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“You’re Not Supposed to Say That!” – Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Silliness
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Here’s a Thanksgiving poem I wrote in honor of turkeys all over the U.S. in autumn. It’s geared towards older kids.
You can click on the mp3 below to hear my husband and me recite it…
You’re Not Supposed to Say That!
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!” said the turkey.
“What?!” went the rooster.
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
“You’re not supposed to say
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
Said the rooster.
“Oh yes I am!”
Said the turkey.
“No you’re not!”
Said the rooster.
“What am I supposed to say?”
Asked the turkey.
The rooster replied,
“Gobble, gobble, gobble!”
“BOOM”
Went the farmer’s gun
And the rooster fell down dead.
“Don’t tell me what I’m
Supposed to say!”
Said the turkey,
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”Many thanks to my husband, Jason Pomerantz, for playing the part of the Turkey (hee, hee, hee)!
Hope you enjoyed the show!
Mama Lisa
How to Make Pumpkin Tart
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
This recipe is from Monique from France. She gave two versions: one for a dinner tart, the other, a dessert tart.
Monique used a banana squash pumpkin in France.
In the US, I’d recommend using a small pie pumpkin for this recipe. (Or if you’re tight for time you can use a can of plain pumpkin puree.)
First you have to cut, cook and peel the pumpkin to get it in a cooked pureed form.
You cut off the top of the pumpkin and then cut it in half vertically. Then you scoop out the seeds and pulp. (You can keep the seeds and bake them at a low temperature later to make roasted pumpkin seeds.)
Then you can cook it in a steamer on the stovetop until it’s soft. Or you can cook it in the microwave in a covered dish in about two inches of water – until soft – about 15 to 30 minutes. (It’s okay if you need to slice up the pumpkin a bit to fit into the pot.)
Once the pumpkin is soft, allow it to drain. Then you can peel it and puree it.
Add three eggs and ½ to 1 cup of a dairy product – Monique used Greek yogurt but you can use cream or milk (though milk makes the result more watery).
At this point, the recipe varies, depending upon whether you’re making a dessert tart or a dinner tart. Here are instructions for both.
For a Dessert Tart: Add sugar to taste (or any sweetener that can resist heat), a large handful of raisins and powdered ginger, cinnamon or Chinese five-spice powder.
Monique lines a tart pan with a ready-to-use pie crust. Optionally, you can spread a couple of tablespoonfuls of prune or chestnut spread over the crust. Then she pours in the pumpkin mixture and bakes it for half an hour or so in a 400°F oven. Allow to cool.
For a Dinner Tart: Monique adds two cloves of crushed garlic, salt and pepper. She lines a tart pan with a layer of ready-for-use crust and pours in the pumpkin mixture. Then she sprinkles with Swiss cheese on top before baking. You can also make dinner tarts with butternut squash instead of pumpkin. Bake at 400°F for about 30 minutes.
Many thanks to Monique from Mama Lisa’s World en français for sharing this recipe with us!
-Lisa
UPDATE: I made the dessert version of this tart the other day. I didn’t use the prune or chestnut spread (since they’re hard to find in the US). I did use canned pumpkin, milk, eggs, cinnamon, sugar and raisins, following the directions for the dessert tart above.
We liked it better chilled – it tasted a lot like a pumpkin pie – but thinner and subtler. -Lisa
Teaching Children about Dreamcatchers for Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007In honor of Thanksgiving, my daughter made a dreamcatcher in school. Dreamcatchers were originally made by the Ojibway Native American tribe. They would make them out of a branch in a circular shape and tie them. Then string is used to make a web that’s wound across the loop. (Traditionally the string came from an animal. My daughter’s class used colorful thin yarn to make theirs.) A hole should be left in the middle. Finally, feathers should hang down from the dreamcatcher.
You hang the dreamcatcher over a child’s bed or crib. It’s supposed to catch nightmares in its webs, while allowing the good dreams to escape through the middle hole and enter the child’s sleeping mind.
The idea of the dreamcatcher is an interesting Native American tradition to teach children for Thanksgiving.
Two Thanksgiving Songs to the Tune of “Frère Jacques”
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Here are two songs you can teach your children or students for Thanksgiving. Both of these ditties are sung to the tune of Frère Jacques and both are called Mr. Turkey!
Click to Hear the Mr. Turkey Tune
Mr. Turkey Song #1
Mr. Turkey,
Mr. Turkey,
Run away!
Run away!
If you are not careful,
You will be a mouthful,
On Thanksgiving Day,
On Thanksgiving Day.Mr. Turkey Song #2
Mr. Turkey,
Mr. Turkey,
Big and fat,
Big and fat.
I am gonna eat you!
I am gonna eat you!
Just like that!
Just like that!Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
-Mama Lisa
Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Pages with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
A Ponies’ Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 26th, 2006I know Thanksgiving is over, but I love this photo.
My five year old daughter arranged for her toy ponies to have their own turkey dinner!
Turkey Dinner – A Thanksgiving Song
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Here is a song you can teach kids and sing at dinnertime on Thanksgiving.
Turkey Dinner is sung to the tune of Frère Jacques.
Well folks, we’re not going to win any awards for our singing, but at least we’re enthusiastic! It is a bit out of tune, but here’s my family’s rendition of Turkey Dinner.
Turkey Dinner
Turkey dinner, turkey dinner,
Gather round, gather round,
Who will get the drumstick,
Yummy, yummy drumstick,
All sit down, all sit down.Cornbread muffins, chestnut stuffing,
Pudding pie, one foot high,
All of us were thinner,
Until we came to dinner,
Me, oh, my! Me, oh, my!Happy Thanksgiving!
-Lisa & Family!
Here are more Thanksgiving Songs and Rhymes!
Recipe for Lower Fat Eggnog (Cooked first to render eggs safe)
Saturday, December 31st, 2005This recipe takes care of the problem of drinking raw eggs in Eggnog. It also uses 1% low-fat milk instead of cream or half and half, making it less fattening. You cook the milk and eggs to both render the eggs safe and to thicken the milk.
I made it today and it was very yummy!
Recipe for Lower Fat Eggnog
4 Egg Yolks, beaten
4 c. 1% Milk
5 T. Sugar
½ cup plus 2 T. Cream Sherry
NutmegPour beaten egg yolks into a saucepan and add the milk, sugar and 3 or 4 dashes of nutmeg. Mix well. Cook on a medium heat, stirring constantly. (FYI According to The Joy of Cooking, eggs are safe at 140 degrees F.)
Once the mixture is about as thick as light cream (but not quite as thick as half and half) take it off the heat. Put in fridge, stirring occasionally for the first half hour to prevent it from congealing.
Chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours till cold. Take out, add the Cream Sherry and stir well.
Serve in glasses with a dash of nutmeg.
Cheers!
Lisa
When Black Friday Comes…
Saturday, November 26th, 2005I hope you all had a happy “Black Friday”!
In the US, the day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday”. I always thought it was because the stores are so crowded due to sales and people going Christmas shopping. That seems like a pretty “black” situation to me.
But yesterday, I learned that it’s a actually a pun based on accountancy terms. When a company is losing money, they’re in the “red”. When they’re profitable, they’re in the “black”. The day after Thanksgiving is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, a day when retail stores make a large percentage of their holiday sales. It’s so important to them that many move from the “red” into the “black”. Hence, “Black Friday”.
Interestingly, “Black Friday” also has a much more negative financial association: It can refer to Friday, September 24th, 1869, the day of one of the largest stock market crashes in American history.
“Turkey in the Straw” Lyrics
Thursday, November 17th, 2005Here’s another traditional song for Thanksgiving…
Turkey in the Straw
As I was a-goin’
On down the road
With a tired team
And a heavy load
I cracked my whip
And the leader sprung
I says day-day
To the wagon tongueTurkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Turkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Roll ‘em up and twist ‘em up
A high tuck a-haw
And hit ‘em up a tune called
Turkey in the StrawWent out to milk
And I didn’t know how
I milked the goat
Instead of the cow
A monkey sittin’
On a pile of straw
A-winkin’ at
His mother-in-lawTurkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Turkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Roll ‘em up and twist ‘em up
A high tuck a-haw
And hit ‘em up a tune called
Turkey in the StrawI came to the river
And I couldn’t get across
So I paid five dollars
For a big bay hoss
Well, he wouldn’t go ahead
And he wouldn’t stand still
So he went up and down
Like an old saw millTurkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Turkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Roll ‘em up and twist ‘em up
A high tuck a-haw
And hit ‘em up a tune called
Turkey in the StrawDid you ever go fishin’
On a warm summer day
When all the fish
Were swimmin’ in the bay
With their hands in their pockets
And their pockets in their pants
Did you ever see a fishie
Do the Hootchy-Kootchy Dance?Turkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Turkey in the straw
(Whistle)
Roll ‘em up and twist ‘em up
A high tuck a-haw
And hit ‘em up a tune called
Turkey in the StrawCome visit Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Pages for more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
An Old Rhyme about Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 17th, 2005Here’s a pretty little poem about Thanksgiving…
Thanksgiving
The year has turned its circle,
The seasons come and go.
The harvest all is gathered in
And chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have shared their treasures,
The fields, their yellow grain,
So open wide the doorway …
Thanksgiving comes again!Come visit Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Pages with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
Another Five Little Turkeys Finger Play Rhyme
Saturday, November 12th, 2005Here’s another poem for Thanksgiving…
Five Little Turkeys
Five little turkeys standing in a row. (Hold up 5 fingers)
First little turkey said, “I don’t want to grow.” (Hold up 1 finger)
Second little turkey said, “Why do you say that?” (Hold up 2 fingers)
Third little turkey said, “I want to get fat.” (Hold up 3 fingers)
Fourth little turkey said, “Thanksgiving is near.” (Hold up 4 fingers)
Fifth little turkey said, “Yes, that’s what I hear.” (Hold up 5 fingers)
Then the five little turkeys that were standing in a row,
All said together, “Come on, let’s go!” (Move fingers like they’re running away)Come visit Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Pages for more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes including another version of 5 Little Turkeys plus the rhyme 5 Little Pilgrims.
Spanish Song that can be used for Thanksgiving – “To the Turkey, Little Turkey”
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005Here’s a Spanish song about a turkey called Al pavo pavito, with the midi music and an English translation…
Al pavo pavito
(Spanish)Al pavo pavito pavo
Al pavo pavito sí,
El pavito se ha marchado
Y el pavito ya está aquí!Here’s an English translation…
To the Turkey, Little Turkey
To the turkey, little turkey, turkey,
To the turkey little turkey, yes.
The little turkey went away
And the little turkey is here now!Many thanks to Cleofé García González for contributing this song and to Monique Palomares for the translation and the midi music. ¡Muchas Gracias!
Come visit Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Pages for more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
Come visit the Mama Lisa’s World Spain page for more Spanish children’s songs with English translations
And…
The Spain page at Mama Lisa’s World en français for Spanish kids songs with their French translations.
Albuquerque the Turkey – Thanksgiving Song
Monday, November 7th, 2005Here’s a Thanksgiving song for all you vegetarians out there! It’s sung to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine…
Albuquerque the Turkey
Albuquerque is a turkey,
And he’s feathered and he’s fine.
And he wobbles, and he gobbles,
And he’s absolutely mine.He’s the best pet that you can get,
Better than a dog or cat.
Albuquerque, he’s my turkey,
And I’m awfully glad of that.Albuquerque, he’s my turkey,
He’s so cozy in his bed,
Because for our Thanksgiving dinner,
We had scrambled eggs instead.Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Page with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
Here are some interesting looking vegetarian recipes for Thanksgiving Day, including one for Pueblo Corn Pie and another for Maple and Tarragon Sweet Potatoes.
Here are some Thanksgiving Teaching Ideas from Teaching Heart.
Five Little Pilgrims Finger-play Rhyme
Sunday, November 6th, 2005Here’s a Popular Thanksgiving Poem…
Five Little Pilgrims
Five little Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day. (Hold up 5 fingers)
The first one said, “I’ll have cake if I may.” (Point to the thumb)
The second one said, “I’ll have turkey roasted.” (Point to the index finger)
The third one said, “I’ll have chestnuts toasted.” (Point to the middle finger)
The fourth one said, “I’ll have pumpkin pie.” (Point to the ring finger)
The fifth one said, “Oh, cranberries I spy.” (Point to the pinkie)
But before the Pilgrims ate their turkey and dressing,
They bowed their heads a said a thanksgiving blessing.” (Fold all 5 fingers like they’re pilgrims with their heads down)Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Page with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
Five Little Turkeys Rhyme
Saturday, November 5th, 2005It’s November and that means Turkeys! Here’s a favorite Thanksgiving song…
Five Little Turkeys
Five little turkeys by the barn door,
One waddled off, then there were four.Four little turkeys under a tree,
One waddled off, then there were three.Three little turkeys with nothing to do,
One waddled off, then there were two.Two little turkeys in the noonday sun,
One waddled off, then there was one.One little turkey – better run away!
Soon will come Thanksgiving Day!Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Page with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes plus another version of 5 Little Turkeys.
Recipe for Cranberry Salsa Appetizer
Friday, November 4th, 2005
Great for the Holidays or Any Occasion!My sister, Gwen, first made this Cranberry Salsa a few years back for Thanksgiving. It went over so well, that she now makes it pretty much every time the whole family gets together. Here’s the recipe…
CRANBERRY SALSA
1 bag rinsed, chopped, fresh cranberries
12 red cherry tomatoes
½ cup sugar (you can add more sugar if the salsa is too tart)
6 tablespoons minced cilantro
3 tablespoons chopped red onion
¾ teaspoon cumin
Juice from 1 lime
2 jalapeno chilis, stemmed, seeded, mincedUse a food processor; mix in medium bowl; serve with tortilla chips.
Thanks for sharing your delicious recipe Gwen!
If anyone has a recipe they’d like to share, please write me.
-Lisa
Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Page with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems and Nursery Rhymes.
A Thanksgiving Poem
Thursday, November 3rd, 2005Thanksgiving Poem, which later became the song Over the River and Through the Woods, plus how the writer of the poem was a real-life heroine
When November comes, life becomes a whirlwind of activity. In the middle of it all, we start thinking about what we have to be thankful for. I’m thankful we have role models like Lydia Maria Child (1802 – 1880), who wrote the Thanksgiving Poem, best known as the song Over the River and Through the Woods.
Child was a well known author during the time leading up to the Civil War. She wrote a periodical for kids and popular books for housewives with tips to help manage their households. In 1835 she wrote The History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations that was later an inspiration to women suffragists.
In 1833 she published An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans, which called for the immediate emancipation of all slaves. This hurt her career. However, she continued to write in favor of emancipation, in favor of the rights of Native Americans, and in favor of equal rights for women.
Lydia Maria Child truly was someone who stood by what she believed was right, regardless of the consequences to herself. She’s a wonderful role model for children today.
Here’s a short version of the song, followed by the full poem…
Over the River and Through the Woods
Over the river and through the woods
To grandmother’s house we go!
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh,
Through bright and drifting snow, oh!
Over the river and through the woods
Oh, how the wind doth blow!
It stings the toes and bites the nose,
As over the hills we go.The New England Boy’s Thanksgiving Poem
(Over the River and Through the Woods)
by Lydia Maria ChildOver the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather’s house we go!
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.Over the river, and through the wood,
To Grandfather’s house away!
We would not stop for doll or top,
For this is Thanksgiving Day.Over the river, and through the wood,
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes,
And bites the nose,
As over the ground we go.Over the river, and through the wood,
With a clear blue winter sky,
The dogs do bark,
And children hark,
As we go jingling by.Over the river, and through the wood,
To have a first-rate play.
Hear the bells ring, “Ting-a-ling-ling!”
Hurray for Thanksgiving Day!Over the river, and through the wood,
No matter for winds that blow,
Or if we get
The sleigh upset,
Into a bank of snow.Over the river, and through the wood,
To see little John and Ann.
We will kiss them all,
And play snow-ball,
And stay as long as we can.Over the river, and through the wood,
Trot fast, my dapple grey!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound!
For this is Thanksgiving day!Over the river, and through the wood,
And straight through the barn-yard gate,
We seem to go
Extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!Over the river, and through the wood,
Old Jowler hears our bells,
He shakes his pow,
With a loud bow-wow,
And thus the news he tells.Over the river, and through the wood,
When Grandmother sees us come,
She will say, “Oh, dear,
The children are here,
bring a pie for every one.”Over the river, and through the wood,
Now grandmother’s cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!Happy Thanksgiving!
-Lisa
Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Page with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes.
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