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The Thanksgiving Letter (back by popular demand)

November 26th, 2009

From: Marney

As you all know a fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner does not make itself. I need to ask each of you to help by bringing something to complete the meal. I truly appreciate your offers to assist with the meal preparation.

Now, while I do have quite a sense of humor and joke around all the time, I COULD NOT BE MORE SERIOUS when I am providing you with your Thanksgiving instructions and orders. I am very particular, so please perform your task EXACTLY as I have requested and read your portion very carefully. If I ask you to bring your offering in a container that has a lid, bring your offering in a container WITH A LID, NOT ALUMINUM FOIL! If I ask you to bring a serving spoon for your dish, BRING A SERVING SPOON, NOT A SOUP SPOON! And please do not forget anything.

All food that is to be cooked should already be prepared, bring it hot and ready to serve, warm or room temp. These are your ONLY THREE options. Anything meant to be served cold should, of course, already be cold.

HJB?Dinner wine

The Mike Byron Family
1. Turnips in a casserole with a lid and a serving spoon. Please do not fill the casserole all the way up to the top, it gets too messy. I know this may come as a bit of a surprise to you, but most of us hate turnips so don?t feel like you a have to feed an army.
2. Two half gallons of ice cream, one must be VANILLA, I don?t care what the other one is. No store brands please. I did see an ad this morning for Hagan Daz Peppermint Bark Ice Cream, yum!! (no pressure here, though).
3. Toppings for the ice cream.
4. A case of bottled water, NOT gallons, any brand is ok.

The Bob Byron Family
1. Green beans or asparagus (not both) in a casserole with a lid and a serving spoon. If you are making the green beans, please prepare FOUR pounds, if you are making asparagus please prepare FIVE pounds. It is up to you how you wish to prepare them, no soupy sauces, no cheese (you know how Mike is), a light sprinkling of toasted nuts, or pancetta, or some EVOO would be a nice way to jazz them up.
2. A case of beer of your choice (I have Coors Light and Corona) or a bottle of clos du bois chardonnay (you will have to let me know which you will bring prior to 11/22).

The Lisa Byron Chesterford Family
1. Lisa as a married woman you are now required to contribute at the adult level. You can bring an hors d?ouvres. A few helpful hints/suggestions. Keep it very light, and non-filling, NO COCKTAIL SAUCE, no beans of any kind. I think your best bet would be a platter of fresh veggies and dip. Not a huge platter mind you (i.e., not the plastic platter from the supermarket).

The Michelle Bobble Family
1. Stuffing in a casserole with a serving spoon. Please make the stuffing sans meat.
2. 2.5-3 qts. of mashed squash in a casserole with a lid and serving spoon
3. Proscuitto pin wheel ? please stick to the recipe, no need to bring a plate.
4. A pie knife

The June Davis Family
1. 15 LBS of mashed potatoes in a casserole with a serving spoon. Please do not use the over-size blue serving dish you used last year. Because you are making such a large batch you can do one of two things: put half the mash in a regulation size casserole with lid and put the other half in a plastic container and we can just replenish with that or use two regulation size casserole dishes with lids. Only one serving spoon is needed.
2. A bottle of clos du bois chardonnay

The Amy Misto Family (why do I even bother she will never read this)
1. A pumpkin pie in a pie dish (please use my silver palate recipe) no knife needed.
2. An apple pie in a pie dish, you can use your own recipe, no knife needed.

Looking forward to the 28th!!

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Re: This is a hoot..from awkwardfamilyphotos

  • Temp108743750006959Temp108743750006959
    lol. I organize the food for a family reunion for 50 people (ALL in one house) and when I give dinner assignments it's usually like: "Smith Family: chicken, sides, dessert and something for the kids if you think of it." What a psycho!
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  • FriskyPandaFriskyPanda
    I think it would be nice if I could find some happy medium between this lady and myself.  We ended up with 2 people bringing stuffing yesterday, 2 people with potatoes and only one veggie (which made it out of the oven after most people finished).  Oh, and of course 6 pies (there were 8 adults and 4 kids).
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  • MarchMom06MarchMom06
    LOVE!
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  • krubkrub
    I wonder if anyone showed up to her tday dinner.
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  • annibesannibes member
    2 years ago DH and I were invited to a TG dinner much like this one. We were instructed to bring "a veggie and wine" which was changed the next day to wild rice (we were not to make a boxed kind- it had to be real wild rice), and Beaujolais noveau. 2 bottles. They also asked DH to pick up the bread from the baker on Wednesday, but he worked until 5 and couldn't do it, so they said he could just give them money for it instead. Mind you, we were feeding our family and friends that weekend at our delayed wedding reception, which is why we chose to eat with our "friends."
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  • Angela814Angela814 member
    That's total craziness. My sister and I worked together to host our first Thanksgiving at my house. We pretty much did everything so we could make things the way we wanted. It was actually a lot of fun.
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