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In This Month's Issue:
1. Cooking Class....The Number one Question on Everyone's Mind....How do I thaw a turkey?
2. Kitchen Carving vs. Diningroom Carving...We will do anything to look good.
3. Where to find recipes to go with the Main Event.
4. Recipes for Leftovers...Who are they kidding?
5. Cheap Dip to get you through a day of Football.
6. To Stuff or not to Stuff....The Controversy.
7. Last Month's Quiz...Research says we were a little off base?
8. This Month's Quiz: Of course it's a Fowl Question..
9. What's Up for Next Month!

1.Cooking Class....The Number One Question on Everyones Mind...How do I thaw a turkey?
In the refrigerator of course. But then that assumes you remembered to purchase and place that bird in your refrigerator last Tuesday. If that is the case then you need to allow one day of thawing for every four pounds of turkey. Let see, at our house we would have had to start thawing the bird around November 1st. So for those of you sinking in the same boat, your choices are either getting a fresh turkey or what is called the Cold Water Thaw. Continue

2. Kitchen Carving vs. Diningroom Carving...We will do anything to look good!
One year my father attempted to carve our Turkey at the diningroom table. You immediately knew he was either out of practice or didn't have a clue as to what he was doing. Visions of a Saturday Evening Post cover evaporated into thin air. For those of you that have it down pat, I applaud you! So, what is the difference? And which is supposedly correct? .....Continue

3. Where to Find Recipes to go with the Main Event.

Everyone knows you are suppose to have Turkey. If you were at my house, you also got green bean casserole with fried onions on top, cranberry sauce that "plopped" out of the can, and great bread stuffing. I still like all that stuff, but sometimes I just need a little bit of a change....Continue

4. Recipes for Leftovers.....Who are they kidding?

I don't know where you spent your Thanksgiving dinner as a child, but around our house leftovers were pretty much non-existent. The rule at the dinner table was the same as the rule of the jungle...survival of the quickest!...Continue

5. Cheap dip to get you through a day of football.

We always knew how to make dip from Redibase, we just never gave it a whole lot of thought as to its inexpensive aspects until a customer pointed it out at a consumer food show we were attending in Philly a few years ago. And I quote, "I gave up buying those little tins of dip years ago. They barely got the men in my family through the coin toss. Now I just....Continue

6. To Stuff or not to stuff....The Controversy!

My mother always stuffed the bird. She also always baked dressing on the side. She wasn't confused. Our family required a lot of stuffing and there wasn't enough room in one bird to fill the need....Continue