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Post by Two Tales on Nov 25, 2010 17:56:27 GMT 12.75
We have been invited to a couple of four places to eat this year...s'posed to bring a dish to share for each one of them..heck that's like cooking the whole meal...as it is we begged off from two and decided that we will only have a taste of any thing at one and then do the whole meal with Girly Girl's kids and her son's future outlaws...of course we have known these folks for about 20 years and have had a bunch of sit down eat togethers with them...My son wanted me to make a scratch pumpkin pie so I did..and I have a crust for a fruit type desert in the oven right now..making a glaze also...well shell is done, glaze is done, fruit are drained and chilled just have to wait until every thing cools down so I can put it together...forgot the danged cool whip..oh well...
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 26, 2010 20:42:49 GMT 12.75
;D Hope you and girly-girl enjoyed your holiday!
We had the usual crowd gathered at Mom and Dad's place. Lots of GREAT food!!! Roasted turkey stuffed with cornbread stuffilng, baked ham, candied yams, green bean casserole, cornbread casserole, mashed taters n turkey gravy, macaroni n cheese, baked beans, tater salad, and a few other dishes I didn't try. Then it was topped off with 2 pineapple cream pie, 2 cherry cheesecake, 4 chocolate pudding pie, 4 graham cracker cream pie, 1 cherry pie, 5 pumpkin pie, 1 pecan pie, and 2 mintz meat pie. (Can ya tell they like pie around here???) ;D
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Post by Paws on Nov 27, 2010 1:32:30 GMT 12.75
I ate with Andy yesterday. Mable did the best baked beans I've ever tasted. Spud salad was not to my liking; some might like it. Too much vinegar/mustard in it for me. Her family went nuts for it though and that's what counts. She did the turkey justice and the ham was "kick ass"! She glazed it with cajun spices! I "made" Andy carve the turkey so I could see how much strength and dexterity he has in his hands. He is better than I expected. He has a buttload of appointments though so we'll see. Keep him in your prayers please. Dressing was traditional herb; really good and there was deviled eggs, a bunch of cheese, pumpkin pie, gravy, etc. Rally super meal and good company. My thanks to them for the invite. Hope everyone ate as well!
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Post by OLKoot on Nov 27, 2010 15:41:29 GMT 12.75
Had the family over...All 15 ,I think I counted twice....The usual, squash , mashed taters,pearl onions and peas, string bean casserole, etc, day before my daughter probed ,poked and drilled that bird full of marinade with a nice rub on the outside.....For the finish, pies coffee, lemonade ....All in all, a great time, no drama queens, just a lot of fun...Prayers for your friend, Phil....
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 27, 2010 17:22:17 GMT 12.75
Made the turkey, a couple squash pies and potato salad a couple days in advance since I wasn't quite sure what my plans were with work. By Wednesday morning, half the turkey was gone as was most of the stuffing and one of the pies. Was just me, Mike and Rob here on Thanksgiving day. Mike picked Martin up from work about 0300 Thursday morning. He came home, but thought I was going to be too busy to make dinner and he made other plans. He woke up and I was busy heating and re-heating everything. I asked him if he wanted his favorite mashed potatoes w/ scalloped corn. YESSS!!!! I make it and about the time everything was ready to serve, Mike puts his coat on. "Where you going dear?" "Taking Marty to his friends. I guess he has plans with her." In the middle of all this, mom calls and wants me to come down to her place for hog butchering. Right!! Like I'm just going to drop everything and go 200 miles to gut and scrape hogs. I worked hard get enough cooperation to make this mess I've decided to call Thanksgiving Dinner and I'm going to TRY to enjoy it. As usual, ate way too much. Spent the afternoon pitching manure out of the barn to burn off just a few of the extra calories I'd scarfed down.
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Post by Snake Eyes on Nov 29, 2010 1:00:38 GMT 12.75
In the middle of all this, mom calls and wants me to come down to her place for hog butchering.
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 29, 2010 7:39:34 GMT 12.75
YES INDEED!! I'm sure most of the farm boys on here can back me up on this..... Up until maybe the past 30 or 40 years, Thanksgiving day has traditionally been hog butchering day in rural America going back to pre-colonial times. It's still common, although fading practice in hill country and some parts of New England. It's considered the final harvest of the year - other than wild game. The entire family (and sometimes neighborhood) will get together and take part in the process of killing, gutting, scalding, skinning, cutting, sausage making, lard rendering, ham/bacon curing and everything else that it entails. A lot of families even have their own traditions and practices about how the process should and shouldn't be done! (Never question mama!) Not only is everybody actively involved in the festivities, but before modern refrigeration came into existence, the cooler, but not yet freezing, weather made it practical for curing meat. I'm not sure about other rural families, but we always do hog butchering at Thanksgiving and beef butchering on Christmas Eve. Our neighbors did beef on New Year's Day. But that's my folks wedding anniversary. Beef is usually done in January or February because you want to get it chilled down and frozen as quick as possible. And being that we're working with a thicker carcass, that time of year is more ideal. This past Thursday was a glorious day for butchering! It was nice and warm for most of the day so the hands didn't get frozen and by evening the cold temps started to move in to chill it all down and get the curing process started.
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Post by Two Tales on Nov 29, 2010 9:28:12 GMT 12.75
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 29, 2010 9:42:14 GMT 12.75
...Faith when you said every one had a job that meant every one even the kids... My first job was helping mom get the hog out of the barn so she could stick it. I was probably about 3 or 4 years old. Later, I got the task of splitting and scraping the head. Especially if dad thought it was one of those ol' "double skulled" hogs. Remember, don't waste a thing. Not even the squeal!
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Post by Paws on Nov 29, 2010 21:50:57 GMT 12.75
Naw, the ears were the best! I never got to help until I was about twelve. We never had our own animals but my Aunts and Uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa Foreman did. We scraped and skinned cause the hide went for trade. Rendering got done outside but after it was broke down everything went into the kitchen and got turned over to the ladies. My favorite was the fresh bulk sausage fried up as quick as it was seasoned. Everybody who helped got something from the hog. We would get a ham, bacon and a pile of sausage. We always cooked the hams fresh with pineapple, cloves, and brown sugar. Man, those were the best! Mom liked the fresh bacon and fresh side meat; me too! The cured and smoked hams were used later on as was the smoked sausages and head cheese. All the meat on the table came from the farm or field. There would always be turkey, ham, tame rabbit, chicken in the chicken and noodles and maybe some venison or squirrel. For me Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners just aren't right unless there is a big bowl of chicken and noodles along side the turkey and ham. Sunday Christmas was super at Grandma Foreman's cause Sunday breakfast was always steak, eggs, fried potatoes with onion, home made bread with home made butter, fresh milk tapped yesterday and strong hot coffee tamed with the cream that floated off the top of the pitcher.
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Post by Snake Eyes on Dec 1, 2010 1:51:02 GMT 12.75
;double skulled" . Remember, don't waste a thing. Not even the squeal! I have eaten just about everything from a hog: ears,feet,head, and yes more than a few mountain oysters. But I really would like to know what a squeal taste like and how to prepare it
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Post by Two Tales on Dec 1, 2010 3:14:37 GMT 12.75
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Post by Paws on Dec 1, 2010 3:50:20 GMT 12.75
;double skulled" . Remember, don't waste a thing. Not even the squeal! I have eaten just about everything from a hog: ears,feet,head, and yes more than a few mountain oysters. But I really would like to know what a squeal taste like and how to prepare it If you plan on keeping MRS Snake happy, you better be finding out what a squeal tastes like!
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Post by brittonfaith on Dec 1, 2010 5:37:19 GMT 12.75
I have eaten just about everything from a hog: ears,feet,head, and yes more than a few mountain oysters. But I really would like to know what a squeal taste like and how to prepare it If you plan on keeping MRS Snake happy, you better be finding out what a squeal tastes like! ROFLMAO!!!!!!! THAT'S FUNNY!!!! ;D Somebody help me mop up the puddle I'm sittin' in!!!
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Post by OLKoot on Dec 1, 2010 7:53:23 GMT 12.75
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Post by Paws on Dec 2, 2010 1:51:03 GMT 12.75
If you plan on keeping MRS Snake happy, you better be finding out what a squeal tastes like! ROFLMAO!!!!!!! THAT'S FUNNY!!!! ;D Somebody help me mop up the puddle I'm sittin' in!!! I liked it!
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