Mary's Southern WV Kitchen: November 2010

It is Thursday!!!

Just one week till Thanksgiving! I can't wait ! Looking forward to great food and all the family being together. Remembering the days of my youth when my Grandmothers and Uncle George would come to dinner. My Mother would have a gorgeous table set with lots of wonderful food. After dinner everyone would have dessert and coffee. Aww, what sweet memories! I miss those days. Now that my children have grown I keep the same traditions in my home. I still prepare food just as my Mother did and make the her Orange Cake and Cranberry Relish. Those are two of my favorite holiday dishes!

A few years back we had an old fashion Thanksgiving in Pocahontas County at Cass, WV. My Son rented a renovated Cass house and my brother, sis in law, my husband and I took all the food. It had a beautiful old fashion wooden table. We filled it up with the yummiest food anyone could ever want!

Please feel free to share you holiday memories!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Talking Turkey!

Yummy ! Turkey Time! When cooking your turkey you can spice it up a bit. Adding a little onion and celery while cooking makes it so tasty. I rub the outside and inside of the turkey with salt and also use some Rosemary as a seasoning. I grilled onions and added some sweet carrots around my turkey after I place it on the platter. Celery is also a great garnish. If you like to stuff your turkey slightly dry out the cavity with some paper towels to keep from being so greasy and place stuffing in cavity about 45 minutes before turkey is done. It will be a nice golden brown when it is done. I can't wait till we all sit down to a wonderful table of food with everyone I love the most! Family!

Family - Food - Fun!!!

There is nothing any better than Family! Having a wonderful dinner and enjoying it with your Children and Grandchildren is great! Today I had Turkey, Baked Butternut Pecan Squash, Green Beans and Out Of The Oven Hot Tuscan Cheddar Bread! Oh yes and my Grandson Alex requested Chicken and Noodles ! We had quite a feast! I am truly blessed to have days like today!

Was Paula Deen at Halloween!

Halloween was so much fun! We had kids Halloween Party and Trick or Treat Night where everyone came in and had some goodies after they gave out their treat and went trick or treating with their own children. Rick and I had so much fun! Oh and the children had fun also!