Setting a Thanksgiving Table, Napkins & Potpourri

For A Formal Place Setting:

1. Place the service plate on the table directly in front of where guest will be sitting.
2. Locate the bread and butter plate at the 10:00 position in relation to dinner plate.
3. The butter knife should be placed on the bread and butter plate in a slight diagonal, pointing to the 11:00 position.
4. Place water glass at 1:00 position relative to dinner plate and just above knives.
5. Put red or white wine glass just below and to right of water glass.
6. Set champagne glass above and to right of red or white wine glass. Finally, set sherry glass to the right of red or white wine glass.
7. Put dessert spoon above dinner plate in a horizontal position
8. Place dessert fork above dessert spoon, facing in opposite direction.
9. Dinner knife should be located to the right of dinner plate.
10. Place fish knife to the right of dinner knife.
11. Put soup spoon and the fruit spoon (if used) to the right of dinner knife.
12. If serving shellfish, oyster fork should be located to the right of soup spoon and/or fruit spoon.
13. Place salad fork to the left of dinner plate. Put dinner fork next to salad fork.
14. Place fish fork to the left of the dinner fork.
15. Place napkin to the left of all forks.
    

Tips: For less formal dinners, remove unnecessary pieces such as fish forks and knives and extraneous wine glasses.

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Fragrant Home: 13 Simmering Pot Recipes

This is a lovely way to make your home smell warm and inviting. Just fill a pot with water, add your favorite ingredients and simmer all day. This also helps humidify the home a bit.

The recipes below are just guidelines, you can use different amounts and mix up ingredients as you like. Experiment to find your favorite smells.

Save: orange, lemon and lime peels, apple skins (dry them out first before storing in a container)

Frugal idea: For apple juice, cranberry juice, herbs and spices that are outdated, don’t throw out–just add to your simmering pot

You can refrigerate your simmering recipe and reuse daily for up to one week. Just keep adding water as needed.

Directions: Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add the ingredients from your favorite recipe, boil for a few minutes, then turn the heat down to simmer all day. Top up water as needed.

Caution: Set your timer for 30 minutes so you remember to top up with water. You don’t want the pot burning dry. Do not leave the house with this left heating on the stove.

Simmering Pot Potpourri Recipes

Recipe #1
Cinnamon sticks

Apple peels

Orange rinds

Whole cloves

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Recipe #2
Apple juice

Cinnamon sticks

Whole cloves

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Recipe #3
Vanilla (a few drops)

Orange peels

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Recipe #4 - Christmas Potpourri Simmering Pot
3 sprigs evergreen or handful pine needles

2 cinnamon sticks

2 TBS whole cloves

2 bay leaves

2 pieces orange rind

2 pieces lemon rind

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Recipe #5
2 TBS whole cloves

2 cinnamon sticks

5 star anise

1 orange peel

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Recipe #6
Whole cloves

1 tsp nutmeg

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Recipe #7
Peel from a whole orange

Whole cloves

2 Cinnamon sticks

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Recipe #8
5 bay leaves

1 TBS whole cloves

2 sticks cinnamon

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Recipe #9
Peel from 1 lemon

Peel from 1 orange

2 bay leaves

3 cinnamon sticks

2 TBS whole cloves

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Recipe #10
1/8 cup cloves

1/8 cup allspice

2 cinnamon sticks

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Recipe #11
6 whole cloves

1 cinnamon stick

1 tsp vanilla

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Recipe #12
1 cup dried lavender

1 tsp anise

1 TBS nutmeg

1 TBS whole cloves

1 Cinnamon stick

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Recipe #13
2 sticks cinnamon

Peel from one lemon

Fresh rosemary

Whole cloves

For the Oven:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take a piece of tinfoil (a few inches wide), pour a teaspoon of vanilla on top and place the foil in the oven. Turn off oven and prop the door open a bit.

Fill a loaf pan with water and your favorite recipe from above. Set in oven on high heat until it starts filling your home with lovely smells. Turn off oven, then prop the door open.

To Encourage Appetites:

Make fresh bread or fry up an onion or set an onion in the oven to heat. The smell will make everyone good and hungry at meal time ;).

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