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It's not much of a recipe...just a pound of hot sausage, a minced onion 
browned with the sausage, mushrooms and water chestnuts  the same..then 
add a stick of butter(the real stuff, not margarine---It's Thanksgiving, 
live it up!), 2 tsp poultry seasoning, pieces of turkey from the neck or 
giblets, sage is optional, 2 packages of the Pepperidge Farm herb 
seasoned croutons(I like the cubes better than the crumbles) or croutons 
of your choice.  In a large bowl, mix croutons and meat mixture, add 
broth, water and pan drippings and maybe a little more butter (this is 
judgment call on how much depending on how dry or moist or fattening you 
want your dressing).  Pour/Scrape into a buttered 9x13 pan and bake at 
350F..

I experiment with the turkey, but not with the dressing..
Our other favorite is ham and cheese rolls..we fight over who gets the 
last one..

Take cooked boiled ham, the rectangular kind you buy for sandwiches and 
pat dry the slices.
Soften a package of cream cheese at room temperature and add onion 
salt-about 1 tsp per 8oz cheese.  If you prefer, you can use a red 
onion, but mince it very, very small...
Blend this into the cream cheese and then spread this mixture onto the 
ham slices.  Roll up the ham and cut into pinwheels.  Refrigerate them 
if you can stop eating them long enough..   This onion cream cheese 
mixture is also good on celery as a appetizer/football snack.
And our other appetizer snack is stuffed dates..Simply stuff a date with 
cream cheese and add a pecan half on top.  When people start eating 
these too quickly, I just tell them that I think they look like giant 
cockroaches, then they leave them alone so I can still get a few!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

On 11/23/2010 1:55 PM, Jeanne Driese wrote:
> This year it is going to be the the traditional old fashioned, croutons, 
> sage, butter. broth and onions.  Yours sounds great how about the recipe, I 
> love hot pork sausage?!
> Jeanne
> Tnhillwoman
> Zone 6 NE TN
> Peace doesn't require two people; it requires
> only one.  It has to be you.  The problem
> begins and ends there.
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>
>
> From: EarthNSky
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:31 PM
> To: Homestead List
> Subject: [Homestead] What is your family's signature Thanksgiving recipe?
>
>
> I guess I'd have to say that ours is sausage dressing, made with herb
> seasoned croutons, hot pork sausage, mushrooms, butter, broth, and maybe
> water chestnuts...
> Recipes???

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