MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

NativeMainer

dawney--thanks for the clarification, I didn't realize that the base for stuffing and dressing were different. Learning about these culinary differences is so interesting! 

rajkumari--I think I'm going to try adapting your adaptation using the leftovers from today's feast. (My family is celebrating today as my brother worked the holiday.)  I like to try vegetarian foods and am trying to get more veggies in my daily diet, and this is a fun way to do that.  I'm not fond of hot spices like cumin and curry, so I'm going to try garlic and ginger instead.  So many possibilities! Thanks for sharing your recipe.  

3jays--we do a similar recipe with squash here in Maine--cut in half, scoop out the seeds, fill the cavity with brown sugar and/or maple syrup, bake until soft, scoop out of the shell and mash with butter, put in a casserole, cover with marshmallows and pop back into the oven until bubbly.  

OK, ladies, here's another question:  there is an ongoing difference of opinion in my family about making whipped cream.  Half of us like to put a little vanilla extract in, the other half says absolutely not.  Is this a quirk unique to my family or is this a larger culinary disagreement?  

zogo

NM, We add vanilla and a tiny bit of powdered sugar to our whipped cream.  'Tis the season. Mmmm

barbe1958

Definitely the vanilla!!!

Meece

I always put stuffing in the turkey.  For decades I have taken cheese cloth and made a pouch to put the stuffing in.  You then just pull out the pouch and all the stuffing comes out of the bird.  Now I think Reynolds makes the "Quick Unstuffer" which is a cheese cloth bag.  It works perfectly and I would recommend it to anyone stuffing a bird.

Meece

By the way, they way I was taught, stuffing is stuffed in the bird and absorbs the juices from the meat, and dressing is made outside the turkey.  I don't know if it is correct, but that is what we were taught to call each.  My grandmother made both, because some of the family did not like the "wet stuff".

Meece

7 year cancerversary today.  Looking forward to many more.

elimar86861

                       Your turkey needs a dance partner for the Happy Dance!

                                             

                                    Congrats on Seven Years, Meece!

Meece

Thank you so much!

Raj20

Nativemainer, this thread is the best link for all of us to express our feelings and the way how we are sharing..it is really an amaging moment in my life. I learnt so many things which I never expect in my life. I am absolutely reborn with a new life, I feel, I can easily passed the agonies in my life . This is really un-imaginative.

Today I am feeling so good on 7th cancervarsary celebration of meece by all the members and feel so proud of being amongst you , so supportive to each and everyone. I once again thanks to all my colleques in this thread for being  part & parcel of my life.

dawney

Yay for Meece!

leisaparis

VANILLA.....most definately

WHOOOO HOOOOO   7 years...what a celebration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't do the Black Friday shopping thing, but my girlfriend and I are going to go see BIRLESQUE today and try to do a little. Hope the crowds have settled down a little. Looks like a good movie and I like Cher. Have a good day ladies.

sheila888

CONGRATULATIONS MEECE

elimar86861

I put on a pound just reading about the whipped cream!  Joined my hubby for a walk at a nearby nature trail.  He said a lot of people were out "guilt walking" yesterday.  Hee-hee.  I really tried hard not to over eat this weekend (which is not over yet!!!)   I'm going to have to be more vigilant this year with my holiday eating, since I'm starting out with five extra Tamoxi-pounds going into the season.

Very happy to say that the hot flashes from hell have tapered off quite a bit.  Going to say that I agree with the humidity theory.  Once November rolled around and the air got pretty dry, the flashes became a lot more tolerable. 

Eph3_12

leisaparis: DD & I are going to Burlesque in about an hour.  I hope that it's good-I hate anticipating a movie for a while and then have it be a DUD!

Meece-congrats on your 7 year mark-you are a blessing to me!

NavyMom

meese-congrats on 7 years!  I am a TN also and seeing you 7 years out is just marvelous!!

Hope everyone had a great holiday.  I am in FL  visiting my Navyson , DIL and grandson.  A much better Thanksgiving this year.  And so very much to be thankful for.

Navy 

barbe1958

AND????? WELL????

How was Burlesque???? I think that's one movie I'd LOVE to see. Adore Cher and love the music. Was it worth it??? I just heard it bashed on the radio (by a guy of course)....

ReginaR

ReginaR

The wine Glass Represents our celebration! Go Meece! Happy 7th Birthday!

Let all toast! 

Hope all of you are having a awesome Weekend.!

 Here's to all of you!  {{{hugs}}} to all my Middle aged Pals!

Love ya! Gina

jo1955

ReginaR - Love the Pink Wine glass and the recipe.  Will have to give it a try.

Jo 

NativeMainer

Hooray for Meece!!!!!!!

Eph3_12

Barbe, DD & I loved it-Burlesque!  Cher was great altho I think the poor thing has done too much botox-her face doesn't move much, but she's still gorgeous & the blond bombshell-Christina Aguillarea (or however her name is spelled) was great! I wasn't aware of how good a voice she had.

Claire82

I saw Due Date tonight. If you want to laugh, go see it. I found it extremely funny and so did my DH.

raeinnz

Ladies - my mouth is still watering reading the yummy recipes from either side of USA and India.  I stuff chicken (bread, onion, suet and herbs) for Christmas but quite regularly buy a precooked hot stuffed chicken from the supermarket for a meal.  We roast a leg of lamb and the chicken in our BBQ - gas with a hood so it is just like roasting in the oven really - (remember Christmas is summer for us) as well as the potatoes and veges ie pumpkin, parsnip, carrot.  In summer it is just awful trying to cook inside so when we got the nice big BBQ about 8 years ago we moved the cooking outside.  Gives my DH something to do all morning and saves a lot of cleaning after the meal.  I am going to try a pumpkin pie - I had a piece at a restaurant once and loved it but have never got round to it myself but it does sound easy if you buy the prepared crust.  I'm not sure if we can get canned pumpkin pie mix or even canned pumpkin so I may be back for a recipe if I can't find it.  Do you use this kind of pumpkin if you make it - we call it a Crown pumpkin?

Oops sorry, bit big but can't find a smaller one to work. 

ToriGirl

Congrats on 7 years Meece!!!

Tori 

jo1955

If anyone is looking for a good movie with lots of action - just got back from see Unstoppable with Denzel Washington.  Not a long movie but worth watching.

Now really tired and off to bed

Have A Restful Night Everyone

Jo 

elimar86861

rae, I'm sure that pumpkin will work.  We have the rounder, oranger kind, you know, like you've seen when people have posted pics of those carved jack-o-lanterns at Halloween time.

All about grilling outdoors in the summer.  Refuse to turn the oven on for about three mos. of the year.  We moved into a house with a gas grill in the yard and never looked back.  We use that thing year round.

leisaparis

Burlesque was a great movie. Anyone who likes Cher will love it. And yes, a little to much botox. She still looks as skinny as ever. Christina Agulaira(sp) was wonderful as well. What a great voice. I want to see Due Date as well. I hear it is really funny. Want to see Unstoppable & The Sorcer's Apprentice too. I'm a BIG movie nut. Must have @ 600 movies,DVD's & VHS.

marlegal

Meece,  wooooo hooooo sweetie!!!!!!!!!! Happy Cancerversary

3jaysmom

congratulations, MEECE!!!   3jays

3jaysmom

thanks, ladies.. i wanted to see the movie before. am definitely seeing it now..!! congrats, again, meecie