HOW CAN IT BE DECEMBER??

 by Patricia Bradley

Photo by Kristina Paukshtite from Pexels

How can it possibly be almost Christmas? I mean, it seems like New Year's was just last week...oh, wait...that was Thanksgiving!

I went to my Sunday School Christmas party today and as we sat around the tables, a subject near and dear to my heart came up--the Worst holiday food blunders.

The lady next to me started it with a story about when she came home for Thanksgiving. She was visiting her sister who always held the Thanksgiving meal at her house, and my friend rose early to walk her dog. As they came around the corner of her sister's house, she almost stumbled over a half-eaten turkey. Evidently, her sister had set the cooked turkey on top of her covered grill and a neighborhood dog had smelled it...they had a hastily baked hen that Thanksgiving.

The lady across from me told of her sister-in-law who always baked plumb cobbler and how everyone always looked forward to it. One Thanksgiving the sister-in-law stumbled as she came in the hostess' brand-new house with brand new beige carpet, and the juicy red plumb cobbler went flying...not sure if they ever did get that stain up.

And then there was my story...I'd fixed turkey and all the trimmings including a 9 by 13 Pyrex dish of cornbread dressing. When it was done, I grabbed two potholders and took the dish out, intending to take it straight to the table...unfortunately, one of the potholders had gotten wet and about halfway to the table, the dish was too hot to hold and I dropped it...So much for Turkey and dressing that day.

So, what's your disastrous story? Or has it always gone well with you? Leave your answer in the comments along with your contact information and I'll draw a name by next Friday for one of my 2022 Calendars made from the meme's on my blog (made from photos I've taken and a scripture verse)...www.ptbradley.com/blog

Here's a recipe for my cornbread dressing--just remember making dressing is not an exact science. You may need to add more seasoning to suit your family...

Cornbread dressing:

1 skillet of cornbread (probably about a 10-12 inch skillet—we always used Mother’s if you still have it.)

Package of Pepperidge Farm seasoned bread crumbs (you’ll use about 1 ½ cup)

3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped up

1 uncooked egg

1 cup onion (give or take)

1 cup celery (give or take)

Half stick of butter

Chicken broth (either from cooked chicken or store-bought)

1 tbls vinegar 

Mrs Dash

Cavenders

1/8 black pepper

Salt to taste

1 tablespoon of sage (kinda have to guess at this)

Mix all together—should be the consistency of a very thick cake mix. 

Bake until golden brown, usually about an hour.

If I cook chicken (usually chicken legs and things) I cut it up and put it in the dressing.

Don't forget your disaster if you had one or know of one...

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