Crabtastic!!!

*ring, ring*
"Hello"
"Hi Grandma it's me, Julie. How are you doing?"
"OK, how are you?"
"I'm good. I just noticed that Crab is on sale and the sale ends today so I wanted to order them for Christmas Eve but I didn't know how many to get."
"Well I think no less than 10 but no more than 12.What do you think?"
"I think that sounds about right. I will order 12 just to be safe."
"Okay, don't forget to have them clean them for you. Some places charge for this but I don't think Chris's store does. But you have to ask them to do it for you."
"I will."
"Don't have them package to many in the same package or they get tough. So ask for 3 per package. Don't forget to have them clean them."
"Okay I will ask them to clean them and package them only 3 per package. Then when I get home I will stick them in the freezer."
"Sounds good. Then you need to come over and prepare them."
"When do we do that? The day before Christmas Eve?"
"Yes and take them out of the freezer the day before that but no sooner otherwise they will get to tough."
"Will do."
"I think Cathy is going to help us prepare them again this year."
"I'll talk to her when it gets closer."
"You will need to bring garlic, Parsley-I use dried not the fresh, salt, pepper and olive oil. Don't forget your scissors and nut crackers-otherwise people won't be able to get the meat out if we don't precrack the shells for them."
"I just wrote it all down on my calender so I won't forget."
"Okay, sounds good."
"So if you are feeling up to it you want me to come over later in the week and we could play cards?"
"That will be fine if I can."
"Okay Gram I'll just plan on it then we can play it by ear."
"Sounds good."
"Love Ya Gram"
"Love you too"

To Be Continued.......

Grandma Rose's Stuffing

Well here it is 4 days before Thanksgiving and I was asked to prepare the stuffing for our Thanksgiving celebration that we are having today with our best friends. As I was getting all the ingredients out I thought to myself "this would be a fabulous first recipe for me to put on the family food blog". I was going to have my first post be about Grandma's Meatballs but this just fits the season better. So without further ado here is Grandma Rose's Stuffing....

Ingredients:
1 Box Mrs. Cubbison's Classic Dressing Seasoned
1 1/2 cups Chicken Broth
2 cubes of Butter
1 1/2 cups chopped Celery
1 cup Onion
3/4 pd Italian Sausage
1/2 cups Pine Nuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Melt 1 cube of butter in saute pan and saute onion and celery. Then add 2nd cube of butter to mixture and melt.

3. At the same time cook the sausage in a separate pan. Drain grease from pan. (To really get the most grease out line a plate with paper towels and place sausage mixture on it.)

4. Place both bags of stuffing in large bowl. Add butter mixture, sausage and pine nuts to bowl and stir well.

5. Pour mixture into a greased 3 quart casserole dish.

6. Bake covered for 30 minuets. Remove cover and bake 10 more minuets until top is browned.

7. Enjoy!!

Now Grandma likes to stuff her bird while cooking it and then bakes the rest as I have described above. I have always cooked my stuffing on the side. This Thursday however I was informed that I would be stuffing my bird so I will let you know how it turned out later.

I have many things in my life to be thankful for but since this is the family food blog I will end this posting by letting you all know that I am VERY Thankful that YOU are my family!!!
Lots of Love, Julie

The List

Grandmas Thanksgiving shopping list ( from a hospital bed)
Buy a whole ham, Farmer John brand.
Buy a Turkey, fresh if they have it.
Maraschino cherries.
Pineapple sliced, in a can.
Marinated artichokes, for the salad.
Croutons.
Green onions.
Radishes.
Roman Lettuce.
Wine, any kind of wine Mary Ann likes.
After the ham is cooked, I want to make ham bone bean soup.
Bag of white navy beans.
Yellow onions.
Find some smoked paprika, it's to season the turkey, she wants to try a new recipe.

In the middle of the night, in her sleep she called out,"safeway" "ham"
She's hopefully going home Monday.

Talk Turkey to Me!

Love Thanksgiving! Turkey, mashed potatos, gravy. Stuffing, cranberry jelly, green bean caserole. Pumpkin Pie. Aunt Cathy's rolls, always a green salad. Love to you all. I am so thankful for you!


I was thinking back. When did the family start having Thanksgiving on our own? Was it when most of our generation was married? Remind me. xo

What is on your Thanksgiving menu this year?

Greetings!

Can't wait to see this family blog bloom and grow. Here is the non-plan plan.
1.All family members are invited to post recipes and photos, family story-telling and photos.
2. If you would like to be added as an author I will set you up.
3. You could also choose to email recipe and photos then I or other authors can post for you.
4. My long term goal is to publish.
5. When you post or send your recipe we will organize with tags, so they will fall in the same categories. Example~ Starters, Main Course, Sides, Dessert, Story telling.
6. I want your ideas.
7. This is supposed to be fun and to document our family and the food we eat.
8. Love you guys. xo