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ENTERTAINMENT PULSE Students share how to celebrate Thanksgiving in a residence hall
ENTERTAINMENT PULSE Students share how to celebrate Thanksgiving in a residence hall | Students share how to celebrate Thanksgiving in a residence hall |
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| Written by Micaela Titus, The Shorthorn staff | ||||
| Wednesday, 18 November 2009 04:24 PM | ||||
  The residence halls on campus remain open during Thanksgiving break. Students that stay on campus for the holiday find creative ways to still enjoy a feast. (The Shorthorn: Jacob Adkisson) Two beaten eggs, a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and one can of pureed pumpkin pie are ingredients to the beginning of a no-bake pumpkin pie recipe Rosalyn Donaldson uses to make dessert for Thanksgiving. The visual communications freshman is spending her first Thanksgiving away from home in Kalpana Chawla Hall and she plans to take advantage of the community kitchen. She uses allrecipes.com for creative entree ideas that best resemble food her mother cooks for the holiday. The Web site includes recipes for beginner and expert cooks. Education junior Kiani Esteves uses the holiday to stock up on food for dead week, the week before finals, so she can focus on studying. She recommends students create a shopping list before they hit the stores. This way, shoppers can avoid the last-minute holiday lines. “Everyone knows that dead week can be stressful and the week of Thanksgiving is a time to relax,” she said. “Stocking up on food from the holiday gives students more time to study during dead week.” Staying in residence halls for the holiday doesn’t mean one can’t enjoy great food. Time-consuming meals can be easily bought at stores. Biology senior Ken Millman said he isn’t a great cook but has tips to make a simple holiday feast. He suggests students find ready-made main courses at local stores to cut down cooking time. “Stores like Wal-Mart have whole rotisserie chickens and other cooked meats,” he said. “Foods that can be boiled or cooked in the microwave can be used as side dishes.” Food like macaroni and cheese, rice and corn can be cooked in a microwave or a stove. Millman adds seasonings or sauces and soups like cream of mushroom or vegetarian chili to frozen foods to give them a personal touch. “Thanksgiving is one of those ‘you have to eat something great’ holidays,” Donaldson said. “I searched the Internet to find foods that use similar ingredients and don’t all require an oven.” InformationIf cooking isn’t an option for Thanksgiving break, some restaurants offer holiday dinners that can be split with other residents staying on-campus.HoneyBaked Ham -Boneless ham dinner with a choice of two heat-and-serve sides for $39.99 plus tax. Serves 10. -Roasted or smoked whole turkey dinner with a choice of three heat-and-serve sides, turkey gravy and a pie for $49.99 plus tax. Serves 12. Boston Market -Boneless turkey breast banquet with mashed potatoes, fresh vegetable stuffing, gravy and a cornbread loaf for $54.99 plus tax. Serves six. -Spiral sliced ham banquet with mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, gravy and cornbread loaves for $69.99 plus tax. Serves 12. Prefer to skip the ham and turkey? Vegweb.com offers Thanksgiving meals like tofurkey, praline sweet potato casserole and vegetarian stuffing. The Web site also includes forums for vegetarians and vegans worldwide. Views: 575 | E-mail
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