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Post by brownrexx on Nov 16, 2020 8:11:23 GMT -5
What is everyone doing for Thanksgiving?
I just discussed this with my brother yesterday and we decided that even though it would be a small gathering, we are going to postpone Thanksgiving dinner together until 2021.
I am going to purchase a turkey breast and hubby and I will have a nice dinner by ourselves.
I had plans to make a new recipe of some cranberry/raisins/date/pecan mini muffins for Thanksgiving so I think that I will make them early and mail a dozen to him with a Happy Thanksgiving note.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 16, 2020 9:10:36 GMT -5
We are having Thanksgiving here at home. My oldest two sons and my in-laws are coming. I have the turkey in the freezer and I am poring over recipes now.
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Post by september on Nov 16, 2020 10:46:03 GMT -5
We normally go out to the Thanksgiving buffet at the local casino, but won't be doing that this year. My husband brought home a frozen turkey a few days ago, so I guess I will be cooking. We see my son and his girlfriend often anyway, so they will be the only guests. They both work in public service type jobs where they see a lot of different people, but masks have always been required for them. I can only hope their good luck in avoiding infection keeps holding.
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Post by paulf on Nov 16, 2020 10:55:23 GMT -5
Just the two of us at home. All the family will be staying at home this year. Christmas is still a possibility.
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Post by spike on Nov 16, 2020 12:30:23 GMT -5
Hubby, me and the youngest son. The bro usually does a huge meal but since he was Covid exposed we are all leary. Currently we are just mooning each other from across the street. Sure it is traumatizing the neighbors but gosh even.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Nov 16, 2020 13:48:11 GMT -5
Probably just me and my parents. I have to see them frequently to help them with errands and medical visits anyway and they have been pretty careful.
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Post by bestofour on Nov 17, 2020 20:55:38 GMT -5
We're going to my daughters in GA for Thanksgiving. No idea what we'll do for Christmas.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2020 8:27:54 GMT -5
Just going to be me, Monster and Piggs, so trying to decide whether to do a take out dinner, sometimes yucky, LOL, or to try to fix a very small amount of holiday foods, or to ignore the holiday.
Maybe try slow braised turkey wings with a small amount of dressing and such. Monster and Piggs will only be interested in the turkey part.
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Post by paquebot on Nov 18, 2020 11:17:01 GMT -5
No family feast to attend for first time in at least 45 years. I've been supplying the sweet potatoes for over 10 years. Wife will working every night next week so she won't be running short of sleep. Besides, our governor has banned all Thanksgiving indoor celebrations of more than 10 people. One benefit is that turkeys are going to be cheap.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Nov 18, 2020 20:07:49 GMT -5
Eh, we're still hosting our family dinner. There will be a few less than normal, but the ones we are gathering with are technically part of our "pod" of safe people we've been seeing. I thought about cancelling, but my DD is not doing well mentally and emotionally with college and she really needs something normal. Hopefully a real Thanksgiving will go a long way in helping cheer her up.
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Post by september on Nov 18, 2020 23:13:58 GMT -5
Yay! I'm saved from having to make a full Thanksgiving dinner! Governor calls for a tighter lockdown, limiting restaurants to take out only (among other things.) We decided to order a full Thanksgiving take out meal for four people from one of our small local restaurants that are offering this service. It's a win/win situation, some badly needed $$$$ for them, and no work for me!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 19, 2020 12:32:01 GMT -5
ladymarmalade, I hope your daughter gets a needed respite from being home with her family for Thanksgiving. Hugs to you both!
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Post by september on Nov 23, 2020 10:53:17 GMT -5
Well, change of plans for our meal. Son and girlfriend both have mild colds as of yesterday, not unusual for them during the winter season. But since they have yet to get Covid tested (encouraged them to do so as soon as possible) we will have to split up our take out Thanksgiving dinner, and each eat at our own house. Left an email for the restaurant manager to see if we can change our order to two meals for two, instead of one meal for four, same price (already paid) and would save me having to repackage half of it to take over.
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Post by brownrexx on Nov 25, 2020 9:05:13 GMT -5
It's just hubby and I for Turkey Day but I still need a pumpkin pie so I made one yesterday. Pumpkin is my favorite pie. Pumpkin Pie 2020 by Brownrexx, on Flickr
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 25, 2020 10:45:57 GMT -5
Nice! Your pie looks both lovely and delicious, brownrexx! I am about to head into the kitchen for the annual day before Thanksgiving cooking marathon. One of the items on the to-cook list is a keto pumpkin pie. I've never tried it before, so I am a little nervous. I am pretty confident that the filling will taste good. Whether it will have the right texture is up in the air. I am more concerned about the almond flour pie crust. I hope my FIL likes it - he is going to be the toughest critic, I think. Just in case, I am also making a few kinds of keto truffles. These I have made before and they are fantastic - so even if the pumpkin pie doesn't turn out well, the family members who are watching their carbs will still have something for dessert. And there will be a full-sugar dessert for the kids - they agreed on French Silk Chocolate Pie. So I hope to get all of the desserts, the cranberry sauce, and most of the other sides finished or at least mostly-finished today (for example, the sweet potatoes will be done except for the marshmallows, so tomorrow I will only need to reheat them and toast the marshmallows on top). So hopefully tomorrow I can relax and enjoy the day without being stressed out in the kitchen.
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Post by brownrexx on Nov 25, 2020 11:35:58 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL, all I have to do today is whip up some cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries. Easy. What is a keto pumpkin pie? No sugar or wheat flour?
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Nov 25, 2020 16:20:51 GMT -5
Probably leftover Pizza. My folks are scared of the cold that I have 98% shaken so I will be staying home. I will spring for the good pizza place though instead of Dominos or worse.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 26, 2020 11:59:55 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL , all I have to do today is whip up some cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries. Easy. What is a keto pumpkin pie? No sugar or wheat flour? Pretty much. The crust is based on almond flour, and heavy cream is used in the filling instead of evaporated milk. Non-sugar sweetener instead of sugar, of course. The recipe also uses a tiny bit of blackstrap molasses to get the brown sugar flavor. I used this recipe: www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/easy-keto-low-carb-pumpkin-pie-recipe/#pinit. This is the filling recipe, but there is a link to the crust recipe within it. The two changes I made were to use a little more pumpkin pie spice and I used Swerve (erythritol and oligosaccharides) as the sweetener instead of straight erythritol. I used Swerve because that's what I had on hand, and I did have to use less Swerve because it's a more concentrated sweetener than plain erythritol. I doubled the filling recipe (I am a deep dish girl!) and had a little too much filling to fit safely in the crust. So I put the extra filling in ramekins and baked it alongside the pie. I took the ramekins out earlier because they are smaller, of course. I ate one of the ramekins of filling last night - it was pretty darn good! It is slightly under-sweet for my taste, but when I topped it with some artificially sweetened whipped cream - which is slightly too sweet - the sweetness was perfect. The texture is about 90% right. It's thick and it set nicely, but still soft in the mouth. I think I will try this recipe next time with allulose as a sweetener, because allulose has the same textural properties in baking as sugar (it will make a proper thick, sticky syrup and it will caramelize) while Swerve does not. I think it is that hint of "stickiness" and caramelization that is missing from the texture. I bet that with allulose this would be almost indistinguishable from a full-sugar pumpkin pie filling. (I'd use allulose all the time, but it's really expensive, especially since it's only 70% as sweet as sugar so you have to use more. But hey, this is a holiday dessert!) The one thing I am not sure of is the texture of the crust. I tasted a bit of the raw crust and it was really yummy. So, I expect it to taste good. But since it's made from almond flour it's not going to be a flaky crust - probably more like a crumb crust. I'll know later today! If you are interested in doing any low-carb baking, one of the handier things I have found is this sweetener conversion chart: www.ketoconnect.net/low-carb-sweeteners-conversion-chart/. Sometimes recipes call for a sweetener I don't like (such as stevia or Equal/aspartame) or just don't have. So it's good to know how to substitute properly when I need to change the sweetener.
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Post by bestofour on Nov 29, 2020 23:12:15 GMT -5
I love pumpkin pie but no one else will eat it. I went to the store today to buy myself one and they were out.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 30, 2020 10:58:01 GMT -5
Consensus was that the keto pumpkin pie filling was good, but not the crust. It seemed to absorb moisture in the refrigerator and the texture ended up somewhere between under-cooked conventional pastry and marzipan. It was soft and although it did hold together, it was floppy with no hint of crispness.
The truffles were a big hit even with the kids, though.
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Post by september on Nov 30, 2020 11:16:39 GMT -5
Our restaurant take out Thanksgiving dinner was good, but portion size was a typical restaurant meal, so no left overs though we both were full with what we ate. Last night before 5PM, our neighbor lady called to see if we wanted some of their turkey "hotdish" since they had too much. Jim went over and came back with two generous containers of sort of a turkey shepard's pie. Mashed potatoes on the bottom, loosedly mixed with turkey chunks and chunks of dressing, topped with gravy baked in the oven. Yummm, so good, still hot out of the oven! So we got our turkey leftovers, and no work for me!
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