Episode #210: Thanksgiving Favorites – A Lovely Mess

Thanksgiving is that this week, so we’re letting you in on all our Thanksgiving favorites.

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Present Notes:

Take heed to the Bonus Episode about Emma’s e book HERE

What your plans are for Thanksgiving this 12 months:

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Having it at Elsie’s and cooking with their mother

Favourite Thanksgiving Reminiscence:

Elsie – When Nova was 3 and so they wrote on leaves every thing she was grateful for

Emma – Going to her Nice-Aunt Ina’s home and consuming honey butter

Favourite Thanksgiving Custom:

Elsie – Making Thanksgiving meals with Emma

Emma – Making Gingerbread homes

Favourite Thanksgiving dish to make:

Elsie – Gingerbread Cookies, Chex Combine, Charcuterie, and Oatmeal Cookie Shot or Cinnamon Toast Crunch Shot

Emma – Turkey

Favourite Thanksgiving dish to eat:

Elsie – Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie

Emma – Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Inexperienced Bean Casserole, Stuffing, Funeral Potatoes, Crockpot Mashed Potatoes, Espresso Martini, and Affogato

Favourite Thanksgiving Dessert:

Elsie – Apple Tart

Emma – Pumpkin Marble Cheesecake, No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake, Caramel Apple Cheesecake, and Cookies

Favourite factor to do after dinner:

Elsie – Watch a film and enhance gingerbread cookies

Emma – Watch a film or do a puzzle

Sparks Pleasure:

Elsie – Moose Glasses

Emma – Behind the Seams by Dolly Parton

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Episode 210 Transcript:

Elsie: You’re listening to The Lovely Mess Podcast, your cozy consolation pay attention. Thanksgiving is subsequent week, so we’re letting you in on all of our Thanksgiving favorites. That is going to be like a present notes episode with a ton of hyperlinks as a result of I’m not going to lie our Thanksgiving recipe archive is like balling. It’s unbelievable.

Emma: It’s fairly epic. And yeah, I can at all times inform from family and friends members once they learn my weblog or not as a result of in the event that they’re attempting to explain to me learn how to make nearly any casserole, I’m like, oh, you don’t learn my weblog. And I don’t care. It doesn’t trouble me. I’m like, oh, you don’t know, however I even have all of those, that is what I’ve devoted my life to. 

Elsie: Casserole queen. 

Emma: That is what I do. And I like to listen to different individuals’s recipes. It’s not that. It’s identical to, you already know, in the event that they’re like, Oh, in the event you’ve by no means made this earlier than, and I’m like, Oh, I’ve many instances I’ve examined that one many instances and I’ve put my favourite model on the web. Like that’s who I’m. 

Elsie: So earlier than we soar in, I assumed this might be a great time so that you can give an replace in your e book launch since you launched handmade homicide a few weeks in the past. 

Emma: Yeah, proper earlier than Halloween. So by the point you’re listening to this, it’s been over a month. And I’ve received to say, ’trigger I don’t really feel like I’ve received to speak about it on the podcast since I did the particular bonus episode. However yeah, and in the event you didn’t hear that particular bonus episode, return trigger it got here out form of in between. It wasn’t a daily Monday episode. However I feel in the event you’re subscribed, it might have simply popped up for you, however in the event you’re not subscribed and also you missed it, return as a result of I speak about my e book, however I additionally learn chapter one. So that you get form of just a little freebie, just a little teaser into the e book in the event you’re . Anyway, it was so enjoyable to launch that e book. And folks have been so, so good. And it was identical to a kind of days the place I spent method an excessive amount of time on my telephone, simply taking a look at individuals’s feedback and like writing again to them or hearting them or no matter, you already know, and I received so many feedback on our weblog and other people wrote me emails and it was simply actually, actually candy. And since then I’ve had numerous individuals write me feedback or ship me emails as they’ve obtained the e book, as they completed the e book and telling me what they thought and I’ve received a bunch of very nice Amazon critiques too, and from lots of people that I don’t know, like, not like buddies, which I recognize when buddies do it too, however when it’s like somebody you don’t know, and there was this one overview, I ought to put it up on Instagram. I hope it doesn’t come off like I’m making enjoyable of it as a result of I really actually deeply appreciated this overview, however basically, I’m paraphrasing. They stated, I wasn’t anticipating a lot, it is a new author, however it was really actually good. And it was identical to a very nice overview the place they’re like, I actually loved this e book and I didn’t suppose it was essentially going to be excellent. It’s like, wow, that is fairly the overview, and thanks. And I’m glad you favored it. You realize, it makes me so pleased to consider individuals having fun with the e book as a result of that’s what I wish to write for. I’ve loved so many books. Books have been such a consolation and leisure and an escape for me all by my life since I used to be in center faculty. So the concept of attending to be part of that in individuals’s lives means actually the world to me. And I’ve additionally had numerous individuals write me and be like, I’m a librarian and we’re positively going to have it at our library. Like simply, you already know. 

Elsie: Oh, that’s nice. 

Emma: Yeah, it being in libraries, you don’t know what which means to me as a result of libraries are like a sanctuary to me. That’s like the place I might eat my lunch in highschool. Like, I like libraries. So yeah, figuring out that my books are in some libraries throughout the nation simply means the world to me. And yeah, it retains promoting. I can see like in Amazon, the numbers that promote on there and it retains rising and rising. I’ve bought properly over 500 at this level. I don’t actually have plenty of expectations, to be sincere with you. Like, I didn’t actually have plenty of targets apart from do it. So for me, I’m like, all of that is gravy and icing, however I used to be shocked what number of I bought and the way many individuals learn it and the way shortly they learn it. And I don’t know, perhaps I shouldn’t have been shocked. I don’t know, however it seems like individuals actually received it and that was actually enjoyable and actually encouraging.

Elsie: Good. So yeah, in the event you’ve learn the e book Shamelessly Aldous requests please go away for an Amazon overview. 

Emma: Yeah, I’ll too. I’ve no disgrace.

Elsie: Yeah, I feel we’ve got good karma as a result of we’ve got been review-bombed previously. Yeah, the place individuals go away imply critiques to harm you not essentially having learn your e book. And so, yeah, when individuals do the other of that when individuals go away good critiques to help, it’s so significant and fantastic, and yeah, so when you have a minute, do go away a overview on there. I feel that it makes a distinction, and it’s vital. 

Emma: Yeah. And it’s already like, I feel after the primary day it was on Goodreads and there are some critiques on there.

Elsie: Oh, yeah. I left one on Goodreads on the primary day. I used to be the primary particular person. I used to be very pleased with that truth. 

Emma: Yeah. So it’s been a blast. And it’s been rather a lot. Yeah. I’m excited to put in writing extra. I don’t actually have any information to share. And I’m nonetheless attempting to determine the audio model. I’ve gotten just a little derailed. It’s a busy time of 12 months, however I’m nonetheless on it and it’s nonetheless coming and I nonetheless don’t know when, however it’s going to. 

Elsie: Good. Effectively, I’m glad you bought to have a good time and I’m so pleased with you. And I do know we’re all cheering you on. It’s a really particular time for the podcast since you’ve been speaking about writing a novel since 2020. So that is very cool. Yeah. Yay. Okay. So we’re going to speak all about Thanksgiving since Thanksgiving is that this week. Hopefully, we will persuade you to make one in every of our recipes. I truthfully, have executed Thanksgiving in Tennessee. We largely stayed in Tennessee for Thanksgiving for the previous eight years. And so I did like plenty of Thanksgivings the place I did every thing and I used all of Emma’s recipes each time and Dealer Joe’s stuff. 

Emma: Yeah, you possibly can’t make all of it. I imply, you possibly can, however it’s plenty of work. 

Elsie: However I at all times did, we’ll speak about them, however there’s stuffing meatballs after which there’s like this marbled pie that’s like form of half Pumpkin pie half cheesecake. That’s tremendous good. It’s method higher than cheesecake, and it’s method higher than pumpkin pie.

Emma: I agree It’s like the right combine as a result of I like each these issues, however I actually prefer it collectively, one thing about combining it that makes it higher. 

Elsie: Additionally Emma’s stuffing recipe is superb. So we’ll do a fairly large perhaps we’ll like a hyperlink to at least one massive Thanksgiving recipe. Yeah, we’ve got a Thanksgiving aspect dish.

Emma: So yeah, let’s begin with speaking about our Thanksgiving plans for this 12 months. So it is a very, very particular 12 months for me as a result of it’s our first 12 months that we’ve moved again and we’re internet hosting and It’s form of the primary 12 months that Emma and I are gonna get to, like, do all of it collectively.

Elsie: I imply, with our mother too, sorry, mother. 

Emma: No, mother’s within the combine. Mother’s within the combine in fact. 

Elsie: We’re gonna have a lot enjoyable. We have been simply speaking about doing it on Friday as a substitute of Thursday, simply in order that we’ve got extra time to get pleasure from and savor it and never make it really feel rushed or cramped or something. So yeah, I simply wish to have like a baking marathon and watch the flicks in my kitchen like two to 4 Christmas films in a row, and identical to make, you already know, a pair pies and a few sides. And I simply suppose that sounds so magical and enjoyable. 

Emma: Yeah. I’m very excited to cook dinner. And I really, love internet hosting, however I largely love cooking, so it’s the right combine for me. I’m simply going to carry my stuff over to Elsie’s and heat it up just a little or no matter, and we’re going to have it over right here. And I’m certain I’ll inevitably go away a bunch of stuff at your own home on accident like pans and stuff, however I’ll do my finest. What can I say? Yeah. And then you definitely’re having Jeremy’s household, your in-laws on Thanksgiving. I feel mine’s going to finish up being on Saturday. So I could have our household’s Thanksgiving Friday after which there’s on Saturday. So it at all times form of finally ends up being barely totally different every year. I really feel prefer it’s identical to no matter suits all people’s schedule. Which I like. 

Elsie: I like that. I positively suppose it’s higher to love, give every its day. To be able to get pleasure from it extra. And never be like, all full and peculiar. 

Emma: Yeah. I’m additionally very like, I don’t care a lot about dates. I care much more about holidays are for household, so any method that you may get to spend time with household, you already know, extra and typically you possibly can’t, typically it’s such as you’re going to be, you already know, by yourself as a result of, for American Thanksgiving, it’s like crammed between Halloween and Christmas so it’s like, you don’t have to select like what you’re doing. So lots of people are in that boat and that’s nice too. I feel you possibly can have enjoyable with simply your quick household, however yeah, holidays are for household. Don’t care a lot about what day it’s or no matter, you already know, in the event you make every thing from scratch, no matter I like cooking in the event you don’t. Do it your individual method. It’s for household. 

Elsie: Good. Yeah, no, I utterly agree. Okay, so let’s speak about our favourite Thanksgiving reminiscence. I feel I’ve one. So, when Nova was age three, we received this pack of like, little paper leaves and let her write all of the issues. I imply we have been writing them however she was saying the issues that she was grateful for and it was just about like each particular person we knew after which you already know all of her little like TV exhibits and like one in every of them stated China, they simply stated like form of simply something she knew.

Emma: It’s like when little youngsters pray and also you’re identical to something that comes into their thoughts. Yeah, they simply listing it. 

Elsie: Yeah, I saved them, and I really feel like I wish to at all times try this, so we’ll should do it this 12 months with Oscar, who’s now two years previous. 

Emma: Who is aware of what he’ll say? Oh my gosh. 

Elsie: And it’s simply so cute to, like, see what sorts of issues they’re grateful for as a result of it could possibly be something. It’s most likely not household. 

Emma: No, I don’t suppose I’ll make the listing, however that’s okay. Oh, I additionally was excited about childhood, trigger I really feel like you could have so many issues from Halloween and Christmas, particularly Christmas. That’s like a giant, you already know, you bear in mind Christmas a lot, however I’ll say we used to, after we have been actually little, we’d go over to our nice aunt Ina’s home who lived subsequent door, subsequent door neighbors with our grandma. They have been sisters and subsequent door and so they had married brothers, very random, small city. It’s superb, yeah. However anyway, our grandaunt Ina was an incredible cook dinner. She liked cooking. And her home was additionally identical to very grandma-fancy to me. As just a little child, I perceived it as very fancy, you already know, only a cool home, as I idolized it just a little. And, however the primary factor is trigger I used to be a child so, you already know, while you’re a child, you actually don’t recognize meals. You’re like, a choosy eater till you’re in highschool, or I used to be anyway. So the factor that I gravitated in direction of was bread. Consuming simply rolls on a regular basis. At Nice Aunt Ina’s home, she had honey butter. And I feel it was the primary time as a child. Yeah, I had honey butter, and it actually caught with me, as a result of I nonetheless do not forget that honey butter. 

Elsie: Honey butter is such a necessary Thanksgiving recipe. 

Emma: It’s to me, yeah. And it additionally to me is like, that is what fancy individuals have at their Thanksgiving as a result of Aunt Ina had it at her home.

Elsie: I like that. That’s hilarious. How humorous. In order that’s my little child, child mind Thanksgiving reminiscence. 

Emma: That’s so cute. I adore it. Okay. Favourite Thanksgiving custom. I feel I’m like simply excited to make Thanksgiving with you. I feel that’s so particular to me.

Elsie: Yeah, I really feel like plenty of the meals are very conventional like we make plenty of the identical issues yearly.

Emma: And I’ll say we haven’t executed this like yearly, however the years we do it, it stands out to me like plenty of instances we’ll purchase like a kind of kits of like a gingerbread home that the children can put collectively and it’s not essentially tasty and it doesn’t essentially at all times prove, however it’s like enjoyable. It’s enjoyable too, it’s like form of pre-made. 

Elsie: Tastes like ass appears like shit, however it’s a enjoyable exercise. 

Emma: Enjoyable exercise. It prices like 12 {dollars} or no matter from the grocery retailer, so that you don’t should make all of it forward, you already know, trigger you’re already cooking a lot. And I really feel like that’s like a extremely enjoyable, I don’t know, we’ve executed that fairly just a few instances and it’s enjoyable. It’s cute. 

Elsie: I agree with that. It’s very, very joyful. I used to be considering this 12 months perhaps we may enhance cookies. 

Emma: Yeah, that’d be enjoyable. I identical to adorning with youngsters as a result of it’s such a unique exercise than while you do it with adults. You do it by yourself. It’s an entire totally different vibe, however it’s actually candy and cute.

Elsie: Yeah. My youngsters actually love cooking, and clearly, like, it’s important to choose issues that work for them that they may help with. However there are many issues that children may help with, so, yeah, I feel it’s very, very enjoyable. Yeah. 

Emma: Oscar will most likely simply eat all of the sprinkles, however it’s nonetheless cute. 

Elsie: It’s nonetheless cute. Okay, your favourite Thanksgiving dish to make. 

Emma: Okay, yeah, so, I like making a turkey. It’s not my favourite one to eat, however I simply love pulling it out of the oven and the way in which it appears. It seems like a triumph. Yeah! It seems like a cooking triumph. Like yearly that I’ve executed one and there are some years I don’t like some years we do identical to honey baked ham or I’ll do meatballs, I’ll do my stuffing meatballs as a result of I really really feel just like the turkey like will get eaten the least out of all of the dishes. It’s good for leftovers although. It’s good for sandwiches and all types of issues. However I do really feel like while you pull it out of the oven and then you definitely put the garnishes round it. If I do one this 12 months, which I don’t actually know if I’m going to for certain. By the point you hear this, I’ll know.

Elsie: Possibly like a small little mini one. 

Emma: I form of needed to do that, that is so random, however you should buy these little papers they form of appear to be a bizarre chef’s hat and you place them on the top of the turkey legs. I’ve by no means purchased these earlier than. I’m certain you would make them too. I simply really feel like they’re humorous and I’ve by no means executed it. So if I do a turkey, I’m going to place these little paper booties on it as a result of one thing about it’s humorous to me. However yeah, I like making the turkey. I like consuming turkey nice. It’s good, however it’s not like my primary eats, however it seems like a triumph, it seems like, look what I did. 

Elsie: After I was youthful, I used to at all times say like, Thanksgiving meals isn’t good. And I used to be like such just a little brat, however now that I’m older and I’ve made it, I feel a part of it was like serving to to take part with making it. I do recognize it extra. 

Emma: Yeah. Do you could have one which’s your favourite to make? To not eat, however your favourite to make? 

Elsie: Sure, so, the issues I like baking are, you already know, no matter. Choose me in order for you. So I’ve a gingerbread cookie recipe that’s on the weblog, and I swear to God, it’s the most effective. It’s actually, actually comfortable. It’s comfortable and chewy. It’s not just like the laborious, crispy ones, that are additionally good, however, I don’t like, not as a lot. These ones are extra like a hybrid the place it’s like the feel of a sugar cookie, however the flavors of a gingerbread cookie.

Emma: And I’ll say it’s heavy on the gingerbread taste. Some gingerbread cookies I’ve had earlier than are form of lighter. 

Elsie: It smells very fragrant. 

Emma: Yeah, the odor is superb and the style may be very sturdy, which I like, however, you already know, only a heads up. 

Elsie: Yeah, they’re enjoyable. After which I like making a Chex combine. I try this yearly. I simply suppose it’s enjoyable. I like making a charcuterie, issues like that. After which the opposite factor I needed to say that I like, I’m making this for Thanksgiving this 12 months and we did it not too long ago after we had a birthday celebration for our dad, however I’m going to make oatmeal cookie photographs. So I’ve been engaged on the weblog by like, principally each common shot recipe and so like about half of them are up there now and oatmeal cookie photographs are one in every of they’re like so excellent for Thanksgiving as a result of they actually do style like an oatmeal cookie. There’s additionally one which’s referred to as cinnamon toast crunch shot, which I personally suppose that one’s higher, however it’s extra cinnamony and my dad thought it was too sturdy. So it’s like, you already know I feel it’s a private choice.

Emma: It has a fireball in it, proper? 

Elsie: Yeah. Oatmeal cookie is certainly, like, a really refined, delicate like, everybody would really like it. 

Emma: Yeah. And I do suppose a shot is a enjoyable approach to begin a meal. It’s hilarious, proper? Yeah. Effectively, it’s humorous and enjoyable, however I additionally really feel like Yeah. Yeah. You realize, I personally, I’m not like a heavy drinker on Thanksgiving.

Elsie: Like I’ve received rather a lot to do and it’s the center of the day and I’m most likely going to get drained anyway from consuming all of the meals. So I really feel like a shot is like form of a great, you already know, you get began and then you definitely’re feeling unfastened and now it’s time to eat some casseroles. Yeah, that’s it. No massive deal. Yeah.

Emma: It’s the correct quantity. It’s actually all you want. 

Elsie: It’s true. I agree. However yeah, I like making Emma’s recipes too. Like I discussed those I discussed earlier than, I make these nearly yearly. So it’s enjoyable. I ought to attempt a brand new one this 12 months. 

Emma: I’ll say, so we’re going to speak subsequent about my favourite Thanksgiving dish to eat, and plenty of mine are casseroles. And I do like making casseroles. However they’re very monotonous while you’re making like 4 or 5 as a result of it’s form of such as you’re doing the identical factor time and again. 

Elsie: You advised me you have been over the casserole grinder. 

Emma: You’re making a roux, you already know, you’re making a cheese sauce basically, and also you’re placing stuff in it, and you already know, it’s form of after which there’s a crunchy prime. It’s form of just a little little bit of a system, which is one thing I like about it as a result of to me it’s very comforting. It’s easy. It’s simple. However it’s a little boring while you’re making like 4 or 5 of them without delay, you already know. Anyway, a few of my favourite Thanksgiving dishes to eat do occur to be casseroles. A few of my all-time favourite is, it’s on the weblog, however it’s my favourite baked macaroni and cheese. I really feel like some individuals don’t consider baked macaroni and cheese as a casserole, it’s. 

Elsie: It’s a ten out of 10.

Emma: And yeah, it’s excellent. Very yummy. Tacky, noodles, crunchy prime. It’s every thing you want. It’s every thing you need. That’s truthfully all I might eat, too, it’s my favourite leftover as properly. Like, I like warming it up the following day. Find it irresistible. So I like that. My husband’s favourite is inexperienced bean casserole, and I additionally love that. I’ve grown to adore it much more through the years. I do make mine with recent inexperienced beans. Some individuals don’t like that. Some individuals desire the canned, and that’s cool. However mine is sort of a hybrid. The one on the positioning is form of a, it’s home made, however it’s not laborious. Trigger I really feel like some individuals are like, Oh, from scratch, inexperienced bean casserole, like, Oh, it’s going to be actually laborious. And it’s like, it’s not laborious. It’s actually fairly tremendous straightforward, however I do just like the recent inexperienced beans. I feel it provides it a unique texture. And I feel it provides it a barely more energizing, higher, for my part, taste. 

Elsie: I utterly agree. I’ve had it plenty of instances and it’s higher for me. No, identical to not as soggy. So yeah, attempt that when you have texture points with the inexperienced beans or no matter, I feel inexperienced bean casserole is so scrumptious. It’s one in every of my favourite ones, however yours is like an additional good recipe. 

Emma: Yeah. And that one makes nice leftovers as properly. Casseroles typically me are nice leftovers, which is why they’re so nice to love, I like them for Thanksgiving. And that’s what we’re speaking about immediately, however I additionally suppose they’re very nice if like somebody’s sick or somebody has a child, it’s a pleasant factor to carry over as a result of you possibly can rewarm it for days on finish and it’s scrumptious, and it’s comforting. A few new ones that I placed on the positioning this 12 months, so I’ve numerous stuffing recipes and a few individuals name this dressing. I feel it’s form of a regional factor. My mother-in-law at all times calls it dressing and I’m at all times like, what? It at all times takes me a second. After which I’m like, Oh, stuffing. Trigger I simply name it stuffing. That’s simply, that I feel from the field of stovetop stuffing is a part of it. It’s like rising up, we had plenty of field range prime stuffing. So to me, it’s stuffing and also you stuff the chook with it, however you would additionally simply make it in a pan, which is often what I do. The one which I’ve placed on the positioning this 12 months is my primary basic catch-all. I wouldn’t actually name it primary as a result of it’s fairly fancy. However it’s very all the way down to earth. There’s nothing bizarre about it. There’s no substances that your uncle’s gonna be like, What? Why would you place this in it? It’s very, like, simple. However it principally has a ton of recent herbs in it. And it makes your own home odor unbelievable while you’re baking it, you can be like, my home smells unbelievable proper now. It smells like the most effective candle I’ve ever lit. That’s what the stuffing smells like. And it’s scrumptious. And you should use all types of various breads in it. I like to recommend utilizing at the least two differing kinds simply to have some totally different textures and totally different flavors. And my primary tip with it’s to purchase that day-old bread that they’ve on the retailer. You understand how they’ll have it marked down and it’s like in just a little form of typically a bin or one thing. So it’s like previous bread. Purchase that since you really form of want stale bread for actually good stuffing. So in case your bread is model new, recent, then you definitely’re going to wish to chop it up the night time earlier than and form of set it out since you want it to be stale so it may possibly take up. It’s a bread pudding. That’s what stuffing is, it’s a savory bread pudding. So that you need it to soak up the eggs and butter and milk that’s in it. After which one other dish that’s actually, actually good and I really feel like It has a bizarre title, however most individuals name it, I name it funeral potatoes. Some individuals name it tacky potatoes. I feel some individuals simply, it makes them unhappy to name a vacation dish funeral potatoes, however it’s a widespread factor that folks will make for funeral lunches.

Elsie: It’s form of a church casserole. 

Emma: It’s a church casserole. Yeah. In order that’s, I feel the place the title comes from, however it’s basically tacky potatoes and you employ cornflakes on prime, which to me is so midwest, so like grandma’s cooking, prefer it simply, it jogs my memory a lot of church, of my nice grandma Lula, and it’s scrumptious. And likewise, bonus, you now have a field of cornflakes in your own home. And I personally love consuming cornflakes, so you could have further cornflakes round that you simply get to eat. I by no means purchase breakfast cereal trigger I simply eat it on a regular basis. So if I’ve an excuse for a recipe and there’s like leftovers, it’s form of good. 

Elsie: Good. That’s enjoyable. Yeah, I like these potatoes. I’m glad that you simply did the casseroles on the weblog, however yeah, I may see how they’d be plenty of the identical. 

Emma: It’s form of an identical system as you’re making them.

Elsie: My favourite Thanksgiving dish to eat is for certain stuffing. Like stuffing is every thing with gravy. I even have gravy on each single factor as a result of it’s form of identical to the way it’s executed. Yeah, I feel stuffing’s my favourite. I can’t consider the rest that’s like as important as that. 

Emma: I do love mashed potatoes. On our web site, we’ve got a crockpot mashed potatoes as a result of I prefer to form of discover methods to present myself a break additionally I do have a double oven and I’ve a stovetop that has like six burners or no 5 it has 5 burners and I nonetheless really feel like at Thanksgiving issues can get form of full so it’s form of good to have some recipes that you may make in like a gradual cooker or a crockpot. I name it a crock pot. Some individuals name it a gradual cooker simply because typically you don’t have house anymore. So yeah, that one’s on the aspect, however I do love mashed potatoes with numerous butter and garlic in them. And it’s one other, one other vessel for gravy. It’s scrumptious. 

Elsie: Yeah. I adore it. Okay. Do you could have a favourite Thanksgiving dessert? 

Emma: Yeah. So we talked in regards to the pumpkin marble cheesecake pie. I don’t even bear in mind what it’s referred to as on there. I feel it’s referred to as a slab pie. In order that one’s actually good. I do love this. It’s like a no-bake caramel apple cheesecake. It’s actually good. And there’s only a caramel apple cheesecake form of bake. I’ve each of these on the positioning and so they’re each actually good. Typically I form of like a no-bake although as a result of it’s like chilly and in the event you simply ate a sizzling meal, it’s identical to a unique temperature. It’s simply one thing totally different. I don’t know. It’s enjoyable. So yeah. I additionally go loopy, as you possibly can inform by my enthusiasm for All these carby casseroles. So I’m often fairly full. So I do love cookies as identical to, have them round, and then you definitely don’t really feel like it’s important to eat all of them that day and so they’re simply leftovers. We have now 1 million cookies and I do really feel like Christmas cookies are as welcomed at my Thanksgiving desk as they’re at Christmas time as a result of simply festive. 

Elsie: Yeah, I utterly agree. Okay, so Lara simply made an apple tart on our weblog and I wish to hyperlink that recipe as a result of it appears actually enjoyable to make. It’s one of many, like, the place you possibly can see, like, all of the layers of apples on the highest. So yeah, I positively wish to make that this 12 months. However yeah, I feel I’m with you. I feel I might, like, nearly moderately have cookies. And clearly, like, I’ve to have the pumpkin pie as a result of that’s crucial recipe.

Emma: Yeah, and typically I prefer to have like a cup of espresso if we’ve had lunch, not if it’s dinnertime, but when it’s such as you had lunch as a result of I do get actually drained after you eat plenty of meals. So a cup of espresso or an espresso martini and even higher an affogato, it’s like ice cream and espresso. These are good issues to supply after a giant lunch like that, particularly if individuals are going to be driving a distance dwelling, they could think about seeing in the event that they want any espresso or espresso drinks.

Elsie: Yeah. Good. What’s your favourite factor to do after dinner? After, I feel watch a film, cozy film time. 

Emma: Identical. I really feel like one 12 months we watched Elf as a household, after which after the children went to mattress, we watched Love Truly, which is absolutely enjoyable and form of humorous with our dad and mom as a result of there’s like, form of some scenes the place you’re like, Oh, yeah. Just like the couple who’s like making a porno. They’re like porno stand-ins. 

Elsie: They’ll deal with it. They’ll deal with it. 

Emma: They’ll deal with it. Yeah, it’s true. It’s simply humorous. 

Elsie: Love Truly is so cute. 

Emma: It’s very cute. 

Elsie: Yeah, I positively have to look at that yearly. Yeah, I feel this 12 months I actually wish to enhance gingerbread cookies and I actually wish to watch a Christmas film or perhaps two. That sounds excellent.

Emma: Yeah, and I feel one 12 months we did a puzzle. However I really feel like a film’s the way in which to go as a result of typically you’re form of spent. 

Elsie: Oh, yeah. Do you bear in mind after we watched Mary Poppins? 

Emma: Oh, yeah. 

Elsie: That was cute. 

Emma: That’s form of our mother’s film. She’s like, Mary Poppins. 

Elsie: Sure. Find it irresistible. 

Emma: And I’ll inform you what I don’t like doing after dinner, dishes. The worst a part of Thanksgiving. All of the dishes. Yeah. It’s just like the sooner or later a 12 months I’m like, I perceive individuals with the 2 dishwashers. I actually want I had two dishwashers proper now, however I don’t at my home, however like, oh, this might be the day. 

Elsie: Yeah, it positively would. That’s humorous. Oh my gosh. Enjoyable, enjoyable, enjoyable. Okay, properly, I’m very excited for Thanksgiving. I feel that is going to be our greatest Thanksgiving ever, and we hope that every one of you could have an exquisite Thanksgiving make one in every of our recipes and ship us an image on Instagram as a result of we wish to see it. 

Emma: Please do. I’d like to see it. Okay, now we’re gonna do a Sparks Pleasure, the place we simply speak about one thing that’s been sparking pleasure for us these days. So mine is, I had pre-ordered this e book, and it’s at all times a delight while you pre-order one thing after which it comes within the mail, and for me, perhaps I’m a scatterbrained particular person, I don’t know, however I often overlook that I pre-ordered one thing and I don’t even bear in mind what day it’s going to come back. In my thoughts, I’m like, I did it as a result of I pre-ordered it. So I’m like, it’s coming, I don’t have to consider that anymore. So then it’s like a shock. 

Elsie: I like pre-ordering. 

Emma: It’s like a shock present to myself sooner or later. Anyway, I pre-ordered Dolly Parton’s new, it’s like a espresso desk e book. It’s referred to as Behind the Seams. I haven’t learn the entire thing but. It does have plenty of writing, tales from her childhood, and tales from performing through the years from her large profession. However it additionally has 1 million photographs of her costumes wigs and make-up through the years. There’s an entire web page that has the wigs on like model heads and it’s simply actually lovely. It’s such an awesome espresso desk e book as a result of I don’t know anybody who doesn’t at the least considerably learn about Dolly Parton, even in the event you’re not an enormous fan. It’s like, she’s an icon. However her outfits are simply so cool, and so inspiring, and so lots of them have handmade components, I’m not a lot of a seamstress, however I positively through the years have sewn many bejeweled issues and glued on all types of rhinestones and no matter else, particularly in highschool, so it’s actually enjoyable to see all of them, and he or she’s additionally simply a kind of performers, too, the place her outfits are fairly wild, and he or she has, like, totally different variations of, like, the coat of many colours, like, you see the unique one, and then you definitely see them through the years, and so it’s a extremely enjoyable e book. And it got here within the mail and I’ve simply been form of obsessive about it. 

Elsie: Cute. Oh my gosh. That’s lovable. Okay. Mine is so foolish. So do you bear in mind the moose glasses from the, is it Nationwide Lampoon Christmas Trip? It’s such as you maintain it by the ears. So I received these glasses. I’ll hyperlink them within the present notes. I simply suppose they’re so iconic. I went forwards and backwards as a result of truthfully, like I don’t want them. Nobody wants them. You don’t want them. Nobody wants them. However it’s simply cute and enjoyable and joyful. And this time of 12 months, I make plenty of house in my finances, my mind, my home, and every thing for like stuff that’s identical to vacation joyful, you already know? So anyway, I received the glasses and I feel that they’re a great eggnog glass. Do you want spiked eggnog? 

Emma: Oh yeah. 

Elsie: I prefer it too. I do know it’s like a adore it or hate it. 

Emma: Love an eggnog latte. In the course of the day, you already know? 

Elsie: Yeah, that’s true. I assume not spiked eggnog can be actually good. I don’t suppose I’ve given it to the children, so I’m going to attempt that. Yeah, I feel that they’re cute, they’re humorous, they’re iconic, you already know, from a film, and it simply, like, brings me a lot pleasure.

Emma: That’s cute. Find it irresistible. Okay, now it’s time for the most effective a part of the present, a joke, a truth, or a meditation with Nova. 

Elsie: Hey Nova, what do you could have for us this week? 

Nova: Two jokes. Why did the turkey cross the highway? 

Elsie: Why? 

Nova: He didn’t need individuals to suppose he was a rooster. 

Elsie: Ah! I like that joke. 

Nova: Right here’s my subsequent one. Should you name a turkey a gobbler, what do you name just a little turkey? 

Elsie: What would you name the little turkey? 

Nova: A goblet. 

Elsie: Oh, that’s so cute! Alright, have a great week, everybody! 

Nova: Have a great week!

Emma: Everybody is aware of that’s the most effective half. Thanks a lot for listening. When you have any questions or podcast concepts, please electronic mail us. You are able to do that at podcast@abeautifulmess.com or you possibly can name our voicemail at 417-893-0011. We’ll be again subsequent week and we’re doing a consolation rewatch of one in every of our favourite Christmas films of all time, the unique Residence Alone.