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10-31-2006, 07:04 AM
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I would bring a dessert (especially pie). In my family, we always end up having like 6 different types of pie, and it rules. Try something you make well, or that's non-traditional (ie not pumpkin or pecan).
As for the wine thing, in both my dad's and my mom's family we don't have wine with dinner, so it wouldn't work.. but I guess most people do? 
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10-31-2006, 09:43 AM
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Cannolis! Who can resist them? Get the mini ones, and get 2 dozen. People will be so impressed.
PS anyone else have lasagna at Thanksgiving in addition to turkey?
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10-31-2006, 10:16 AM
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Spiced Cider would be another "seasonal" idea. Especially if you have an apple orchard near that makes it homemade.
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10-31-2006, 10:23 AM
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Cannolis! Who can resist them? Get the mini ones, and get 2 dozen. People will be so impressed.
PS anyone else have lasagna at Thanksgiving in addition to turkey?
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Tortellini! For Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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10-31-2006, 10:45 AM
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Oh Drole... I think I love you! My inlaws are in Arkansas and a few years ago, dh's aunt had a huge Thanksgiving dinner for about 50 people on their huge ranch. I made a tortellini dish with rosemary potatoes, pan-seared chicken, and a homemade olive-oil based sauce. Now, I never measure out portions, and all of dh aunts and women relatives wrote down everything I did.
It was such a hit, and all the guys in his family (some of them big burly farm boys) had 2nd and 3rd helpings! DH's little 12 yo cousin said "I love you even more now" (he had a crush on me) and asked me next time I come visit to cook for him. So I made homemade manicotti (4 trays!) and meatballs, and had a "boys night" to watch football.
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10-31-2006, 06:03 PM
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I would bring a bottle of wine.....perhaps scotch as well for the men. I wouldn't do food.......alot of families are very particular about what they serve for Thanksgiving....kind of like a tradition. I know with my family, we have the same dishes every year, sometimes slightly varying on the deserts.
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This is EXACTLY why I was hestitant about the bringing of food... the tradition and the whole... "upstaging the hostess" thing. I think I'm going to do some truffles as Vandal Squirell suggested and some flowers. Now... what to wear... hehe 
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10-31-2006, 09:37 PM
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Spiced Cider would be another "seasonal" idea. Especially if you have an apple orchard near that makes it homemade.
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Mulled, it's mulled, not spiced :P Take it from the girl surrounded by apple orchards
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Tortellini! For Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Now that's a tradition I can get behind. Tortellini is one of my comfort foods. I'm disgusting and buy chicken and prosciutto tortellini, load it up with alfredo and then shove a bunch of parm cheese on top. I will die of a heart attack by 25, watch this space!
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10-31-2006, 10:23 PM
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Cannolis! Who can resist them? Get the mini ones, and get 2 dozen. People will be so impressed.
PS anyone else have lasagna at Thanksgiving in addition to turkey?
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OMG I LOVE CANNOLI.
My mom's side is Italian, and for Christmas we have Italian cold cuts (salami, capocollo, other stuff I can't pronounce.) It's kind of weird but whatever, its tradition.
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11-01-2006, 10:16 AM
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Mulled, it's mulled, not spiced :P Take it from the girl surrounded by apple orchards
Now that's a tradition I can get behind. Tortellini is one of my comfort foods. I'm disgusting and buy chicken and prosciutto tortellini, load it up with alfredo and then shove a bunch of parm cheese on top. I will die of a heart attack by 25, watch this space! |
ALFREDO SAUCE IS NOT ITALIAN. Well, not American alfredo anyway...
Sorry.. Pet Peeve 
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11-01-2006, 10:19 AM
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ALFREDO SAUCE IS NOT ITALIAN. Well, not American alfredo anyway...
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Is Italian Alfredo less creamy?
<---likes Alfredo sauce but likes olive oil or pesto sauce better
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11-01-2006, 10:21 AM
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Shoot, I even had the wiki page up a minute ago. It's more buttery, less... well, everything else.. thickeners and cream and such. I prefer marinara or bolognese myself
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11-01-2006, 10:24 AM
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Shoot, I even had the wiki page up a minute ago. It's more buttery, less... well, everything else.. thickeners and cream and such. I prefer marinara or bolognese myself |
I do believe I've had Italian Alfredo before then. I think I even thought it was strange or the chef messed it up because it wasn't as thick and creamy as the Alfredo I'm used to.
Oh yeah I like marinara too but only with angel hair pasta. What's bolognese?
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11-01-2006, 10:28 AM
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Meat & Tomato sauce 
I got to go to Italy with a group from my university and had excellent Italian food the entire trip.
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11-01-2006, 10:36 AM
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I got to go to Italy with a group from my university and had excellent Italian food the entire trip.
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Italian food in Italy. What a shocking concept.
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11-01-2006, 10:40 AM
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Italian food in Italy. What a shocking concept.
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Yeah yeah...we didn't eat a touristy places (nor did we break down and try to find a McDonalds) so
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