{"id":1310,"date":"2013-11-27T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/happy-thanksgiving-2\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:56:07","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/happy-thanksgiving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0463.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0463-300x225.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I hope everyone here in the US will have a happy and safe Thanksgiving. This is part of my contribution to our family&#8217;s dinner, which will be at our daughter&#8217;s home. Yum! I always make my grandmother&#8217;s recipe for pumpkin pie, and I have to say that it&#8217;s <i>really<\/i>&nbsp;good. \ud83d\ude09 It&#8217;s extra-special to me, since it&#8217;s the only recipe I have from her.<\/p>\n<p>The leafy decorations were made with a pastry cutter from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams-sonoma.com\/products\/pie-crust-cutter\/?pkey=e%7Cpie%2Bcrust%2Bcutter%7C4%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&amp;cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH%7C%7CNoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-\" target=\"_blank\">Williams-Sonoma<\/a>; I think they add a nice touch \u2014 which will, of course, be of secondary importance to the whipped cream we&#8217;ll add at serving time. LOL!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone here in the US will have a happy and safe Thanksgiving. This is part of my contribution to our family&#8217;s dinner, which will be at our daughter&#8217;s home. Yum! I always make my grandmother&#8217;s recipe for pumpkin pie, and I have to say that it&#8217;s really&nbsp;good. \ud83d\ude09 It&#8217;s extra-special to me, since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192],"tags":[47],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kitchen","8":"tag-food","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0463.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-l8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1266,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/27\/happy-thanksgiving\/","url_meta":{"origin":1310,"position":0},"title":"Happy Thanksgiving!","author":"Sandy","date":"November 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There are so many things to be thankful for, beginning with family and friends and going right down the list. 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