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in article , Damsel in dis Dress
at wrote on 11/6/04 5:24 PM:

> On 06 Nov 2004 19:25:30 GMT, (SportKite1) wrote:
>
>> For those who celebrate Thanksgiving - what do you plan to make this year?
>
> I asked Crash what he wanted.
>
> Turkey
> Gravy
> Mashed Potatoes
> Stuffing (James Beard's)
>
> Sounds like a plan to me. I get really overwhelmed doing the whole
> shebang, and this will make things much more manageable. It's always only
> the two of us, and we may as well just make the things we really like. A
> couple weeks ago, we spotted and bought a frozen pumpkin cheesecake. It's
> waiting for us in the freezer. I'd really like to make cranberry-orange
> sauce, but we're still undecided on that. Oh, and we'll get some <cringe>
> Brown and Serve rolls </cringe> for Crash. I'll be eating way too many
> carbs on that day, anyway. At least the rolls won't add to the list.
>
> Carol

Those rolls say "Thanksgiving" to me.
As a little girl, we always had those at Thanksgiving.
And then, we'd always have a nice elaborate meal on Christmas day, just
because Mom loved to cook and it was a convenient day to do that b/c no one
had to work that day. (We don't celebrate Christmas). Also, my parents got
married on Dec 24th, so it was a nice excuse for a big family meal. And
we'd have them on Dec 25th, too.

Anyway, brown and serve rolls are a must at Thanksgiving, for me.
They are kind of a joke, b/c they are so NOT elegant....yet they were only
served in our house at "fancy" meals. Maybe at one time, in the mid 1960's,
they were marketed as elegant? Is that possible?

When I got to be a teenager and my older sister had kids and they lived
nearby, we'd go there for Thanksgiving b/c the boys were less "fussy" in
their own space, and Mom and my sis would make Thanksgiving dinner. And we
always had those silly brown and serve rolls. It was tradition. Even,
perhaps especially, after Mom died, no matter what other bread was on the
table, we had to have those brown and serve rolls. One year I didn't serve
them, my best friend and her new husband were with us for the holiday and
they had brought this wonderful crusty bread from NYC, and my Dad really
enjoyed it. But he asked me "where are those little rolls your mother used
to make? I love those!" <shrug>

I think Thanksgiving is the one holiday that you don't mess with tradition.
And if, because you have "blended families" or whatever, you wind up with,
like on that episode of "Friends", 3 kinds of potatoes, so what?

I have no idea what will be served for Thanksgiving, as I'm going to my
friend's house and it will be whatever her Mom and she cook up. I offered
to bring either a side dish or a pie. Whichever I'm told to do, that's what
I will bring. I have never had Thanksgiving with them, only Christmas (ham)
and Easter (Lamb) but her mom is a wonderful cook and I have no doubt it
will all be delicious!