Thanksgiving Traditions

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

So excited to start off this week by sharing

 with you all some of

 our families favorite {and fun} Thanksgiving 

traditions

Tradition #1
is our annual
 turkey cook off 
It started when handsome husband bought a
 deep fryer 6 years ago
and because my sister in law almost burnt her house down
 that same year deep frying her turkey

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{chinese food for Thanksgiving dinner that year}
We decided it might be wise to cook a traditional turkey in the oven too
 just in case
so we ended up with two turkeys
and.....
the turkey cook off was born
Now every year we each cook a turkey
we have two categories for the contest

1. Presentation or overall look of the turkey
and
2. Taste of the turkey

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The deep fried turkey is cooked in peanut oil outside for half the time it takes
 to cook a turkey in the oven
The  fried turkey can look like road kill when you take it out
because the outside is  really crispy but
  the inside is amazingly juicy and delicious

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The traditional  oven roasted  turkey comes out
 looking like a Norman Rockwell painting and
makes a great presentation on the dinner table

The Voting takes place after the meal
 with a secret ballot
and every year so far
Taste has gone to the deep fried turkey and
Presentation has gone to the traditionally cooked turkey
 a tie which means
 we have plenty of left overs for the family to enjoy


Tradition# 2
At the dinner table our most cherished tradition takes place
 This is when we all hold hands for
  Prayer
 and then everyone goes around
 the table saying what they are grateful for
There is always  laughter and tears and wonderful conversation
and every year we realize how truly blessed we all are
 and how much we have to be grateful for


Tradition #3

Next is great grandmothers walnut stuffing
 which is a tradition that has been passed down
 from generation to generation
the key to this stuffing is to use stale bread
otherwise the stuffing is too soft


Walnut dressings recipe
10 oz  walnuts chopped
11/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
 1 cup butter
1/2 tsp black pepper
4 med celery stalks chopped
4 med onions chopped
1/2 tsp dried thyme
6 slices stale rye bread
6 slices stale pumpernickel bread

mix together and put into turkey cavity 
helpful hint

be sure and roast the walnuts

 in a skillet for 4 to 6 minutes stirring before

 adding them to the rest of the ingredients

 super simple recipe and once you try it

 you will not make a boxed stuffing again
also we have added craisins or raisins
 and even apples to this recipe and it is always deicous

Hope you are all enjoying getting

 ready for Thanksgiving too

romantic saying for today

"I Love all of you all the time"

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♥

Pam