Thanksgiving thread? Tips, cooking, stories?

[RICHARD]

Oh boy!

I thought a good Thanksgiving thread would be in order, You know-some way to share a holiday- a one stop thread for all things 'thankful'!

Our Canuckian friends just celebrated and I hope that they can give us some tips, stories and contributions to help us out.


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Looks like this will be a Richard/Easily amused production. I have the turkey thing down pat. I do plan on keep it simple!

Green bean casserole, veggies, rolls, too!


Anyone else?

[Medusa]

I'm almost positive I posted this somewhere before but my tip is: never roast a turkey, especially a large one, on a cookie sheet. Reason being? It slides off.

When I was first married, my husband was in the AF and we made it a practice to invite airmen who weren't able to make it home for the holidays. I didn't have much cookware and even less money to buy some, so I made do w/what I had. We invited several men to Tday dinner along w/my parents who drove from PA to our place in VA.

The entire group, my husband and toddler son included, were patiently waiting for me to bring out the turkey to the dinner table; everything else was there. I took the turkey out of the oven and, of course, the juice from the turkey was all over the cookie sheet. You know what happened next. The turkey jiggled around, slid off the cookie sheet and onto the floor. Our apt. was in an old renovated southern mansion and the floor was covered in old linoleum. There were 3 steps next to my oven leading down into my son's bedroom. The turkey then slid across the floor, down the steps and under my son's bed. I had to crawl under his bed to retrieve the turkey, wash it off and serve it, all the while w/a straight face and pretending that nothing unusual had happened. I was near hysterical w/laughter through the entire dinner, much to my husband's irritation because I wouldn't tell him what I was laughing about. He would have been furious. (He had no sense of humor when it came to such things.)

Every year at Tday dinner, I think of that day and this year it will be even funnier to me because this is the first Tday in 11 years that my son has been able to come home.

[RICHARD]

I think of that day and this year it will be even funnier to me because this is the first Tday in 11 years that my son has been able to come home.

And where is he sleeping this time?

[Medusa]

And where is he sleeping this time?

Say what? That went right over my old blonde head, Richard.

[RICHARD]

I was curious, IF you toss the turkey under his bed this year....

[Medusa]

I was curious, IF you toss the turkey under his bed this year....

Oh got it! No, I'll have to toss it up the stairs this year.

On a more serious note, (I know you probably didn't want serious stuff, Richard), I just want to say to all my PT friends to really enjoy the company of whomever you have the pleasure of sharing Tday with this year. I've been fortunate enough to have a good meal every year and having my son here will make it so much more tasty. I'm so thankful for all that I have, not just materially, but for everything that we sometimes take for granted. And I imagine, Richard, that Tday will be just as sweet for you, knowing that your mom is doing so much better and is at home now.

[mruffruff]

Buy double of everything and box up half for someone who can't afford Thanksgiving dinner this year. Makes you twice as grateful for what you have.

[lvpets2002]

I so Agree.. Great Thought For The Day/Year..

Buy double of everything and box up half for someone who can't afford Thanksgiving dinner this year. Makes you twice as grateful for what you have.

Oh By The Way Richard You Have A GirlFriend.. I Thought You Were To Ornery..

[RICHARD]

Up until last year I would get together with friends to hang out and we would play football - This was way before the posers had 'Turkey Bowls'-I even had a trophy, It was a hospital bed pan that a friend made a stand for. It exsists somewhere in the ether.

The last few years have been roller hockey and beer drinking!

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One of my favorite TG stories was while I was dating a gal who asked me, with a very straight face, "Do you celebrate TG?" "Yes, we do!"

"What do you eat?" She had never dated a Mexican before so I told her with the straightest face I could gather, "Beans, rice and tortillas......"

She was very serious after she got the answer and I gave it away when I started to laugh..... TURKEY!


Just like everyone else.