Happy Thanksgiving
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Since I hold both American and Canadian citizenship, I celebrate both Thanksgivings (because I fucking love turkey!).
Today I am especially thankful for Halforums. I don't know you as well as I would like but I feel close to all of you. I love how we can share our joy, our pain, our dreams, our fears. We can fight with each other, yet still circle the wagons and support each other when it's needed. You're more of a family to me than my real family ever will be.
I do love you guys. I just wanted you to know that.
Today I am especially thankful for Halforums. I don't know you as well as I would like but I feel close to all of you. I love how we can share our joy, our pain, our dreams, our fears. We can fight with each other, yet still circle the wagons and support each other when it's needed. You're more of a family to me than my real family ever will be.
I do love you guys. I just wanted you to know that.
WOOOOHOOOOO HAM!
I'm thankful for a few too many things to make a list.
If only my work didn't force me to take unpaid vacation most of this week, that'd be great.
I'm thankful for a few too many things to make a list.
If only my work didn't force me to take unpaid vacation most of this week, that'd be great.
We're having a big feast with the neighbors on either side of us. Both families have toddlers and infants. I couldn't imagine them having time to cook or that it would be worth the trouble since in both households it's really only the adults who will eat more than a nibble. So I suggested we all eat together! I'm making the turkey. For the first time. Ever. No pressure! lol
What's the line in Leviticus? Something like... "And if the turkey shalt be spoilt, cast them out for they art wicked, and have denied you joys untold." Yeah, no pressure.
Hosted my first thanksgiving this year, and it went great. Damn it's a lot of work though. I never knew how fast time could fly trying to get everything together. Everyone is gone now though, and the house feels very empty.[DOUBLEPOST=1385687826,1385687667][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh, and I'm very thankful for the lady insisting we make extra of everything. I don't think I'll have to cook for a week! 
Buncha American slowpokes. Thanksgiving was last month. Sheesh. 
My turkey was super-amazing! We had so much food and a lot of laughs. I am so glad we did this together because it has been one of the best Thanksgivings I've had in a long time.
Did Charlie get banned or something? I expected him to pop in with some sort of snarky comment about how we should feel guilty for celebrating the genesis of the genocide of the native people of America (I know my campus has gone overboard with this along with Columbus day. First Nations studies is a huge thing on my campus).
No turkey this year. Instead, I made the traditional glazed ham studded with cloves, pineapple rings and cherries.
Also on the menu:
Also on the menu:
- Homemade peach cobbler
- Dressing/stuffing
- Mashed taters--extra butter and heavy cream to make them nice and deadly.
- Green bean casserole, which my wife made for me for the first time. It is thus far the only way I can stomach those vile pods. I had two helpings.
- Jellied cranberry sauce from a can, because my philistine family likes it better than home-made cranberry sauce.
- honey-ginger glazed carrots, which my family loves, though the flavor combination, to me, is slightly reminiscent of dish soap.
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I don't want canned mushroom soup anywhere near my Thanksgiving or anything else good in my life. A lot of people mess up green beans-- they're either rubbery or so overcooked that they're slimy. I like to roast them with a little bacon and garlic. Pretty nice.
I made brandy apple pies for dessert and butternut squash mac and cheese for sides at both families' houses. Turned out pretty good, although there's one little thing about Thanksgiving food that bugs me: since it's such a mixed crowd, everyone's careful about how they season. So everything's a little bland, and there's usually no cayenne or hot sauce set out.
I made brandy apple pies for dessert and butternut squash mac and cheese for sides at both families' houses. Turned out pretty good, although there's one little thing about Thanksgiving food that bugs me: since it's such a mixed crowd, everyone's careful about how they season. So everything's a little bland, and there's usually no cayenne or hot sauce set out.
In addition to the turkey, I made:
baked mashed sweet potatoes with a brown sugar strudel topping
cranberry-apple relish
spinach salad with dried cranberries and slivered almonds
corn bake casserole
corn bread stuffing
pumpkin pie
pineapple upside-down cake
My neighbors made:
mini meatball appetizers
baked ham spiked with cloves and topped with a brown sugar glaze
mac & cheese
green bean casserole
mashed potatoes
gravy
pumpkin squares
apple pie
Plus we had three kinds of wine, Sam Adams Winter-something beer, juice for the kids, and coffee with dessert.
Six adults, two school-aged children, and two toddlers were all stuffed to the gills. My family had leftovers (aka Second Thanksgiving) last night for dinner.[DOUBLEPOST=1385849467,1385849408][/DOUBLEPOST]
baked mashed sweet potatoes with a brown sugar strudel topping
cranberry-apple relish
spinach salad with dried cranberries and slivered almonds
corn bake casserole
corn bread stuffing
pumpkin pie
pineapple upside-down cake
My neighbors made:
mini meatball appetizers
baked ham spiked with cloves and topped with a brown sugar glaze
mac & cheese
green bean casserole
mashed potatoes
gravy
pumpkin squares
apple pie
Plus we had three kinds of wine, Sam Adams Winter-something beer, juice for the kids, and coffee with dessert.
Six adults, two school-aged children, and two toddlers were all stuffed to the gills. My family had leftovers (aka Second Thanksgiving) last night for dinner.[DOUBLEPOST=1385849467,1385849408][/DOUBLEPOST]
Yes and yes!
Kati hates green beans, so I never get any.
Someone made braised beans with bacon, and I ate...quite a lot of them. Oh, how I have missed thee, legumes.
Also, we had quite a few things beyond the usual turkey/potatoes/raspberry soda/etc, but one thing stands out in my mind most of all:
Pumpkin/butternut squash/ginger pie.
...with bourbon whipped cream.
--Patrick
Someone made braised beans with bacon, and I ate...quite a lot of them. Oh, how I have missed thee, legumes.
Also, we had quite a few things beyond the usual turkey/potatoes/raspberry soda/etc, but one thing stands out in my mind most of all:
Pumpkin/butternut squash/ginger pie.
...with bourbon whipped cream.
--Patrick