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Hi All!

Melinda: " OH thanksgiving is GREAT!!!! the highlights are um..... FOOD, FOOD, and um....... more FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!And turkey."

Turkey? I heard about that one before..... suddenly reminded of Mr Bean, who got his head stuck in a giant turkey during Thanksgiving in one of the episodes? Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only time my family has such a feast is during the Chinese New Year, with all the steamboat, New Year cakes, etc.

Jessi: " and Family and giving thanks :o) I like thanksgiving, Christmas in my family everyone seems to get greedy but thanksgiving is always nice. In Ca it would be Nana and my Great uncle and Kelley (lol plus the animals) and just all sit around and visit (mostly just me and Kel) and of course FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!! :o) lol "

Football? Anyway, my family is always greedy, like Mel's, but we are EXTREMELY greedy during Christmas!

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Jone, great posting

Thanksgiving

Since there are so many who have lost love ones this year, I thought it

appropriate to post something that I recieved from my cousin. I wish

you all

a Happy Thanksgiving.

Joni

MGB 12/22/00

> I AM THANKFUL FOR ......

>

> THE PARTNER WHO HOGS THE COVERS EVERY NIGHT, BECAUSE

>

> HE/SHE IS NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

> THE TEENAGER WHO IS NOT DOING DISHES, BUT IS

> WATCHING TV,

> BECAUSE THAT MEANS HE/SHE IS AT HOME AND NOT ON

> THE

> STREETS.

> FOR THE TAXES THAT I PAY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM

> EMPLOYED.

> FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY, BECAUSE IT

> MEANS

> THAT I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.

> FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG, BECAUSE

> IT

> MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

> FOR THE SUNSHINE.

> FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED

> CLEANING, AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING, BECAUSE

> IT MEANS

> I HAVE A HOME.

> FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT,

> BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

> FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE

> PARKING

> LOT, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING

> AND THAT I

> HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.

> FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM

> WARM.

> FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH THAT SINGS OFF KEY,

>

> BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I CAN HEAR.

> FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING, BECAUSE IT

> MEANS I

> HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.

> FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE

> DAY

> BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING

> HARD.

> FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING

> HOURS,

> BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM ALIVE.

> AND FINALLY.......FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL, BECAUSE IT

> MEANS I HAVE

> FRIENDS WHO ARE THINKING OF ME.

>

> (SEND THIS TO SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT, AND WHEN YOU

> THINK

> YOUR LIFE IS SO BAD, READ THIS AGAIN.)

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Hi Trish, I am wondering how you make the pumpkin custard. I am a non secretor

but I have made it with soy milk - that is an avoid also but not as problematic

as milk is for me.

I just love a pumpkin dessert and need to find the best recipe I can.....

Happy Thanksgiving. Ann

Thanksgiving

It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if anyone

has some suggestions for alternatives.

I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread at

all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and stuff

and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing when I

go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard without

the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my own

gravy as well with spelt flour).

Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

Thanks, Trish

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Hi again, My brother was a celiac and therefore could not eat wheat so my

mother made a rice dressing that she put in one end of the bird and then the

usual in the other. You could just make a little rice dish with the seasonings

and onion etc. I am wondering if rice flour will thicken the gravy.

Ann

From: Trish Waddell

Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 4:18 PM

Subject: Thanksgiving

It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if anyone

has some suggestions for alternatives.

I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread at

all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and stuff

and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing when I

go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard without

the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my own

gravy as well with spelt flour).

Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

Thanks, Trish

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I will peruse all my recipes from all the past ER since 1998 and look for

Holiday recipes for you tomorrow. I believe there are some very good pumpkin

recipes in there.

Lowell Barron wrote:Hi Trish, I am wondering how you make the pumpkin custard.

I am a non secretor but I have made it with soy milk - that is an avoid also

but not as problematic as milk is for me.

I just love a pumpkin dessert and need to find the best recipe I can.....

Happy Thanksgiving. Ann

Thanksgiving

It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if anyone

has some suggestions for alternatives.

I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread at

all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and stuff

and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing when I

go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard without

the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my own

gravy as well with spelt flour).

Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

Thanks, Trish

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Ann,

Sweet brown rice flour is supposed to be the best. I think that regular rice

flour would probably work also.

Thanksgiving

>

>

> It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if

anyone

> has some suggestions for alternatives.

>

> I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread

at

> all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and

stuff

> and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing

when I

> go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard

without

> the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my

own

> gravy as well with spelt flour).

>

> Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

>

> Thanks, Trish

>

>

>

>

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Hi Ann

I took about half a can of pumpkin, added 1/2 cup of Rice Dream, spices, 1

egg, about 2 tablespoons of honey and about 1 Tablespoon of tapioca flour.

Threw them all in the blender for a few seconds then baked it at 350 for

about 45 minutes. Is was definately delicious!!!

Trish

Thanksgiving

>

>

> It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if

anyone

> has some suggestions for alternatives.

>

> I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread

at

> all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and

stuff

> and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing

when I

> go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard

without

> the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my

own

> gravy as well with spelt flour).

>

> Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

>

> Thanks, Trish

>

>

>

>

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This is a great idea! Only problem is that I won't get to my family's place

till close to dinner time . . . so the bird will be all cooked. I'll

remember it for next time though. This time, I picked up a turkey breast

and a deboned thigh and put it in between the two and roasted it. Worked

well!

Trish

Thanksgiving

>

>

> It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if

anyone

> has some suggestions for alternatives.

>

> I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread

at

> all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and

stuff

> and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing

when I

> go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard

without

> the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my

own

> gravy as well with spelt flour).

>

> Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

>

> Thanks, Trish

>

>

>

>

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Sounds great...thanks! Ann

Thanksgiving

>

>

> It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if

anyone

> has some suggestions for alternatives.

>

> I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread

at

> all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and

stuff

> and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing

when I

> go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard

without

> the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my

own

> gravy as well with spelt flour).

>

> Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

>

> Thanks, Trish

>

>

>

>

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also did you use any kind of pie shell?

Trish Waddell wrote:Hi Ann

I took about half a can of pumpkin, added 1/2 cup of Rice Dream, spices, 1

egg, about 2 tablespoons of honey and about 1 Tablespoon of tapioca flour.

Threw them all in the blender for a few seconds then baked it at 350 for

about 45 minutes. Is was definately delicious!!!

Trish

Thanksgiving

>

>

> It is Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada and I'm wondering if

anyone

> has some suggestions for alternatives.

>

> I'm planning on making a loaf of spelt bread (I don't usually eat bread

at

> all) so I can make my own stuffing and I'll buy a turkey breast and

stuff

> and cook it some time this week . . . then I can take my own stuffing

when I

> go to my Family Gathering. I will also make my own pumpkin custard

without

> the pastry. I'll just skip the potatoes and gravy (or I might make my

own

> gravy as well with spelt flour).

>

> Any other ideas how to deal with these traditional foods?

>

> Thanks, Trish

>

>

>

>

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> I am attending our first Thanksgiving dinner with Family

Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean yesterday? You didn't give us much warning to prepare you.

I hope it all went well.

Sue

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Nope, next Saturday, the 16th.

Sorry.

Re: THANKSGIVING

> > I am attending our first Thanksgiving dinner with Family

> Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> You mean yesterday? You didn't give us much warning to prepare you.

>

> I hope it all went well.

>

>

> Sue

>

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> Nope, next Saturday, the 16th.

Okay, now we can all work on you. :)

Try to find out what will be served, or if you remember from previous

experience, just write it all down.

Now make a list of everything you really *want* to eat and can't live

without, like a special dish that's only made once a year on this day, and

know you're going to eat some.

Make out your own menu now - everything that you plan on eating that day.

Make sure to include all your drinks and dessert. Look up their calorie

counts or FoodMover windows and see how much of each food you can

realistically eat and not eat a day's worth of calories in that one meal.

Carry that paper with you when you go next Saturday and glance at it

frequently. Remind yourself *why* you're only going to allow yourself to eat

only a limited amount of these favorite foods, but also realize you're NOT

depriving yourself, but treating yourself by having them.

Do all the old dieters' tricks, like drinking plenty of water before sitting

down to eat, have a big green salad before the main course, chew your food

thoroughly and slowly and don't wolf everything down, etc.

Remember, Thanksgiving *is* a Feast Day, but that doesn't mean you're

allowed to eat yourself into a stupor, then feel sick and guilty about it

for the rest of the year. Learn to enjoy the company more than the food.

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thank you.

Re: THANKSGIVING

> > Nope, next Saturday, the 16th.

>

> Okay, now we can all work on you. :)

>

> Try to find out what will be served, or if you remember from previous

> experience, just write it all down.

>

> Now make a list of everything you really *want* to eat and can't live

> without, like a special dish that's only made once a year on this day, and

> know you're going to eat some.

>

> Make out your own menu now - everything that you plan on eating that day.

> Make sure to include all your drinks and dessert. Look up their calorie

> counts or FoodMover windows and see how much of each food you can

> realistically eat and not eat a day's worth of calories in that one meal.

>

> Carry that paper with you when you go next Saturday and glance at it

> frequently. Remind yourself *why* you're only going to allow yourself to

eat

> only a limited amount of these favorite foods, but also realize you're NOT

> depriving yourself, but treating yourself by having them.

>

> Do all the old dieters' tricks, like drinking plenty of water before

sitting

> down to eat, have a big green salad before the main course, chew your food

> thoroughly and slowly and don't wolf everything down, etc.

>

> Remember, Thanksgiving *is* a Feast Day, but that doesn't mean you're

> allowed to eat yourself into a stupor, then feel sick and guilty about it

> for the rest of the year. Learn to enjoy the company more than the food.

>

>

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Kathy,

I don't have to cook either. Mom is doing that. She likes to cook for

Thanksgiving and I only have to bring two pies (already cooked). My daughter

said she wished that I was making dressing since she doesn't like my mother's.

I have all of the below except the IEP team and alas my inlaws passed (and I

loved them)but I also have a good job. I took in a lot of stuff for the food

drive at school. There are 9,000 kids in Savannah who go to be hungry every

night. I brought in flour, sugar, collard greens (yuk), sweet potatoes, and

canned goods. I also bought a doll for the Christmas toy drive. I can't handle

the thought of kids going hungry or toyless during the Holidays. I am thankful

that I can do this for someone else. We feed families of kids at our school.

We fed 35 last year and got the PTA to donate turkeys. Sorry I got off on this

tangent and I'm not tooting my own horn. I think it's food for thought.

Elaine

I do have so much to be thankful for, my Lord who has given me Grace, great

kids, a hubby who puts up with me, Inlaws who don't bug me but love me :) and

an IEP TEAM who just agreed that I am right lolol and oooohhhh I don't have

to cook Thursday :)

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Regarding eating at Thanksgiving...

I'll never forget my last Thanksgiving prior to my surgery (one week later!). My

family opted to go to The Doubletree Hotel brunch, which was an ENORMOUS display

of decadent eating. Table after table of EVERYTHING I could not eat. I opted

for oysters, thinking that they would slide down my throat if I cut them with my

fork really small and chewed them thoroughly prior to swallowing. Pathetic. Of

course, I was still running to the bathroom periodically, even with slippery

tiny well masticated oysters as my attempt at Thanksgiving dinner. It was great

to be with family, but I'll never forget that feeling of sadness as I looked at

all of that food. Sadness about not being able to eat, mixed with disbelief

that we as a society could BE so decadent in a world filled with hunger! I

wondered how much food was wasted and thrown away that day as I sat there

looking at it. Such a strange mixture of paradox. I choked a few times, evoked

looks of despair from my family, yet I still enjoyed being there with them more

than I would have wanted to be home alone. Now that I can eat again, I will

include all of you in my prayers of Thanksgiving this year. No matter what

stage of A we are all in, we share something that those who do not suffer from

this disease do not. May there someday be a full cure to this thing called " A " .

God Bless you all as we enter this season of Thankfulness coupled with stress

for many. We should all keep each other in our hearts this season.

in Houston

> , I just read your email re eating and the holidays, I had just

> said to my family that this will be the first time in 7 years that I

> will finally be able to eat the " GOOD STUFF " I was afraid to actually

> try to eat anything that always caused me so much pain pre surgery,

> but slowly I had a piece of watermelon, then a grape and now I can

> have a salad! Im still in shock when I do it, still always a bit

> tense. Im getting used to being normal again. Have you ever tryed a

> sip of cold milk after each bite? It (for me) was a life saver, and

> took that burning feeling away. I cant say that I couldnt swallow,

> because I could, but when it was stuck, that sip of milk seemed to

> almost always get it down. Have the best Holiday you can. I know

> its awful at this time of year. Cathey

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Regarding eating at Thanksgiving...

I'll never forget my last Thanksgiving prior to my surgery (one week later!). My

family opted to go to The Doubletree Hotel brunch, which was an ENORMOUS display

of decadent eating. Table after table of EVERYTHING I could not eat. I opted

for oysters, thinking that they would slide down my throat if I cut them with my

fork really small and chewed them thoroughly prior to swallowing. Pathetic. Of

course, I was still running to the bathroom periodically, even with slippery

tiny well masticated oysters as my attempt at Thanksgiving dinner. It was great

to be with family, but I'll never forget that feeling of sadness as I looked at

all of that food. Sadness about not being able to eat, mixed with disbelief

that we as a society could BE so decadent in a world filled with hunger! I

wondered how much food was wasted and thrown away that day as I sat there

looking at it. Such a strange mixture of paradox. I choked a few times, evoked

looks of despair from my family, yet I still enjoyed being there with them more

than I would have wanted to be home alone. Now that I can eat again, I will

include all of you in my prayers of Thanksgiving this year. No matter what

stage of A we are all in, we share something that those who do not suffer from

this disease do not. May there someday be a full cure to this thing called " A " .

God Bless you all as we enter this season of Thankfulness coupled with stress

for many. We should all keep each other in our hearts this season.

in Houston

> , I just read your email re eating and the holidays, I had just

> said to my family that this will be the first time in 7 years that I

> will finally be able to eat the " GOOD STUFF " I was afraid to actually

> try to eat anything that always caused me so much pain pre surgery,

> but slowly I had a piece of watermelon, then a grape and now I can

> have a salad! Im still in shock when I do it, still always a bit

> tense. Im getting used to being normal again. Have you ever tryed a

> sip of cold milk after each bite? It (for me) was a life saver, and

> took that burning feeling away. I cant say that I couldnt swallow,

> because I could, but when it was stuck, that sip of milk seemed to

> almost always get it down. Have the best Holiday you can. I know

> its awful at this time of year. Cathey

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