A Thanksgiving Recipe Selection

I'm trying out the following recipes (first one is in the oven now); hopefully they will turn out better than the last time I attempted Thanksgiving cookery... Pecan Roast 1 1/4 cup bread crumbs 1 cup pecans or walnuts 1/2 cup evaporated milk 2 whole eggs 1 1/2 cup milk 2 tsp onion 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp sage Beat eggs. Add all ingredients; mix well. Place in greased pan - Bake @ 350 - 1 hr. My initial reaction is: "needs Tony C's (or similar seasonings)", but I'll sneak this into dinner tomorrow, and see what happens. Tomato Loaf 2 cups ground beef 1 whole med. onion 1 cup corn meal 1/3 cup shortening 1 tsp salt 2 whole eggs 1 cup tomatoes 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp pepper or chili powder [may substitute 1 can cream-style corn for corn meal] Fry meat and onions. Add remaining ingredients. Mix Well. Bake in greased loaf pan, 350 x 30 min. This one, I'll wrap tonight and nuke tomorrow, because I'll be using my loaf pans for... Chocolate Pound Cake 2 sticks butter 1/2 cup shortening 6 whole eggs 3 cups flour-sifted 1/2 cup cocoa 3 cups sugar 1 cup milk 2 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 pinch salt Cream butter and shortening - add sugar gradually. Add eggs one at a time. Sift flour, salt, cocoa & baking powder; add to mixture alternately with milk and vanilla. Bake in 10" tube pan - 325 x 1 1/2 hours. If there's some reason why I don't either make it to sister's place for Thanksgiving, or leave sister's place before Saturday, this cake would be it. The only thing missing from this recipe is bacon, and if I were worthy, I'd use bacon grease for the pans. Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

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