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Well, the dressing/stuffing is done. I’ve put some in a dish to bake and kept the rest in reserve to stuff the bird.

In just a bit, I’m going to make some corn spoon pudding. I’ve never made it before, but it sounds intriguing. It also uses cream cheese, instead of sour cream. It actually seems more “desserty” than a side dish, but whatever. I’m always up for something new.

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 cup egg substitute
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash pepper
2 1/3 cups frozen corn, thawed
1 (14.75 ounce) can cream-style corn
1 (8.5 ounce) package corn bread/muffin mix

Directions
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Gradually beat in milk. Beat in the egg substitute, butter, salt, nutmeg and pepper until blended. Stir in corn and cream-style corn. Stir in corn bread mix just until moistened. Pour into a greased 3-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or until center is almost set.

I’m doubling the recipe, using real eggs, and a touch of vanilla. Since I’m doubling the recipe, I plan to use four eggs.

Time is ticking away. Soon, I’ll have prep the bird for the oven too. I plan to put it in the oven around 5:00. It should be done 8:00. I’ll take it out so it can rest, and I’ll whip up the taters with some butter, cream, salt, and pepper. I’m not going all fancy today. I briefly thought about making garlic mashed taters, but didn’t want to bother with roasting the garlic, etc. Besides, sometimes simplicity is elegance.

I better go check my giblets and what not.

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<snerk> check my giblets <snerk>

The corn stuff sounds like it could be good. Do give us a full report Taters.

I talked with OYKW just now. He’s full and stuffded too. I told him all about the feast and the deheathenization of twelve people today. That’s how many people at the feast who went to get churchified with me. :cool: Priest asked me where I found all these people. I told him they answered my ad in the newspaper. :smiley:

Ok, I’s sleepified. Tomorrow is worktime again. Le Sigh. I think I shall go lie upon the bed and watch teevee 'til I start to go sleepy bye.

Nitey Nite Y’all!

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Football and food coma. We did a fine dining place with friends and it was terrific!!! And we have leftovers; from the turkey we made last weekend. So all is right with the world.

I am going to do a possible no-no and refer to another thread here. Arnold is trying to revive a general Doper picture site. Not just holiday or Fest but a general all-around gallery of the usual gang of various suspects that he can maintain and add to as needed. The thread is here. If I did this right.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539257

Didn’t really look for any other MMPers but I like the idea enough to repeat it here and see if he can get some more takers from among us.

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Dinner is et, mmmmmmm. Beerverages for dessert.

Ruble, I’ll bite.

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The bird has been put in the oven. Whew!

All that’s left is making the taters, veggies, and gravy. The corn spoon bread is cooking away in the slow-cooker.

I need to find some Tylenol. I’ve got a headache coming on.

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Thanksgiving with dad was good. I came in at one and immediately started cooking. Dinner was ready at 3. Then we visited–we compared Tales of Good and Bad Managers. I left at 5:30 because I have to work a half day tomorrow. :rolleyes: Oh well, as long as I get my 40 a week I can’t complain. Gotta do what The Man tells me for now.

Tonight there’s SNOW in the forecast. Am I still the Snowbringer to Hippy Hollow? We shall see. We shall also see how well I can drive down the steep hill from my apartment complex in Inclement Winter Weather.

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Morning all. Eid Mubarak to everyone (it’s Eid Al Adha here, celebrating the end of Hajj).

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I shampooed the carpet today, so Gordie just hornked on it. I just watched The Big Lebowski, I think I got more if it now that I’m in a bowling league.:smiley:

Glad you had a good Thanksgiving, Spaz.

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Eid Mubarak Dotty! For the curious amongst us, what kind of feastin’ does this entail?

Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. Soon I must brekkie and purtify for work. Ick.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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Happy Friday, everyone! And over here it’s payday too so that makes it an extra good day. It’s very quiet in the office, which is worrying…but my tutors have all shown up and signed in for their sessions so things will be fine. I have to go and herd some students in the medical school as their tutor is in Japan and I need to split them up between a few other groups. What fun.

Busy weekend beckons too - grocery shopping tonight, errands and a leaflet drop tomorrow, and a visit to my doting parent on Sunday as it’s her birthday.

Have all you 'murricans recovered from the turkey trauma?

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Up,caffeinated,off to work

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Up and caffeinating - off to work for me as well. At least it’s FIRDAY. :slight_smile:

Hope Taters turkey turned out okay. Sounds like everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing feast day. Happy Eid Mubarak to you too, Dotty!

Not caffeinated enough, apparently. LOL Happy Firday!

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Largely involves drinking sweet black tea (very Southern, huh?) and eating baklava, followed by scoffing down lots of rice and the better part of a whole lamb (then spending the afternoon sleeping it all off).

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Fear for my life. Neighbor Fred gave me $35 to go to Wally*World and get him a vacuum cleaner featured in the Black Firday ad.

Full contact shopping…

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You say that like it’s a bad thing… eating then napping should be required at all summits and United Nations conferences. :wink:

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Hi, Honeys, I’m home!!!

MIL’s surgery went well - she was home less than 24 hours after they stapled her closed!! :eek: There was no need for us to hang around, so we left around 10:30 yesterday and ended up driving all the way home. There’s not a lot of traffic on the interstate on Thanksgiving day.

I’ll post more later - I have a lot of on-line stuff to catch up on. MWAH!!!

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Well, I came back to work today. I described my present state of health as “a giant, mucilaginous bucket of sick.” They appreciated the fact that they’d already had their breakfasts. I appreciated the fact that I was able to gross 'em out first thing in the morning. It’s been a nasty but weird-ass cold so far.

But it’s Firday, and despite missing the last two days of work I’m glad this is the last day. I’ll have the weekend for a bit more R&R.

In the mean time I’m gonna try and slog through this day. Feh. And blurf, while I’m at it.

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I is back from Wally*World, battered, bruised, and very grumpy.

I think it’s nap time.

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Good morning everyone. I’m glad you’re back home safe, FCM, and glad to read that MiL’s surgery went well.

The turkey turned out well. The spoon corn pudding was a very big hit. I now have a refrigerator full of leftovers and hubby is already talking turkey sammiches.

We ate dinner late though, so I didn’t wash the dishes. I was cleaning up as I went along, but all the same, there are still ton’s of dishes. I’ll need to get that squared away today.

Other than cleaning up the kitchen, I just want to take life easy today.

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For all of you non-facebook people, my dad is out of the hospital now.

TVMan and I went to his parents’ house for dinner yesterday. It was very good and today I am wishing that there had been take out boxes other than dessert. :wink: Oh well, there’s always my favorite Greek restaurant for dinner if I’m a really, really good girl.