Thanksgiving shortcuts- anyone use these?
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We make everything from scratch. I do buy ONE can of canned cranberries because I don't like home made (my mom makes home made ones, and everyone else liked them, but I prefer canned). We also buy ONE regular pumpkin pie from the store in case someone wants it (it usually goes to waste), and make the non-regular ones ourselves.
Not really a shortcut, but a random hint: for super-smooth and creamy pumpkin pie, add 1/4-1/3 cup of powdered coffee creamer to the filling. There's no need to add more liquid or alter the recipe in any other way; the creamer will dissolve without a problem. It really makes the pie silky smooth and ridiculously creamy.
Our Thanksgiving is past already but all this talk of turkey dinner makes me want to celebrate your guys' Thanksgiving too! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
But anyway, we do almost everything from scratch. Pie crust is usually store bought, but not always. Same with pie. Sometimes we make them, sometimes we buy them, and sometimes we don't have pie at all! But as far as the actual dinner goes: everything is home made except the cranberries (because apparently people like canned cranberries - I dunno, I don't like cranberries at all).
Also, I'm trying to picture this "turkey in a can"... not sure I've ever seen that!
But anyway, we do almost everything from scratch. Pie crust is usually store bought, but not always. Same with pie. Sometimes we make them, sometimes we buy them, and sometimes we don't have pie at all! But as far as the actual dinner goes: everything is home made except the cranberries (because apparently people like canned cranberries - I dunno, I don't like cranberries at all).
Also, I'm trying to picture this "turkey in a can"... not sure I've ever seen that!
I have just spent the entire day prepping and/or cooking/baking for tomorrow--so yeah, all homemade. I even cooked a fresh pumpkin to make the pumpkin pie filling with. Tomorrow I still have plenty to do--but there will be real mashed potatoes and gravy--but the rolls are store bought--from a bakery here. Their's are far better than my homemade!
For family dinners, always everything from scratch. This is actually my first year not having dinner with my or DH's family. The only thing we skimped on was doing a store bought pie crust (We're only brining pies) since our rolling sheet (plastic thing with measurements for pie/cookie sizes) recently got thrown away and we don't have a big enough cutting board!
Most of our stuff requires some homemade preparation. Pies are homemade, cranberry sauce is homemade, mashed potatoes are "real", stuffing is made from scratch.
For the first time like... ever.... our turkey is not being cooked by us. Some bbq place nearby is apparently taking orders for turkeys. Sooo we are getting a smoked turkey from them that we are picking up late tomorrow morning, and it is supposed to be FRESH from the oven. So we shall see. I think we are also cooking a couple turkey breasts at home because my family is so large that one turkey is not enough lol.
For the first time like... ever.... our turkey is not being cooked by us. Some bbq place nearby is apparently taking orders for turkeys. Sooo we are getting a smoked turkey from them that we are picking up late tomorrow morning, and it is supposed to be FRESH from the oven. So we shall see. I think we are also cooking a couple turkey breasts at home because my family is so large that one turkey is not enough lol.
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Yuck.. canned turkey. We have never done that and I'd rather not.. :lol-sign: Any way..
We usually make everything homemade but it's always just me, my brother, and my parents. And that's how we like it. We usually do a pie crust for the pumpkin pie as it has to be kind deep-dish crust. We usually buy one after they go on sale though because they're not bad. Pumpkin is actually my favorite pie.
So, it usually never goes to waste.
For the chocolate cream we usually buy keebler shortbread pie shell. We cheated and bought rolls this year so my mom isn't making them. We have enough stuff to do already.
We usually make everything homemade but it's always just me, my brother, and my parents. And that's how we like it. We usually do a pie crust for the pumpkin pie as it has to be kind deep-dish crust. We usually buy one after they go on sale though because they're not bad. Pumpkin is actually my favorite pie.
So, it usually never goes to waste.
For the chocolate cream we usually buy keebler shortbread pie shell. We cheated and bought rolls this year so my mom isn't making them. We have enough stuff to do already.