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Come for the sides, stay for the [Thanksgiving]
Xaquin
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IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!
The poor neglected holiday between Halloween and Christmas (that I've seen displays for since the back to school stuff went away .... ) is called Thanksgiving!
In the early 1600s, a bunch of pilgrims feasted together with the Native Americans who they hadn't yet killed with disease or guns and gave thanks to god for providing them a bountiful new land to steal. They feasted on eel and corn and cod and venison and wild turkeys and (had they the means to do so) French's French Fried Onions.
Or something like that.
Either way, it doesn't matter now! Now we celebrate Thanksgiving as a reason to eat the best meal of the entire year and to watch the Lions lose!
I LOVE THANKSGIVING!
Turkey! with Roasted Root Vegetables!
Mashed Potatoes! Preferably with Rosemary, Pancetta, and as much Butter and Cream as possible!
Stuffing! with Sausage!
Gravy! Onion Sage Gravy! (This goes on everything) (or just get a big bowl or glass and drink it down. No one will judge you and if they do, oh well)
Peas and Pearl Onions!
Green Beans and Bacon! Crisp that Bacon up and dump it on!
Corn Bread with Butter and Honey!
French's Onions! ONE CONTAINER PER PERSON!
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!
but you know .... while Thanksgiving is primarily for eating food and looking the other way in the face of historical accuracy, it's also about giving thanks for the things you're thankful for. For example, I'm thankful for having two wonderful sons, a loving family, a fantastic girlfriend, good friends, and for all you forumers.
I am also thankful for Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving Day Masacree in four part harmony!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM
I'm thankful for the Lions losing record at home on turkey day
I'm especially thankful for MST3k Turkey Day marathons! Tell Joel what to play this year!
but mostly, I'm thankful for French's French Fried Onions and the people I refuse to share them with.
....
So .... Thanksgiving plans anyone?
The poor neglected holiday between Halloween and Christmas (that I've seen displays for since the back to school stuff went away .... ) is called Thanksgiving!
In the early 1600s, a bunch of pilgrims feasted together with the Native Americans who they hadn't yet killed with disease or guns and gave thanks to god for providing them a bountiful new land to steal. They feasted on eel and corn and cod and venison and wild turkeys and (had they the means to do so) French's French Fried Onions.
Or something like that.
Either way, it doesn't matter now! Now we celebrate Thanksgiving as a reason to eat the best meal of the entire year and to watch the Lions lose!
I LOVE THANKSGIVING!
Turkey! with Roasted Root Vegetables!
Mashed Potatoes! Preferably with Rosemary, Pancetta, and as much Butter and Cream as possible!
Stuffing! with Sausage!
Gravy! Onion Sage Gravy! (This goes on everything) (or just get a big bowl or glass and drink it down. No one will judge you and if they do, oh well)
Peas and Pearl Onions!
Green Beans and Bacon! Crisp that Bacon up and dump it on!
Corn Bread with Butter and Honey!
French's Onions! ONE CONTAINER PER PERSON!
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!
Thanksgiving Day calories do not count
but you know .... while Thanksgiving is primarily for eating food and looking the other way in the face of historical accuracy, it's also about giving thanks for the things you're thankful for. For example, I'm thankful for having two wonderful sons, a loving family, a fantastic girlfriend, good friends, and for all you forumers.
I am also thankful for Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving Day Masacree in four part harmony!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcMI'm thankful for the Lions losing record at home on turkey day
I'm especially thankful for MST3k Turkey Day marathons! Tell Joel what to play this year!
but mostly, I'm thankful for French's French Fried Onions and the people I refuse to share them with.
....
So .... Thanksgiving plans anyone?
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It's actually been in the 70s in ohio the past few days.
I love it so much
Even the terrible broadway show previews
Even Al Roker
especially Al Roker
I had the boys last year, but they're with their mom this year. I'm not sure when/if my family is doing anything.
If need be, I'll cook all that food and eat it myself!
I kinda want to try a deep fried one though.
Also @Butler For Life #1 tell bugboy to check his pms on here I could use a crawly identified.
(The BugBoy signal is a lamp that many moths are fluttering around)
A tur-duck-en! (sp?)
so I have to figure out how to cook one ....
I'm kind of scared and kind of excited!
what do they do with the bones anyway? Are they just kind of mashed in there?
I'm also making cornbread with honey and butter (home made butter!!!)
Cinnamon bread
This is my favorite recipe
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/homemade-cinnamon-bread/
That does look pretty darn tasty...
So what I'm saying is that for me, November is the month of smoked deliciousness.
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Drafthouse had a pretty decent Thanksgiving dinner last year, guess I could do that again.
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Edit: Does that make me less American?
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There is no food discrimination on Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving during my divorce, I was in no mood to be social or see anyone or give thanks for anything. Thanksgiving, however, means good food. So I made sweet potato fries, and a MASSIVE burger with thick cut cheese, crispy bacon, carmelized onions, and a fried egg!
It wasn't a half bad Thanksgiving after all!
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Either
Or both!
It's like Christmas, but for everyone.
Anyway, my family's contribution to the culinary world is our sausage stuffing. It is probably my favorite food on Earth. It looks like mushy gray matter, but tastes like Heaven wrapped in Eden. My maternal great grandmother first came up with the recipe, and my grandmother and her three sisters, as they grew up and had their own kids, all went on to come up with their own versions. However, all of them claimed to have the "authentic" version their mother made. The recipe then was passed down to my mom's generation (basically mom and her cousin). My mom makes it my grandmother's way, and her cousin makes it her mother's way. Everyone makes their own version and brings it to Thanksgiving dinner and jokingly/not jokingly asks who made it better. This means there are at least three to four batches of stuffing on our table, and leftovers are scarce.
I had been trying to get the recipe for years, starting in my 20s. I would ask my grandmother, but she would always just change the subject. Finally, two years ago, she gave it to me. She died a year later.
Me and mom are gonna make the stuffing for Thanksgiving this year. I think grandma would've liked that.
Bread pudding all the way. Mix in some white chocolate, some dried cherries soaked in amaretto...
Any tips?
Coran Attack!
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Then write "Chicken" on the turkey in sharpie.
preheat over to 450
stuff the cavity with cut up apple and maybe sage or thyme sprigs
rub sage infused butter under the skin and crack pepper and salt on top of the skin. Truss up the legs and fold the wings close in to the body so they don't get burnt.
Bake it on top of cut up sweet potatoes, onion, and carrots for an hour (4 lb bird) or a bit more .... until the juices run clear
Take er out and let rest for 10-15 minutes and enjoy!
I just moved to Phoenix this past May, and I've been doing the solo thing for awhile. I have a bunch of folks that decided to fly in:
-My Fiancee!
-Her Mom
-My Parents
-My Sister
Also, my future Brother in law and his girlfriend are long distance driving to get here, so I'll have a lot of folks here. Super excited to see them all.
I haven't decided on whether to cook them ham or turkey.
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This event is semi-secret, in that there are definitely family members within convenient travel distance who aren't invited, and whose invitations I would refuse if they hosted their own gathering. But rather than make drama out of it, I just lie that I'm on call for work on Thanksgiving in order to guarantee Christmas off. And then tell the same lie on Christmas, that I'm trying to earn New Years Eve... and on New Years Eve, pretend that I have a date, when I'm actually weeping alone in my basement apartment. But my company is actually pretty great about holidays, and none of those events are actually work days.
It's in my heart year round though!
As well as most of my arteries and padded around the sides of my stomach and the small (haha moar liek LARGE) of my back
Look, without Thanksgiving, November would just be this bleak and barren stretch of nothing between Halloween and Christmas. We need Thanksgiving in the same way we need Valentines Day to get us through the doldrums of February.
If it wasn't for Thanksgiving's placement in November, the amount of Christmas hype spillover immediately following Halloween would be even more ridiculous than it is now.
It isn't a perfect bulwark, but Thanksgiving is doing a heroic job of keeping Christmas decorations and advertisements (mostly) confined to December. Once Thanksgiving is over, the floodgates open and the yuletide deluge begins.