tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post6850270269298321282..comments2024-03-28T12:15:48.456-07:00Comments on Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey: ThanksgivingThe Idaho Beautyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-45945799719510091502016-11-29T17:11:14.501-08:002016-11-29T17:11:14.501-08:00Chris, funny you should mention the fruitcake. I&#...Chris, funny you should mention the fruitcake. I've never liked commercial fruitcake and only found the homemade ones slightly more palatable. But it was on my mind as I scrutinized each bite of pie today and noted that some of the fruit ingredients in the mincemeat are probably also in fruitcake. I think its the density of fruitcake I don't like, along with the chunks of candied fruit.<br /><br />Wish you hadn't mentioned that mincemeat pie has a lot of calories! I never checked the jar - I'm guessing it would have told me - but any pie will be more calories than I should add right now. So a slice of pie becomes my lunch, nothing else, and I salve my nutritional conscience by topping it with honey flavored Greek yogurt instead of icecream or whipped cream. Stretching the "serving of fruit, serving of dairy" guidelines I adhere to for lunch! ;-)The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-44574835573142332722016-11-29T17:03:22.544-08:002016-11-29T17:03:22.544-08:00Hilary, my mom just did the whole Thanksgiving Day...Hilary, my mom just did the whole Thanksgiving Day menu for Christmas Day, but once I left home, I found out that not everyone did that. I think a lot of people go for a standing rib roast at Christmas. And some have Christmas Eve dinner traditions like my husband's aunt who fixed oyster stew. My husband who often pushed against convention, declared that, once we were not trekking to some relatives house for Christmas but enjoying the day at home just the two of us, he would start fixing unconventional dinners for Christmas. One year it might be a batch of his famous lasagna, the next might be something with the deer he bagged that fall. It was fun seeing the expression on people's faces when they innocently asked what we'd had and our response was so atypical. As for now, I just wing it, certainly not doing the turkey thing again as I will still have plenty of leftover turkey in the freezer. Taking the late husband's lead, fixing what strikes my fancy, sometimes as simple as cheese, summer sausage and crackers or a good bread.<br /><br />I won't try to convince you about mincemeat, although I'm wondering if what you get over in Blighty is different from what we get here in the states. I don't think of my mincemeat as acidic at all (although I was looking for that as I ate my piece today and you may be right). I always liked my mother's raisin pie, and the mincemeat just felt like an enhanced version. As for eating pumpkin as a vegetable, I'm guessing few people over here do that. I know I've never had it that way. It seems to only be used in sweets, or what we think of as pumpkin spices added to beverages. As Chris said, people have gone a bit overboard with the pumpkin thing over here, putting it in darn near everything, including scented candles, and you already know I agree with her assessment of that!<br /><br />The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-14844497317150606542016-11-29T06:42:27.091-08:002016-11-29T06:42:27.091-08:00Boy not a lot of people like mincemeat pie. My hus...Boy not a lot of people like mincemeat pie. My husband really really likes it. I like it, but try not to eat much since it has a ton of calories. I am guessing that you also like fruitcake? I have found that people that hate fruitcake also hate mincemeat. I like pumpkin, but think we have gotten too carried away with it. Seems like it is pumpkin everything these days...pumpkin candy corn, pumpkin latte....yuck.<br />Christine Staverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411569621417693487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-86390815022704187222016-11-28T20:57:50.873-08:002016-11-28T20:57:50.873-08:00Well! There's me all educated. I did not know ...Well! There's me all educated. I did not know that traditionally you had pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, I knew about the Turkey, but not the pie. I like pumpkin, as in I like it as a vegetable, but confess I've never had it in sweetened form. <br /><br />Here, mincemeat is traditional for Christmas. Now, if truth be told I'm not a fan of mincemeat. In the run-up to Christmas there are mince pies everywhere. These mince pies will be small single portion events. The pastry is usually sweet. I think they are too acidic and am really not a fan at all. <br /><br /> So if turkey is your traditional Thanksgiving dinner what is your traditional Christmas dinner? Do you do the turkey thing all over again or do you have something different at Christmas? Living to work - working to livehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355154288430953478noreply@blogger.com