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I've threatened for years to have no Xmas tree, maybe a nice embroidery with trinkets sewed on instead (actually no, dust trap) or a painting (but I'd have to store it). Maybe a light profected on a wall..
Spartan is my vibe this year.
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Send,

Dark chocolate is the only way to go! I hardly ever eat milk chocolate.
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Way,

I gave a lot of my holiday decorations to my daughters. It’s too much to keep up with. I’m like you, just a little bit of decorating for the holidays. My neighbor next door goes all out decorating for every single holiday.
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Tonight, I will be canning some turkey soup. I am having an insane amount of fun with my electric canner.
oh...the things that amuse us.
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Need,

I agree on the smaller gatherings . Now I try to only invite enough people to fit around the table comfortably . Mostly it works out that way , sometimes it doesn’t .
I’ve also scaled back on the decorations . I do a few small table top Christmas trees . Much easier than a big one .
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What is the safest chocolate to buy?
The brands found to have the lowest levels of heavy metal contamination are:
Mast Organic Dark Chocolate (80% percent cocoa)
Taza Organic Chocolate (70% cocoa)
Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate/Twilight Delight (86% and 72% cocoa, respectively)
Valrhona Abinao Dark Chococlate (85% cocoa)

I have been sad since reading about chocolate dangers. Hope these chocolates listed above help caregivers needing to self-medicate or just enjoy chocolate (in moderation).

Have a happy chocolate Monday!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating!

I no longer care to cook huge dinners. I did it for so many years that I lost my interest in continuing to do so.

I cook all the time but I don’t host large holiday gatherings anymore. Now I do just our immediate family.

I don’t decorate as much either. I used to wear myself out with decorations and cooking.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all those in Canada today!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all in Canada celebrating today!
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Happy Thanksgiving to our neighbors to the North !
I envy that you celebrate in October .
November is too close to end of year holidays , very busy.
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Ana,
leftovers are the best, I enjoy turkey and stuffing next day.
Turns out somebody is bringing cheesecake and carrot cake and I have another dessert. Little of main course but lots of desserts for me, good thing I eat almost no sweets for a long time. I think time to indulge myself.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Canadian friends and neighbors!
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We’re having our turkey dinner this evening, so tomorrow I’m thankful for easy leftovers. Our kids are all home and one has a partner who has never eaten North American Thanksgiving food. I made pumpkin pies yesterday and will bake an apple crisp once the turkey is out of the oven. I hope he finds the flavour palate to his liking. (he’s very polite and will likely maintain a poker face so I may never be certain)

Thank You Earth for growing our food. I am grateful for so much. Happy Thanksgiving fellow Canucks!
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Cwillie,
So right!
With prices so high! I am inventing dishes, it is possible to make 3 dinners from rotisserie chicken.
Good thing somebody brings side dishes, and deserts.
But there are good things, finally cooler and less fires!
I thought I would never say that but after smoke this summer I am glad there is snow in the Rockies! And I love hot weather!
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I am thankful that I can afford to make every meal a little feast, whether it's turkey or not. And that my furnace clicked on last night without any worries or glitches LOL.
Wishes for peace and harmony for those celebrating with family this weekend.
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Turkey of course and and lots of other side dishes.
Two desserts!
For all Canucks who celebrate today or tomorrow happy thanksgiving!
I, personally have lots to be thankful for!
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cwillie,
I'm trying to avoid freezing. Plus, it was just a pint. Easy meal.
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Can you freeze it Cashew?
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Beef stew. I canned 5 pints of beef stew but one did not seal...so dinner.
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Chicken cacciatore , salad , garlic bread sticks .
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OK within 6 hours, I roasted a full chicken in my air fryer (60 minutes) had drumstick and thigh for lunch. After lunch, I took the remaining meat off of the carcass for meals this week and put the bones, skin, drippings, etc in my pressure cooker with a bunch of water (I could have cooked it in the pressure canner, as well. But, I used my instapot) and let that pressure cook for 120 minutes, making a very strong chicken bone broth.
Then I hot packed 4 quarts of bone broth and put it in my pressure canner ) for 25 minutes, with a 1 hour leave alone.
Now, I have 4 quarts of yummy chicken bone broth waiting until tomorrow for me to store away.
In the meantime, since each item used to cook regulated the pressure/temp and beeped to let me know when I needed to do things, I got to do other simple tasks around the house.
I feel like I'm living the life of the Jetsons.
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Newbie,

That sounds fun and messy. I hope everyone enjoys it.
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Here's a first for me dinner-wise today: A "pasta bar." My granddaughter is turning 10 and wanted to have a big sleepover for her birthday but her house isn't well laid out to accomodate 9-10 girls sleeping over. So, my daughter asked if they could have the sleepover at my condo which has a better layout (an upstairs loft area, bedroom and bathroom where all the girls can be together overnight). She and her husband are doing all the work, and she'll sleep here to supervise the overnight mayhem, so I'm just providing the space. Pizza would have been ideal, but granddaughter doesn't like pizza! So they are doing a pasta bar, with two kinds of pasta, red sauce, alfredo sauce (both from jars), meatballs, and shrimp. Also a big veggie platter with dips, plus of course birthday cake. Son in law and grandson will be here for prep, dinner, cake and games, but will head home and come back for breakfast. Breakfast will be simple: bagels and cream cheese, big platter of cut-up fruit, juice and milk. Guests will be here from 4pm until 10:30am. The cat and I have the master bedroom to retreat to overnight. Sleepovers, with varying numbers of friends, were a staple in the lives of our kids growing up, but a lot of youngsters nowadays really lost out on the experience during the Covid years. I just hope none of the guests get homesick since a lot of people aren't used to sleepovers!
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I bought a little electric pressure canner. I was a bit leery of it to begin with. Now, I'm loving it! It's small and not for harvest preservation. But, it works great for saving leftover stews, soups, etc.
Today, I am roasting a chicken and then making stock from the carcass. Yep! I'm going to can that stock tonight.
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Send: Thank you for your concern. All good - never use cash and always lock auto doors.
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Send: You okay, girl? 🙄🤣😀🤔
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Llama, 🦙️
Yes, let's buy it at Arby's when we can.
Shooting the elk, venison seems so violent.

Of course, if you are going to the drive-thru, be sure to lock your car doors,
be aware of your surroundings at all times, leave the area if you hear sirens or police cars, carry pepper spray, maybe a stun gun for protection.

Carefully consider wearing that mask at the window so they won't think you are there to rob them, but try to wear a mask anyway.

Be sure to shout out to the clerk you are handing a $20 so you can get the right change.

We live in L.A. County. You should be fine going to Arby's.

😲😜🤪🤣
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ITRR,
yep. super easy. I do have a proper Tamagoyaki pan which was a splurge buy for me.
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Cashew, Japanese omlettes are soooooo good.

Do you make your own?
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Send, I have never heard of heavy cream in pumpkin pie. Milk or canned milk only.

Now I have to go investigate.
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