Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cindy Hamilton Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Another gravy swamp. Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:50:15 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <1d3fbc745fa3e99dc4bb8fbfa7814dba@www.novabbs.com> <673e2736$4$2753$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: hamilton@invalid.com Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:50:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b10da014f8b9e3ca3755df025ceb83d"; logging-data="253371"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18EYlx8FfaNwdUbpfYsNZgSwU/8g/3sHN8=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1kjnhTXxqaN5tyCWFUp6aPDPKrk= Bytes: 2335 On 2024-11-20, Michael Trew wrote: > On 11/20/2024 4:55 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> >> I scored two last weekend. Honeysuckle White, around 15 pounds. I >> would have preferred 12 or 13, but those were the smallest ones they >> had. They're in the deep freeze. I'll take one out to defrost soon; >> the other one will wait until we're ready for more turkey stock. > > Our store has huge turkeys also, I wait for them to go on super sale > after the holidays, a couple turkeys will go into my freezer. > >> We've pared down our Thanksgiving meal to: >> >> Salad >> Turkey >> Stuffing, made from fresh, cheap white bread, bulk breakfast sausage, >> celery, onions, butter, sage, salt, and pepper. It might be hot >> breakfast sausage; if not, my husband might add a few flakes of >> chile. >> Gravy >> >> There might be cranberry-orange relish, which serves as a dessert >> for my husband and as a snack for me later. >> > > To each their own, but it ain't Thanksgiving dinner without a bit pot of > mashed potatoes to go under that gravy. I'd gladly trade my dressing > for the potatoes. Both of us prefer stuffing. Potatoes are delicious, but we don't need two carbs, even on Thanksgiving. For me, gravy goes on the meat. -- Cindy Hamilton