Mom has made the menu for this year and I'm contributing the following:

Not your mama's green bean casserole - Alton Brown
http://tinyurl.com/y9jta44

Mashed tators - she wanted to do creamy garlic mashed tators but I talked
her out of it. That's one thing I like plain with turkey. Many of our
family do, and I don't want this year to start something new.

Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless someone has
a tasty recipe

Mixed nuts

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:53 -0500, "Cheryl" >
wrote:

>Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless someone has
>a tasty recipe

I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.

Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:53 -0500, "Cheryl" >
> wrote:
>
>>Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless someone
>>has
>>a tasty recipe
>
> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>
> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!

That does sound good. Maybe I'll do a few different kinds of spreads.

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:26:24 -0500, "Cheryl" >
wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:53 -0500, "Cheryl" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless someone
>>>has
>>>a tasty recipe
>>
>> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>>
>> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
>> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!
>
>That does sound good. Maybe I'll do a few different kinds of spreads.

Here's what I do, but I make it in smaller amounts. I don't really
measure. It's just eyeballed and approximate. My filling is mainly
cranberry and nuts. The cream cheese just holds it together.

1/2 - 3/4 C each of dried cranberries and toasted pecans or walnuts
ground in your mini processor. Add the grated zest of one small
orange. Mix thoroughly with one 8 oz package cream cheese. Stuff
celery stalks and refrigerate until serving. Cut each stalk in thirds
and arrange on a platter to serve.



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Cheryl wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:53 -0500, "Cheryl" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless
>>> someone has
>>> a tasty recipe
>>
>> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>>
>> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and
>> use that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!
>
> That does sound good. Maybe I'll do a few different kinds of spreads.

And don't forget to *peel* that celery, Cheryl...

:-)

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Greg

In article >,
"Cheryl" > wrote:

> Mom has made the menu for this year and I'm contributing the following:
>
> Not your mama's green bean casserole - Alton Brown
> http://tinyurl.com/y9jta44
>
> Mashed tators - she wanted to do creamy garlic mashed tators but I talked
> her out of it. That's one thing I like plain with turkey. Many of our
> family do, and I don't want this year to start something new.
>
> Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless someone has
> a tasty recipe
>
> Mixed nuts

Sounds simple and good. :-)
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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:53 -0500, "Cheryl" >
> wrote:
>
> >Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless someone has
> >a tasty recipe
>
> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>
> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!

That does sound good! Looks like the pecans are going to be exceptional
here this year. I may have to try that.
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"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
>
> Here is the Pimento Cheese recipe I use. It is from James Villas and
> his mother...
>
>
> * Exported from MasterCook *
>
> Pimiento Cheese
>
> Recipe By :James Villas

Cool! That's what I'm going to make along with sf's sweet savory one.

"sf" > wrote in message
...

> Here's what I do, but I make it in smaller amounts.

Thanks honey. I told my mom about this today when I visited and she
practically drooled and said I should do all of the celery this way. LOL I
want to try Chris D's pimento cheese too,

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
news
>> That does sound good. Maybe I'll do a few different kinds of spreads.
>
> And don't forget to *peel* that celery, Cheryl...

Thanks. I was going to ask.

sf wrote:
> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>
> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!

You mentioned this last year, I tried it and it was a winner. Thanks, much.


Becca

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:57:51 -0600, Becca > wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>>
>> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
>> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!
>
>You mentioned this last year, I tried it and it was a winner. Thanks, much.
>
>
Glad you liked it! Do you have the recipe? I never did find it. If
you have it somewhere, would you please send it to me? Thanks!
>Becca


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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:57:51 -0600, Becca > wrote:
>
>
>> sf wrote:
>>
>>> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>>>
>>> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
>>> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!
>>>
>> You mentioned this last year, I tried it and it was a winner. Thanks, much.
>>
>>
>>
> Glad you liked it! Do you have the recipe? I never did find it. If
> you have it somewhere, would you please send it to me? Thanks!

From what I recall, I used 8 oz cream cheese, 6 oz dried cranberries
and I used 1 cup of chopped pecans. Maybe that will jog your memory. It
was wonderful, and addictive.


Becca

Cheryl wrote:

> Mom has made the menu for this year and I'm contributing the
> following:
>
> Not your mama's green bean casserole - Alton Brown
> http://tinyurl.com/y9jta44
>
> Mashed tators - she wanted to do creamy garlic mashed tators but I
> talked her out of it. That's one thing I like plain with turkey.
> Many of our family do, and I don't want this year to start something
> new.
>
> Stuffed celery - probably will use jarred pimento spread unless
> someone has a tasty recipe
>
> Mixed nuts

I hate that I can't do the whole spread this year. Plans with friend
fell through (they're driving up to Kaiserslautern Germany to pick up
their new mini) so I suppose I"ll do my best to cook...movers are
packing us this week and taking everything friday so I'll be down to
what I borrow from Fleet and Family Services and foil pans :-|

--

Becca wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:57:51 -0600, Becca > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know I have a recipe for this somewhere... can't find it though.
>>>>
>>>> Chop up dried cranberries and nuts, mix with some cream cheese and use
>>>> that to stuff your celery sticks. OMG, it's sooo good!
>>>>
>>> You mentioned this last year, I tried it and it was a winner.
>>> Thanks, much.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Glad you liked it! Do you have the recipe? I never did find it. If
>> you have it somewhere, would you please send it to me? Thanks!

From the Google Groups archives:

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:03:39 -0800, sf wrote:
> Pecan Cranberry Spread

> 1/2 C cream cheese, softened
> 1/4 C chopped pecans
> 1/4 C of dried cranberries
> 1/8 C orange juice concentrate

> Using an electric mixer, beat at medium speed and cream the cream
> cheese until soft and fluffy. Transfer to a small bowl, add remaining
> ingredients and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and
> refrigerate until flavors blend, at least 30 minutes.

Update: I threw the cranberries and toasted pecans in the food
processor and made them a coarse grind. Combined the mixture with 8
oz of softened cream cheese, more like 1/4 C of concentrate and
stuffed celery with it. DEVINE! I'm doing it for the next holiday
party I need to bring something to.

Thanks, WP!


==============

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0800, whirled peas >
wrote:

> From the Google Groups archives:
>
>On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:03:39 -0800, sf wrote:
> > Pecan Cranberry Spread
>
> > 1/2 C cream cheese, softened
> > 1/4 C chopped pecans
> > 1/4 C of dried cranberries
> > 1/8 C orange juice concentrate
>
> > Using an electric mixer, beat at medium speed and cream the cream
> > cheese until soft and fluffy. Transfer to a small bowl, add remaining
> > ingredients and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and
> > refrigerate until flavors blend, at least 30 minutes.
>
>Update: I threw the cranberries and toasted pecans in the food
>processor and made them a coarse grind. Combined the mixture with 8
>oz of softened cream cheese, more like 1/4 C of concentrate and
>stuffed celery with it. DEVINE! I'm doing it for the next holiday
>party I need to bring something to.


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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf wrote:
> Thanks, WP!
>
>
> ==============
>
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0800, whirled peas >
> wrote:
>
>> From the Google Groups archives:
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:03:39 -0800, sf wrote:
>>> Pecan Cranberry Spread

Glad to help. I know how annoying it is to misplace things.

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:46:32 -0800, whirled peas >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> Thanks, WP!
>>
>>
>> ==============
>>
>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0800, whirled peas >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From the Google Groups archives:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:03:39 -0800, sf wrote:
>>>> Pecan Cranberry Spread
>
>Glad to help. I know how annoying it is to misplace things.

I didn't realize I posted that way back in 2005 - which was two dead
hard drives ago. I finally got smart, thanks to sky constantly
prodding me, and bought an external drive. Now that my current
(tower) HD is not working, I haven't lost many if any recipes. I
think I actually did a back up a couple of days before.

So thanks again and thanks for your update too!

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

whirled peas wrote:
> From the Google Groups archives:
>
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:03:39 -0800, sf wrote:
> > Pecan Cranberry Spread
>
> > 1/2 C cream cheese, softened
> > 1/4 C chopped pecans
> > 1/4 C of dried cranberries
> > 1/8 C orange juice concentrate
>
> > Using an electric mixer, beat at medium speed and cream the cream
> > cheese until soft and fluffy. Transfer to a small bowl, add remaining
> > ingredients and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and
> > refrigerate until flavors blend, at least 30 minutes.
>
> Update: I threw the cranberries and toasted pecans in the food
> processor and made them a coarse grind. Combined the mixture with 8
> oz of softened cream cheese, more like 1/4 C of concentrate and
> stuffed celery with it. DEVINE! I'm doing it for the next holiday
> party I need to bring something to.

Thanks! I forgot all about the orange juice concentrate.


Becca

"Ravenlynne" wrote

> I hate that I can't do the whole spread this year. Plans with friend
> fell through (they're driving up to Kaiserslautern Germany to pick up
> their new mini) so I suppose I"ll do my best to cook...movers are
> packing us this week and taking everything friday so I'll be down to
> what I borrow from Fleet and Family Services and foil pans :-|

Oh I feel for you! Been there, done that. 26 years of Navy moves. Most
recent, came back 1OCT07 stateside with goods in shipment from Japan. We'd
actually had a break on the 5 month shipment time by advancing 1 partial
order 3 months before and 'did without' for a bit there. I had left just
enough in storage stateside, to make it work. That was delivered late
October. The main stuff, got here early in mid-December having been packed
out in early September. I must have hit it just right to get it early.

Ravenlynne wrote:

> I hate that I can't do the whole spread this year. Plans with friend
> fell through (they're driving up to Kaiserslautern Germany to pick up
> their new mini) so I suppose I"ll do my best to cook...movers are
> packing us this week and taking everything friday so I'll be down to
> what I borrow from Fleet and Family Services and foil pans :-|
>
We had to resort to going to the the mess hall once when moving in to a
new post (other years my husband would be there serving the troops
before coming home for his own family meal). They always put on a good
meal.

"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...

> Oh, I know what you all mean. I am doing very, very little cooking
> right now, as I am packing up my pots, pans, utensils, etc. Most of
> what I am eating is just reheating things I had cooked before. Next
> week, a friend is coming over, and will be emptying the last of my
> fridge/freezer contents, along with pantry items.
>
Best wishes for an easy move, and I wish you well in your new location. I
don't even know how I'm going to cook this year. I'm taking 3 classes - one
just this week with a cert test at the end, and we have a pot luck at work
Thursday when I get back, one every Saturday morning for 10 weeks that ends
the week after Thanksgiving, and my uni class that is nearly everyday until
the second week in December when I have finals. I'm too old for this.

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:48:51 -0500, "Cheryl" > ,
wrote:

>Best wishes for an easy move, and I wish you well in your new location. I
>don't even know how I'm going to cook this year. I'm taking 3 classes - one
>just this week with a cert test at the end, and we have a pot luck at work
>Thursday when I get back, one every Saturday morning for 10 weeks that ends
>the week after Thanksgiving, and my uni class that is nearly everyday until
>the second week in December when I have finals. I'm too old for this.

Make it easy on yourself, Cheryl. If you make a turkey, do the
stuffing separately... and honestly, I think you should consider one
of those turkey rolls. It's boneless and has both white and dark
meat. I've had it a couple of times in the past and frankly I don't
understand why people fun of them. AFAIWC it tasted fine. Both white
and dark meats were juicy but well cooked.

Do you have kids? If so, I watched Food Network tonight and there was
a dressing recipe kids would love to help you with. FN didn't put it
up on their website, but basically it was a sausage ball that had been
baked in the oven until done, then they molded stuffing around it and
fried until crispy. If I did it, I'd bake it.... but that's me.

In some areas, you don't even need to make cranberry sauce. My DD has
a market close to her that makes cranberry sauce better than "Mom's",
so she brings a container every Thanksgiving.


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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

Wayne, Marie Callendars may well serve a decent holiday meal.
You maybe could call and find out more about the menu.

Steve

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:17:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>I'm afraid it will be a sad holiday for our friend, but I hope we can make
>it easier for her.

You will, Wayne. Otherwise she wouldn't have wanted to be in your
company.

I'm sure she wants to be happy again, but she needs to ease into it.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

cshenk wrote:

> "Ravenlynne" wrote
>
> > I hate that I can't do the whole spread this year. Plans with
> > friend fell through (they're driving up to Kaiserslautern Germany
> > to pick up their new mini) so I suppose I"ll do my best to
> > cook...movers are packing us this week and taking everything friday
> > so I'll be down to what I borrow from Fleet and Family Services and
> > foil pans :-|
>
> Oh I feel for you! Been there, done that. 26 years of Navy moves.
> Most recent, came back 1OCT07 stateside with goods in shipment from
> Japan. We'd actually had a break on the 5 month shipment time by
> advancing 1 partial order 3 months before and 'did without' for a bit
> there. I had left just enough in storage stateside, to make it work.
> That was delivered late October. The main stuff, got here early in
> mid-December having been packed out in early September. I must have
> hit it just right to get it early.

Sometimes it works out well like that. We're supposed to get out stuff
end of January...Hopefully it'll all be there. We've had many friends
have their shipments looted by the Italians here.

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Ravenlynne wrote:

> Sometimes it works out well like that. We're supposed to get out stuff
> end of January...Hopefully it'll all be there. We've had many friends
> have their shipments looted by the Italians here.
>
Not to be outdone by the Americans on this end who loot it.

I always joked that I wanted to ask the movers to just let me know at
the outset what they were going to steal so I could start my claim list.
Otherwise it can be years later and you'd scratch your head and wonder
"Didn't I used to have...."

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> Ravenlynne wrote:
>
> > Sometimes it works out well like that. We're supposed to get out stuff
> > end of January...Hopefully it'll all be there. We've had many friends
> > have their shipments looted by the Italians here.
> >
> Not to be outdone by the Americans on this end who loot it.

Rumor has it that the big squeal from the implementation of
containerization on ships was not the tremendous loss of jobs, but the
loss of loot. When a ship full of cartons of tvs was unloaded,
everybody got a new tv. When containers were unloaded, nobody got
anything but an honest day's pay for an honest day's work. That was a
*big* loss.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA