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pansypoo53219

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54. I KNOW HOW TO PREVENT WATERY EYES WHEN CUTTING ONIONS!!!!!!!
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 11:14 PM
Nov 2022

tho i hate stuffing. you have to have a burning candle(bees wax best) between you + onions. shorter candles help.

I understand that feeling well my friend Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2022 #1
I had a very different mother but I am your mother Happyhippychick Nov 2022 #2
That sounds like my Christmas Eve Siwsan Nov 2022 #3
A good Rue is hard to conquer. Congrats. Lochloosa Nov 2022 #4
At the risk of being picky, it's roux. Not rue. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #26
Thanks - I thought that looked weird!! Siwsan Nov 2022 #30
Sounds lovely. Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #38
I've learned to cook the roux until it is the color of Vernors Ginger Ale. No lighter. Siwsan Nov 2022 #39
Aah, Vernors MetalMama Nov 2022 #43
Vernor's and milk The Blue Flower Nov 2022 #59
I had that same skillet of onions and celery on the stove, but Croney Nov 2022 #5
I know this will sound sacreligious, but I like to put a tube of Jimmy dean's sausage meat... Karadeniz Nov 2022 #6
Love sausage dressing ... Auggie Nov 2022 #7
Actually, I'd rather eat my dressing than the turkey!!! Karadeniz Nov 2022 #21
+1. hadn't actually had that thought before stopdiggin Nov 2022 #23
Sausage stuffing is the best! chowmama Nov 2022 #52
Not in the least. Sounds wonderful. paleotn Nov 2022 #15
I did that last year. It was great Siwsan Nov 2022 #40
I was thinking about oyster stuffing earlier... but I can't even be in the same room with a raw Karadeniz Nov 2022 #42
She was. N/T werdna Nov 2022 #8
Bike ride first thing (have to get the exercise in) then put the pieces together. plimsoll Nov 2022 #9
That stuffing sounds FABULOUS!! Well, it all does!!! Karadeniz Nov 2022 #22
I cubed up a couple sourdough loaves I didn't love tishaLA Nov 2022 #24
I understand completely. Same here. paleotn Nov 2022 #10
I remember the smells of my Grandma's house during PatrickforB Nov 2022 #11
Miss doing that with my mom who died about five years ago JT45242 Nov 2022 #12
I hear you. I am continuing the tradition and every year I wake and start cooking. cayugafalls Nov 2022 #13
Onions, celery, sage sauteing in butter--smell is a powerful tool to wake up memories randr Nov 2022 #14
Mmm, sage Wednesdays Nov 2022 #19
Sounds like what my mom did. calimary Nov 2022 #16
Same here The Blue Flower Nov 2022 #17
Ohhhhhh. Congratulations on little Pearl!! Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #32
Thank you! The Blue Flower Nov 2022 #58
Isn't that the best?? Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #60
Such love from ancestors lives with us all our lives. May we be worthy of them, and be ancianita Nov 2022 #18
onions and celery oh yes. I loved my mom's dressing! yellowdogintexas Nov 2022 #20
So touching. MOMFUDSKI Nov 2022 #25
WILL YOU STOP CUTTING THOSE ONIONS?!?!?!? COL Mustard Nov 2022 #27
You made me teary-eyed too. Thanks for sharing. CaptainTruth Nov 2022 #28
As Garrison Keillor used to say: I smell the onions; I look around for you. peppertree Nov 2022 #29
She sounds like a great mom. Be as happy this Thanksgiving Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #31
My Aunt Marie's stuffing... Lars39 Nov 2022 #33
OMG Atticus, you just answered my stuffing question. I will saute the onions/celery before I put AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2022 #34
Started our turkey while ago Bayard Nov 2022 #35
Beautiful message, Atticus, reminding me of my mom and a lot of family highplainsdem Nov 2022 #36
My Mum SallyHemmings Nov 2022 #37
Nice memory! Ursus Rex Nov 2022 #41
I start our turkey upside down roast for 3 hours at different temperatures and R Merm Nov 2022 #44
Food really does stir up powerful memories. Collimator Nov 2022 #45
Great memory and tribute Atticus! I have dishes and recipes that bring it back. Happy Thanksgiving! Evolve Dammit Nov 2022 #46
I feel you..... AmBlue Nov 2022 #47
Grandma, Mom... MiHale Nov 2022 #48
That was my childhood too. Celery, onions, sage and giblets. LNM Nov 2022 #49
This is a truly beautiful post malaise Nov 2022 #50
she was beside you... littlewolf Nov 2022 #51
I had similar TG experience growing up. Laffy Kat Nov 2022 #53
I KNOW HOW TO PREVENT WATERY EYES WHEN CUTTING ONIONS!!!!!!! pansypoo53219 Nov 2022 #54
My mom died on Sunday. evolves Nov 2022 #55
Hear you Cailinrain Nov 2022 #57
I was asked to help make a small feast... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #56
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