Holiday Dishes…Hits And Misses
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
I’m battling a bad cold and laryngitis (nobody laugh!) so I thought I’d bring up something fun and easy for us to discuss that won’t require me to write too much.
Thanksgiving is next week, and I’m always on the lookout for secrets, tips, special ingredients for those holiday dishes, or just super fantastic recipes! Any huge successes or horror stories from holidays past?
Here’s one of each:
Horror story…I was making a pecan pie one year and ran out of Karo syrup so I substituted about 1/3 cup of it with Molasses. YUCK. Molasses does not a pecan pie make. 
Now a success story…I grew up with a Newfoundlander for a mother and she was the queen of root vegetables. I really love turnips and rutabagas, though a lot of people don’t even know what they look like! Anyway, one year I was making rutabagas, mashed them with butter and what I thought was pepper. But it turned out I was liberally sprinkling Old Bay seafood seasoning in there! Believe it or not, it was a BIG hit. So now I intentionally use the Old Bay.
Anybody else have anything to share? Special tips, or colossal foul-ups? Any great recipes or secrets to share?
Thanksgiving is almost here…yum! 
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