Thanksgiving: Mom's recipes

By JoFClark

Ingredients

• Turkey
• Butter
• Salt and pepper
• Turkey Dressing
• 1/3 cake cornbread
• Biscuits or loaf bread, stale, twice as much as cornbread
• 3-4 stalks celery, chopped fine (2 cups)
• Cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 stick butter
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• Salt, if necessary
• Milk or hot water
• Sage to taste, just a tiny bit, 1/4 t
• Pumpkin Pie
• 2 cups pumpkin, candy roaster or kershaw
• Sugar to taste
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 stick butter
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 t of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger or 1 t lemon flavoring
• Egg Custard
• 2 eggs
• 3 T sugar
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cup of sweet milk
• Pinch of salt and nutmeg

Preparation

Step 1

Turkey
Rub in butter, salt and pepper
Cover and cook according to directions

Dressing
Mix liquids to create desired consistency when forming patties
Cook in greased pan at 425 degrees until done

Pumpkin Pie
Cook pumpkin
Sweeten to taste
Add eggs, butter and spices
Bake at 400 degrees or until done, should not be a thin mixture, about 30 minutes

Egg Custard
Heat milk to boiling point before mixing with egg mixture, this makes undercrust crisp
Mix eggs, sugar, salt and nutmeg
Add to sweet milk
Pour into pie shell and bake
Add rest of ingredients