[Nfb-krafters-korner] southern thanksgiving

Sat Nov 28 23:05:53 UTC 2015

and cornbread dressing is not made from box of Jiffy cornbread mix, we don’t add sugar to our deviled eggs, at least not in our house. and I’ve been told my Coco Cola cake is to die for!!! Or at least where I use to work they always asked me to bring it.
Barb
> On Nov 28, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Annely Rose via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Y'all,
> 
> I love this post, especially about the plastic containers used.  I should show it to my family.  They are always laughing at how many containers I have saved from margarine, sour cream, yogurt, frosting, cottage cheese, and the list goes on; even those from Chinese restaurant soup (those are the best for sealing). lol  Thank you so much.
> 
> Annely
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> On Sat, 11/28/15, Hettie via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: southern thanksgiving
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Hettie" <hettie.woehler at gmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, November 28, 2015, 11:59 AM
> 
> Hi Henry
> No we don't have a day solely to give
> thanks. We do have a few political
> public
> holidays as well as Easter and Christmas.
> 
> Hettie
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: southern
> thanksgiving
> 
> HI Hettie;
> do you celebrate any forms of Thanksgiving in
> S. Africa? Henry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hettie via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 1:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: southern
> thanksgiving
> 
> Hi Jill
> Thanks for the interesting post. I like such
> info from different countries.
> 
> Hettie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
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> Behalf Of jill rossiter via
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> Cc: jill rossiter
> Subject:
> [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: southern thanksgiving
> 
> This is shared by Linda B.
> 
> Jill
> 
> Thanksgiving is a day filled with traditions.
> Although they might differ
> slightly from
> family to family, the main pastimes stay the same:
> cooking
> turkey and dressing, overeating and
> watching football.
> 
> Sometimes in the South, we put a different spin
> on those traditions that
> might make them
> seem odd to outsiders. Take a look at the list below and
> tell us which ones you'd add..
> 
> 1. We put gravy on everything,
> from turkey and dressing to potatoes and
> bread.
> 2. It's dressing,
> not stuffing. In the South, we don't bother sticking
> it
> inside the bird because, you know,
> we're going to eat it.
> 3. In many
> Southern families, deviled eggs are a traditional
> Thanksgiving
> dish.
> 4. Not
> wasting food is an art form, or a game of one-upsmanship,
> depending
> on the family. The bottom line is,
> whoever can mix the last remaining
> leftovers
> into a tasty dish, wins. For instance, we might make
> cornbread
> into a "salad" or put
> sweet potatoes in our cornbread.
> 5. When you
> think you have enough casseroles, add one more (usually
> made
> from all the leftovers).
> 6. We can suspend anything in gelatin and
> we're proud of it. Bananas,
> strawberries, bits of pineapple and grapes are
> common items you might see
> suspended in
> Grandma's Jell-O salad but what about ham? Or green
> olives? At
> some point, people have tried
> it,
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/jello-salad_n_1878210.html>
> according to the Huffington Post.
> 7. We serve giant platters of pickled foods.
> Our relish trays might include
> pickled okra,
> pickled peppers, pickled peaches, pickled asparagus,
> pickled
> onions, pickled watermelon rinds and
> even pickled eggs. And that's not
> including the variety of pickled cucumbers -
> dill, bread-and-butter or sweet
> gherkin.
> 8. It's the only day of the year when
> eating four kinds of potatoes - sweet,
> mashed, scalloped, potato salad - is not only
> accepted but encouraged.
> 9. We cook with
> Coca-Cola because ... why wouldn't we? Southerners
> make
> Coca-Cola cake, Coke-glazed ham and a
> delicacy known as Coke salad.
> <http://communitytable.parade.com/382256/lharris-2/celebrate-coca-cola-9-rec
> ipes-using-the-classic-soft-drink/> Click
> here for recipes.
> 10. On our coasts, we make
> dressing with oysters..
> 11. We don't put
> leftovers in those pretentious matchy-matchy containers.
> That wouldn't be practical. Instead, we
> save the margarine tubs and Cool
> Whip
> containers and use them to hold our leftovers.
> 12. Dressing is made from cornbread.
> 13. From all proud Southern craftersJill, I
> found this on an Alabama sight.
> I tried to
> send it to this list and it won't go through.  Will you
> forward
> it for me?  Have a wonderful
> day!
> 14.
> 
> 
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