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Posted by tabitha on November 27, 2003, at 1:45:13
Grandma used to make it from scratch, from a bag of cranberries. Turned out it wasn't a secret recipe-- the receipe was printed on the bag, but it was simple and tasty. Much tangier than the canned variety. One year I volunteered to make Grandma's cranberry sauce as my contribution to my friend's dinner at his place. I accidentally let it boil over and it made a sticky icky mess all over his stove and down in the drip catch part. Yuck. He cleaned it up. What a great guy. How come I didn't clean it? Can't remember.
My ex-husband liked to get the canned variety and serve it so that it remained perfectly in the can-shape, with those ridges. It was an important part of the presentation. Then he'd slice off disk-shaped pieces. Years after we split up I'd cringe when people used the canned type and stirred it up, erasing the can shape completely. The sauce should be served proudly, with it's canned-ness intact.
Google has the can-shape cranberry sauce featured in the holiday logo for today.
Wishing you all happy cranberry sauce experiences today.
Posted by zenhussy on November 27, 2003, at 3:06:18
In reply to Cranberry Sauce Memories, posted by tabitha on November 27, 2003, at 1:45:13
Today I head to a gathering of people I have never met and do not know what type of cranberry sauce these folks will serve up.
I guess I could say I'm looking forward to the surprise of what may be...but I'm not.
Gobble gobble and tofurkey loaf for you veggies out there. (Sorry we're a month late for you Canadians...October...November...they're all pretty much the same)
I am thankful for my brother being by my side today at this gathering of strangers. He is the reason this many people are gathering so if he doesn't stick by my side then I'm through with this sibling thing. ; )
I am also thankful for xanax should I need one (and I'm guessing I might just need one before meeting all those people!! yikes).
zenhussy
Posted by fallsfall on November 27, 2003, at 10:19:31
In reply to Cranberry Sauce Memories, posted by tabitha on November 27, 2003, at 1:45:13
My kids prefer the can-shaped cranberry sauce. I think they call it "Can-shaped cranberry sauce". One year recently, my son made such a fuss about it that my mother bought him a can of cranberry sauce for Christmas. Yes, you have to keep the ridges - we don't even slice it, although I might (only might) put only half of a can in the bowl - so I guess that would be making two slices.
Personally, I don't like any kind of cranberry sauce, or cranberry juice - except for Strawberry-White Cranberry juice (Generic brand) - and that is my favorite juice currently.
Posted by Dinah on November 27, 2003, at 11:55:26
In reply to Cranberry Sauce Memories, posted by tabitha on November 27, 2003, at 1:45:13
At my house growing up, we would cook for days. Even though there were only the three, later four, of us. About six really complicated dishes, plus the turkey and canned cranberry sauce. We'd freeze the extras and serve them for months after. And I hated every single dish, except the turky and rolls if we had them. As an almost adult I added a crab dish that I actually liked. :)
So when I got married, and we were dividing up holidays this was a no brainer. Christmas dinner with my family (roast beast and yorkshire pudding), Thanksgiving dinner at his. My brother left home around the same time, and my parents discoved the restaurants that served part of what they liked to eat.
My husband's family is completely the opposite. Except for the canned cranberry sauce, it could be any Sunday dinner of the year. Turkey, canned and frozen vegetables, a roll, and *maybe* some home-made macaroni and cheese. You're not bustin' full when you get up from the table. It doesn't take days to get over the Thanksgiving hangover. I like it.
But being the perverse creatures we are I sometimes feel sorry for my son. Those days of chopping veggies and arguing on the proper way to do any and every thing were, in my memory, fond bonding experiences. I have a lousy memory. :)
Posted by NikkiT2 on November 27, 2003, at 12:20:38
In reply to Cranberry Sauce Memories, posted by tabitha on November 27, 2003, at 1:45:13
*laughing*
I just read your canned-ness part out to my husband, and he went into technicalities of the best to way make sure it all stays intact!! *lol* He reccomends putting the can in hot water for 30 seconds to melt the very edge, to give less resistance when removing! *laughing*
Anyway.. being a brit, I only discovered Cranberry sauce last christmas!!! I cooked a chestnut and cheese thing, and the recipe reccomended cranberry and orange sauce. This required making up a batch of cranberry sauce - and as I could only buy this huge bag of frozen cranberries, I made alot, so I could freeze it easily! So, I made the sauce in advance, and on Christmas day, heated up some of it, adding orange juice and rind, and leaving it simmering for about 45 minutes to reduce.. it was gorgeous!!
Anyway (nothing like making a short story long) 2 weeks before Christmas we'd been to Euro Disney, and on way home we stopped at a French Hypermarket and bought 2 kilo's of Brie (4 1/2 lbs!), meaning to share it out amongst friends and family.
But we discovered Brie and cranberry sauce sandwiches.. *droools* They are heavenly!! Oh my, they are sooo good!! And with crusty french bread they are one of the best things on earth *l*
So thats how I discovered my love of Cranberry sauce!! *l*Oh, and google.com doesn't have any can shaped sauce for me *pouts* Its just plain normal google.. Thats not fair!
nikki xx
Posted by bookgurl99 on November 27, 2003, at 20:40:13
In reply to Re: Cranberry Sauce Memories » tabitha, posted by NikkiT2 on November 27, 2003, at 12:20:38
Uh . . .there was no cranberry sauce at my family's table today, despite the fact that we live in Wisconin near a large cranberry marsh!
My girlfriend came with to visit, and she's actually being treated like a welcome guest, if not like part of the family, this year. This is good news, since my mom was always really cold to her in the past.
We had turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and that green bean/cream of mushroom soup/french onion casserole. My gf, being from Hawaii, has never had it before, and she agreed that it is really good.
On the down side, my mom took advantage of the chance to give me all sorts of bad news -- my childhood doctor died in a car accident(a saint of a man; he worked something like 23 hours a day for his patients), my cousin's child has been diagnosed with autism, etc. etc. Why do people do that? I guess it's an attempt to bond, but it seems misguided to store up the bad news for a holiday. It was so hard for me to focus on the present with a picture of a duck hanging up, because my doctor always had duck paintings in his examination rooms.
Anyways, I guess life is always a mixed bag, and part of Thanksgiving is an attempt to look on the bright side. So I guess that's what we have to do; we can be glad that there is as much of a bright side as there is.
Posted by mair on November 27, 2003, at 22:59:13
In reply to Re: Cranberry Sauce Memories » tabitha, posted by NikkiT2 on November 27, 2003, at 12:20:38
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