Re: Another gravy swamp.

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, Carol wrote:

D wrote:
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2024, Carol wrote:
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Nutmeg, (later added onions and garlic), and Cumin.
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For 'D' I'd recommend mix white and his dark bread for texture.  You
may like a whole wheat.  Same seasonings.

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As so often stated, you are a wise woman Carol!

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Call it neccessity of a Mother.  With me being at sea so much, I got
back once just before T-day (happened twice).  Once the commisary ran
out of stuffing before I made it.  I was pretty proficient with making
bread by then so I just added spices to the mix but at that time, had
only onions and garlic in bulb form so we added them raw minced after
the baking was done and in with the butter to heat to translucent and
continued on.  There was no way we were going to skip the stuffing!

You sure are a good and resourceful mother!

Think about types of crushed nuts you like in there.  Roast them at
the side then have them available as sprinkles on the stuffing.
Bits of fruits (lignon or something like that for 'D'?) set aside
for sprinkles.

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Interesting... lingonberries... they are quite sour, would that still
work? Or would you use sweeter berries?

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Oh, I just recalled you liked them but no flavor came to mind.  I would
use sweeter berries or just omit.

Hmm, maybe something sweeter like blueberries or perhaps blackberries would do?

I assume like most of the world, you have some 'harvest festival'?
Generically we call it 'Thanksgiving' and normally a fall harvest.
October Fest is a sample of it.  Canada has one a month earlier because
it's north of us so 'harvest' is earlier (that's what I've been told).

Nothing comes to mind really. There are of course farmers markets, but the only special day that comes to mind during the autumn is all saints day. This day in sweden, is _not_ about eating candy and dressing like ghosts. From my childhood I remember it as a very boring day, when I had to go with my father to the cemetery to light candles upon the grave of his parents.
I don't understand why we have to import the Helloween spectacle to sweden, with all the candy and stress it brings with it. The wife likes it, I personally, prefer the boring tradition of lighting a candle and thinking about death in a peaceful place.