I love to cook not sure if we have other who like to cook as well. But with the holidays around the corner thought maybe a thread for use to share different recipes would be nice. And maybe if you know you have to take something but need ideas this would be a good place for ideas.

im gonna have to scann stuff taht i want to post, then attach it, typing it would be too hard

What the heck are you talking about?

I'll try to get some of our old family favorites together and post them here.

Any thing special y'all do at Thanksgiving? Local tradition? Mom's secret recipe? Anyone do a traditonal feast...venison...game birds...that sorta thing?

For thanksgiving we do traditional meal.

Every Turkey Day, Pecan Pie. Both my Grandma and Aunt make superb pies and that's my favorite.

all the recipies i have are long, my granpa makes them and i dont want to type them

well ill type the real easy and short ones

My family cmes too my house, my granpa cooks and bakes most of the stuff

My family usually does the turkey, dressing, cranberries, pumpkin pie, etc. I have been involved in the cooking of this meal since I was about 7 and did the whole thing the last time we all got together. And no, I do not use a prepared pie. I make it from scratch (even the crust most years).

I won a couple of chili cookoffs a couple of years back. I'll look for the prize winning recipe.....

Only meal I ever tried making totally from scratch was rabbit stew. The results were less than perfect. Think mashed potatoes with bits of rabbit and carrots on your fork.

im never eating mashed potatoes again!!!

It would have been good if I would have started a little later, or if everyone would have gotten home a little (like 4 hours) earlier.....

Hell, it still tasted good - and went down real easy - just wasn't much to look at.

It actually sounds pretty good, and easy to eat. Many people need things like that.

Pies from scratch are not too bad. Its usually easier just to buy a prepared pie crust, but sometimes I want the challenge of making the entire thing by myself.

My mom will make pumkin pies and sweet potatoe pies but buys the ready made crust.

With the quality of the pre-made crusts being what it is now, there really isn't a lot of call for making them yourself. I don't even know where my rolling pin is anymore.

As long as your wife doesn't know where it is.

nikki, my mom makes sweet potatos with marshmellows and brown sugar on top, just be careful to not let the marshmellows burn