Happy Thanksgiving, Fiskateers!

Clearly, I am VERY influenced by Fiskars’ Squeeze Punches in my everyday life- check out the cooking tool Tabitha and I bought today…

P.S.  It works!

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26 Responses to “Happy Thanksgiving, Fiskateers!”

  1. Patty 2262 says:

    That is one huge potato smasher tool thingy…I love it. I need that book. I need help with the basics. Maybe I would actually cook more often if I new them. Happy Thanksgiving Angela!

  2. Viji says:

    You are so cute! And that book title is funny!

  3. Tona #4437 says:

    That is a huge tool. Hmmm, maybe I need one of those lol.
    I have a pumpkin pie in the oven right now.
    Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

  4. Betsy #2572 says:

    Happy Thanksgiving! I was sure you were going to say you were making leaves with your squeeze punch for the top of the pie….LOL Have fun with your potato ricer! Enjoy the day!

  5. Amy E. says:

    Thanks for sharing! Hey, that tool is also orange too! I’m like you… not a good cook either, but a great crafter! We can excel in everything right? Happy Thanksgiving! I might have to check out that book too!

  6. Merlene #1166 says:

    Happy Thanksgiveing Angela, and to all of the US Fiskateers. The first thing I noticed was that the potato ricer was orange. I’m drawn to any kitchen tool that is orange too. I do like to cook, and have been cooking on my own for 48 years. I hope that all of your turkey dinners turn out wonderful.

  7. doverdi says:

    I have to admit that I was sort of forced into cooking when I was around 14. My mom worked full time (my dad passed away when I was 11) and she would plan & prepare the meals before she left for work in the morning. Since I got home from school around 3:45, she had me do the cooking. She wrote out a long list of what to do each morning & I just had to follow her notes as to cooking times. She had the potatoes peeled, the meat out thawing, etc. So cooking for me was pretty easy & after spending most of my high school years being in charge of cooking, I ended up learning how to cook. lol

    I missed out on our Thanksgiving this year as I was sick & am so craving turkey. I even have 2 small ones in my freezer. I think I’m going to have to break down & cook one over the weekend if DS is going to be home. Otherwise, I’ll probably do it next week.

    Enjoy your Thanksgiving & turkey dinners everyone…save me some turkey. lol I’m with your hubby Angela…I have to have canned cranberry sauce with mine too!! (I prefer the jellied one!)

  8. Christina 4635 says:

    Happy Thanksgiving! Your potato ricer looks intense! Let us know how dinner turned out! :o )

  9. sandyh50 says:

    We had a potato ricer when I was growing up. It made such nice fluffy potatoes. I think you are going to increase the sales of that book too! LOL! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

  10. Patty 2832 says:

    Happy Thanksgiving Ang !

    Many use a ricer for their potatoes but it’s so much easier to just mash,smash, or beat them! LOL

    Yesterday , I made a pumpkin roll, 2 pumpkin pies, a cherry pie and some of Tona’s choc crackle cookies..easy peasy.

    Enjoy your dinner…we walking through the woods to BIL’s house!

  11. Patty 2832 says:

    Ang, just saw your comment on my cookie pic….they are SO easy to make! Seriously…let Tabby do it..

    We’re gonna try them with different flavor of cake mixes and spices too! Oh..the possibilities! LOL

  12. Joan #808 says:

    That is a huge tool.Happy thanksgiving Angela.

  13. Ruby says:

    Happy Thanksgiving, Angela and all fiskateers!!! I’m going to ask Santa for the cookbook!

  14. Maxine 2981 says:

    Happy thanksgiving! I am cooking for my family and should be up cooking something right now, but had to check the board. Angela, I think it was the orange you were drawn to. It is so much easier to just mash the potatoes, I know, I usually do 15 to 20 pounds of potatoes for 32. However, I am getting a reprieve today and only cooking for my immediate family.

  15. Stephanie #3584 says:

    I have no sound, so not sure what you were saying. That contraption looks like a pooper-scooper, but I’m sure it’s not. :)
    Definitely need that book. Will have to look for it.
    You look beautiful as usual. Hope your Thanksgiving is wonderful.

  16. mariah says:

    I don’t see a picture on my CP..so I couldn’t tell you what the tool is, My CP has big time issuses.. I can read the wording , but no picture

  17. Michelle 3624 says:

    Happy Thanksgiving Angela. That is one hugh ricer I have always had a ricer but some how it did make it to this move? Have a great day with your family!

  18. Lesa #5200 says:

    Best wishes for your ricer. I’ve seen them and heard of them but everyone in my family, including me, goes the mash, smash and whip with an electric mixer route.
    I grew up in a family of wonderful cooks. It was a bit intimidating and I denied the desire to cook for a long time. I eventually got over it and got down to business, LOL! Thankfully, a lot of my mother’s and aunts’ recipes are in local church and charitable org cookbooks. Next up, my mother’s gumbo recipe. She always used chicken, ham and Andouille sausage but I think I will add seafood. Same basic recipe just a little substitution.

  19. raeinreno says:

    That is HILL-AIR-EEE-US!!!!!

    Did you have to lift weights to operate it? It must weigh a ton!

    LOL

  20. Donna says:

    Too funny, they also use that tool to make lefsa!!
    Hope your Holiday week is full of good times!

  21. Glenda says:

    That looks like a tool my daughter would want. I, like you do not cook so I have no idea where she gets it from.

  22. kimberlee #2494 says:

    LOL Angela, you are sooo funny!! I’m so grateful you’re a fearless Fiskalead!! Love your humor you bring to Fiskateer land! :)
    Hope you had a fabulous one and that your canned cranberry came out perfect as always!

  23. Karin #6470 says:

    I have to tell you that I bought a copy of your favorite cookbook for my daughter today … She’s 21 and ready to move on from takeout I think.

  24. Bronwyn 4505 says:

    You could knock someone out with that thing!! See I love my masher….little bit of marg, bit of milk….and some cheese and its all fab after that….and a little bit of ham….(I love my potatoes…but what irish doesnt lol)

    I have TWO words for you - Gordon Ramsay…!! AND…another two Jamie Oliver…thats where I got my inspiration from…I mean I knew how to cook as a kid…and Ive pretty much done it and excelled in it through school since I was 11/12 but Ive learnt alot from those two…(gordon even taught jamie…which is why you will probably see him react when ever someone mentiones jamie to him..lol)

  25. Stephanie #3584 says:

    ok, I got to actually hear it today. neat contraption, still loving the cook book and gonna have to find me one for sure!

  26. Krysti says:

    I ALSO can NOT live without Canned Cranberry - I LOVE that it comes out in the shape of the can - And it HAS To be COLD and WITHOUT berries.. I’ve even made my own Cranberry sauce for others, and still open the can and eat MY kind! hehehe glad to know i’m not alone on that passion!!!

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