Thursday, September 26, 2013

Thanksgiving Dream



I was born on Thanksgiving. When I was a child, that meant that my birthday was celebrated on Thanksgiving. The thing that I remember most about Thanksgiving is feeling sick after eating too much for dinner. It didn't help that my mother's taste in food was different than mine. I never liked her au gratin potato and marshmallow sweet potato casseroles. I didn't even care much for my birthday cake.

Let this be a warning! Don't be tempted to eat too much on Thanksgiving (or other occasions). You don't want to end up like this boy, feeling sick and having crazy dreams.


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16 comments:

  1. I once had night terrors and that was enough - I put it down to the blue cheese I ate with my supper.

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  2. I have never had night terrors from food but I have never tried au gratin potato and marshmallow sweet potato casserole either.

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  3. Oh yes -- over-indulge every Thanksgiving! We like marshmallow sweet potatoes, but we always had to watch out for Daughter #1 who was famous for sneaking a goodly amount of the marshmallows before we could get everything on the table!

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  4. AS I was a boy during WWII we never had the chance to overindulge, Now I have to eat what I am told!

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  5. We never had/have marshmallows on the sweet potatoes but I fear I do overindulge.

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  6. If you didn't like your birthday cake, you REALLY wouldn't have liked the first one I ever tried to make! I was thirteen at the time & had helped my mother make chocolate cupcakes for my sister's birthday party & convinced her I could make the family birthday cake - a simple yellow cake - by myself. Both came from boxed mixes so how wrong could I go? Mom & Dad had to go out, so were happy for me to do it. Having helped with the chocolate cupcakes, I knew how many eggs & how much water to add, so there was no need to read the directions on the box. I mixed everything up, poured the batter into the cake pans, & popped 'em in the oven. (I did read the directions about oven temp & baking time at least) Imagine my surprise when the cake layers came out - each one only about half an inch high & heavily condensed. What? But, oh well. Then it was time to make the frosting. Uh-oh. I hadn't helped Mom with that part. I looked up a recipe for cake frosting. It said to use confectioner's sugar. What kind of sugar was that? I remembered Mom used some powdered sugar when she made frosting so I decided to go half & half with powdered & granulated sugar. It sure didn't come out looking like Mom's frosting, but I went ahead & frosted the cake which looked kind of plain for a birthday cake so I put raisins on it. I still remember my sister's mighty frown when I placed that heavy inch-high cake with grainy frosting & raisins in front of her. I learned later the cake came out so compressed because you use more water to make chocolate cake & less to make white or yellow cake which I would have known, had I read the directions! Oh well, live & learn. And Mom made Sis another perfect cake the next day.

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  7. Marshmallow sweet potato casserole?????? Love the card :)

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  8. The thought of marshmallow/sweet potato casserole makes my toes curl!

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  9. That is a wonderful card :)

    I thought of you when preparing this weeks post. When we were kids and sick in bed, mum would bring up the box full of cards and postcards. I went looking through my box of postcards for my post but decided on another direction.

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  10. Great postcard! But us Aussie's have obviously missed out, not only do we not celebrate Thanksgiving, we have no idea what marshmallow sweet potato casserole is!

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  11. A great postcard!!
    Marshmallow sweet potatoes???
    That is unknown to me and it sounds quite odd...
    It is NOT traditional thanksgiving fare, is it?!?
    I love cake!!
    I used to eat a lot, not so much anymore...
    Did my first when I was 5, under my father's supervision, of course!!
    I remember it was a marbled cake, and it was a success.
    Turns out I was always good at making pastries and such...
    and proved it often enough!!
    :D~
    HUGZ

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    1. http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/the-history-of-sweet-potatoes-and-marshmallows

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    1. I guess I'm not hanging with the right crowd because here In Canada, I never heard of that.
      Sweet potatoes, yes, with marshmallows, nope!!
      Interesting to read about its origins. Thanks for sharing that one!
      :)~
      HUGZ

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