I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.

I put some water in the tagine and put it in the oven to heat it up;
after the potatoes were ready I took the tagine from the oven, drained
out the water, put the mashed potatoes in it and covered them with
some parchment paper, put the lid back on and back into the oven.
I turned the oven off and left them in there until it was time to go.
It was a couple of hours before we ate and the potatoes were perfect
and hot.
Yippieee Skippieee.

It made a very pretty serving dish too.

koko
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On Nov 24, 5:26*pm, wrote:
> I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
> keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
> to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.
> Yippieee Skippieee.
> It made a very pretty serving dish too.
Oh, what a great share, Koko. I have no tagine, but have decided for
the Thanksgiving dinner I will make for bad-cook friends next year I
will use all my Corningware and other nice oven-safe dishes to keep
everything inside a low-temp oven or stove-top to be able to just whip
all out and onto the table after my guests arrive and seating time
comes. I should be able to manage that with preparing only the turkey
(sliced and chunked), both sweet and mashed potatoes, green beans or
brussel sprouts and covered bread rolls in the oven; gravy, corn mixed
with bacon and a teensy bit of brown sugar stove-top. As the table is
filled with all that, the cakes to be sauce drizzled and the peach and
apple pies that are mixed/panned and refrigerated can go into the oven
while we eat and the coffee brews and the tea water heats. A lot of
this I can make the day before and refrigerate until pre-dinner oven
time because I do have two good size refrigerators, one standard size
oven and a big enough convection oven to handle all to serving times.
Wish me luck, I am determined to have these bad-cook people over next
year for a goosd, simple, old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
Theit kitchen is just as tiny as mine, they have two grown kids who
each work in restaurants, and thereby each of the four adults
contributed to the dinner I was invited to. I brought only my then
too sour cranberry sauce to share; they provided a very dry spiral
sliced ham, a moisture-less turkey, watery and unsalted mashed spuds,
tasteless gravy, canned and unseasoned-undrained green beans with
soggy bacon added as well as unseasoned-undrained canned corn, boiled
potato slices with sliced brats and cream of mushroom soup in the then
baked together mix, some sort of "beanie-weenie' dish I did not try,
cold packaged buns and an okay pumpkin cheesecake that I brought home
a piece of, plus a cold platter of black olives, mini-carrots and
boiled egg halves with the yolks only mashed and not seasoned with
anything at all, and a huge bowl of wheat thin cereal that had been
tumbled in a bag of chocolate white powdered sugar. What a treat this
dinner was (not). My compliments were limited to, "Oh, what a fun
combination!" and, of course, "Thank you so much for sharing your day
with me, next year it will be my turn!"
....PickyHavingNoLeftoversButForAsliceOfCheesecake ,ThankYou!

"JeanineAlyse" > wrote in message
...
> On Nov 24, 5:26 pm, wrote:
>> I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
>> keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
>> to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.
>> Yippieee Skippieee.
>> It made a very pretty serving dish too.
>>
> Oh, what a great share, Koko. I have no tagine, but have decided for
> the Thanksgiving dinner I will make for bad-cook friends next year I
> will use all my Corningware and other nice oven-safe dishes to keep
> everything inside a low-temp oven or stove-top
(snip)

> Wish me luck, I am determined to have these bad-cook people over next
> year for a goosd, simple, old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
> Theit kitchen is just as tiny as mine, they have two grown kids who
> each work in restaurants, and thereby each of the four adults
> contributed to the dinner I was invited to. I brought only my then
> too sour cranberry sauce to share; they provided a very dry spiral
> sliced ham, a moisture-less turkey, watery and unsalted mashed spuds,
> tasteless gravy, canned and unseasoned-undrained green beans

(snipped before I barf LOL)
> ...PickyHavingNoLeftoversButForAsliceOfCheesecake, ThankYou!
>
Sorry to piggy back, Picky I'm sure we've all had our share of bad or
mediocre holiday dinners.

When I was married (a million years ago) I had to go to four different
houses for Thanksgiving. I'm an equal opportunity critic My mother made
a pretty standard meal: turkey with dressing (made from Pepperidge Farm
seasoned bread cubes - not bad). Mashed potatoes (made from a box of those
mashed potato flakes). Turkey gravy made from a packet of McCormick's or
Durkee or something. Canned green beans (but at least she drained them!).
Dinner rolls (she always forgot to set the timer and burned the rolls), a
chilled can of "cranberry sauce" that came out shaped like the can.

Then we had to go to the (former) MIL's house for another meal. She made
cornbread "dressing" that was so runny it looked like vomit. You could
literally run a spoon through it and it would close back up, the opposite of
parting the Red Sea. I thought perhaps she'd made a mistake so I didn't say
anything. But it became apparent from comments she always made it like
that. "Isn't it great?!" Being a polite guest I took a spoonful of
dressing (which quickly spread out on my plate), and no, it wasn't great.
LOL

Then it was off to visit one of his aunt's who lived in an apartment with
her two daughters, both of whom were probably in their 20's. I don't
remember much about that visit except the turkey had been cooked to death
several times over. It became apparent why when I walked in the door
spotted all the beer cans in the trash. Heh.

Over the river and through the woods to [his] grandmother's house we went!
His grandparents were lovely people. Very gracious. They lived in the
country, had a vegetable garden and the food was delicious. But by this
time I was getting tired, although I politely nibbled.

(Best Billy Mays voice) But wait! There's more! LOL We still had to go to
his uncle's house! His wife didn't cook dinner. She served "holiday
platters" she'd bought at the deli counter. There's a nice homey touch for
ya! Frankly, I didn't mind. It was more like a cocktail party than a
holiday dinner. Hors d'oeuvres, different types of breads and sliced turkey
and ham with accompaniments, a relish tray. And wine and liquor. Lots and
lots of liquid refreshments. By that time I needed it We'd been going
from house to house all day and I just wanted to go home.

Jill

On Nov 26, 7:56*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "JeanineAlyse" > wrote in message
>
> ...> On Nov 24, 5:26 pm, wrote:
> >> I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
> >> keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
> >> to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.
> >> Yippieee Skippieee.
> >> It made a very pretty serving dish too.
>
> > Oh, what a great share, Koko. *I have no tagine, but have decided for
> > the Thanksgiving dinner I will make for bad-cook friends next year I
> > will use all my Corningware and other nice oven-safe dishes to keep
> > everything inside a low-temp oven or stove-top
>
> (snip)
>
> > Wish me luck, I am determined to have these bad-cook people over next
> > year for a goosd, simple, old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
> > Theit kitchen is just as tiny as mine, they have two grown kids who
> > each work in restaurants, and thereby each of the four adults
> > contributed to the dinner I was invited to. *I brought only my then
> > too sour cranberry sauce to share; they provided a very dry spiral
> > sliced ham, a moisture-less turkey, watery and unsalted mashed spuds,
> > tasteless gravy, canned and unseasoned-undrained green beans
>
> (snipped before I barf LOL)> ...PickyHavingNoLeftoversButForAsliceOfCheesecake, ThankYou!
>
> Sorry to piggy back, Picky *I'm sure we've all had our share of bad or
> mediocre holiday dinners.
>
> When I was married (a million years ago) I had to go to four different
> houses for Thanksgiving. *I'm an equal opportunity critic *My mother made
> a pretty standard meal: *turkey with dressing (made from Pepperidge Farm
> seasoned bread cubes - not bad). *Mashed potatoes (made from a box of those
> mashed potato flakes). *Turkey gravy made from a packet of McCormick's or
> Durkee or something. *Canned green beans (but at least she drained them!).
> Dinner rolls (she always forgot to set the timer and burned the rolls), a
> chilled can of "cranberry sauce" that came out shaped like the can.
>
> Then we had to go to the (former) MIL's house for another meal. *She made
> cornbread "dressing" that was so runny it looked like vomit. *You could
> literally run a spoon through it and it would close back up, the opposite of
> parting the Red Sea. *I thought perhaps she'd made a mistake so I didn't say
> anything. *But it became apparent from comments she always made it like
> that. *"Isn't it great?!" *Being a polite guest I took a spoonful of
> dressing (which quickly spread out on my plate), and no, it wasn't great.
> LOL
>
> Then it was off to visit one of his aunt's who lived in an apartment with
> her two daughters, both of whom were probably in their 20's. *I don't
> remember much about that visit except the turkey had been cooked to death
> several times over. *It became apparent why when I walked in the door
> spotted all the beer cans in the trash. *Heh.
>
> Over the river and through the woods to [his] grandmother's house we went!
> His grandparents were lovely people. *Very gracious. *They lived in the
> country, had a vegetable garden and the food was delicious. *But by this
> time I was getting tired, although I politely nibbled.
>
> (Best Billy Mays voice) But wait! *There's more! *LOL *We still had to go to
> his uncle's house! *His wife didn't cook dinner. *She served "holiday
> platters" she'd bought at the deli counter. *There's a nice homey touch for
> ya! *Frankly, I didn't mind. *It was more like a cocktail party than a
> holiday dinner. *Hors d'oeuvres, different types of breads and sliced turkey
> and ham with accompaniments, a relish tray. *And wine and liquor. *Lots and
> lots of liquid refreshments. *By that time I needed it *We'd been going
> from house to house all day and I just wanted to go home.

Meal hopping is stupid, but at least your final stop was the one with
the decent food. You could have used the excuse of not wanting to get
filled up at your mother's, and just had a little turkey and
dressing. Then at the next two places, claim to be stuffed from
earlier in the day. You sure in Hell didn't have to eat the cornbread
slop, and at the aunt's you could just have a drink, saying that you'd
already had two meals, but wanted to come by because you enjoyed their
company. Have your only real meal at the grandparents' and just have
drinks at the cocktail party.

Next year, I'm making dinner, even if it's only for the 3 of us. If
my sister-in-law does another noon thing, we'll go, but just to visit,
showing up at about 1:00. We'll use the excuse of wanting to save our
turkey appetites for dinner.
>
> Jill

--Bryan

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:56:41 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

> a chilled can of "cranberry sauce" that came out shaped like the can.

I like that stuff, but I'm the only one who does. Fortunately, a
grocery store near DD makes fresh cranberry/orange relish - so she
picks up a container of that for me and the two of us eat it at
dinner. Nobody else touches cranberry anything.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> "JeanineAlyse" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Nov 24, 5:26 pm, wrote:
>>> I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
>>> keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
>>> to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.
>>> Yippieee Skippieee.
>>> It made a very pretty serving dish too.
>>>
>> Oh, what a great share, Koko. I have no tagine, but have decided for
>> the Thanksgiving dinner I will make for bad-cook friends next year I
>> will use all my Corningware and other nice oven-safe dishes to keep
>> everything inside a low-temp oven or stove-top
> (snip)
>
>> Wish me luck, I am determined to have these bad-cook people over next
>> year for a goosd, simple, old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
>> Theit kitchen is just as tiny as mine, they have two grown kids who
>> each work in restaurants, and thereby each of the four adults
>> contributed to the dinner I was invited to. I brought only my then
>> too sour cranberry sauce to share; they provided a very dry spiral
>> sliced ham, a moisture-less turkey, watery and unsalted mashed spuds,
>> tasteless gravy, canned and unseasoned-undrained green beans
>
> (snipped before I barf LOL)
>> ...PickyHavingNoLeftoversButForAsliceOfCheesecake, ThankYou!
>>
> Sorry to piggy back, Picky I'm sure we've all had our share of bad
> or mediocre holiday dinners.
>
> When I was married (a million years ago) I had to go to four different
> houses for Thanksgiving. I'm an equal opportunity critic My
> mother made a pretty standard meal: turkey with dressing (made from
> Pepperidge Farm seasoned bread cubes - not bad). Mashed potatoes
> (made from a box of those mashed potato flakes). Turkey gravy made
> from a packet of McCormick's or Durkee or something. Canned green
> beans (but at least she drained them!). Dinner rolls (she always
> forgot to set the timer and burned the rolls), a chilled can of
> "cranberry sauce" that came out shaped like the can.
>
> Then we had to go to the (former) MIL's house for another meal. She
> made cornbread "dressing" that was so runny it looked like vomit. You
> could literally run a spoon through it and it would close back up, the
> opposite of parting the Red Sea. I thought perhaps she'd made a
> mistake so I didn't say anything. But it became apparent from
> comments she always made it like that. "Isn't it great?!" Being a
> polite guest I took a spoonful of dressing (which quickly spread out
> on my plate), and no, it wasn't great. LOL
>
> Then it was off to visit one of his aunt's who lived in an apartment
> with her two daughters, both of whom were probably in their 20's. I
> don't remember much about that visit except the turkey had been cooked
> to death several times over. It became apparent why when I walked in
> the door spotted all the beer cans in the trash. Heh.
>
> Over the river and through the woods to [his] grandmother's house we
> went! His grandparents were lovely people. Very gracious. They lived
> in the country, had a vegetable garden and the food was delicious.
> But by this time I was getting tired, although I politely nibbled.
>
> (Best Billy Mays voice) But wait! There's more! LOL We still had to
> go to his uncle's house! His wife didn't cook dinner. She served
> "holiday platters" she'd bought at the deli counter. There's a nice
> homey touch for ya! Frankly, I didn't mind. It was more like a
> cocktail party than a holiday dinner. Hors d'oeuvres, different types
> of breads and sliced turkey and ham with accompaniments, a relish
> tray. And wine and liquor. Lots and lots of liquid refreshments. By
> that time I needed it We'd been going from house to house all day
> and I just wanted to go home.
>
> Jill

You really bitch a lot.

-HB (Snacks!)

"JeanineAlyse" <> wrote in part
On Nov 24, 5:26 pm, wrote: corn mixed
with bacon and a teensy bit of brown sugar stove-top. !

Aha! In all the pain, I saw that. Brown sugar on corn? What an
interesting idea. Sounds scathingly brilliant. Please tell us about it.
Polly

wrote in :

>
> I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
> keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
> to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.
>
> I put some water in the tagine and put it in the oven to heat it up;
> after the potatoes were ready I took the tagine from the oven, drained
> out the water, put the mashed potatoes in it and covered them with
> some parchment paper, put the lid back on and back into the oven.
> I turned the oven off and left them in there until it was time to go.
> It was a couple of hours before we ate and the potatoes were perfect
> and hot.
> Yippieee Skippieee.
>
> It made a very pretty serving dish too.
>



Improvise, adapt, overcome :-)

I have a tagine lid left, after the base was dropped :-(

But it makes a pretty good lid for a couple of my frypans, so it might just
have a bit of a longer life rather than joining the base in the bin. Won't
buy another one just yet. We are starting to 'cull' all our stuff in
preparation for moving :-)




Peter Lucas
(currently Brisbane)
Australia