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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

I discovered potato salad with turkey dinners when I was working in a large metropolitan hospital and found that my African-American co-workers would bring it as part of a potluck turkey meal. And despite what Mom always said about Thanksgiving meals too much about "starch", i.e., carbohydrates, I thought it was a great addition to the meal. It's cool, the texture a good contrast to the other items, and if I'm doing a really big turkey dinner, as opposed a pared-down one, I've kept it on the family menu.

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Peanut butter? Do they check sandwich fillings, and if so, must it be in a sealable bag?

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

The "relish tray" was part of our Thanksgiving meal, too. And Jello salads come out of the Fifties, presumably as an attempt to add sometthing light to the heavy meal.

We can buy those yam patties at our supermarket meat counter sometimes, although I've never seen anyone put them in their cart. (This is in St. Louis, BTW.)

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

Jello salad.
And Watergate salad.
Overcooked, underseasoned EYEtalian spaghetti and white bread with margarine and garlic powder for garlic bread.
Canned fruit and discount store no-brand cookies. Or sub Cool Whip for either of those.
Kool-Aid, of course. A must.
That stuff wrapped in dough was the fancy stuff that the bosses served people who came to their house for Drinks.

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

I discovered potato salad with turkey dinners when I was working in a large metropolitan hospital and found that my African-American co-workers would bring it as part of a potluck turkey meal. And despite what Mom always said about Thanksgiving meals too much about "starch", i.e., carbohydrates, I thought it was a great addition to the meal. It's cool, the texture a good contrast to the other items, and if I'm doing a really big turkey dinner, as opposed a pared-down one, I've kept it on the family menu.

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Peanut butter? Do they check sandwich fillings, and if so, must it be in a sealable bag?

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

The "relish tray" was part of our Thanksgiving meal, too. And Jello salads come out of the Fifties, presumably as an attempt to add sometthing light to the heavy meal.

We can buy those yam patties at our supermarket meat counter sometimes, although I've never seen anyone put them in their cart. (This is in St. Louis, BTW.)

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

Jello salad.
And Watergate salad.
Overcooked, underseasoned EYEtalian spaghetti and white bread with margarine and garlic powder for garlic bread.
Canned fruit and discount store no-brand cookies. Or sub Cool Whip for either of those.
Kool-Aid, of course. A must.
That stuff wrapped in dough was the fancy stuff that the bosses served people who came to their house for Drinks.

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The entertainer who doesn't feel like entertaining this year

Mr. Meatloaf suggested we eat out this Thanksgiving, and to my absolute astonishment, I found myself extremely relieved. I, too, normally go all out and enjoy it, but we're havin' a gob of people over Christmas, and I am focusing on the pre-cooking and menu planning for that. Never thought I'd have the relieved response to not cooking for T-Day, but there ya go.... You Are Not Alone.

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Kitchen Aid mixer not mixing?

It's just more powerful, so it's easier to overmix thins. I normally use my hand-held for smaller batches, things like a single-layer cake, Some of the big baking books talk about the fact that the KAs are just that more zippy. You'll adjust.

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Critic-Turned-Cook Gets Hurt Mixing Politics and Food

Just back from our first post-Katrina visit and feel much the same way we do. They are indeed ready for visitors and lovers of the city should make it a point to return for a stay. It's not what it was, and I am glad I knew it before the storm, but visiting the city is a more emotional pleasure than it ever was. And when was the last time that doing something that was a blessing was also such a pleasure?

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Pretty Sneaky, Sis

BrooklynBaker is, of course, right. Several local writers used to do that here. However, I think Pioneer Woman is probably popular enough right now that those will be sold with or without signature. But given royalties, how many books have to be unreturnable (so the author receives royalties) before said author makes $50, say? I am prone to give her the benefit of the doubt, but there are others for whom I would not be so forgiving.

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Have sat at a bar with him, and found his language much less rowdy than I would have expected, but absolutely delightful.

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Favorite Pizza Condiment??

Why add cheese to a pizza? I've never understood that. Mr. Meatloaf is big on crushed red pepper flakes, but he's a metalmouth. (So am I, but I take my pizza straight unless it's really poor.

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Loads of potatoes

Aren't we talking about already cooked potatoes? They wouldn't sprout, and you wouldn't need to cook them again.

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Loads of potatoes

Wait, wait. How did you end up with twelve pounds of cooked potatoes in the first place? Did the Potato Fairy get tired?

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There is no reason why folks can't like Imo's and other pizzas as well. That seems to be something the detractors sometimes don't get. We have some fine pizza spots in town, and their number has increased over the past year or two. But there's room for all of them. Imo's certainly is what our kids crave when they come back to STL for visits.

N.B., be aware that most Imo's is sold as take-out or delivery; many spots don't have eat-in.

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Help! Ideas and New Recipes for Thxgiving Radio Cooking show?

Truman State, right?

Well, one of the things I've found interesting is talking about how people of different ethnicities make Thanksgiving dinner. Have you got enough non-American profs, etc., that you can find out what they cook? I've had Filipino physicians talk about how it's always turkey, but it's also noodles, a traditional celebration food, and other folks have said they stuff the bird with sticky rice and Asian sausage.

Not exactly a recipe, but an interesting approach.

And another sure-fire is the ten thousand variations in what goes inside the turkey (or nearby). Everybody makes stuffing/dressing differently. I can do a half-hour on that alone. (Where did the recipe come from? Have you changed it any? Did your mother change it any, and where did those changes come from?) Food as sociology.

Good luck.

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A little Dijon instead of the chile can be used for the folks who aren't metalmouths.

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It's happening again today - I was getting it 2 days ago with those folks, too.

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mail order bone in ham

A vote for Burger's Smokehouse, which got great reviews from a NY Times panel. We've used them for years. Several different kinds of ham, too.
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I can't imagine why you'd need a PC for lentils; they cook so quickly. And if these are already cooked lentils, you certainly wouldn't need one. No recipe, sorry, but don't worry about the PC .

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Is dating a picky eater a dealbreaker for anyone?!

Oh, my. I do a whole routine on this. Lovely man, but just not An Eater. And as the relationship was winding down, one night a man showed up at my front door with a couple of lobsters under one arm and a copy of MFK Fisher under the other. And that, my friends, was Mr. Meatloaf.

In the midst of the earlier relationship, I had the opportunity to write Mrs. Fisher and thank her for all the pleasure she'd given me with her writing. And then I asked her if she'd consider getting involved with a man who didn't like to eat. She replied, "I would no sooner get involved with a man who didn't like to eat than a man who didn't like Mozart."

I rest my case. Tapioca is right.

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Fried potato question

Well, my general ratio of potato to onion is about 2/1 - about one onion for every two potatoes. I'd start off with that. And I start with raw potatoes - and add the onion when they're not quite half done, so the onion flavor cooks into the potato. So I'd start with rethinking the amount of onion. I like the idea of chorizo, myself.

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It's Over - What candy is left, and what will you do with it?

Y'know you don't have to scrape the insides of oreos off to make the crust unless you just want to.... Smaller here than usual, numerous groups of middle-school kids, more than average. We hadn't planned on being here at all, so I had to grab some stuff very quickly. Ended up with some 100-calorie bags of microwave popcorn at the end of giving it out, which puzzled some of the little ones but mostly pleased.

And how on earth did that bowl get stolen? Mine never leaves my hand when I open the door.

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Pumpkin Pie Ideas Needed

My goodness, the sweetened condensed stuff? Regular condensed milk, yes; it's what many of us grew up with. But one of my favorite tweaks is this crust, and a killer ginger-butterscotch sauce that is to die for. I blogged about it a couple of years ago: http://stlouiseats.typepad.com/st_louis_eats_and_drinks_/2006/11/tweaking_the_pu.html

Take a look, especially if you're not wild about making pie crust.

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100 (okay, 50) Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do

Well, you know, this clearly is not a list of rules for, uh...some sit-down hamburger chain like Red Robin, say. I wouldn't call it uptight, I'd call it a little more formal. And there are places where that's much more appropriate. When I'm paying $30 or more for an entree, I expect a certain decorum from servers. To quote Mr. Meatloaf, "Restaurants set their own standards by the way they price themselves."

And a particular gripe from me: DON"T call me "young lady". I am an adult with adult children. Being addressed that way sounds sarcastic or condescending.

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

My boyfriends mom puts out pitted dates, stuffed with either cream cheese or peanut butter, rolled in sugar. The ones with the cream cheese are mmmm.

She also puts out the olives/pickles. So weird!

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

@foodie,foodie! - I don't know that I would call deviled eggs a weird food. And seeing as how they get made for every family get together in my family, hardly Thanksgiving food :P. Also they're usually the first things to disappear from the table ...

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

@yayfood... BAHAHAHAHHA. so true :-) thanks for the laugh.

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

Nice stuff! How about Kraft box Mac & "Cheese" with pan-fried Spam bits?

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

oof, my post got cut off. that should read "despite how much I

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

@ChefR0bert - I just noticed that as I read through another post. My unsolicited advice is to ignore it, given how easy it is to miss things like tone and intent when reading words and not having the benefit of facial expression, tone of voice, etc. The murder mystery is more trailer park than farm (my character does psychic readings, apparently!), but ironically enough, my softball team did a white trash bash that went both raunchier and way more 'country'-specific than this one is (to the point where I was glad I couldn't make it, despite how much I

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

Oh I know that joyyy.. thank you. I just thought it would be more fun to incorporate that side of things. I've been to parties like that before and they were a lot of fun. However, my quarrel is with sbelle and her attitude which is being carried over from a different post. No worries joyyy.

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

@KarynMC - that sounds marginally better than a bowl full of eye of frog. ;)

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

@ChefR0bert - I wouldn't take it so personally. "White Trash" to me is a subculture ... but one that is pretty varied by where you are. I have seen plenty of 'white trash' that didn't involve farm-related culture of pitchforks/overalls/etc. And "these type of people" are everywhere (my personal experience living it was in PA), so I don't know if I would agree that the majority is in one part of the country or another, but I liked your other suggestions for sure. The hostess is providing booze, but I trust that she's on the right path with that :P

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

Have got to mention the "deviled eggs!"

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

There you go trashing my posts again sbelle... nothing better to do today or just like hearing yourself talk? Last time I checked the majority of these type of people come from Southeast Central USA and the majority of that crowd fits into these schemas.

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

Caramelized Cheetos
Dessert Recipes From: Extremely Trashy Recipes

2-cups brown sugar
1-cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup white corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
14-1/2 ounce package Cheetos™

Bring the sugar, butter or margarine and syrup to a boil for 5 minutes. Remove from fire. Add baking soda. Stir. Pour over Cheetos in large bowl. Toss and spread on 10×15 buttered pan. Bake at 250 degrees F. for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Pour out on waxed paper rubbed with additional butter or cooking spray. Quickly separate the Caramelized Cheetos™ pieces and try not to give into temptation!

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

@wellred - It's pretty much a weird name for ambrosia. Canned pineapple juice reduced into a sauce and mixed into acini de pepi, mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks and mini marshmallows (unless I am eating it). At the end, you fold in cool whip (unless I am eating it).

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TSA's Traveling with Food Tips

so, i could carry a home-made pie filled with cherry pie filling, but i couldn't carry a can of the same filling? ridiculous. and don't get me started on the snow globes!

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

My mother always made pimento cheese to eat on soft, white bread while Thanksgiving dinner cooked. She made it with an old fashioned meat grinder attached to the kitchen table. I wouldn't touch the stuff back then, but last thanksgiving, i made a batch according to her recipe and it was a big hit!! No meat grinder though.

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TSA's Traveling with Food Tips

meh. If it's not on the banned list, it's merely a recommendation. The banned list is here: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

Obviously, gravy, cranberry sauce, and the like is still subject to the 3.4 oz, clear baggie rule. Now that I've seen this ridiculousness, I'm going to bring some sauce in my carry-on. Just because. They can pry it out of my cold, dead hands.

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

one caveat- it is a white trash party- not a hoe down... why anyone would suggest pitchforks, hoes and overalls is beyond me. Have a great time and please let us know how it goes! :-)

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

@KarynMC - What is frog eye salad??

Our food is on the tame side, but the names for it aren't. Mashed potatoes have been Mashed Steven since I was about twelve (Steven is a family friend), the turkey is always Turkus Maximus, etc.

We did discover one year at Canadian Thanksgiving that my mom's pumpkin bread goes really well with adobo (chicken/pork cooked in soy sauce, vinegar and garlic). Delicious!

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TSA's Traveling with Food Tips

When I came back from Hong Kong to NYC, they squished one of my precious Kee Wah pastries! I asked nicely yet seriously to the TSA guard, "Madam, please don't squeeze those pastries. They're meant to be gifts." She replied back saying they're checking for any pork products but obviously, she squished nothing but lotus seed paste and flaky, pink crust that's sealed in individual, clear plastic wrapping.

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white trash/trailer trash theme party food idea?

Love this thread! I would definitely agree with fried bologna ... it's actually edible, but defintiely a little trashy. Velveeta cheese dip would fall into that category as well. and PORK RINDS with buckets of PBR's.

Can I come?

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Thanksgiving Dinner: "The Letter"

Ok, do you guys have big families? I mean big families. This stuff makes sense if you have foil lids you can't stack in the refrigerator. The no serving spoons is obnoxious and hard to deal with when you got 20 kids bumrushing the fruit salad. And if you've got two turkeys and a ham in the oven there is no way Aunt Julie gets to put her uncooked casserole in oven. My mom is the oldest of seven with spouses, I have 12 cousins, so we had friends, SO's, inlaws relatives, and great relations.
When I was little it was insane . There wasn't enough room for the people let alone the food. You got assignments, specific assignments about was to be brought and how. They always wanted to make sure everybody could have some of everything. They made a special bowl of potato salad cause an uncle was "alergic".
So I'm pretty sure they got phone calls that went a lot like that letter. So I wouldn't bash her. I may print out the letter so I can use it for the next family gatering and use it like a blueprint.

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Weird "Thanksgiving" foods

Nut loaf. My parents became vegetarians when I was very young, so turkey did not show up on our table. Instead, there was 'nut loaf', or as my mum called it, 'nut meat'. Whatever. Essentially, it is like a meatloaf... without meat. Never could cope with the texture, leading to ugly brawls between my dad an myself every Thanksgiving.

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