Share Your Thanksgiving Dinner Photos

Let everyone see just how hard you worked!

Putting together a Thanksgiving feast is no simple feat. Between the shopping and the cooking, there’s barely time left to set the table and make everything just right. If you’ve gone above and beyond with your spread this year, Bradenton Patch invites you to show off your hard work! Just upload your Thanksgiving dinner photos to the gallery. Be sure to share tell everyone what the special dishes are you served up, too. And, if your dinner table setting and decorations rival something Martha Stewart might whip up, we invite you to show those off, too! To share your photos, just login to your user account and click on the white and green button at the top of this article. Happy holidays, Bradenton!

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Bar Tab

Thanksgiving Specials at the Bars Wednesday, Thursday

Old Main Street is hosting its annual celebration on Thanksgiving Eve; Bars around town have drink and food specials Wednesday and Thursday.

Bar Tab is publishing a day early this week because some of the best Thanksgiving parties are happening Wednesday night. That’s definitely the case in downtown Bradenton where the Old Main Street Merchants Association is hosting its annual thanksgiving Eve party on historic Old Main Street from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday. It's one of the busiest nights of the year downtown as the street closes from Manatee to 3rd Avenues West for live music, bar hopping and more. Live music from Glass Onion starts at 6 p.m. The stage is located near Manatee Avenue. Vendors selling food, drinks, arts and crafts and other wares will line both sides of Old Main Street. When the City closes Old Main Street for an event like this, open containers of alcohol …

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Serve up Delicious Sweet Potato Souffle Crunch With Your Thanksgiving Meal

Sweet potato pie is good, but this is souffle crunch is better.

I've been making this Sweet Potato Souffle Crunch for about 20 Thanksgivings now. I got the recipe from my Aunt Anne. I have no idea where she got it. I wrote down her instructions inside the front cover of a cookbook I got as a wedding present (see photo) and have consulted them many times over the years.  Anne likes to double up on the crunch topping. I sometimes do, but not always. The recipe below is for the regular amount of topping.  Ingredients for souffle: 3 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes (I don't really measure this, but that is what the recipe calls for -- I just use three medium sweet potatoes.) 1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs slightly beaten 2 1/2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon …

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