Since I posted about my myriad lists, I thought I would share our menu for the upcoming Thanksgiving gathering.
We are gathering at Jeana's. Mom and Dad means Wick and me.
Wed night: lasagna, salad and bread (Jeana)
We are gathering at Jeana's. Mom and Dad means Wick and me.
Wed night: lasagna, salad and bread (Jeana)
Thursday:
Breakfast casserole (Jeana)
Lunch: sandwiches, BBQ smokies (Jeana)
chips with Rotel dip (Mom)
Supper: Turkey, Dressing, Rolls, Mac and Cheese, Green Beans, Pumpkin Pie (Jeana)
deviled eggs, pecan pie, fruit salad (Jamie)
Veggies and Dip (Mom)
Friday:
Breakfast (Dad)
Late lunch: Ham, Mashed Potatoes, Rolls (Jamie)
Sweet Potatoes, Roasted Veggies, Cranberry Salad, Apple Pie, Gingersnaps (Jeana)
Broccoli Casserole (Mom)
Dinner: leftovers
pimento cheese for sandwiches (Mom)
Sat: Breakfast (Dad)
leftovers again, banana pudding
Sunday: pumpkin bread before church
And here is the list of stuff we still need from the grocery store:
For the roast vegetables:
And here is the list of stuff we still need from the grocery store:
For the roast vegetables:
broccoli
yellow squash
tomatoes (cherry or grape)
For the cranberry salad:
For the cranberry salad:
1 bag fresh cranberries
4 apples
4 oranges
For the banana pudding:
For the banana pudding:
vanilla wafers
sweetened condensed milk
cream cheese
cool whip
For the coffee, which we drink from morning til night:
For the coffee, which we drink from morning til night:
flavored coffee creamer (I like pumpkin or cinnamon sugar cookie right now, but pick something you like.)
For the big Pipaw breakfast the kids expect whenever we get together:
eggs
bacon
sausage
biscuits
grits
Yes, there will be gravy. A tub full of gravy.
pancake mix for Sat.
I baked today for Sunday's breakfast:
Pumpkin muffins
Pumpkin bundt cake
Banana walnut bread
banana walnut muffins
Chocolate banana chocolate chip muffins
Two loaves choc. banana choc. chip bread
The reasoning here is that Sunday morning will be hectic, trying to get everyone ready for church, bathed, dressed, fed, and still in our right minds, so all these bread-like substances will be easy to grab and go out the door.
As my late Mother-in-law would have said, we will have enough food to feed Cox's army!
Six adults, four girls, and four teenage boys.
Too much food? Not enough? Everybody has their favorite thing that we just have to have. When we all still gathered at my mama's, the crowd grew to 54 people. We can't have quite the variety that we had then, with everyone bringing something different, but we do try to include the traditional dishes we all love.
The extended family finally conceded that 54+ people was just too many for one person's house, so now we gather at the clubhouse where my folks live. But by getting together with our kids and grandkids, we are keeping alive the tradition of maintaining family ties, allowing enough time to really visit, to play games, to luxuriate in being with the people we love best.
In the words of the old hymn:
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing;
Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own.
For the big Pipaw breakfast the kids expect whenever we get together:
eggs
bacon
sausage
biscuits
grits
Yes, there will be gravy. A tub full of gravy.
pancake mix for Sat.
I baked today for Sunday's breakfast:
Pumpkin muffins
Pumpkin bundt cake
Banana walnut bread
banana walnut muffins
Chocolate banana chocolate chip muffins
Two loaves choc. banana choc. chip bread
The reasoning here is that Sunday morning will be hectic, trying to get everyone ready for church, bathed, dressed, fed, and still in our right minds, so all these bread-like substances will be easy to grab and go out the door.
As my late Mother-in-law would have said, we will have enough food to feed Cox's army!
Six adults, four girls, and four teenage boys.
Too much food? Not enough? Everybody has their favorite thing that we just have to have. When we all still gathered at my mama's, the crowd grew to 54 people. We can't have quite the variety that we had then, with everyone bringing something different, but we do try to include the traditional dishes we all love.
The extended family finally conceded that 54+ people was just too many for one person's house, so now we gather at the clubhouse where my folks live. But by getting together with our kids and grandkids, we are keeping alive the tradition of maintaining family ties, allowing enough time to really visit, to play games, to luxuriate in being with the people we love best.
In the words of the old hymn:
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing;
Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own.
May all of you, my dear friends, have a most happy Thanksgiving!
