Why do I do this!!!???

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  1. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Every year I go whole hog on holidays, and there are never enough people to eat it all.

    so far I have made:
    Pecan pie
    pumpkin pie
    pumpkin roll
    magic cookie bars
    mint chocolate pie
    Dutch blanket
    deviled eggs
    cocktail wienies in a blanket
    rolls
    fudge

    Tomorrow I will be getting up to make:
    turkey
    stuffing
    mashed potatoes
    yams
    gravy
    meat & cheese tray
    veggie tray
    broccoli cheese casserole.

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!? We won't eat all this. :wallbang:
     
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  3. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Leftovers are fun?

    btw everything sounds good
     
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  5. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    Who the hell are you expecting????
     
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  7. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Growing up we had such a houseful and I continue to cook as if there are 15+ people here. Its just the 4 of us. I keep thinking "There are starving children in the world and I made 7 desserts." 7!!
     
  8. Bells Staff Member

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    Ech!?! You prepare everything so early? Do you freeze it now to have for Christmas?

    I must admit we do the same thing in our household. Only for us it tends to be an over abundance of seafood (Christmas is in summer here and roast turkey, while yummy, is just too heavy for Christmas lunch on an overly hot day). I blame my husband as he is the type to say 'you can never have too many prawns, crabs, lobsters and the rest'... Last year he did the seafood shopping for our Christmas lunch with the family and returned with about 4 kilos of prawns as well as moreton bay bugs, lobsters and crabs, and lets not forget the scallops. Apparently as he was buying it all, it did not look that much in the store.

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    Damn idiot thought 15 people would actually eat that much.

    Lets just say I will be the one doing all the food shopping for Christmas this year.

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  9. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    LOL, Bells!!!
    Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!
     
  10. Bells Staff Member

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    Ha! Sorry, I thought you meant for Christmas.. My apologies..

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  11. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    Just 4 of you.......Do you plan on eating a pie each? lol
     
  12. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    LOL LOL......Our thanksgiving was mid October.
     
  13. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    It may sound like a lot, but desserts can keep. I remember once we made a turkey with stuffing, corn bread, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie (with dulce du leche ice cream), banana bread, a salad in the shape of a miniature Xmas tree, a fruit and cheese tray.

    We demolished most of it on day one (4 of us) and the rest on day two. Of course, we slept through the weekend (nah not really).

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  14. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I hate pumpkin pie, but its tradition
    Pumpkin roll is my son's favorite
    Mint chocolate pie is my daughter's favorite
    Pecan pie and magic cookie bars are my husband's favorite
    My mother in law always brought Dutch blanket, so I make it out of tradition
    and the fudge, well, I just wanted to.
     
  15. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    well, extra turkey goes into sandwiches mostly. I'm gonna try and make turkey tetrazzini. Mashed potatoes turn into salmon potato cakes. That's about my list of changing something into something else
     
  16. peta9 Registered Senior Member

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    I will have vegetarian turkey with vegetarian gravy. Actually that would be tofu and wheat with hyrolyzed soy for flavoring so it tastes like turkey. Something to that effect..
     
  17. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    that just ain't right.:crazy:
     
  18. EmptyForceOfChi Banned Banned

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    are you gonna sculpt a turkey out of a monster block of firm tofu?, seriously you should just make a decent vegetarian dish instead, i would rather just have a plate of beansprouts.



    peace.
     
  19. redarmy11 Registered Senior Member

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    It's for lots of reasons. Maternal instincts; Westerners are greedy and eat too much; Christmas no longer has any spiritual value for most and has become a celebration of consumerism. No doubt there are many other reasons.
     
  20. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    what does that have to do with THANKSGIVING!!??
     
  21. redarmy11 Registered Senior Member

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    Dunno. I have no idea what Thanksgiving is. It's probably just an excuse to eat, I expect. Why are you shouting at me?
     
  22. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    Sounds gross!!
     
  23. peta9 Registered Senior Member

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    uh..not as gross as eating meat. in my opinion.
     

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