Re: otp - A memory
Good for you cooking a turkey for yourself. Hope you really enjoyed it. I
have good memories of Thanksgivings past also. And it was all made at home!
Gwen
"Carole" <SeattleCarole@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I was just taking my little 10lb turkey out of the oven, and I remembered
>that when I was a kid, companies used to give their employees turkeys for
>Thanksgiving and Christmas. I remember my father bringing it home and
>sometimes it was so big, my Mom would be wondering if it would fit in the
>roasting pan. Some how it always did. I also remember Mom getting up at
>6am to start cooking it, and the bread that was left out on the dining room
>table so it would harden and make good stuffing. No bagged stuffing mixes
>for Mom. I don't even know if they existed back then. Everything was
>homemade from the stuffing to the gravy to the pie for dessert. And it was
>much better.
>
> Carole
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