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Either a deep fried turkey or a turducken, depending on the mood my father is in.
My dad makes a killer sweet potato pudding. We always had rice on the table to have with the gravy, no mashed potatoes ever! When I first moved up north and prepared Thanksgiving dinner for my new in-laws, they were thoroughly confused as to why I had rice on the table. I had prepared mashed potatoes for them, but they didn't realize that people ate rice.
Oyster dressing is a yearly tradition at my house as is the can of cranberry sauce that no one touches until sandwiches are made with leftovers the next day. -
LOL! you guys are so funny! I love all of your replies! I will look into those suggestions! I am in the process of organizing a fundraiser dinner for about 200 ppl and our theme is Christmas Dinner with a New Orleans Twist. We have gone on mission trips to NOLA and have met some amazing people. The proceeds from the dinner will be sent to a daycare centre in the Ninth. Now to just come up with the menu! Thanks for your replies! I am open to suggestions!
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todao
Aug 21, 2008 02:48 PM
Three favorites are a must at our house:
The first is my daughter-in-law's sweet potato casserole recipe from "Christmas from the Heart of the Home" which includes lots of good stuff like cream cheese, sherry and nutmeg.
The second is a layered jello salad that uses, among other things, sour cream and raspberries. This disappears as soon as it reaches the table.
The third is my Plum Duff. It ain't Christmas without plum duff.
Here's one pretty close to the one I use and it looks to me to be worthy of a try.
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We do not do a traditional dinner. We do have food out all day, breakfast and lunch. Then for dinner we have some wonderful thing that is different every year.
A couple of dishes for the all day buffet that we always have are an egg and country ham sausage cassarole and later marinated shrimp for lunch. And we have home made fudge, bourbon balls, chess pie, cranberry salad.
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re: Janet
We do the same thing. Sausage balls, zucchini bread, cheese biscuits, eggs. Then ham sandwiches (made from leftover Christmas Eve country ham), Chex mix, Christmas cookies, layered spinach salad, cheese on a tray. And dinner is something different every year. My mom also makes a jello salad (the pink kind with the pecans in it) every year, and nobody eats it. That's become a tradition, as well as my dad burning the biscuits when he puts them back in the oven to melt the cheese.
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