We are not in Atlanta, but have remained in sunny/rainy/windy Southern California for the holiday.
However, I couldn’t let the day go by without thanking my dear friend Annie for leaving me my new favorite cookbook back in June when she came to visit.
I haven’t made Joe’s Meat Loaf (p. 80), or the Carmelized Onion Elk Roast on page 64. I’m sure the Salmon Souffle on page 89 and the Black Cherry Salad in the Jello Chapter are great. But I chose to simply recreate a “Downs Family Thanksgiving Tradition” in the form of a Pumpkin Chiffon Pie.
So, the California Markleys say Happy Thanksgiving to the ATL and everywhere in between.
This one will make you laugh. Watch for my long-haired husband. And watch me ALMOST DROP THE PIE. Yes I do. About 2/3 of the way through.
But don’t watch for my zit. It was at the end of a long day. A long day.
Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
What the haircut Chad?
Y’all. If you put that pie up against any Southern made pie, folks would NEVER know the difference. Seriously, it looks just like Mama’s.
AWESOME job, Sarah.
And you two make one hilarious video. Way to go.
See y’all in March. Hope I can find another cookbook to bring by then.
I just showed Mama the video and she said, “Uh huh. That looks exactly right”.
Seal of approval. Hope you love the taste tomorrow.
Love y’all.
Oh my gosh…you two crack me up! You should make more videos together.
Have fun with that pie tomorrow!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to your family!
I’m sooo glad you didn’t dump that pie out on the screen. It looks so good, someone might would have tried to lick it up. Not me…I’m just sayin’.
What do you have for your Thanksgiving meal in Southern California? We’re having
ham, chicken(daddy didn’t want to mess with a turkey), dressing, macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole, collards, butter beans, sweet potato souffle, corn on the cob, deviled eggs, rolls, chocolate eclair cake and pumpkin cheesecake. Throw a hamhock or two in those vegetables and that’s a Southern Thanksgiving. Only one bite of everything and you’re stuffed until Saturday. Wish I could share it with you and some of my other blog friends.
oh my gosh…southern gal. you are having some kinda of amazing thanksgiving dinner. okay, so here’s the deal: my smallish family is coming over and this is what we will eat…
turkey,
stuffing,
cranberry salad,
carrot pudding,
corn casserole,
sour cream mashed potatoes,
green bean casserole,
rolls,
and then, you saw some of desert.
throw another pumpkin pie in there and an apple/cran crumble and you have a full tummy.
but in the evening we’ll go to visit the side of the married-in family that is Philipino. They eat the turkey and corn and stuff, but then we’ll eat pansit (noodles) and adobo (marinated beef)…and pumpkin pie for dessert!
Sigh…
Man, I miss you guys.
Aren’t you guys cute? !
WHAT is carrot pudding? Those two words do not belong together.
Sarah, your menu looks delish. I am only responsible for the broccoli casserole, sweet potato souffle, butter beans and the pumpkin cheesecake. My sister and parents are supplying all the other amazing dishes.
But you’re right. Until I typed it out I didn’t know exactly what the menu looked like. We’re gonna bust a gut as we say here in the south.
And guess what!?! It IS a small world! My parents have a ministry in the Philippines called Abounding Grace and they go there every year in January for five weeks to minister to the Filippino people. This will be their fifth year and they love it. They met a Filippino lady at their home church and she told them of the needs in her small hometown. They ran with it. The ministry has built churches in remote mountain areas, fed children, trained preachers, etc.
One bit of advise…don’t eat balut (sp?) if they offer it to you, OK? Or close your eyes tight and eat in the dark like they do there if you do take the plunge.
Happy Thanksgiving!
this is NOT lindsey, but denise, too lazy to change to my account.
you two are funny. (tell chad i had spammed him, and will email him in a few days).
yuck, meatloaf!
you made a pie. i’m in charge of mashed potatoes. no one trusts me to make pie.
i don’t see olives on your menu??
better get on that.
i got a thanksgiving day zit too.
Linda – have you figured out how to reply on Twitter yet?! Nerd!
Sarah – We need to make more videos! That was fun
Denise, aka Lindsey
– Email me at my gmail account if you got blocked cmarkley at gmail.com
Happpy Thanksgiving everybody!
you two are delicious!
yes. yes you are!
how’d that pie taste?
ok…so i just read your menu for thanksgiving dinner and realized…why in the world do we create oxymoron dishes…
cranberry salad,
carrot pudding,
corn casserole,
seriously…are we trying to kid ourselves here?!?! Let’s just call them what they are and hope that our thankful hearts will be enough restitution to take away those sweet calories!
carrot pudding: cooked carrots, oil, eggs, brown sugar and some cinnamon (maybe i’m forgetting something), puree it (i know it SOUNDS gross) and then bake it. it is warm and soft and tastes very much like sweet potatoes. seriously.
Hey, Sarah… I’ve been snooping around your blog for awhile now, but since you’re following me on Twitter I thought I’d de-lurk and say hello
Look forward to reading more!
sara (gitzengirl)
haha. The Chad’s face at the end is funny. Yeah, you should probably keep him out of the videos.