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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
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 Posted - Nov 24 2010 : 3:46:56 PM
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Does anyone have bragging rights for a main thanksgiving dish that they not only cooked but grew, too?
I had a great garden, but nothing that will be served for Thanksgiving came from our garden! Think I could make a new tradition of blackberry jam served on the sweet potatoes or maybe use zucchini bread in my stuffing? Both sound fairly gross . . .
So did anyone grow potatoes, string beans or something that they will proudly feature on their table? It's time to pat yourself on the back and get your "attagirl" from your fellow farmgirls.
Marianne |
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Kim
Arizona
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Posted - Nov 24 2010 : 4:00:32 PM
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I am using the pumpkins we grew for our pumpkin pies.
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lilangelacres
Farmgirl in Training
18 Posts
Leslie
Newton
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Nov 24 2010 : 4:09:58 PM
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I have pumpkins in the oven roasting right now for pies. There are potatoes from the garden that will be mashed. I have peas, leeks, onions and carrots that will all be in side dishes for our meal. I love being able to use the food we grew for our Thanksgiving meal. I am already planning what else I can grow for next years meal. Apparently there are cranberry bushes that you can grow without a bog so that is next years project:)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Leslie
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 25 2010 : 8:39:12 PM
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We had pumpkins, sweet potatoes and onions from the garden and some peas and applesauce that I had canned in the late summer as well. I am hoping next year to grow our own turkey..have done it before...very rewarding!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 09:10:23 AM
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We mashed home grown potatoes, used celery and onions in the stuffing, as well cooking carrots and green beans.
Desserts were our bigggie, apple pie, DS's GF made pumpkin pie from one of our pumpkins.
Another pie was made with frozen strawberries. Homegrowing part of the meal certainly adds to Thanksgiving.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
1308 Posts
karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 09:50:14 AM
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We used our home grown potatoes & onions for this Thanksgiving dinner! Yummy!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 11:35:48 AM
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we used our green beans for the ever present green bean casserole.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Nov 26 2010 : 3:03:21 PM
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So cool, farmgirls! Jenny you definitely will have me beat each and every year by raising your own turkey! But I am really impressed in how much everyone is sharing their bounty!
Marianne |
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vintage saver
True Blue Farmgirl
323 Posts
oleta
wheelersburg
ohio
USA
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Posted - Nov 27 2010 : 12:53:30 AM
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| My daughter and husband used their frozen green beans and corn and they were delicious! Could certainly tell the difference. I made a Marie Callender frozen pie. lol but that6 was good, too. I eat wherever I can anymore. After raising 7 kids, I'm tired of cooking regular meals everyday, and I don't have room for the large bunch we have every year, but feel real blessed my kids can take over now. |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2010 : 01:44:56 AM
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Oleta,
I don't blame you about wanting to take your turn as a guest. I think it is so important that the next generation steps up and takes over but so many of my daughter's friends (20s to 30s) are so satisfied to plunk down at Mom and Dad's table with the kids and be served. No contribution brought to the table and (here's the big sin . . . ) they don't help with the clean up.
I was really pleased with all the side dishes my daughter brought to dinner and she was so helpful during the dinner that I actually said a silent thanks for it all. Am I too tough on the next generation?
Marianne |
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
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Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 05:19:21 AM
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I made the squash! Then I had to remake it all, as my dog Bonnie decided to try it for the first time, and ate it all, lol! All I could do was laugh at her, and start over!
It was an heirloom acorn squash variety, absolutely delicious, and we ended up getting a ton this year, I will be planting them again in the spring!
Next Thanksgiving I am so hoping to serve our own homegrown Turkey!!! :)
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 07:59:32 AM
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Inspiring! We had already eaten the potatoes (wished I had been forward-thinking & waited, lol). We did use the onions, though, and as I was chopping them up, it gave me a great appreciation for not only providing the food by cooking/baking it, but also growing it organically --it really brought it to the roots (no pun intended :-) of the whole eating and knowing the source and giving a special appreciation for it all. I hope next year to have grains that we grew & pumpkins.
Brenda, that's so funny. I sure hope Bonnie appreciated that it was an heirloom ;-)
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally on our lil Sweet Peas Farmette
"Do Everything in Love." 1 Cor 14
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Prairie Gypsy
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Tammy
Wolford
North Dakota
USA
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Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 09:43:20 AM
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Marianne - No, I don't think you're being too harsh on the younger generation. I noted it at df's family dinner this year. None of the kids (all young adults) brought anything and none helped or offered even to clean up. Their parents brought sides and apparently they assume they don't have to bring anything because "mom" brought something even though they live on their own and some have kids of their own. Unfortunately, my kids are pretty much the same way. They love my cooking and don't bring anything and I consider myself lucky if they scrape their plates and put them in the sink. Thank goodness for dishwashers.
Farmgirl Sister # 2363
http://twilightburrough.blogspot.com/
Warren, MI
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 3:14:21 PM
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Maybe we need to start a revolution! I think we are all so glad to have our family around us that we put up with anything for their company. Oh, who knows what is "right" anymore! As I mentioned, I was so happy with the help I got from my daughter.
We all have Christmas dinner to make up new rules! I dare ya!
Marianne
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KD Earthwork
True Blue Farmgirl
210 Posts
Katie
Gualala
Calif.
USA
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Posted - Dec 26 2010 : 9:30:05 PM
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We grew Onions, Potatoes, Acorn squash, Pumpkins for pie, salad greens(spinach, mizuna,lettuce, arugula, parsley, scallions, garlic), kale and broccoli. It was a wonderful feast the day after thanksgiving. We also made sourdough naturally leavened bread and cooked it and the turkey in the wood fired brick oven.
Katie
http://rosemancreekranch.com/2010/11/the-organic-thanksgiving/ |
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
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Posted - Jan 08 2011 : 8:01:28 PM
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We just took the last bag of corn on the cob from the freezer. It is my goal each year to not run out till the next crop is planted and would have made it but for a few raccoon's  |
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