Happy Thanksgiving From The Branan Family

Welcome to our Thanksgiving Page. WE have some great recipes, pictures for you to color, and links to some other Thanksgiving pages. You will also find a small gift from us at the bottom of the page. Have fun.

Combine turkey giblets (except liver) and neck with onion, celery tops, salt, bay leaf, bouillon cube and water in a saucepan. Simmer 1 hour, or until tender. Add liver during last 20 minutes of cooking, Strain broth; measure; add water, if needed, to make 4 cups. Chop giblets fine and stir into broth. Cool, then chill unitl ready to make gravy. (This much can be done a day ahead.)

After turkey has been removed from roasting pan, remove rack, if used; tip pan and let fat rise in one corner. Pour off all fat into a bowl, leaving juices in pan. Return 8 tablespoons fat to pan, thn blend in flour. Cook stirring constantly, just until bubbly. Stir in the 4 cups stock and giblets. Continue cooking and stirring, scrapping baked-on-juices from bottom and sides of pan, until gravy thickens and boils 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Makes about 4 cups.

Melt margarine in a saucepan; add lemon juice. Arrange carrots in layers in a baking dish. Between each layer pour in the lemon juice and margarine mixture and sprinkle with chives and parsley. Add the water.

Cover and bake at 350 until the carrots are tender, about 50 minutes. Makes approximately 4 servings.

Peel sweet potatoes and slice into rounds 1/4 inch thick. Cook, covered, in 2 inches boiling salted water 10 minutes or until almost tender. Drain. Peel and core apples. Cut into 1/4 inch thick slices. Combine brown sugar, butter, ginger and nutmeg. In a 10x6x2 inch baking dish layer 1/3 of the potato slices and then 1/2 of the apple slices. Spoon 2 tablespoons brown sugar mixture over apples. Repeat layers once. Arrange remaining potatoes on top. Spoon remaining brown sugar mixture over all. Bake, covered, at 325 40 minutes. Uncover. Baste potatoes with brown sugar mixture from bottom of dish. Sprinkle coconut around edges of dish. Bake, uncovered, 15 minutes longer or until coconut is lightly browned. Baste potatoes with brown sugar mixture. Makes 8 servings.

Mix fruit juices in pitcher; refrigerate until chilled. At serving time, pour juice mixture into punch bowl. Stir in 7UP; garnish with lemon slices.

Tie 1 teaspoon whole cloves, the cinnamon and allspice in small clotrh bag. Mix cider, sugar and salt in large saucepan; add spice bag.

Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes. Remove spice bag. Cool to room temperature; refrigerate until chilled.

Stud orange with cloves. Pour cider mixture into punch bowl; stir in 7UP. Place orange in punch bowl.

In a large mixing bowl combine beaten egg yolks, brown sugar, salt, spices. Blend thoroughly. Stir in pumpkin, cream and melted butter, till well mixed. In a separate bowl beat egg whites with cornstarch to stiff-peak stage. fold into pumpkin mixture. Pour into pie shell and bake at 450 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 20-25 more minutes. When pie is cooled and just before serving, pour honey over top.

Here are some great Thanksgiving pages we have found. They are all safe for children to view.

	An American Thanksgiving There is lots to see here. You can learn about the first Thanksgiving or go on a turkey hunt. There are games, songs, and pictures to color. There are recipes and so much more to see at this site.
	The Butterball Home Page Learn about the preparation of turkeys and safety precautions. There are recipes, turkey trivia, and a picture to color.
	A season of Thanksgiving So much to see and do, don't miss this site. You will learn about the history of Thanksgiving. There are stories. Crafts such as:a coloring book, block printing, and a word search. Also recipes and turkey preparation tips.
	Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Ben and Jerry's There is a Thanksgiving craft page and a game page. There are also links to other great Thanksgiving pages. Also, be sure to check out the other Ben and Jerry pages, they are very good.
	Home and Garden Thanksgiving Dinner Thanksgiving recipes for two, great for a romantic Thanksgiving dinner.
	America's Home Page, Official Tourguide, Historical Reference and Community Business Exchange for Plymouth, MA Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation, true story of the first Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving stroll through the ages.
	Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
	Gobble It Up, Kaplan's New Spin On Thanksgiving FREE Spin the Turkey Game Rack Up Points Before the Li'l Fella Becomes Dinner. Turkey of a Turkey Day Contest Win Prizes, 39th Annual Sweet Potato Survey Settle the Heated Debate Once and for all
	Happy Thanksgiving from the Kids Domain Lots of fun stuff. Clip art, crafts and recipes, pictures to color, mazes, puzzles, suggestions for good books to read, and links to other great sites.
	Honeysuckle White Turkey/Gobblin' Holiday Fun Talkin Turkey This is a good site, for both children and adults. Traditional Meals, Decorating Ideas, Entertaining Ideas, Holiday Leftovers, Other Recipes, All About Turkey, Products, Just For Fun Recipe of the Month.
	Thanksgiving at Home Arts Lots of recipes
	Thanksgiving 1997 This site is from last year. It has some fun games and lots of recipes
	Heather's Happy Holidaze For Kids Only You should really take a look at this one. It is great fun all year round. There are games, crafts, and acitivies for every holiday at this site.
	Christine's Thanksgiving This site has many things to see and do. There is fun for the family, yummy recipes, history and traditions, and much more at this site.

Turkey Giblets and neck	1 bay leaf
1 med. onion, chopped	1 chicken bouillon cube
handfull of celery tops	4 c. water
1 tsp. salt	1/2 c. flour

6 medium carrots, pared in thin strips	1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
1 Tbsp. margarine	1 Tpsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. chopped chives	2 tbsp. water

6 Medium sweet potatoes	1/4 tsp. ground ginger
2 medium apples	1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
3/4 c. packed brown sugar	1/2 c. flaked coconut
1/4 c. butter, melted

2 c. Cranberry juice	4 1/2 c. Chilled 7UP
3/4 c. pineapple juice	Lemon slices
1/4 c. lemon juice

1 tsp. Whole cloves	1/2 c. Paked brown sugar
1 Stick cinnamon	1/4 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Whole allspice	1 Orange, if desired
2 qts. Apple cider	3 c. 7UP, chilled

1 9-inch Unbaked pie shell	2 c. Canned pumpkin or cooked pumpkin pulp
4 Eggs, separated	1/3 c. Heavy cream
1 c. Brown sugar	1/4 c. Butter, melted
1/2 tsp. Salt	1 tbsp. Cornstarch
1/2 tsp. Allspice	1/4 c honey
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg