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From McCall Marshall:



Ingredients:

4 turkey wings (about 3 to 4 lbs)

2 medium onions, peeled and quartered

1 Cup water

8 Cups chicken broth

2 medium carrots, cut in chunks

2 medium celery ribs(with leaves) cut in chunks

4 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried

¾ Call-purpose flour

2 Tbsp stick butter or margarine

1tsp freshly ground pepper or to taste



Method:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Have ready a large roasting pan.

2. Put wings in pan; add onions. Roast 1 ¼ hours or until wings are browned..

3. Put wings and onions into a 5 to 6 quart pot. Add water to

roasting pan and stir to scrape any brown bits off the bottom.

4. Add to pot.

5. Add 6 cups broth (refrigerate remaining 2 cups), the carrots,celery, and thyme. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 1 ½ hours.

6. Remove wings. When cool, pull off skin and meat. Save for another use.

7. Strain broth into a 3 qt. saucepan. Discard vegetables; skim off

fat (refrigerate overnight so that fat rises to the top can solidify

and be easily removed)

8. Whisk flour into 2 remaining cups of broth until blended and smooth.

9. Bring broth in saucepan to a gentle boil. Whisk in flour mixture

and boil 4 to 5 minutes to thicken. Stir in butter and pepper.



Serve or pour into containers and refrigerate up to one week or freeze up to one month.



Note: On Thanksgiving Day, you can skim fat from turkey roasting pan drippings and add drippings to gravy.

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[seppoyank]

01:02 AM on 11/23/2009

I've put together some tips for vegetarians going to non-vegetarian Thankgivings here:http://www.ehow.com/how_5677469_enjoy-thanksgiving-vegetarian.html

This is 17 years of collected wisdom. I really do look forward to Thanksgiving as much as anyone else. It doesn't have to be a big production.

[mamacat]

03:35 PM on 11/22/2009

Where'd all the recipes go?
A friend's mom used to make the best oyster stuffing. I guess I'll never taste that again, but I will always remember it.

[mamacat]

12:42 AM on 11/21/2009

I remember when just about everyone made their own cranberry dressing. Canned cranberries? Never heard of it.
Of course, I also remember when we washed our clothes by hand on a washboard, the only guy in the neighborhood with a TV was a scientist (and it had a six inch screen and a huge cabinet), and one could see the milky way at night from Los Angeles.

[Katzencats]

01:52 PM on 11/24/2009

I still make my own whole & jellied cranberry sauces, and esp. cranberry-orange relish. In fact, I have to start the relish today to get it just right. It's too sweet when it's just finished & too sour by the end of the day. Tomorrow I'll try it again & adjust the sweetness accordingly. It's all according to each year's crop of cranberries AND oranges, so it can't be standardized (at least, not for my taste). : )

[amy3e]

01:45 PM on 11/20/2009

Two of our family favorites are a potato cheese casserole and a seasonal Harvest Rice dish.
Both of the recipes are in the Thanksgiving section here
http://www.celebrationideasonline.com/index.html
There are also some fun Thanksgiving games for the whole family to join in on.. all free!

[CR46]

11:27 AM on 11/20/2009

Here's a great veggie dish.

One bag frozen pearl onions
one large bag frozen broccoli or 4 cups fresh
8 oz cream cheese
2 cups shredded cheddar/ or what ever you like
1/4 cup flour
cup to cup 1/2 of milk ( to your desired thickness)
either toasted bread crumbs or canned french fried onions

Cook veggies

on low heat melt cream cheese with milk
and flour to mixture to thicken ( if you think its too thick , add a little more milk)
mix cream cheese sauce with cooked veggies and pour into baking dish
cover with a layer of the shredded cheese
top with bread crumbs or onions
bake at 350 degrees for thirty min

This always goes fast at our house and it does reheat nicely
can be made the night before if you leave off crumbs or fried onions until right before putting in the oven.
I have tried it with low-fat cream cheese and it doesn't seem to be as good. It may have a few extra calories, but its a good special holiday recipe.

[LivNPees]

11:10 AM on 11/20/2009

The fun thing we do for Thanksgiving is have a contest. We supply the basics and then the family draws names for teams. Each team is responsible for an appetizer and a side dish with a small white elephant prize given to the winners. We have had some pretty awful things and we have had some really delicious things, but we always have a lot of fun. There are 13 of us and even the smallest ones are in a team.

[karensams]

10:33 AM on 11/20/2009

I love this Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/pumpkin-cheesecake-recipe/1/

[MissCupcake]

10:04 AM on 11/20/2009

Anyone need wine info for Thanksgiving?

[Flokk]

09:57 AM on 11/20/2009

I could go for the whiskey!

[argentino]

09:28 AM on 11/20/2009

here's my recipe for "manhattan thanksgiving surprise":

you'll need: reservations, a taxi and money...

1) call and make reservations
2) get in a taxi and go to restaurant
3) order food
4) eat food
5) pay for food with money
6) get back in taxi and leave

[elcerritan]

11:46 AM on 11/21/2009

I did the West Coast version (no taxi) of that last year and it was GREAT! LOL!

[mamacat]

08:24 AM on 11/23/2009

We have done this a few times! It sure is great when we don't have the time to cook.