This week’s Friday Five is because of my preparations for our Thanksgiving dinner celebration, which here in the US will be next Thursday, November 28th. I hope our RevGals and Pals who are not in the US will play along, particularly as it relates to menus and food!
Be sure to link us to YOUR blog post by pasting your link into the comments. š
1. Turkey: love it? hate it? self-basted? fry it or roast it? Tofu-turkey? Tell me more. (I’ve only had one roasted turkey come out totally delish so I’m fishing for your tips!)
2. Stuffing: bagged? homemade? sage? sausage? cornbread? oysters? nuts?Ā Got any inspiration for me?
3. Cranberries: When we celebrated Thanksgiving in Europe one year, our French friends thought we were nuts to choose a very sour berry and then load it with sugar. (Let alone the stuff that comes out of a can in a blob of gelatinous ooze!)Ā What do you do with cranberries?
4. Potatoes: (Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew…) What’s your pleasure?
5. Pie: I’m married to the Pie Man. Anything but coconut pie floats his boat. What do you make? (or buy?) Pumpkin? Pecan? Apple?
BONUS: A recipe that you’ve tried out and will make it to your table this year.
I just tried a “Pumpkin Dump Cake” which is really more like a pumpkin custard pie with a cakey-crunchy topping. Or a cake-y pie. Whatever… The Pie Man has named it “Pumpkin Pike” and has approved it. š
PUMPKIN DUMP CAKE (aka PUMPKIN PIKE)
1 – 29 oz can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
1 – can of evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cup sugar (some versions of this recipe use part brown sugar and part white sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla
spices to taste – 2 teaspoons total of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger (you choose – I tend to leave out the ginger)
1 package yellow or spice cake mix (I made it with yellow cake mix)
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 cup melted butter
Mix the pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, vanilla, sugar and spices. Pour into greased 9×13 pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over the top of the pumpkin mixture. Spread out chopped pecans on top of that. Drizzle melted butter over all.
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes (so that the pumpkin “sets”). This is more like a pumpkin pie with a crunchy topping. (drool)
RevGalBlogPals 
Whoa–I’m getting pumped. Thanksgiving is just a week away. A different kind of Thanksgiving Feast Thanks, Deb, for posting early. My taste buds are bursting with anticipation.
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I don’t often cook. I’m also a very picky eater. So my very weak play is at http://cindik.com/2013/11/rgbp—thanksgiving-food.php
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I wish I could be a picky eater. Never have been and can prove it!
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Mama Stamberg’s cranberry relish is a Thanksgiving staple on our table. Listening to Susan Stamberg
Deliver the recipe on Morning Edition (NPR) the preceding Friday is part of the tradition.
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So, I played for the first time in a loooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggg time. http://acornsfromthegrove.blogspot.com/2013/11/friday-five-thanksgiving-food-edition.html
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Thanks Deb.
https://theedgeishere.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=203&action=edit&message=6&postpost=v2
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Your link doesn’t work for me.
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Marci, it worked for me…I’ll try it the fancy way.
here
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I think it is your personal administrative link that leads to your dashboard, not the generic link to the post.
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Thanks…new to WordPress and still learning my way around.
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Turns out I’m super-traditional when it comes to traditional Thanksgiving: http://bookgirl71.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/friday-five-the-thanksgiving-food-edition/. –Wendy
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YUM YUM. Here’s mine! http://wp.me/pXsoG-2dM
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Here’s mine! http://marciglass.com/2013/11/22/friday-five-thanksgiving/
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I played too!! http://prayingontheprairie.blogspot.com/2013/11/thanksgiving-food-friday-five.html
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My play’s about some traditional yumminess:
http://www.desertspiritsfire.com/2013/11/t-day-food-5.html
Wonderful thanksgiving to all!
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Oh yeah. This one I can get into. The only thing: now I am hungry and I haven’t figured out what I am having for supper. http://www.stoneofwitness.blogspot.com
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Made it!
http://wp.me/pmAUK-rR
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I cooked up Thanksgiving over at my place – signs-along-the-way.
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I’m in, but with no recipe. It’s all in my head, but I do have an annual Turkey Schedule of When to Start Stuff document that I will print out the night before. “Turn on oven at 10, start peeling potatoes at 1:15…” etc.
Anyway my answers are here.
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