Thanksgiving In Florida (Orlando, Christmas, Jay: travel, work, home)

[sunrico90]

As we approach Thanksgiving Day what is your town/city typical or regional meal. We are having the following:

Turkey with stuffing (seasoned with puertorican spices and a meat stuffing)
Rice with Green Pigeon Peas
Mashed Red Potaoes with gravy
Green Bean Casserole
Sweet Potato Pie (grilled SP and cover with corn flakes and pecans)
Potato rolls
Cranberry jelly
Sangria, wine, and Port
Flan
Corn bread
Pecan Pie
Antipasto: prossutto, artichokes, kalamata olives, feta cheese, mushrooms etc..

We cook meals from different places that we visited during our time in USAF. By the way on the 22 of Nov I have to work at church and de-bone 25 turkeys that we donated for the community meal (free meal for anyone).

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all…..

[CelticLady1]

Hey Sunrico,

Hmm, with Puerto Rican spices, flan, Sangria... you, or someone in your family must be Puerto Rican. Or, you spent a bit of time in Puerto Rico, as one of your stations in the Air Force. My daughter is married to a Puerto Rican boy, and has learned to cook some of the things that his mama cooks. I've also been to some of his folk's parties, and they have good food! And, his father can whip up a great batch of Sangria. During Christmas, I give them a plate of my Christmas cookies, and they give us a plate of, well, it's a rice dish, that for the life of me, I can't remember the name, but it has raisins and coconut chunks in it. It's quite good. My daughter is envious, because I get the dish. She and her husband don't, because at the moment, they are stationed in Germany, (Air Force). So, I have to tease her each year that I get the rice dish, and she doesn't. But, I sure wish they could come home for the holidays. She could get some much needed Navarre sunshine.

[Karla with a K]

What time should we all be there Sunrico
Karla

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by CelticLady1

Hey Sunrico,

Hmm, with Puerto Rican spices, flan, Sangria... you, or someone in your family must be Puerto Rican. Or, you spent a bit of time in Puerto Rico, as one of your stations in the Air Force. My daughter is married to a Puerto Rican boy, and has learned to cook some of the things that his mama cooks. I've also been to some of his folk's parties, and they have good food! And, his father can whip up a great batch of Sangria. During Christmas, I give them a plate of my Christmas cookies, and they give us a plate of, well, it's a rice dish, that for the life of me, I can't remember the name, but it has raisins and coconut chunks in it. It's quite good. My daughter is envious, because I get the dish. She and her husband don't, because at the moment, they are stationed in Germany, (Air Force). So, I have to tease her each year that I get the rice dish, and she doesn't. But, I sure wish they could come home for the holidays. She could get some much needed Navarre sunshine.

I travel a lot and Rican food is great..... Flan is a specialty of the Caribbean and Central America (Panama Flan rocks). Sangria is from Spain and I learned how to make it; therefore we get the real thing at home (yep yep)

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by myfask

What time should we all be there Sunrico
Karla

Better yet I'll be in St Augustine next weekend for some R&R....

[pianogal]

I will be celebrating Thanksgiving with 14 of my South Carolina relatives who are traveling to Orlando to share our meal. Our traditional meal has a decidedly southern flair that reflects our southern heritage. God help our waistlines - this is carb heaven!

Roasted Turkey with Giblet Gravy
Cornbread Stuffing

Honey Baked Ham with Pineapple Sauce

Smoked Boston Butt

Dixie Rice (this is rice cooked in turkey broth with bits of turkey meat - very rich)

Grandma's Pastry (basically a light dumpling cooked in turkey broth with chopped boiled eggs and bits of giblets and liver from the turkey)

Sweet Potato Casserole with Brown Sugar/Pecan Topping

Succotash (corn and baby lima beans with whole okra)
Honey Carrots
Green Bean Casserole (for the kids)

Cranberry Salad (made with orange jello, oranges, fresh cranberries and walnuts)

Pumpkin Cheesecake (Cheesecake Factory)
Carrot Cake (Too Jays)
Seven Layer Chocolate Autumn Cake

Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Roll
Caramel Apple Pie
Pecan Pie

After this - if we can still walk - we plan to hike in the woods and then watch football for the guys and movies for the girls!

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by pianogal

I will be celebrating Thanksgiving with 14 of my South Carolina relatives who are traveling to Orlando to share our meal. Our traditional meal has a decidedly southern flair that reflects our southern heritage. God help our waistlines - this is carb heaven!

Roasted Turkey with Giblet Gravy
Cornbread Stuffing

Honey Baked Ham with Pineapple Sauce

Smoked Boston Butt

Dixie Rice (this is rice cooked in turkey broth with bits of turkey meat - very rich)

Grandma's Pastry (basically a light dumpling cooked in turkey broth with chopped boiled eggs and bits of giblets and liver from the turkey)

Sweet Potato Casserole with Brown Sugar/Pecan Topping

Succotash (corn and baby lima beans with whole okra)
Honey Carrots
Green Bean Casserole (for the kids)

Cranberry Salad (made with orange jello, oranges, fresh cranberries and walnuts)

Pumpkin Cheesecake (Cheesecake Factory)
Carrot Cake (Too Jays)
Seven Layer Chocolate Autumn Cake

Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Roll
Caramel Apple Pie
Pecan Pie

After this - if we can still walk - we plan to hike in the woods and then watch football for the guys and movies for the girls!

Now that is a menu!!!!!

[CelticLady1]

Well, here is my menu. It's pretty basic :

Turkey with Cornbread dressing (I cook Mr. Turkey breastside-down, for the majority of the time, then turn him over, during the latter part of the time, so as to brown his top. Cooking him that way makes for moister meat).

Mashed "taters" with gravy

Sweet "Tater" casserole, with pecan/brown sugar topping

Green beans with bacon

Corn

Cranberry sauce

Crescent rolls

Stuffed celery (some with cream cheese, some with peanut butter)

Green olives (stuffed with pimentos), and black olives

Baby carrots

Pumpkin pie (made from scratch) with Cool Whip or whipped cream (I give everyone a choice)

Cherry pie (also made from scratch) with vanilla ice cream

[Karla with a K]

sunrico
the news just said it is going to be 75 on Saturday so looks like some nice weather to welcome you to St Aug, have a safe trip

Everyones menus sound wonderful
We are going to my mother-in-laws it will just be the 3 of us
So probably a smaller spread

have a safe and happy turkey day everyone

Karla

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by myfask

sunrico
the news just said it is going to be 75 on Saturday so looks like some nice weather to welcome you to St Aug, have a safe trip

Everyones menus sound wonderful
We are going to my mother-in-laws it will just be the 3 of us
So probably a smaller spread

have a safe and happy turkey day everyone

Karla

Thank you for the update and Happy Thanksgiving Day to you and all the forum members...