HOUSTON RICK
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The inlaws have come, grazed, fed, drunk to excess and waddled back to their McMansions for another month.
Real sho'nuff cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving?
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Ole Joe Clark
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We crossed mountains, a creek or two, braved hunting season traffic, to arrive at the Family Thanksgiving gathering at my older Sister's house. She is 87 and the years are starting to show. Had some great smoked turkey breast, dressing, nanner pudding, orange marmalade cake and so many other good things that I can't remember. Oh, yes we had salmon patties that were great too!
No grumpy relatives, they all stayed home or went deer hunting. Lots of hugs and food. So much to be thankful for.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
No grumpy relatives, they all stayed home or went deer hunting. Lots of hugs and food. So much to be thankful for.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
doublesharp
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Our Thanksgiving turned out great. I followed red's dressing recipe and I received several "tastes just like my mom's" compliments.
I did the turkey different this year. Followed this youtube video and broke it down and deboned the breasts and thighs. Baked it on a 1/4 sheet pan and it was done in well under an hour. Juicy and tender with a crisp skin and was able to use both shelves in the oven.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV-m5o6fhDQ[/ame]
I did the turkey different this year. Followed this youtube video and broke it down and deboned the breasts and thighs. Baked it on a 1/4 sheet pan and it was done in well under an hour. Juicy and tender with a crisp skin and was able to use both shelves in the oven.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV-m5o6fhDQ[/ame]
THE PILGRIM
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Glad you still have your Mom.
I have my Mom's Dressing recipe and have tried to make it.
It's pretty basic, you do need stale cornbread and Sage.
And the mentioned real chicken Broth.
I'm afraid it's now a distant childhood memory sliding into the Ether!
I have my Mom's Dressing recipe and have tried to make it.
It's pretty basic, you do need stale cornbread and Sage.
And the mentioned real chicken Broth.
I'm afraid it's now a distant childhood memory sliding into the Ether!
I grew up on cornbread dressing (and stuffing). I didn't have my grandmother's recipe so about 15 years ago I searched online for one. I found lots, and I cobbled together my recipe from all those. It's as close as I could come to my grandmother's.
I took the several days this week to build it in preparation for dinner at a friend's home yesterday. None of the guests had ever had cornbread dressing! It went over like gang busters.
Besides 100 percent cornbread (no white bread) and all the usual savory spices, I use Granny Smith apples, yellow onions, celery, golden raisins, pecans, walnuts, peanuts, fresh parsley and a not-so-wee dram of peated single malt scotch whisky (one for the recipe, and one for the cook).
Always a hit.
I took the several days this week to build it in preparation for dinner at a friend's home yesterday. None of the guests had ever had cornbread dressing! It went over like gang busters.
Besides 100 percent cornbread (no white bread) and all the usual savory spices, I use Granny Smith apples, yellow onions, celery, golden raisins, pecans, walnuts, peanuts, fresh parsley and a not-so-wee dram of peated single malt scotch whisky (one for the recipe, and one for the cook).
Always a hit.
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Red's mom's recipe sounds close to what my mom made, then my older
sister and now my wife and daughter. My mon always cooked a fat hen
and made her own chicken broth and grew her own sage.
The Holidays are somewhat bitter/sweet to me as old memories fill my
mind. My mom died 20 years ago come April but her memory is still
fresh in my mind.
sister and now my wife and daughter. My mon always cooked a fat hen
and made her own chicken broth and grew her own sage.
The Holidays are somewhat bitter/sweet to me as old memories fill my
mind. My mom died 20 years ago come April but her memory is still
fresh in my mind.
I haven't had any gen-u-ine corbread stuffing in probably 10 years.
But my wifey does make some really good stuffing from various kinds of croutons.
But my wifey does make some really good stuffing from various kinds of croutons.
The pans of cornbread dressing(NOT stuffing!) from the pictures makes me remember when I was young and the women folk would make it. Cornbread, sage, poultry seasoning, and made in pretty much a wash tub because there was apt to be 20 people show up.
OP
We had another greatThanksgiving celebration this year.
I made the dressing, sweettater souffle, and cooked a big mess of collard greens. I can do most of it "by ear" now, not measuring stuff, just adding a little of this and that. All the folks raved over how good it all was. Guess Mama taught me well.
Better than the food was the great family unity and love. We live in a 125 year old farmhouse, and things are pretty traditional, what with checking and feeding the livestock, etc. My daughter and her husband stay for several days, just enjoying the country life. My daughter is an only child, and loves the time spent with her cousins. My nephew's wife said she would rather spend the holiday with his family than her own, because "I love y'all, and y'all love me so much."
I realize that most families aren't as close as we are, and don'tget along nearly as well as we do.
Oh, yeah, I am going to be a grandpas in March!
So much to be thankful for.
I made the dressing, sweettater souffle, and cooked a big mess of collard greens. I can do most of it "by ear" now, not measuring stuff, just adding a little of this and that. All the folks raved over how good it all was. Guess Mama taught me well.
Better than the food was the great family unity and love. We live in a 125 year old farmhouse, and things are pretty traditional, what with checking and feeding the livestock, etc. My daughter and her husband stay for several days, just enjoying the country life. My daughter is an only child, and loves the time spent with her cousins. My nephew's wife said she would rather spend the holiday with his family than her own, because "I love y'all, and y'all love me so much."
I realize that most families aren't as close as we are, and don'tget along nearly as well as we do.
Oh, yeah, I am going to be a grandpas in March!
So much to be thankful for.
Glad you chimed in your old thread, Red.
OP
Thanksgiving again.
Still about my favorite holiday.
Mama is just a memory now, but I wish everyone could have such memories.
Once again, much of the family will gather at our house for the meal. I already have a
bunch of it cooked.
There will be a few empty seats, great nieces and nephews, now near grown,
gone in other directions.
The crowd will be smaller this year, only 13-14 of us.
There will be one brand new guest this year. Our daughter blessed us with a grandchild
back in February. Little Sarah Grace Dodrill will be celebrating her first Thanksgiving.
Sarah Grace and I have already developed a special relationship. We hired a photographer
to make some "fall pictures" a few weeks back. The photographer quickly discovered that little
Sarah Grace couldn't take her eyes off me. She got some great pictures, but the winner was the one below.
As you might imagine, I am overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness this year.
I just hope God has blessed all of you as much as He has me and my family in 2019.
Still about my favorite holiday.
Mama is just a memory now, but I wish everyone could have such memories.
Once again, much of the family will gather at our house for the meal. I already have a
bunch of it cooked.
There will be a few empty seats, great nieces and nephews, now near grown,
gone in other directions.
The crowd will be smaller this year, only 13-14 of us.
There will be one brand new guest this year. Our daughter blessed us with a grandchild
back in February. Little Sarah Grace Dodrill will be celebrating her first Thanksgiving.
Sarah Grace and I have already developed a special relationship. We hired a photographer
to make some "fall pictures" a few weeks back. The photographer quickly discovered that little
Sarah Grace couldn't take her eyes off me. She got some great pictures, but the winner was the one below.
As you might imagine, I am overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness this year.
I just hope God has blessed all of you as much as He has me and my family in 2019.
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GreyOwl
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Great Picture!!
Thumbs up to you and your family and it looks like you'll be having another great Thanksgiving.
Your Mom will be there in spirit and also in the food you'll enjoy.
I'm sure she's wearing a huge smile looking down on her Great Granddaughter.
Your Mom will be there in spirit and also in the food you'll enjoy.
I'm sure she's wearing a huge smile looking down on her Great Granddaughter.
What a happy, telling picture that is.
Every Thanksgiving we make Ruthie's mom's cornbread dressing and my mom's English "sloppy" dressing. Both could be considered as entrées as they are the first two things to disappear.
Happy holidays to you and yours.
R&R
Every Thanksgiving we make Ruthie's mom's cornbread dressing and my mom's English "sloppy" dressing. Both could be considered as entrées as they are the first two things to disappear.
Happy holidays to you and yours.
R&R
jubela#4
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This is a great thread that I have followed from the start. Just thought I'd get it back up for others to see.
Thanks Redlevel, the wife and I are doing Thanksgiving by ourselves this year so I'm going to experiment with a half batch of yours.
It sounds fantastic. She's from South Carolina so I'm sure she'll approve.
We have all the needed ingredients. Just made the cornbread and biscuits.
It sounds fantastic. She's from South Carolina so I'm sure she'll approve.
We have all the needed ingredients. Just made the cornbread and biscuits.
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OP
Thanks for the bump.
I'm preparing the Thanksgiving meal again this year. There will be about fourteen of us eating.
Some of us are old, and fairly high risk. We realize the risks, but we are in agreement that we must
either live our lives to as normal a degree as possible, or just isolate ourselves. We will of course try
to be as careful as possible, doing a lot of our visiting outside, since the temp is supposed to be 75*.
I'm cooking turkey, dressing, and sweet tater souffle. Others are bringing deviled eggs, green beans, etc.
I was talking with one of my best friends yesterday. His mother is 96. She is having Thanksgiving with
three of her children, their spouses, and children. Probably 15-20 of them. Bill said his mother realizes the
possibilities, but she has decided she is not going to spend what time she has left locked up in her little house.
She is going to enjoy her children and grandchildren.
We feel pretty much the same.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
I'm preparing the Thanksgiving meal again this year. There will be about fourteen of us eating.
Some of us are old, and fairly high risk. We realize the risks, but we are in agreement that we must
either live our lives to as normal a degree as possible, or just isolate ourselves. We will of course try
to be as careful as possible, doing a lot of our visiting outside, since the temp is supposed to be 75*.
I'm cooking turkey, dressing, and sweet tater souffle. Others are bringing deviled eggs, green beans, etc.
I was talking with one of my best friends yesterday. His mother is 96. She is having Thanksgiving with
three of her children, their spouses, and children. Probably 15-20 of them. Bill said his mother realizes the
possibilities, but she has decided she is not going to spend what time she has left locked up in her little house.
She is going to enjoy her children and grandchildren.
We feel pretty much the same.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
OP
To the top, one more time.
I've got the cornbread cooked, in the fridge, waiting to be made up into dressing.
Turnips cooked, in the fridge.
Will start making the Sweet Tater soufflé tomorrow.
Thanksgiving becomes even more my favorite holiday as I get older.
There will probably be about a dozen of us this year. Can't be too sad about
those who have gone on, especially Mama, because the memories are so good,
and the assurances of our Savior are so real.
Our granddaughter continues to be such a blessing, and a cause for such great joy.
Here, she is rubbing the head of her favorite cow, then dancing on the floor of my under construction cabin.
I hope God has blessed y'all like he has us in 2021.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I've got the cornbread cooked, in the fridge, waiting to be made up into dressing.
Turnips cooked, in the fridge.
Will start making the Sweet Tater soufflé tomorrow.
Thanksgiving becomes even more my favorite holiday as I get older.
There will probably be about a dozen of us this year. Can't be too sad about
those who have gone on, especially Mama, because the memories are so good,
and the assurances of our Savior are so real.
Our granddaughter continues to be such a blessing, and a cause for such great joy.
Here, she is rubbing the head of her favorite cow, then dancing on the floor of my under construction cabin.
I hope God has blessed y'all like he has us in 2021.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Ole Joe Clark
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It's getting harder and harder to find. I have been helping my Mama make it at Thanksgiving and Christmas the last two years, and I think I have it just about down. You must make real cornbread from scratch, with eggs. You need lots of chopped onions. You have to boil a hen for broth, and you need plenty of canned broth on hand, just in case Mama thinks it needs more. Rule of thumb on the chopped onions is to chop up what you think is enough, then chop that many more. It needs some chopped celery, but that isn't nearly as critical as the onions. You crumble the cornbread and put it in a big pot. Add broth. Dump in some onions and celery. Stir. Add plenty of black pepper. Add more broth. Stir some more. Add some sage. Crumble up several homemade biscuits made the day before and add to the mix. Add more onions. More sage. Now, crack and beat about a half-dozen eggs. Hint: eggs are a very important component of most any Southern dish, almost as important as bacon grease. In this case, the eggs make the dressing rise and keeps it from being flat and hard as a brick, like some dressing I have seen Yankees make. Cornbread dressing is supposed to be dipped, with a spoon, not sliced and served with a spatula.
While all this is going on, the turkey, usually a pretty large one, has been baking in the oven. It produces copious drippings, very rich and flavorful. One must, without burning oneself, procure most of these drippings from the roasting pan. The drippings, as many as can possibly be siphoned from the pan, are added to the now savory smelling (and tasting) mixture.
Now a discussion on whether or not the dressing mix is moist enough ensues. Usually, at least one more can of chicken stock is added, and probably a few more onions. Last fine-tunings of salt and pepper are made, and maybe another couple of eggs. The mixture is poured into two large baking pans, about four inches or so deep. I believe the proper temperature is around 400 degrees. It must cook for about 45 minutes to an hour. It might be necessary to turn the heat to "broil" the last few minutes to properly brown the top. The dressing is done when one can grasp the edge of the roaster with a proper hot pad, and shake semi-vigorously. When the dressing ceases to do an imitation of a particularly scintillating episode of Charley's Angels, it is done. Pictures to follow. Giblet gravy tutorial in the works.
My wife is assigned the chicken dressing for our family Thanksgiving dinner. If you have tried it, you know why. She has it figured out.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Leon
