The Hutchinson Collegian Friday, November 17, 2017
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Amanda’s Thanksgiving potatoes
Thanksgiving is finally here, and that means one thing – it’s time for food. Growing up, I have always helped my mom in the kitchen prepping the food and desserts. Now that I am old enough, I have taken over certain parts of the cooking. This involves a side dish and desserts. My side dish is always some sort of potatoes. Below I have listed two recipes that I love to cook and eat. Enjoy!
Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole
4 slices Oscar Mayer Bacon, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1pkg. (30oz.) frozen shredded has browns, thawed 1 can (10-3/4 oz.) reduced-fat reduced-sodium condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 cup Breakstone’s Reduced Fat or Knudsen Light Sour Cream 1-1/4 cups Kraft 2% Milk Shredded Colby & Monterey Jack Cheeses, divided Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Cook bacon and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat 5 min. Transfer to large bowl. Add has browns, soup, sour cream and 1 cup cheese, mix lightly. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish; tip with remaining cheese. Bake 40 to 45 min.
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Twice Baked Potatoes
Potatoes (however many you want to eat) ½ cup butter or margin 1/3 cup milk ½ cup dairy sour cream Extras: salt, paper, shredded chesses, bacon bits and sour cream Bake potatoes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour, or until soft. Cut an oval slice off the top of the potatoes. Scoop out pulp and place into a bowl. Add butter and mash. Then add milk, sour cream, salt and pepper. Spoon mashed potatoes back into potatoes and fill with cheese, bacon bits and cheese.
Amanda Carney Twice Baked Potatoes/Courtesy Photo
Cheesy Potatoes/Courtesy Photo
Students share views on Black Friday
By Merissa Anderson Collegian Editor
‘Tis the season to give thanks and celebrate one’s family and abundance of personal blessings. For most, this day is Thanksgiving, where families travel long distances to spend time together and feast on the meal of the year. For others, this celebration continues to the day after Thanksgiving in several different ways. For some, the post-Thanksgiving celebration consists of finishing up those yummy turkey leftovers, and for others it means spending more
time with family, hunting down holiday deals in the midst of the frantic Black Friday crowds. Tyresha Sledge and Tatyana Jones, both from Salina, enjoy their Black Friday in Central Mall in Salina, where a variety of stores, namely Victoria’s Secret, host ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ deals that are hard to pass up. “We shop till we drop,” Sledge said. “One year, this lady threw my friend over a Victoria’s Secret display, but it’s still a lot of fun to spend time together, and I’m going to get everything I need for
Christmas because stuff is expensive.” While at the same sale, Jones witnessed other incidents that just come with the territory of Black Friday shopping. “One year I saw three people get their legs broken at Victoria’s Secret when they were fighting over stuff,” Jones said. “But I love the deals because I can get a lot of stuff for cheap and don’t have to worry about spending all my money. For Jones, the early Black Friday sales add to her Thanksgiving experi-
ence. “I think it adds to Thanksgiving, because my family and I go out after we eat on Thanksgiving Day sometimes,” Jones said. Jones also hits up the Black Friday deals at other mall stores, Wal-Mart and Target and has been Black Friday shopping since she was young. Despite all the amazing deals available in stores on Black Friday, for some it’s simply not worth the risk and frenzy. “Black Friday is too much and too many people since it’s so crowded,” Jor-
dan Gadison of Kansas City, Kansas said. “I went for a Crock-Pot for my mom one year and it was a good deal but at first I couldn’t find it and nobody wanted to help me until another customer helped me in Wal-Mart. I couldn’t find any parking spaces and it was a mess.” Gadison also believes that in some ways, Black Friday is taking over the meaning of Thanksgiving. “I’m going to eat leftover Thanksgiving food for Black Friday this year,” Gadison said. “Black Friday can take away from Thanksgiving because some people
want to leave Thanksgiving early just to get ready for Black Friday.” Although she did end up getting a deal on the Crock-Pot for her mother, Gadison is choosing to opt for online deals this year and in the future. “I like Cyber Monday because to me it’s easier to shop online and I don’t have to leave my house since it’s cold outside or put on clothes,” Gadison said. “Don’t do Black Friday because it isn’t worth it and you could get trampled or hurt and they run out of stuff unless you go early.”