 5 bags of cranberries!) When we went to my friend's house for Thanksgiving we'd bring the relish, along with an extra pint for our hosts to save/freeze and enjoy later.
We package it in 16-oz plastic drinking cups; but a doubled-over piece of plastic wrap over the top, and secure with a rubber band. Then we freeze it. It's a real treat to take some out in June, thaw it and add a few tablespoons to pancake batter! Or just to eat it as a salad course with whatever. So cool and refreshing!
As for what we're making for next week's feast .... reservations. We're going to a restaurant!However, I will make my mother's harvest cake. It's a pumpkin cake with chocolate chips and pecans. Great slightly warm w/ a dollop of whipped cream. YUM.
@ Theresa-I always make that relish too, also adding lemon. I do not smash the cranberries though in any kind of machine. Just let them pop and cook a bit long. @BC-We made reservations a few times. Have never found anywhere that we want to go back to though.
My sister is hosting this year, it will be nice to see the family. Got word yesterday that a "certain someone" will not be there, so I am looking forward to a nice day without stress
@JoAnne - this is not a cooked relish, but served raw hence the grinder. Yes, one can eat cranberries raw, but you need augar. @BC - I freeze bags of cranberries to get me through the summer.
I also have had years where I made reservations for Thanksgiving. In fact, I did that last year! I still make the relish though.
Theresa wrote: "Late afternoon yesterday, during a conversation where I was referencing when an event happened, the words I heard coming out of my mouth were, "it was during the first summer of the pandemic that....."Today I said "...over Easter break during the first lockdown, we [my kids, husband and I] built the LEGO Death Star together ..." and had a similar thought process as you.
Johanne wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Late afternoon yesterday, during a conversation where I was referencing when an event happened, the words I heard coming out of my mouth were, "it was during the first summer of the..."The other party in the conversation totally got it, had done something similar recently. We are all clearly at that stage...its like the stages of mourning. We are at the stage of slotting it into our timelines.
@Johanne - okay, the LEGO Death Star is way cool! I was tempted by LEGO Hogwarts but there is literally no place to keep it for a while after spending that much time putting it together.
Theresa wrote: "...What food tradition will you make for next week?....."
Well, no thanksgiving in my part of the world, but I'm gearing up for The Big Christmas Cookie Baking Show (only broadcast to closest family members): So far I think it will be ginger cookies (I love them, and I have a bunch of fresh ginger in my kitchen), and some traditional ones we bake every year: brunkager (brown cakes) and vaniljekranse (vanilla wreaths).
Knowing you guys I have provided recipes and pics :)
https://sweetsoursavory.com/blog/2013...
https://sweetsoursavory.com/blog/2013...
Those ginger cookies look awesome! I am going to try them!
Joanne wrote: "Those ginger cookies look awesome! I am going to try them!"They are the best!
Johanne wrote: "Theresa wrote: "...What food tradition will you make for next week?....."
Well, no thanksgiving in my part of the world, but I'm gearing up for The Big Christmas Cookie Baking Show (only broadcas..."
Similar to some of the German cookies my family became addicted to after my brother served his Army time in Germany in the 60s and then lived there for 15 years in the 2000s.
Those look soooo good! And thanks for the recipes! I might just find myself trying one of them. I feel an urge to bake cookies although when I will find the time is a good question.
I also love the sound of that tradition in your family. It may be Thanksgiving, but in my house and among my family, we have already decorated, exchanged advent calendars, figured out just when we will be putting up our trees and what ornaments are allowed, and, for those who still can squeeze in baking, what cookies are to be baked.
Unfortunately for me, my work schedule at year end is always crazy, and this year I'm away all next week and then have another week in December when I'm going to Mohonk again, this time with a friend who just finished chemo and needs a quiet Christmasy getaway.
Not planning on making anything food-wise... Amazon just delivered the R2D2 Lego set, so we'll be building that... :)
I just bought from Amazon, 24 beautiful stones with inscribed words. Thinking that maybe everyone at the Thanksgiving table could pick one from the bag. And we could pick one for loved ones who are not able to be with us as well. It felt like a way of bringing prayers. I also have a really beautiful nondenominational Thanksgiving prayer if anyone wants it. I use it every year.
Amy, I love that idea of the stones. I'll have to go check it out. Perhaps it will work for Christmas when even more of us will be together - or New Year's Eve with lots of people and a couple we only see in the winter (snowbirds for FL). It would seem appropriate as we face 2022.As for cooking, I have to try those ginger cookies since I have ginger growing in my yard. Love fresh ginger.
My husband loves the cranberry/citrus relish my Mom and best friend make for Thanksgiving. We may have some since we are going to that friend's house for the holiday, we live in the same area. If we don't, I'll be required to make some! The traditional thing I'll be making is Tortiere (Canadian Meat Pie) for a friend to take to his family. It's his tradition for Thanksgiving but I usually make it for us for New Year's Eve. There's just always way too much food for Thanksgiving Day to do it justice - I think it needs to be a singular star, not a side dish!
Johanne wrote: "Theresa wrote: "...What food tradition will you make for next week?....."
Well, no thanksgiving in my part of the world, but I'm gearing up for The Big Christmas Cookie Baking Show (only broadcas..."
Wow, I like this blog! I may have to try lots of these!
It's great isn't it? I stumbled across it today :)
We are going to my boyfriend's parent's house for Thanksgiving. She will be making most of the food, but I told my boyfriend that I'd make some homemade cranberry sauce. My recipe is similar to the Ocean Spray one, but I use frozen orange juice and add a touch of cinnamon in mine. I'm looking forward to making it since I haven't made any in a long time.
Amy wrote: "I just bought from Amazon, 24 beautiful stones with inscribed words. Thinking that maybe everyone at the Thanksgiving table could pick one from the bag. And we could pick one for loved ones who are..."My daughter bought me those stones for my birthday one year. I have them sitting in a crystal bowl on my kitchen window sill.
They are inspiring
@Johanne - that blog is a rabbit hole! I just spent an hour with a Polish friend going through the recipes and reminising.
Of course my Thanksgiving is already past (passed?), but food? I rarely eat meat and the friend I had over that day doesn't eat much (if any) either, so I had a stuffed (fake) "turkey" thing with veggies and mashed potatoes. Apple crisp for dessert.
Sadly, I forgot to pick up stuffing (stove top), and I made pumpkin pie a few days later. My friend can't do lactose, so that's why the apple crisp was a better choice with him here, anyway.
Theresa wrote: "@Johanne - that blog is a rabbit hole! I just spent an hour with a Polish friend going through the recipes and reminising."Same! Except for the Polish friend.
I love the way she writes little pieces on the history of the foods, related foods and little anecdotes.
I now know where to look if I want to share a traditional Danish recipe in English with you guys.
Well, I am so out of practice packing, it took me all day and evening. Tgere were other things in there like tidying the kitchen and folding the laundry I did Thursday, but it still took me forever.Good thing I am driving because I know I seriously overpacked.
Then there is that new packing list item, the mask. How many to take? A travel industry friend said recommend plan to change masks every 4 hours when wearing continuously like on a flight or train or bus. I found that a helpful tip though it does not apply to this trip.
Final decision was about 8 and I can always buy more there.
Or wear a fresh one with a used one over it. If I am out and about and around a lot of people I wear two masks at the same time. I saw that lots of people did it in January at Biden's swearing in so I do it now if I am in a store of a place with lots of people. Wonder if you will change every four hours - I had not heard that but I am not going anywhere - turkey with my only brother and football on tv. And we both have boosters. Have a good time. Be safe. peace, janz
When I have to be at work, I switch from one to the other at lunch. So, I wear one from when I leave the house until lunch (if I'm at my desk with no one else in the room, I can take it off), then at lunch I'll switch to a different one until I get home. It's a bit more than 4 hours each time, but not by too much.
I made it to PA just fine, although the high level of dangerously aggressive driving on the NJ Turnpike made it a far more stressful and tiring drive than ever before.I was given the cutest little bright red compact! A Ford Ecosprt Titanium. Handles wonderfully. Good thing I don't have a Miss Lola as she would not have fit in the back seat unless both windows were open!
One teeny little problem that I finally took a minute to solve using Google and YouTube. After picking up the rental at LaGuardia Airport, and since I had to cross back through Manhattan anyway on my way south, I elected to stop back at my apartment to load up. And could not find a button or latch anywhere to open the trunk! After wasting several minutes I just loaded it all into the back seat.
No, there was no manual in the glove compartment. Rental, remember? They never have them.
I tried to find again at my only rest stop; no luck. Not important at that point although being a city girl, I am trained not to leave anything visible in the car, not even an empty bag, because someone will break in on the chance it isn't really empty. Nothing was going to be left in the car once I arrived at my friends.but I hated that I could not figure it out.
Here is the answer and I really don't feel bad not finding it! Just that I did not google while loading the car...too much on my mind.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBhVmu...
Managed to make it to Ohio, where glorious middle child and I had a lovely dinner on High Street, which appears to be the main attraction and hot area of Columbus. We had gone to two other restaurants near the hotel and were not impressed, so what a happy surprise to find this beautiful area. Back in NYC by tomorrow night with another two schools visited.
I am staying right here at home but I am loving reading this - have had some of these experiences - rental car - where are the lights, bright or normal, wind shield wipers and the back wiper, too, Can't find a decent restaurant or coffee, either. I am thankful that I live in a country where we can express ourselves to each other and not have big brother or the CIA watching us. Or maybe they are but they are not bothering me now. Happy T day to all of you and happy reading. peace, janz
Theresa wrote: "I made it to PA just fine, although the high level of dangerously aggressive driving on the NJ Turnpike made it a far more stressful and tiring drive than ever before.I was given the cutest littl..."
I never would have found it without the Google Lady or you-tube either.
Amy wrote: "Managed to make it to Ohio, where glorious middle child and I had a lovely dinner on High Street, which appears to be the main attraction and hot area of Columbus. We had gone to two other restaura..."I love that campus. Had a friend who went there and spent I few a weekends there once a long, long time ago:)
Theresa, I was going to say you should check on youtube, but I see you did.We have decided to stay home for Thanksgiving. We were invited to sis' but political/vaccine issues made us decide we would rather have a quiet holiday.
Hubby had a procedure today, which went relatively well after it was canceled a month ago.
Birthday coming up on Sunday with no plans except getting another year older. So boring.
Booknblues wrote: "Theresa, I was going to say you should check on youtube, but I see you did.We have decided to stay home for Thanksgiving. We were invited to sis' but political/vaccine issues made us decide we wo..."
Happy Birthday, anyway!
Booknblues wrote: "Theresa, I was going to say you should check on youtube, but I see you did.We have decided to stay home for Thanksgiving. We were invited to sis' but political/vaccine issues made us decide we wo..."
I'm glad that your husband's procedure went well. Hope you have a happy birthday!
Good recovery to your hubby, BooknBubbles, and a very happy birthday! There is something to be said about a quiet one.
Happy Happy Birthday BnB-and glad to hear that the husband is doing well!
Happy Birthday, BnB! My "baby" brother's is on Friday.
Thanks, everyone. There are advantages to birthdays at this time in that when I worked I usually had it off. And as a kid, who can complain about pie and cake, both.
annapi wrote: "Happy Birthday BnB!"Thanks!
Discombobulating as it was, I see it as accepting and internalizing the pandemic into my personal history, and contemporary history generally, by starting to give it time parameters.
On another note, I have my Thanksgiving plans in place to visit my friends near West Chester, PA. Today I coordinated meeting up with 2 friends while in PA at a favorite needlework shop's new location then lunch outside at a pub. One friend lives in West Chester while the other is driving over from Gettysburg. Bet you did not know that West Chester is halfway between NYC and Gettysburg. A third friend can't join us because she is giving a Zoom talk. I am chuffed at this reunion as it has been more than 2 years since any of us have spent time together...summer/fall of 2019.
I need to make my cranberry relish to take with me. The friends I am visiting for Thanksgiving do not like cranberries so I always bring my own - the raw cranberry orange relish recipe from the Ocean Spray package (although you now have to look it up online if you have not memorized it as I have). It can be made in a food processor but I make it the way my mother did using the grinder attachment on my stand mixer. I also have tweaked the recipe, adding a crisp tart apple and a small lemon to the orange, bag of cranberries, and sugar. This was my mother's favorite cranberries, which we all hated as kids but love as adults. Goes well with any dish.
I sent a link to the recipe to another friend. While looking it up, I discovered a boozy version which I may just have to tryI
This year I will make a double batch, package it in jars, and give as gifts. It will last several weeks in fridge as long as tightly sealed. First gifts will be to the two friends when we meet next week for lunch.
What food tradition will you make for next week?