As usual... I am a bit behind on posting about the yummy Carnival of the Recipes.

Last week I completely missed and I don't know why. If you didn't get over to Angela's and check out all the yummy stuff - go there first!

Then head over to Drew's place and keep piling on the food!

These Carnivals are tons of work - so kudos to Angela and Drew for doing a terrific job. Now, start making those grocery lists.

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Unbelievable... this is the 40th week! This week your host is Jordana of Curmudgeonly who has done an outstanding job. Get ready to make out your lists - then head over to find some outstanding food and drink. Now that's the way to start the weekend! (And I actually got it posted on time this week! Amazing)

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Wow - what a weekend. It actually started Friday when TNT and I trekked over to Tammi's and helped shoehorn her and her stuff into the new place.... more on that later. Saturday I had a wedding to attend... Today I went back to Tammi's and got the *&^&% computer to work (it's one of mine and I take it as a personal insult that it wouldn't behave and let her post! Oh what am I saying... it wouldn't even let us log in - SHEESH!) Anyhow, all is now fixed. I am home, Tammi is posting again - YAY!!! And I will now go crash - I'm beat! Tomorrow... move in stories... you won't want to miss it.

In the meantime... My blog sis Bou has outdone herself with this weeks Carnival of the Recipes there is tons of good eatin' there - so head over and make out your grocery list for the week!!! And extra gold stars... I found out today that she was trying to get that big post written during a huge spam attack at Munu, thus taking twice the amount of time it should!

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I've been negligent for the past couple of weeks and haven't posted a Carnival link... too much going on. I'm finally getting my act together this week, just in time for Caltechgirl's scholarly presentation. Head on over and improve your mind - along with finding a good meal. What more could you ask for!

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It's that food thing again... TexasBestGrok is setting the table and putting out all the food. So, if you're wondering what to make for the big March Madness Championship game on Monday night - head on over and have a look. You'll be glad you did!

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Yes, the Carnival is up and ready for you! This week it's Donna B. at Pajama Pundits doing the honors and she has lots of tasty treats for you to liven up your weekend. So head on over and check it out!

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I missed the last 2 Carnival of the Recipes. If you've missed them too...

First there is Pam's lovely entry here. She did a fantastic job.

Then Saturday, Flying Space Monkey had his turn. Looks very tasty.

If you're looking for new ideas - head on over.

If you're just having a stressful day... go here put your mouse on the piggy and click.

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Yes, it's that time again! Time for this week's fun with food, brought to you in the form of a very clever story. Rocket Jones, has done an outstanding job... enjoy the story, get great recipes.

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It's that time of the week again. Time to plan out your yummy menu for the weekend. This week's food fair is hosted by Rocket Jones, who quite naturally has done a fabulous job! So head on over and check out all the great edibles.

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Since I missed last week's carnival... this week will bring you 2 links, so double your recipe fun.

Last week's Carnival was brought to you by Kris of Anywhere But Here. And it was a big one!

This week's Carnival is another full plate at Inside Allan's Mind.

Happy Eating everyone!

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Wow! This weeks adventure in foodland is brought to you by The Glittering Eye... and has he been busy. Not only are there recipes, but we have cool graphics too. Go check it out! Yummy food in easy to find categories. Excellent job!

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This week the recipe roundup is being held by Kin of Kin's Kouch. Yet another person doing a fabulous job of putting it all together. For the guys out there... this week Kin has catered to you directly (being a guy himself). Go check it out and plan your meals for the week!

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This week's mouth watering trip through the alphabet of recipes is brought to us by Caltechgirl. As usual it's a fabulous job! Head on over and plan your menus.

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It's the latest Carnival of the Recipes brought to you this week by my blog sis VW. She's done a fabulous job and even includes some links to sites for converting recipe units! Head on over and plan your menu for next week.

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The 21st Recipe Fest is brought to you by Matthew at Physics Geek. Go find some excellent recipes for the upcoming week... this one includes Yaks, but not Llamas.

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Yes, this week's Recipe Fest is ready for your perusal and Amy is having some real fun with it this week (holiday weeks being notoriously slow for this kind of thing). So, head on over and see what you can do to widen your eating horizons!

I missed last week's Carnival since I was out of town and didn't remember to link it once I got back... if you missed it too, then you have double the fun this week. Head over to Trudy's place and check out those recipes too.

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Hosted this week by the lovely and talented SarahK! Head over to the latest Carnival see all the wondrous good food! There are a huge number of recipes this week. Lots of great things for winter eating! And if you're in the midwest, sounds like that comfort food will be needed soon - frigid air is headed our way for the weekend! So fire up the stove and start cooking!

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Woo Hoo - just in time to take me from Bah Humbug! to YUMMY!!! Marybeth over at Random Thoughts has posted this week's scrumptious recipes. As usual, this is another fabulous job getting it all set up for us. Go over and check out the goodies! And have a very tasty weekend.

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It's time once again to find some new wonderful tasty things to eat! Over at Fresh As a Daisy, Angela is hosting this week's Carnival of the Recipes. So head on over and make yourself hungry!

Wonderful job Angela!

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This year my blog sis Bou is getting a ready made turkey from a local restaurant. She recounts one of those holiday disaster dinners that has brought her to this pass... not to mention she's cooking for lots of people.

This reminded me of our Thanksgiving dinner "disaster" of about 10 years ago.

You must realize before I start, that I am NOT a morning person. Every year I do Thanksgiving dinner and it is DINNER - served at around 6pm - not mid afternoon lunch/dinner combination. This is because I can not see going to the trouble of getting up at some ridiculous hour in order to cook a big meal. I just can't do it. So, dinner it is.

Since I've never cooked for a huge group - it's always been just the 4 of us (my husband and I and our 2 kids). I don't have to make the tremendous quantities necessary for huge groups of people - so this cuts down on time. The general order of things is - I make the pies first - starting at about 10am. They are made totally from scratch - pie crust and all. Usually 2 pumpkin pies and 1 apple. Then there are the sweet potatoes, the turkey and dressing, the salad and biscuits. That's pretty much more than enough for 4.

So, the morning of Thanksgiving, I get up and putter about. Then get to work on the pies. At about 2pm (the pies have been out of the oven for a while) and I'm working on getting the turkey and dressing ready to go in the oven. I turn the oven on to preheat, start tossing together the dressing, stuffing the bird and all that fun stuff. I go to open the oven, to put the bird in... and no blast of hot air hits me in the face... The oven has died an untimely death. Between the time of making the pies and attempting to make the turkey - it developed a fatal case of heat impairment.

After my husband checked it over, we decided that there was nothing which would make the oven work. So, I took all of the turkey and dressing etc, shoved them in the refrigerator, and called a friend. I said - how would you like a turkey dinner tomorrow? If you let me use your oven, I'll bring everything and feed all of us. Thus we ended up having Thanksgiving dinner on a Friday. (we also ended up buying a new stove).

Very very luckily, this was well into the times when grocery stores were now open on Thanksgiving Day. So, I ran to the store and bought something else that could be fixed on the stove top. I don't remember what it was anymore... but we did get to eat. And everyone said they enjoyed the Friday turkey, so I guess it all worked out.

This year it is only my husband and myself. My son is in Germany, my daughter and her husband are going to see friends in LA for the long weekend. I've pared down the dinner - but we'll still have loads of leftovers. As long as the oven works... we won't starve.

Everyone have a great time feasting.

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1 Happy Thanksgiving!!

I'm cooking a turkey for the first time tomorrow; should be good for a post, eh? LOL!

Have a good one!

Posted by: pam at November 24, 2004 01:57 PM (l6NIn)

2 Now seriously, what is the probability that an oven will blow on Thanksgiving day? Well, let me tell you, pretty damn high because 3 years ago we were at my folk's house, its 8AM, my Mom goes to put the turkey in and the heating element goes. We cooked it in my grandma's apartment... wasn't she surprised to awaken to the smell of cooking turkey. (She had her days and nights reversed so she never got up before 2PM.)

Anyway, you are the only other person I know that happened to. I cannot wait to tell my family I know another story!

Posted by: Boudicca at November 24, 2004 05:44 PM (XH1zZ)

3 Hi Teresa. I'm caught the link to here from Jens' page.Stoves aren't the only thing to go wrong at a Thankgiving dinner.If I may bore you with this tale. Ahemm, cough-cough.
We were at my Brother-in-Laws several years back, and my whole family was there.We sat down to dinner, and my Father asked for the noodles to be passed to him. The large dish of steaming noodles was handed to him, and as he was reaching for it, the dish slipped from his hand and turned over, dropping a heap of noodles in the middle of the table . This was cleaned up, and as the dinner progressed, I felt the need to visit the little boys' room. I slid the chair backward, and as I reached the point at which I was to stand up, the chair collapsed, dumping me on the floor! I dissentangled myself from the pieces of the chair and , amid hoots of laughter , went to my goal.
Later, it was time for the dessert course. Mom always made Lemon Merainge ( sp ) Pie for occasions like this. It was highly praised and consumed with gusto. It was passed to my Brother -in-Law, who held the pie plate in one hand while he mined a piece of the Ambrosia with the other. His mining efforts resulted in the pie plate slipping out of his hand, and landed upside down in his lap. As he had led the Guffaws in my misfortune, I led the Hoots for his .
Ahhhhh, Thanksgiving.
Too Old Guy

Posted by: Too Old Guy at November 25, 2004 01:27 PM (vHNHa)

4 Well, we all know it's not the "perfect" holidays we remember, but those where things go wrong. The best holidays are where things go wrong, but everyone has a sense of humor and ends up laughing about it. *grin*

Posted by: Teresa at November 27, 2004 07:20 AM (nAfYo)

5 I love your tale. Reminds me of that Gene Shepherd movie, "Christmas Story," where the neighborhood dogs rush and take off with the turkey just as dinner was about to be served. The family end up at the local Chinese restaurant, where the waiters serenade them with Jingre Berrs, Jingre Berrs, Jingre arr the way . . .

Posted by: Sissy Willis at November 30, 2004 05:13 AM (7WFgX)

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