I hope you and yours have a VERY wonderful, safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Now
because it is Thanksgiving and everyone is sooooooooooooooooo busy
this time of year I invite all my readers that want to participate to
consider themselves tagged! Be sure and leave me a message so I can
come read your answers! I did this a couple of years ago and we had a
lot of fun with it!
Now on to the FUN!!
1. Which do you like better: hosting Thanksgiving at your home, or going elsewhere?
Years
ago I somehow ended up hosting for my family and that became
tradition. I think I prefer it, but we have had many wonderful
Thanksgivings elsewhere. Last year was at my sis-in-laws and 2 years
before that at her DIL's and while were both wonderful, they were much
different from having had it here.
2. Do you buy a fresh or frozen turkey? Organic? Free-range?
Depends
on what is available in the small town neck of the woods. I don't
care whether it is frozen or fresh per se, but do want a free range
one.
3. Do you make stuffing or dressing? What kind?
Absolutely make it from scratch! It's an Oatnut Sourdough Herb Stuffing.
4. Sweet potato pie or Pumpkin pie?
Neither, it's Pumpkin Cheesecake here.
5. Are leftovers a blessing or a curse?
Definitely a blessing. We love the leftovers for easy meals the following week and MUST HAVE turkey sandwiches.
6. What side dishes are a must-have in your family?
Oatnut Sourdough Herb Stuffing, Apricot Carrot Casserole and Baked Pineapple.
7. What do you wish you had that might make Thanksgiving easier?
A double wall oven would be easier on my back.
8. If/when you go to someone else’s house for the holiday, do you usually bring a dish? If so, what is it? My Apricot Carrot Casserole because it is so different and blends well with whatever their menu is.
9. What do you wish one of your guests would bring to your house?
Smiles, appetites and positive attitudes.
10. What do you wish one of your guests would NOT bring to your house?
Bad attitudes coupled with deep seated arguments over politics and/or religion.
11. Do you stick with a particular menu from year to year, or do you mix it up?
While
I do try to mix-it up now and then, a lynch mob quickly forms if I
don't keep it pretty close to what it has always been. For Christmas I
have been able to mix it up better as it is also our youngest son's
birthday. He gets to pick the basic meat and then everyone else gets to
pick a favorite to go with it and that has become our tradition
since.
12. Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday in your home?
It is a beautiful melding of both. We celebrate the pilgrimage with the influence God has always had on it.
13. Share one Thanksgiving tradition.
The Thanksgiving traditions in my family seemed to dwindle as the kids grew older and then the extended families and alternate get togethers grew. We do have a traditional meal with the same traditional recipes we have always used though.
14. Share one Thanksgiving memory.
As
for disaster, it seems that in my parent's house it always happened
on Thanksgiving and usually involved the garbage disposal backing up
and creating a HUGE mess. One
year in particular it was really bad! So bad we couldn't even have
people over. My grandparents only lived a few blocks away. Long story
short, grandpa brought their red Chevy station wagon over to our house
with and old quilt spread out in the back and the adults loaded all
the food there. My uncle and I rode in the back to keep all the bowls
and pans from tilting over. While grandpa had been at our house,
grandma had set the table at their house. All the food was unloaded
from the station wagon and the preparation continued in grandma's
kitchen. It was one of the more memorable Thanksgivings I can
remember.
15. Name five things you’re thankful for.
- My Faith and love of God
- The love of family and friends
- A roof over our heads
- Food on the table and Dirty Dishes
- Babies & Puppies
4 comments:
Happy Thanksgiving Tamy!
I played along :)
http://www.momentsofintrospection.com/2012/11/fun-thanksgiving-meme.html
Thank you Shannon and Eileen. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
A little late for me to re-post to play along now. Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving! :)
PS - Thanks for the hot tea ;)
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