Happy Thanksgiving! Recipes · 3:46am Nov 22nd, 2017
Another year approaches its end, and my family is the norm for Americans, in that we gather and eat until we all pass out.
I thought maybe I can give you all something, so I thought I'd post a few of my late grandmother's recipes for anyone to use. its fallen on me the past few years to make her dishes, and you can try them yourselves... although I know its a little too close to Thanksgiving to get these done.
Happy holidays everyone. Have a favorite dish you had for Thanksgiving or christmas? Let's talk about gluttony. =3
Cranberry Salad
- 1 package of lemon Jello
- 1 cup of pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup hot water
Let this set as best you can
Grind:
- 1/2 package of cranberries.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 can of crushed pineapple (drained)
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup crushed Pecans
Mix together and let set.
Pie Crusts:
- 4 cups All purpose flour
- 1 & 3/4 cups butter (solid)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt (optional)
Mix with a fork/pastry cutter until well mixed, (about pea sized pebbles of butter)
Then mix:
- 1 tablespoon applecider vinegar
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1/2 cup water
add this to the other mixture and cut until everything is moistened. Then form it into a ball (with your hands) chill 15 minutes before rolling.
This makes about 4 pie crusts, and will last for 3 days in the fridge. I normally make this, blind bake the crusts (meaning to cook them empty) and freeze them for later use.
never had thanksgiving (resident of old blighty and all that), but i'll have to give this recipe a go for Christmas time, my grandmother wants a roast leg of lamb, mint sauce and little yorkshire puddings. i prefer honey glazed gammon and mayo mash personally. (salivation intensifies)
i hope i can do the cranberry salad justice. thanks for posting the recipe!
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Never had yorkshire pudding, but I'm adventurous when it comes to food. I hope converting the measurements goes smoothly for you, I understand that we're the only ones still using 'cups' and 'spoon' for weight. For a more accurate measurement of the cranberries: a package here is 12 ounces or 340 grams of berries, so half that and you've got your measurement. Let me know how it turns out.
On christmas we normally have sliced honey-baked ham, marinated with 7-up (its actually really good), Sweet potato casserole, and a lot of other food, usually ending with a chocolate pie. One recipe I wish I had was my grandmother's recipe for White Castle stuffing (which are slider hamburgers you buy by the dozen) ground up and... well, made into stuffing for the turkey or eaten on the side. Other staples of my family table are a creamy green bean casserole with crispy fried onions, cream corn casserole, pickled beats, mashed potatoes, buttery crescent rolls, and oyster dressing. And of course, vanilla ice cream and at least 3 kinds of pie.
My grandmother loved to cook, and I got that from her.
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Oh comely! You're torturing me here, so many awesome sounding dishes, but it's too late at night to cook.
I've never thought of marinating the ham in 7up (I think ours called sprite, different name, but I'm pretty sure it's the same drink), I'm just going to bookmark this blog. Damn I'm hungry.
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I'm exhausted from cooking all day. i've made Shoofly pie, pecan pie, that sweet potato casserole, and my grandmother's mashed potatoes which has lots of sour cream, salt, and butter.
And yeah, sprite and 7-up are basically the same. It does a good job of keeping the ham moist while it cooks, and you don't taste any of the... let's call it 'fruit-like flavor' that's in the soda. And really, its more like a baste than a marinade. The term's a bit murky in my family, and I think I need to restate that you pour the soda over the sliced ham before putting it in the oven, and let it stew in it rather than letting it soak overnight in it. It may not cause a difference, but I've never tried soaking ham in pop before.
One you might like for dinner sometime is something simple that's a favorite in my house is cooked great northern beans (soup beans as we call them) cooked with ham, crumbled up cornbread muffin, minced onion, and apple cider vinegar (with ketchup being optional.) It's surprisingly sweet tasting.