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Thanksgiving Turkeys, Traditions and Chickens?
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It’s the Five Li’l Fishes as the sisters parents are in California with Nancy for the Thanksgiving holiday. Everything is on the table this week, strawberry pretzel jello salads, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole…all the casseroles. We discuss how to best accommodate your vegan guests and talk a little bit about the history of the holiday and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Did you know the older Thanksgiving Day Parade in the country is Gimbel’s first held in Philadelphia in 1920? It’s now known as the 6ABC Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The sisters discuss the trends for this year, going vegan, going stress-free and going sober.
Bold Twists on Tradition
https://search.app/MTzjZLr8A45G4gQ59
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/strawberry-pretzel-salad/376aa27c-19a2-4114-9c80-20a431fc269b
Lynne’s Thanksgiving Book
https://a.co/d/82NCMzM
WHAT'S FOR DINNER:
Poppyseed Bread
3 beaten eggs
2 1/3 C. sugar
1 1/2 C. milk (Substitute your milk preference)
1 1/8 C. oil
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbs vanilla extract
2 Tbs almond extract
2 Tbs butter extract ( I do not use this, but the rest of my family does)
2 Tbs poppy seeds
3 C. flour
Mix and divide into 2 loaf pans. Bake 350
For the glaze: OJ and sugar. Mix the two to make a light glaze. I just eyeball it.
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00:00:00
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She got bit in the finger by it. Well, we ate that chicken, but we raised it. We raised chickens for eggs. We sold eggs. You got a scar on your finger. i Stop Why did that chicken attack you? The rooster was protecting his flock. as All you need to know about a chicken and a hen house that's right here. You got it. Three little fishes. Welcome to Three Little Fishes. We're three sisters who grew up in the Midwest together but have since spread across the country. I live in Los Angeles. I'm in Nashville. And I live in Philadelphia. We are all married with children. We've all had careers, but now we stay at home with our families. We've all been through ups and downs that come along with life and have always helped each other through shared stories and laugh together. We welcome all of you into our daily conversations and hope you have some fun with us. So let's jump in.
00:01:12
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us, so that is a special treat. We're gonna be talking all things Thanksgiving, turkey traditions, trends, and we have a special jingle. So ladies, let's jump in. Turkey traditions.
00:01:27
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We started thinking about Turkey traditions because we've been debating about if you have Turkey, how do you do it? And Lynn and Kathy told me that our, your Turkey recipe, which we shared last week was because of your dad. Is that true? That's true. That was my dad's recipe. So how did he find that tradition of using cheap champagne and fruit. well yeah as it good before good share ba for one thing and ah He really like dry turkey. It is the best way to keep your turkey moist, no matter if it's cooked too long. You know how you roast a bird, it gets really dry. This way it never dries out. And you have this wonderful
00:02:17
Speaker
au jus after the turkey is cooked because the things and the drippings in the bottom of the pan are filled with fruit and wine flavors, so vegetable flavors. So it's awesome. Did he do it in a roaster or did he do it in an oven? No, he did it in a roaster. He did, okay. Yeah, he always did. I don't know why we had this old gnarly looking roaster that you know, sat out on the on the back porch. So that answers a lot. Is that why you've always used a roaster and not the oven? Well, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. yeah ah Your mother wanted me to cook the turkey exactly the way her father did. Yeah. I had to do it exactly. well Oh, geez. just make
00:03:04
Speaker
makes for up Well, you're a good student, dad. It works well in the roaster because you can put the roaster anywhere. You can put it out of the porch, you can put it in the garage, you can put it anywhere where you don't take up all this space and all the oven room. Right. The oven, but that's a it's a key because you're not using the oven. you making any Especially if you just have one oven, it does save space. It's it does sensible. but What people may not know about our mom is that she grew up on a farm. And what people may also not know about you is is that she, um,
00:03:42
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had to take care of chickens when she was younger. And she absolutely detests chickens. Like she hates them to her core. Well, you like to eat them. You just don't like them alive. Correct. So do you have the same distastefulness you have for turkeys as you do chickens? I was never attacked by a turkey. OK. So when you were on the farm, did you raise your turkey you had for?
00:04:10
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Thanksgiving or did you go to the IGA? You went to the IGA. I'm actually surprised by this. I'm surprised you guys didn't raise turkeys and then, you know, use your turkey you raised. Did you eat your chickens? Yes. She got bit in the finger by it.
00:04:28
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Well, we ate that chicken, but we raised it quickly. um life we We did raise chicken. we raised We raised chickens for eggs. We sold eggs. You got a scar on your finger? Stop it. Why did that chicken attack you? When you get your chickens, ah the idea is you want just female chickens, so they just lay eggs. Right. You want a rooster.
00:04:55
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because then you get little chickens and you don't like roosters because they're just... They're mean. And they're aggressive. Yeah. And they're supposed to quote unquote sex the chickens, you know, which are like, you know, three inches tall when you get them and fluffy. How they do it, I have no idea, but you're supposed to only get one sex. Well, every once in a while you get a rooster. We got this rooster and he was a devil. He would hide in the chicken house.
00:05:25
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until someone came in, yeah and he would hide underneath the roost. They're roosts for the chickens so they could lay their eggs. And he would hide, and my job was to gather the eggs, and I would do that, and he would come out and chase me every day. And they didn't believe me because we don't have a rooster.
00:05:46
Speaker
its good We don't have one. ah Yes we do. So how did they finally believe you that there was indeed a rooster in the chicken house? Because he cornered me one day and he bit me. And he cut my finger. That bad rooster. So do hens not bite? The rooster was protecting his flock.
00:06:07
Speaker
as it All you need to know about a chicken in a hen house. That's right here. You got it. Three little fishes. yeah There is a trend this year that people are kind of looking for other things besides turkey to eat. Like maybe plant-based is becoming very popular, not just really for like a healthy lifestyle. Some people are also choosing like a Caribbean cuisine.
00:06:35
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and Caribbean cuisine, like jerk stuff, like more like a lot of spice. Yes, the spices to celebrate the global flavors. And then the other thing is people are going like, really, like serenity base. So to try and like, distress themselves to eat. So it's not such a big to do to do the turkey and stuff. They're choosing like soups and orders.
00:07:04
Speaker
You know, kind of think of it, I feel like mom wasn't very stressed for Thanksgiving dinner. I don't remember it being a stressful day. Do you guys? Why would it be a stressful day? Well, trying to like make all the things. but they They always made it all. That's why.
00:07:23
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Is that why? But I don't remember not running around like, I have to do this. I have to get this done. It wasn't stressful for her because then the one that made the turkey.
00:07:34
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Yeah, you really cut up all those vegetables. You did that. And then the other trend is a lot of people are doing non-alcoholic drinks, like the mocktails. The sober living is really a trend right now, for sure. It is. I think they're finding that alcohol probably is just like anything else, not that great for you. But I don't know if I'm ready to not, since I don't need like a bottle a day. I think I'm okay to have a nip here and there. Do what you want.
00:08:02
Speaker
Right? yeah what you want Live your life. And I wanted to like with the vegan or going vegetarian, is it a lifestyle choice? Or is it for is it because groceries are expensive? Like is there a correlation there? Well, I mean, I have to tell you, I went to the grocery store yesterday. I spent the most I have ever spent. And I've been married to Peter for 24 years.
00:08:29
Speaker
I don't know that I think the vegans lifestyle is less expensive. No, I don't think not necessarily. Yeah, I think they definitely have gotten more things to choose from. Like, you know, the grocery stores have more options. Because i um I remember a long time ago, our friend was vegan. And I mean, I was like, What do I feed him? Like I didn't. Yeah, I've developed a philosophy about that. Because that's an issue. Having family and friends for the holidays. Like we're having a party when we get home.
00:08:58
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ah with some friends for as a pre-Christmas party. That was fun. I didn't even get an invite on that. It's our turn, so we're going to... Who are these friends? It's my invitation. You're more than welcome. It's my invitation in the mail. It is. It's in the mail. You'll get it. Okay. And they are vegan. or Now they're not vegan, they're vegetarian. They were vegan, but yeah that was such an unhealthy lifestyle because they weren't getting enough of the essential fatty acids that they need.
00:09:27
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in vegetables. ah but you're really vegetable Vegetarian. And I was wringing my hands about it. And I was talking to one of the other people that are coming. And she said, well, I addressed this with them, because she almost did the last Christmas gift. And she goes, she said to my friend, what do I fix for you? She said, don't worry about me. I will bring a dish that will cover us.
00:09:53
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So that's a tip for people. Do your vegan friends say, I would really like to accommodate you, but maybe would you bring a dish? Bring something that you would be happy to have. yeah Some of them are really delicious. I just don't know how to make it. I'm a little different than you guys. I could easily be vegetarian. Like I definitely eat meat, but I i could, I definitely more heavy vegetarian than I think the rest of you. Whole foods, lean meats.
00:10:21
Speaker
Well, Linda and I were reminiscing because what we're like in high school, we were saying like when I was at Rich Woods, I mean, I literally ate, I think nachos and a Twinkie every day for lunch. I believe that. You know what, you did love the hostess. Like nobody loves a Twinkie like you do. I do. like Linda, Kathy, what are you doing for Sides for Thanksgiving? Because that's the key.
00:10:48
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Yes, so sides are critical. So I am making mashed potatoes. I'm doing something new, which I never have made. And that's sweet potato casserole, because I live in the South. i was I've been polling all my friends, like, what do they make? So I'm making sweet potato casserole with a pecan-like crumbled like thing on it. No marshmallows. It's like pecans and brown sugar. And then green beans.
00:11:18
Speaker
I'm shocked to hear this because you don't love sweet potato. I love sweet potatoes, but I don't like sweet potatoes like with marshmallows and stuff like that because sweet potatoes are so sweet. so it's And I don't like them to be like super pureed because it reminds me of baby food. so But I feel like I live in the South so I should try Southern things.
00:11:41
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This other friend of mine, and I've actually heard it from several people, they also down here eat a lot of like strawberry jello with No. So hear me out. there There's more strawberry jello with like pretzels and like cream cheese, which I am not going to get on board with because I don't like jello. That's a really old. Thank you informally, like as a family, we don't like jello. And I'm not putting the effort into making like a jello something. That sounds gross.
00:12:12
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Well, it's an old, that's a very old traditional. Yeah. As I was growing up, Jello was the big deal. I mean, they made Jello everything. Did Grandma make you eat Jello with cream cheese in it? There was Jello everywhere. No matter where you went, there was Jello. The Jello mode, the Jello and everything. Jello with everyone.
00:12:34
Speaker
Yeah. So, you know, my husband's aunt makes this Jell-O mold. It takes her hours because she does all these different colors and there's fruit in some of them and Cool Whip in some others and they, I mean, he loves it, but I'm not making it. I hate Jell-O and I'm not spending the time making layers of Jell-O in a mold that I pop out. I'm just not going to do it.
00:12:58
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But yeah if I really wanted to make him happy, I would make this jello mold, but I'm not going to do it. it's i I like jello. You do that. Get out of here. You do what? I like jello and I like beets. You do not.
00:13:12
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You did not eat Jell-O just on a day in and day out. No, but he will eat Jell-O because Grandma used to make Jell-O. She did not. She did. You just bypassed the Jell-O. She always made a Jell-O salad of some kind. Are you guys fixing beets for dinner or not? for No, dad. but No one likes beets.
00:13:34
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I like beets. You know, Renee doesn't like beets, so I haven't had a beet. They make me sick. I have made you beets. I don't know if you really do like them. Tim likes them, but I have made you beets. You can, like, lick your plate clean. I love beets. Yeah, well, Kathy, what are you doing? What are your thoughts? I think Jell-O, I don't really like Jell-O at all. Except if it's a Jell-O shot, and then you're all in. Correct. You have those Jell-O shots.
00:14:01
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That's a difference the only time I ever eat them or if I have a colonoscopy, I have to eat jello. Your jello shots are famous.
00:14:12
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yeah Our portage of my jello shots are pretty good. haven't you seen it Yeah. She loves them. Okay. What do you, what are your sides? Well, we're not actually having Thanksgiving here. We're invited to our friend's house for Thanksgiving. So she asked me, what are we going to bring that my kids really want? So I'm probably going to make twice baked potatoes for the boys. hu um Yeah. that's her Her daughter actually has a gluten.
00:14:41
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is gluten sensitive. So it's not like the best choice for her. But my potatoes are gluten free. potatoes are gluten free. Oh, are they? Yes. Like if you were bringing a pasta salad, I would say that's a problem. But you're bringing a potato, right? Not glu potatoes are gluten free. I think I thought it had gluten in it. No, so no gluten and potatoes.
00:15:07
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Yeah. Okay. Home run. Home run. Yeah. So I would make extra because if she really likes them and something she could eat, that's very flavorful. Yeah. Yeah. Well, and it's filling it up.
00:15:20
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that you get from bread, which has all the gluten in it. So that would be a great choice for her. Well, and I said I'd have to bring poppy seeds, so she won't be able to have that. But that is not gluten free, that's not gluten free. You know what is also a great dish to take, and it's kind of like twice baked with not quite so much effort, is Ree Drummond makes a twice baked potato casserole. She does. That's a good recipe. I've done that before. It's very good. It is delicious.
00:15:49
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and you can do it the day ahead. And you twice baked potatoes, which you do for twice baked potatoes, but after that, once you hollow out the potato, you make the dish, you put it in a casserole,
00:16:02
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Yeah, it's delicious. It is just really good. It's really good. I've made that before. It's just the it's twice baked potatoes without the shell. Just to like to put a book in on this. So do you eat any kind of jello like any flavor? Is it go for you and pretzels cream cheese? It doesn't matter what's in it.
00:16:23
Speaker
Strawberry's my favorite. Strawberry. Well, they usually put the pretzels in it, and then they put the cream cheese on top with some pretzels. I'm begging you to stop. I'm begging you to stop. I'm sending you a recipe, Nancy. OK. I mean, you lose me at Jell-O anyway, and then you add all these layers. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so green bean casserole is a favorite for Peter, Cathy. It is, yeah. We're going to have to do that for Christmas. If she isn't going to make that, I'll probably bring it as well. We'll see.
00:16:53
Speaker
I think that Tim likes that too, but he says that I don't really make things that I don't like, which could be true. And I think it's vile. Well, we'll make Tim some for Thanksgiving. He also has the sweet potatoes that his grandmother made that he really likes. Now I learned from my children, which I did not realize that they also love this recipe, which I was shocked because Riley is the picky eater. And he's like, I love those sweet potatoes. Cause I had suggested maybe we do them different this year. And I got a lot of pushback.
00:17:26
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but What is in the recipe? It is lots of sugar, lots of sugar, lots of brown sugar, butter, and sweet potato. Yeah, you gotta just saute some on the stove in this brown, you know, butter. Yeah, and like brown butter. If you're willing to share that recipe, I would take that and I want your strudel recipe if you're willing to share. Oh, so yeah, so another favorite of my family is tradition from his great grandmother is strudel. And my kids are like, we have to make that and we have to make that with Nana and Papa. And so stretch that dough, and then you have to stretch it out. But it has to be like paper thin where you actually see your you can see through it. Yeah, the dough, big and flaky. And my kids can tell you how to make it. And they're like,
00:18:16
Speaker
So it's kind of amazing that I think the tradition will live on. And it's delicious. We used to make that date nut roll with your dad. Yeah. No, I remember that. Christmas time. Christmas time though. Do you remember that date nut roll? I have the recipe. Yeah. Just forever. Wow, it's good though. So we're roping mom and dad into this tradition of strudel. So you get to start. I love that. Which is fine. Yeah. Take pictures. We will. We will. So I'm glad that you don't have to cook. That's kind of nice.
00:18:46
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Yeah, I only have to, I only have to mini cook. Mini cook. Mini really did cook. and You can do this twice baked potatoes. Days in advance. Yeah, I will. And I'm going to because they are a lot of work. She's gonna pop the good champs and she's just gonna enjoy the day all day. I guess also to come to think of it, we did a slow drip with you when we could drink legally. Like it was an all day slow drip, wasn't it? What'd you call it, Linda? that It's a slow drip. Yeah. Well,
00:19:15
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Yeah, yeah, it works. Yeah, I love it. And then just play play football, play cards and just like slide right into dinner. live this to dinner Yeah, and then you like lay around after because you're so tired. Later after that, there's the football. Yeah, you watch football. Macy's Day Parade.
00:19:35
Speaker
I was gonna say, Kathy, you like the Macy's Day, right? in love I think Lana Kay really liked the Macy's Day parade, too. She did, too. She did. That's a mourning activity, though. I think, Lana, you said the Macy's Day parade like dates back to... I wrote this down because I was amazed. 1924. Yeah. Wow. I mean, that's a long time. well Well, I have a little other information. I don't know the exact date, but remember,
00:20:03
Speaker
The day after Thanksgiving, ah ah Peoria has a parade. okay It's the Santa Claus parade. It's the oldest Santa Claus parade in the country. I had to march in that, I think. yeah I marched in that a long time. You and I, Kathy. For years and years. You marched in it as terrible. I hated that. It was so cold. It was cold. Before we even played instruments, we were flag girls, and we played instruments, and we marched in it forever.
00:20:36
Speaker
But it's the oldest one in the country and it's still going on. So I do want to tell you guys, all of our listeners, if you I i kind of looked up, I have this old book that I have read to our kids forever and ever. Now they're big. But um the origin of Thanksgiving is may surprise some people.
00:20:56
Speaker
So for two centuries, the Day of Thanksgiving was celebrated by individual colonies and states at different times during the year, usually around harvest time. and But it wasn't until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln declared it a national holiday. And he hoped they were, we were in civil war at the time. And he hoped that a day of celebration that the entire country observed would kind of bring everyone together. And um the book I used to read to our kids is called Sarah The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Lori Anderson. So we'll put the link in our show notes. And if
00:21:39
Speaker
our listeners care to hear any more about the history of Thanksgiving, which is quite extensive. We'll also post like a little article at the end of our in our show notes as well. I think we should also um share a recipe because Thanksgiving is all about sharing. So instead of what's for dinner, we thought that we would share a special recipe that we all three of us will have at our dinner table. It's It's a staple for everybody, which is my mom's poppy seed bread, which I think every one of us knows how to make that. And I think it's our kids' favorite. like Yeah, it's delicious. It's a must. We love poppy seed bread. It is delicious. So we thought that instead of what's for dinner, we would just share that recipe. And it's super easy. It's a dump bread. And it's basically, it's a sweet bread. It's kind of like a donut, kind of.
00:22:35
Speaker
I don't know, not a donut, but it's like, how would you describe it? It's just, it's just like a dessert bread, but it goes great with that turkey. You don't want to even cook and you're just looking for something sweet. It's just, you can't mess it up. You literally dump it all in a bowl and you bake it. It's super easy. That's great.
00:22:54
Speaker
So we would love to send our listeners off with a little Thanksgiving jingle from the three little fishes. Thanksgiving's here. It's time to cheer. Families gathering from far and near. Poppy seed bread and turkey to share. Laughter and stories fill the air. Stretchy pants on. We're ready to feast. Football's playing. The fun's unleashed. A toast to love, to food, to friends, to gasps as the meal descends. Drinking, joking, memories made. Thanksgiving joy will never fade.
00:23:30
Speaker
Oh, I love that. So cheers to all of you. yeah Happy Thanksgiving. Happy day of peace and rest. Thank you, listeners. We appreciate you. We want to thank you for listening to our podcast and letting us sisters jump into your day. Please make sure to follow, rate, and review us so the fishes can grow. This Thanksgiving holiday, we're so grateful to our listeners, the three little fishes with you and your loved ones, a very happy Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful holiday. Sisters out.