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USCHO Cooks: Open Your Mystery Basket.

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Christmas cookie week is only 3 weeks away. I need to start earlier this year, as some of the cookies have to be delivered on December 2.

List so far (and probably final):
<a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peanut-butter-maple-cookies">Peanut Butter Maple</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/candy-cane-cookies">Peppermint Candy Canes</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://tastingspoons.com/archives/9558">Maple Pecan Slices</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-peppermint-snaps-recipe#.UIbO7DkN1tM.pinterest">Gluten Free Molasses</a> (new)
<a href="http://bakingevolution.com/blog/2013/11/6/blog-41-ugly-but-delicious-cookies">Brutti ma buena</a> (new)
<a href="http://www.rachelcooks.com/2013/12/04/peppermint-shortbread-cookies/">Peppermint Shortbread</a> (new)
<a href="http://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/2013/12/09/gingerbread-snickerdoodles-recipe/">Gingerbread Snickerdoodles</a> (new)
<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/foodwine/2016828671_grasshoppercookies23.html">Grasshoppers</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20081128/ARCHIVES/311289979">Chocolate Cornflake Wreaths</a> (new)
<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/recipes/patrick-s-chocolate-raspberry-rugelach/article_415add4a-0d05-559e-92bd-5addd0e428b2.html">Chocolate Raspberry Rugelach</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.bhg.com/recipe/rum-praline-shortbread-bites/">Rum Pecan Praline Shortbread</a> (new)
Mandelbrot (Zingerman's recipe... not online) (repeat)
<A HREF="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-cocoa-molasses-cookies-recipe#.UQRb5zZiZlI.pinterest">Dark Chocolate Buttercrunch</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/peppermint-crunch-bark-recipe">Peppermint Bark</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/cranberry-nut-chocolate-bark-recipe?crlt.pid=camp.v8XuaBmGMbDb">Cranberry Pecan Bark</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chocolate-peppermint-pinwheel-cookies-recipe2.html">Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/dark-chocolate-ginger-bark-recipe">Dark Chocolate Ginger Bark</a> (new)

No brandy snaps or white chocolate raspberry thumbprints this year. Still considering gingerbread palmiers, since I let them get the best of me last year. I picked a few festive-looking ones to donate to a local housing authority for their Christmas parties. Most excited to try the gingerbread snickerdoodles.
 
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If I am doing spaghetti and meatballs on Thanksgiving, would garlic bread sticks and a salad of some kind work as sides?
 
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Also, in my Twitter feed, I'm starting to see "healthy" (read: low-fat) Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes pop up. Since when is Thanksgiving dinner supposed to be low-fat? I thought it was a day devoted to gluttony of the highest order. You put on your sweatpants, park your butt at the table, and eat until you can't squeeze any more food into you.
 
Re: USCHO Cooks: Open Your Mystery Basket.

Christmas cookie week is only 3 weeks away. I need to start earlier this year, as some of the cookies have to be delivered on December 2.

List so far (and probably final):
<a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peanut-butter-maple-cookies">Peanut Butter Maple</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/candy-cane-cookies">Peppermint Candy Canes</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://tastingspoons.com/archives/9558">Maple Pecan Slices</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-peppermint-snaps-recipe#.UIbO7DkN1tM.pinterest">Gluten Free Molasses</a> (new)
<a href="http://bakingevolution.com/blog/2013/11/6/blog-41-ugly-but-delicious-cookies">Brutti ma buena</a> (new)
<a href="http://www.rachelcooks.com/2013/12/04/peppermint-shortbread-cookies/">Peppermint Shortbread</a> (new)
<a href="http://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/2013/12/09/gingerbread-snickerdoodles-recipe/">Gingerbread Snickerdoodles</a> (new)
<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/foodwine/2016828671_grasshoppercookies23.html">Grasshoppers</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20081128/ARCHIVES/311289979">Chocolate Cornflake Wreaths</a> (new)
<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/recipes/patrick-s-chocolate-raspberry-rugelach/article_415add4a-0d05-559e-92bd-5addd0e428b2.html">Chocolate Raspberry Rugelach</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.bhg.com/recipe/rum-praline-shortbread-bites/">Rum Pecan Praline Shortbread</a> (new)
Mandelbrot (Zingerman's recipe... not online) (repeat)
<A HREF="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-cocoa-molasses-cookies-recipe#.UQRb5zZiZlI.pinterest">Dark Chocolate Buttercrunch</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/peppermint-crunch-bark-recipe">Peppermint Bark</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/cranberry-nut-chocolate-bark-recipe?crlt.pid=camp.v8XuaBmGMbDb">Cranberry Pecan Bark</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chocolate-peppermint-pinwheel-cookies-recipe2.html">Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels</a> (repeat)
<a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/dark-chocolate-ginger-bark-recipe">Dark Chocolate Ginger Bark</a> (new)

No brandy snaps or white chocolate raspberry thumbprints this year. Still considering gingerbread palmiers, since I let them get the best of me last year. I picked a few festive-looking ones to donate to a local housing authority for their Christmas parties. Most excited to try the gingerbread snickerdoodles.
Holy ****,
My mom used to make about 20 different cookies and they were highly sought after by friends and neighbors. I'm thinking Fed Ex delivers :) too bad I couldn't eat any of them if they were dropped in front of me. That list looks like 5lbs of instant weight gain :)
 
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If I showed up to Thanksgiving and there was spaghetti, I'd turn around and be out the door in less than 5 seconds. Turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, green bean casserole, corn puddin', gravy over everything. Mmmmmmmmmm
 
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If I showed up to Thanksgiving and there was spaghetti, I'd turn around and be out the door in less than 5 seconds. Turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, green bean casserole, corn puddin', gravy over everything. Mmmmmmmmmm

About that... if I had company coming, or I were cooking for extended family, I would go traditional. However, it will be my dad and I for the fourth year in a row, and since we'll be alone, I chose the non-traditional route. And to me, spaghetti and meatballs sounded WAY more appetizing than turkey + sides for the umpteenth year in a row.
 
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If I showed up to Thanksgiving and there was spaghetti, I'd turn around and be out the door in less than 5 seconds. Turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, green bean casserole, corn puddin', gravy over everything. Mmmmmmmmmm

What the heck is corn pudding.

Good Spag and MB would be OK for me. I could care less for the turkey. Love the veggies!
 
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Also, in my Twitter feed, I'm starting to see "healthy" (read: low-fat) Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes pop up. Since when is Thanksgiving dinner supposed to be low-fat? I thought it was a day devoted to gluttony of the highest order. You put on your sweatpants, park your butt at the table, and eat until you can't squeeze any more food into you.

since when is Thanksgiving about spaghetti and meatballs? so you can pick one thing to change, but not another?

If I showed up to Thanksgiving and there was spaghetti, I'd turn around and be out the door in less than 5 seconds. Turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, green bean casserole, corn puddin', gravy over everything. Mmmmmmmmmm

traditionalist here too. it's the only time of the year I eat turkey and stuffing.
but I think marshmallows on sweet potatoes are disgusting. :p
 
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About that... if I had company coming, or I were cooking for extended family, I would go traditional. However, it will be my dad and I for the fourth year in a row, and since we'll be alone, I chose the non-traditional route. And to me, spaghetti and meatballs sounded WAY more appetizing than turkey + sides for the umpteenth year in a row.

How many times a year do you have turkey with sides? How many times a year do you have spaghetti and meatballs?

I dated a woman in college who had served in the coast guard in NY and had gotten invited to an Italian family dinner with one of her boat mates. She said they had turkey, stuffing and gravy, then brought out the pasta and pizza.
 
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King Arthur Flour has free shipping on orders over $75 and my day is made. Maybe even my whole month.
 
Re: USCHO Cooks: Open Your Mystery Basket.

since when is Thanksgiving about spaghetti and meatballs? so you can pick one thing to change, but not another?



traditionalist here too. it's the only time of the year I eat turkey and stuffing.
but I think marshmallows on sweet potatoes are disgusting. :p

How many times a year do you have turkey with sides? How many times a year do you have spaghetti and meatballs?

I dated a woman in college who had served in the coast guard in NY and had gotten invited to an Italian family dinner with one of her boat mates. She said they had turkey, stuffing and gravy, then brought out the pasta and pizza.

I haven't had spaghetti and meatballs at all in the last 4 years. I've had puttanesca, I've had pomodoro, but no spaghetti and meatballs. I can still devote the day to gluttony, but turkey just isn't on the menu.
 
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I haven't had spaghetti and meatballs at all in the last 4 years. I've had puttanesca, I've had pomodoro, but no spaghetti and meatballs. I can still devote the day to gluttony, but turkey just isn't on the menu.

you completely missed the point. I'm not picking on you for having spaghetti and meatballs. you seem to have a problem with people who may want healthier holiday recipes and at the same time, you're having a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner yourself. why is one OK, but not the other? aren't the holidays whatever you want them to be?
 
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you completely missed the point. I'm not picking on you for having spaghetti and meatballs. you seem to have a problem with people who may want healthier holiday recipes and at the same time, you're having a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner yourself. why is one OK, but not the other? aren't the holidays whatever you want them to be?

The holidays are whatever you want them to be. I just never saw (even when I was anorexic) how "low-fat" played into the menu.
 
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Warning: graphic bread porn. <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/best-new-restaurants/article/high-street-on-market">Alex Bois appears to be some sort of god</a>. And here's his <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/roasted-potato-bread">Roasted Potato bread</a> recipe.
 
Re: USCHO Cooks: Open Your Mystery Basket.

Warning: graphic bread porn. <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/best-new-restaurants/article/high-street-on-market">Alex Bois appears to be some sort of god</a>. And here's his <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/roasted-potato-bread">Roasted Potato bread</a> recipe.

Mmmmmm.... ALL THE CARBS!
 
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