Happy Thanksgiving - enjoy the day with family and friends.
We have a lot to be thankful for. Play and sing a happy tune :)
Quote from: suzyq on November 22, 2010, 02:28:09 PM
Happy Thanksgiving - enjoy the day with family and friends.
We have a lot to be thankful for. Play and sing a happy tune :)
It's only Monday. Some real bad stuff could happen between today and Thursday (and it did). Still, I've bought a 19 pound turkey to be ready for the festivities.
I enjoy eating a big meal, but it's crazy how blown out of proportion this holiday has become. People take up to a week off, and some of them are setting themselves up for the shopping orgy known as Black Friday.
Quote from: DavidW on November 22, 2010, 03:55:06 PM
. . . and some of them are setting themselves up for the shopping orgy known as Black Friday.
Which is good for the economy : )You know whence the name Black Friday? Retail operates at a net loss for the year's blaance sheet, through most of the year; but the heavy shopping on the Friday following Thanksgiving is the occasion which takes their bottom line for the year out of the red (a loss) into the black (net gain).
Thank the gods for turkey.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 23, 2010, 03:35:32 AM
Which is good for the economy : )
You know whence the name Black Friday? Retail operates at a net loss for the year's blaance sheet, through most of the year; but the heavy shopping on the Friday following Thanksgiving is the occasion which takes their bottom line for the year out of the red (a loss) into the black (net gain).
Yes Karl I know. But... HUMBUG! I hate the Christmas shopping season. The gifts my family give each other are modest... you know like a novel, or a dvd, slippers etc with the important thing is just being home. The madness that consumes everyone else leaves me cold.
Quote from: DavidW on November 23, 2010, 06:18:56 AM
Yes Karl I know. But... HUMBUG! I hate the Christmas shopping season. The gifts my family give each other are modest... you know like a novel, or a dvd, slippers etc with the important thing is just being home. The madness that consumes everyone else leaves me cold.
Hearty agreement! One of the wonderful touches in Gilliam's Brazil is a parade of people holding the banner, Consumers for Christ!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 23, 2010, 06:35:22 AM
Hearty agreement!
One of the wonderful touches in Gilliam's Brazil is a parade of people holding the banner, Consumers for Christ!
haha yeah I love Brazil! ;D
Quote from: DavidW on November 23, 2010, 06:18:56 AM
Yes Karl I know. But... HUMBUG! I hate the Christmas shopping season. The gifts my family give each other are modest... you know like a novel, or a dvd, slippers etc with the important thing is just being home. The madness that consumes everyone else leaves me cold.
If holidays had to have a rational basis we wouldn't have them. That's what makes them holi. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)
I like Thanksgiving, and shopping, too. Combining them makes it more fun, though I try to avoid the worst of the crowds.
words of holiday cheer from Uncle Billy
http://www.youtube.com/v/sLSveRGmpIE
a blessed thanksgiving to you all :)
dj
Indeed. A happy Thanksgiving to all.
(http://www.thosefunnypictures.com/resize.php?file=pictures/9026/Sesame-Street-Thanksgiving.jpg)
Well, and we've just been given a lovely pecan pie.
Happy Thanksgiving, all.
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Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 24, 2010, 06:48:20 AM
Well, and we've just been given a lovely pecan pie.
Ooh, one of my favorites, Karl.
How odd. My GF made a chocolate pecan pie last night, which was inspired by the Unitarian pies we enjoy on Town Day here in Arlington. I don't notice anything anti-metaphysical about these pies, to be sure, since nothing appears to be missing, but I guess that's anti-metaphysical enough. The nothing that's not missing isn't there. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/angel.gif) So score one for the Unitarian ladies.
We'll take the nondogmatic pie down to Connecticut for a visit with my GFs old school friend, a visit we make every Thanksgiving. The friend and her family constitute a coven of Polish Protestants. Everybody has a schtick, or so it seems. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
Quote from: drogulus on November 24, 2010, 12:21:17 PM
How odd. My GF made a chocolate pecan pie last, which was inspired by the Unitarian pies
Made only with 100% free-range Unitarians.
Quote from: DavidW on November 22, 2010, 03:55:06 PM
I enjoy eating a big meal, but it's crazy how blown out of proportion this holiday has become. People take up to a week off, and some of them are setting themselves up for the shopping orgy known as Black Friday.
It's not as bad as Christmas, when the whole country seems to shut down between December 23rd and January 2nd and nothing can get done.
Now I have to go brush up on my Scrabble game for the after-Thanksgiving-dinner tournament...
Quote from: Daverz on November 24, 2010, 02:11:30 PM
Now I have to go brush up on my Scrabble game for the after-Thanksgiving-dinner tournament...
Quartzy!
Quote from: Daverz on November 24, 2010, 02:05:52 PM
Made only with 100% free-range Unitarians.
Any antitrinitarian will do in a pinch. Use baking chocolate as they tend to be sweet.
Happy thanksgiving everyone! Especially Brian, hope that you're not feeling out of place or alone today (since you're in London and not with family).
Quote from: DavidW on November 25, 2010, 06:26:04 AM
Happy thanksgiving everyone! Especially Brian, hope that you're not feeling out of place or alone today (since you're in London and not with family).
God bless us, everyone!
Quote from: DavidW on November 25, 2010, 06:26:04 AM
Happy thanksgiving everyone! Especially Brian, hope that you're not feeling out of place or alone today (since you're in London and not with family).
Aw, thanks. It's turning out to be a very good Thanksgiving; my aunt Jean sent me her legendary pumpkin cookies, this morning I had a "turkey cranberry and brie" sandwich (odd...), and my contribution to the Drunksgiving celebrations tonight is homemade guacamole. You can tell you're in the wrong country when you're making guacamole for Thanksgiving. ;D
Have a great holiday, folks! :)
Quote from: Brian on November 25, 2010, 08:06:22 AM
You can tell you're in the wrong most awesome country when you're making guacamole for Thanksgiving. ;D
Have a great holiday, folks! :)
Fixed that for you. ;D btw sounds like an awesome sandwich, I bow before your sandwich making skills. :)
Quote from: DavidW on November 25, 2010, 08:10:10 AM
Fixed that for you. ;D btw sounds like an awesome sandwich, I bow before your sandwich making skills. :)
;D ;D Not my sandwich making skills, my getting a free sandwich from my professors skills... still impressive ;)
When in
Rome Beijing...
Thanksgiving Beijing Duck! Yeah!
Quote from: Brian on November 25, 2010, 08:06:22 AM
Aw, thanks. It's turning out to be a very good Thanksgiving; my aunt Jean sent me her legendary pumpkin cookies, this morning I had a "turkey cranberry and brie" sandwich (odd...), and my contribution to the Drunksgiving celebrations tonight is homemade guacamole. You can tell you're in the wrong country when you're making guacamole for Thanksgiving. ;D
Have a great holiday, folks! :)
Same to you, Brian. Long way from home, but you've clearly made the best of it. Any sandwich featuring brie has to be great!
And Happy Thanksgiving to all, both stateside and otherwise. I am grateful to the founders of this country who established an ideal, and to the millions who have given their lives so that I can make the most out of mine.
8)
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Pregardien\Staier - D 957 Liederkreis for Tenor 'Schwanengesang' #09 'Ihr Bild'
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 25, 2010, 08:23:35 AM
Same to you, Brian. Long way from home, but you've clearly made the best of it. Any sandwich featuring brie has to be great!
I agrie.
I had the most hilarious, wild, epic Thanksgiving. I'm going to be talking about it (and plotting sitcom plots about it) for years to come. Writing a blog post... in the meantime enjoy this teaser:
Flatmate: What the f*** is this?
His girlfriend: Fresh rosemary.
Flatmate: Oh, I thought I was going to smoke it later.
Quote from: springrite on November 25, 2010, 08:21:59 AM
When in Rome Beijing...
Thanksgiving Beijing Duck! Yeah!
Is there such a thing as Beijing Christmas goose? One imagines there should be....(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)
Quote from: drogulus on November 27, 2010, 06:18:37 AM
Is there such a thing as Beijing Christmas goose? One imagines there should be....(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)
Christmas coincides with Quail season. ;)
Quote from: springrite on November 27, 2010, 06:26:20 AM
Christmas coincides with Quail season. ;)
Yes, I've heard of the famous Christmas quail. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/huh.gif) However, since we're larger than mice we might seek out something which coincides, larger than quail but smaller than ostrich. Swan might be just the thing, but if one went missing from Spy Pond the locals would get peeved. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/sad.gif)
I want to wish all of my GMG American brothers and their families a very warm, wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!! :)
Save some of the stuffing and gravy and pumpkin pie for me! 8)
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 24, 2011, 05:20:20 AM
Save some of the stuffing and gravy
...for turkey pie tomorrow! :)
Quote from: chasmaniac on November 24, 2011, 05:29:29 AM
...for turkey pie tomorrow! :)
And here's to hoping there are no stampede trampling deaths on Black Friday, seriously! :o
Happy Thanksgiving!
Quote from: Brian on November 26, 2010, 01:13:09 AM
I had the most hilarious, wild, epic Thanksgiving. I'm going to be talking about it (and plotting sitcom plots about it) for years to come. Writing a bl $:)d: Fresh rosemary.
Flatmate: Oh, I thought I was going to smoke it later.
I can only hope that, a year later, you have new, drug-free, clean-mouthed "flatmate." $:)
Happy Thanksgiving is right!
And a pox of chickens on any sportscaster or wiseguy who insists on saying "Turkey Day" instead!
I'm spending the day 100% sportscaster-free! The only turkey to-day is in the roasting pan!
Wish all (who celebrate, of course) a wonderful Thanksgiving day! :)
We were visiting our son last week and had our Thanksgiving Dinner a week ago this Friday - the classic dishes that my wife use to make him years ago - and he did a great job on the turkey!
Today for us - sharing a pheasant w/ some light sides & a bottle of sparkling wine - :D
(http://sdakotabirds.com/species/photos/ringed_necked_pheasant_pair.jpg)
Oh, that day!
OK, I will try to find the largest chicken I can find in China and pretend it's a turkey.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Wishing everyone who celebrates it a very Happy Thanksgiving! Hope that you are able to be with friends and/or family.
And a belated Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian members too. :)
All the best,
K.
Here in Ohio - in our section at least - we will have some snow tomorrow: things should look very pretty!
We already baked the pumpkin pie! 8)
Quote from: Cato on November 27, 2024, 03:07:53 PMHere in Ohio - in our section at least - we will have some snow tomorrow: things should look very pretty!
We already baked the pumpkin pie! 8)
Mmmm...yum! Do you used canned pumpkin or use a fresh sugar pumpkin?
K
Quote from: Kalevala on November 27, 2024, 03:44:42 PMMmmm...yum! Do you used canned pumpkin or use a fresh sugar pumpkin?
K
Canned: we tried a few times making our own puree from a fresh pumpkin, but it was a great amount of work and the taste was not all that great! ???
So, back to a name-brand can of pumpkin!
Well, we'll be celebrating ourselves at home tomorrow - Susan has come down with Parkinson's disease, mild at the moment - but has limited our traveling - all family a far distance. However, she'll roast a guinea hen (below - locally farmed), a good size for two people and share a bottle of Gloria Ferrar sparkling wine from California. I'm currently going through my jazz collection (500+ CDs) so will pick something she'll enjoy. Then probably 'Blue Bloods' for our TV entertainment - now on Season 13 for the second time (ends w/ Season 14 unless resurrected?). Dave
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Quote from: Cato on November 27, 2024, 04:20:42 PMCanned: we tried a few times making our own puree from a fresh pumpkin, but it was a great amount of work and the taste was not all that great! ???
So, back to a name-brand can of pumpkin!
Libby's? :)
K
Quote from: SonicMan46 on November 27, 2024, 04:24:16 PMWell, we'll be celebrating ourselves at home tomorrow - Susan has come down with Parkinson's disease, mild at the moment - but has limited our traveling - all family a far distance. However, she'll roast a guinea hen (below - locally farmed), a good size for two people and share a bottle of Gloria Ferrar sparkling wine from California. I'm currently going through my jazz collection (500+ CDs) so will pick something she'll enjoy. Then probably 'Blue Bloods' for our TV entertainment - now on Season 13 for the second time (ends w/ Season 14 unless resurrected?). Dave
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I'm so very sorry to hear that. Are there any meds that can help her?
I haven't had guinea hen before. What does it taste like?
Blue Bloods is a good show. I've watched it off and on over the years.
Best wishes to the both of you.
K.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Quote from: Kalevala on November 27, 2024, 05:20:10 PMI'm so very sorry to hear that. Are there any meds that can help her?
I haven't had guinea hen before. What does it taste like?
Blue Bloods is a good show. I've watched it off and on over the years.
Best wishes to the both of you.
K.
Hi
K! Thanks for your concern - she has a neurology specialist in 'motion disorders' at the medical center where I retired as an emeritus professor in radiology - she is on Levodopa and Carbidopa-levodopa and doing a lot of exercises to keep her muscles working - hopefully this will be slowly progressive but who knows? We've been married 54 years and approaching 80 years of age, so have had a long life together.
Guinea hen is delicious and like chicken - nice bird for just 2 people - frozen pumpkin pie to bake - my favorite for the holiday - when I was growing up in the Toledo Ohio area my mother would do the turkey dinner w/ her mother making pumpkin pies from scratch! I helped her a few times - involved cutting up the pumpkins and scraping out the contents, homemade crust (using lard!), and secret spices - a yearly treat for me - ;D Dave
Quote from: Kalevala on November 27, 2024, 05:15:58 PMLibby's? :)
K
Oh yes!!! ;D
Quote from: SonicMan46 on November 27, 2024, 05:45:36 PMGuinea hen is delicious and like chicken - nice bird for just 2 people - frozen pumpkin pie to bake - my favorite for the holiday - when I was growing up in the Toledo Ohio area my mother would do the turkey dinner w/ her mother making pumpkin pies from scratch! I helped her a few times - involved cutting up the pumpkins and scraping out the contents, homemade crust (using lard!), and secret spices - a yearly treat for me - ;D Dave
I hope your wife's condition stabilizes at the least and that it will improve eventually!
We lived in Toledo for 25 years, 1982-2007, probably the best place where we have lived, beating out certain larger cities with too many people and the trinity of devils who always accompany over-population, traffic, pollution, and crime.
The Toledo Symphony is an excellent orchestra right now!
Hope you all enjoy your day :D .
Happy Thanksgiving from across the Atlantic, to all our friends in the USA!
Quote from: Cato on November 27, 2024, 03:07:53 PMWe already baked the pumpkin pie! 8)
I baked mine last night. I've discovered that there is no point in all from scratch because pumpkin pie always tends to taste the same! :laugh: So I went with Libby's pumpkin pie mix and I just needed eggs and condensed milk. I'll be sure to say if that was a mistake or not.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here in the USA!!
Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Holidays and good luck to us all. 8)
Quote from: DavidW on November 28, 2024, 06:13:09 AMI baked mine last night. I've discovered that there is no point in all from scratch because pumpkin pie always tends to taste the same! :laugh: So I went with Libby's pumpkin pie mix and I just needed eggs and condensed milk. I'll be sure to say if that was a mistake or not.
The thing that I notice the most is that often the pre-made pie shells are normally not that good as compared to homemade ones [I know, I'm being picky.]. In any event, good for you for diving in and making one!
K
Our Thanksgiving chicken was most excellent. The Other One cooked it and I carved it because it makes me feel important. Later there will be eggnog, therefore we have no cause for complaint.
Quote from: drogulus on November 28, 2024, 03:14:25 PMOur Thanksgiving chicken was most excellent. The Other One cooked it and I carved it because it makes me feel important. Later there will be eggnog, therefore we have no cause for complaint.
:laugh: And did you do the right thing by doing a bunch of the "dish duty"? ;)
K
Quote from: Kalevala on November 28, 2024, 04:08:39 PM:laugh: And did you do the right thing by doing a bunch of the "dish duty"? ;)
K
Absolutely not. I do finances, otherwise I'm feral.
:D :D