Normally on Wednesdays for Jenn’s “WIAW party,” I share what I’ve eaten the previous day. But guess what? Tuesday’s eats were pretty darn boring, since this girl hadn’t gotten to the grocery store. Let’s just say that copious amounts of peanut butter and jelly were consumed. 
So today, I thought I’d finally share my family’s recipe for “Thanksgiving noodles,” since I’ve been talking about it for weeks now!
Of course, they’re not really just “Thanksgiving noodles,” since we typically make them for Christmas, Easter, and Arbor Day, as well (OK, I’m fibbing on that last one.).
I ate a lot of delicious things this Thanksgiving …
(Click here for the pumpkin cake recipe)
… but my favorite dish, by far, was great-grandmother’s Thanksgiving noodles! 
Thanksgiving Noodles
Servings: A lot.
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 4 tbsp Carnation Evaporated milk
- salt and pepper
- several cups flour (this isn’t a very precise recipe! )
- 2-3 quarts chicken broth (enough to fill a large pot)
- 1 celery stick
- 1 stick butter
- leftover bits of chicken or turkey meat (from your Thanksgiving turkey or a rotisserie chicken)
- chicken bouillon cubes, as needed
Directions:
- Beat together 4 eggs, 4 tbsp Carnation Evaporated Milk, and ½ tsp salt
- Add several cups flour until dry (pie dough-like), but still workable by hand. You don’t want it to crumble, but it needs to have as much flour as possible.
- Roll dough out (as thin as possible) onto a floured board or clean towel. Let sit a bit to dry and then cut into narrow strips.
- Put noodles in a large brown paper bag with some flour and shake it up. Lay the noodles out on clean, floured dish towels to dry for several hours. If not using that day, store in paper bag in refrigerator.
- Heat chicken broth with celery stick and 1 stick butter. Add noodles and cook slowly until tender.
- Add turkey or chicken pieces (you can also add some of the juices from the turkey if you have them … it adds more flavor).
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Add chicken bouillon cubes, if it needs extra flavor.
As you can tell, this recipe isn’t very precise. Evidently great-grandmother Shideler was more of a “cook by instinct” kind of gal. Unfortunately, this gal isn’t quite there yet. So I tried to make it a little more precise for those who are still new to cooking, as I am!
We miss you, great grandmother. Thanksgiving just isn’t the same without you!
Mmm your Thanksgiving eats look dee-lish! And I LOVE your picture of great grandma, way too cute
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Aww thanks, Katie!
I want snow!! Its like 75 over here in LA, so NOT christmas weather!!
Wonderful pic of you and your gma. Our turkey day felt a bit empty without ours as well
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this sounds amazing!!!
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Yum! The noodles look great! We got snow last night too. It took me almost 2 hours to drive home from work. Not fun!!
Bummer on the 2 hour drive! I feel your pain!
Cinnamon rolls. Oh god. Those look so good. I haven’t had one in ages.
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So glad we haven’t gotten snow in NJ yet! Looks like a great Holiday!
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look at all that snow!! eeeep. i’m thankful we’re still having some sunny and warm days
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You may call them noodles … but in the South those are dumplings my friend!
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Haha well did you see my other post when I made chicken and dumplings? I said that our noodles were pretty similar.
I just think of dumplings as being thicker and round, whereas these are thin and long. But yes, they are quite similar! 
Mmm those noodles look delicious! We got snow here in west tn on Monday and Tuesday – we haven’t had snow in November in a long long time. It was beautiful, but I wasn’t quite prepared (especially since Saturday it was 72 degrees!). Bundle up!!!
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Haha isn’t the weather crazy?! Warm one day and snowing the next. Nuts!
Oh my gosh those look really similar to the noodles that my aunt makes! And they are delicious
. Wow I can’t believe you got snow! It’s been randomly warmer here in Boston these past few days
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Lucky!
Recipes that aren’t the most precise are usually the most comforting and delicious! Looks amaaazing and perfect for cold weather!
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I had cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Thanksgiving, too
So delicious!
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