YA READY FOR YOUR TURKEY DINNER?

For about 3 minutes, my throat closed up early in dinner. We think it was the oysters.

oh no, yikes

glad yr ok tho

I have never had any exp of food allergies. Very strange.

Could the chemo have upped your susceptibility?

no idea, hasn't before

weird

Wild board ragu, fois gras dressing, corn casserole -- this is dinner.

Wild boar

ALWAYYYYS

...

SHIIIIIIINE

hello from the toilet

I MUST HAVE POOPED A THOUSAND PIIIIIIIIIIIES

lmao @ myself but seriously I have pretty bad diarrhea what's up

:(

Dinner was lunch this time around due to other obligations on the part of my girlfriend's family, but it was nice, didn't expect that. Full meal, eleven people, two young kids, all good. That and everything was essentially cleaned up and set aside in leftover containers by 3 pm. And happily I have claimed the excellent smoked turkey remains for stock tomorrow at home.

@ConanOBrien
Finally, a Thanksgiving without a drunken uncle. Just me, my nieces and nephews and my bottle of Jack Daniels.

Is there a BLACK FRIDAY follow-on for this thread? Because I need to post somewhere about how adorable it was people-watching grandparents in the Lego Store at the mall today

"We need the deep sea ocean explorer set. Oh! Yes that one. So what comes in this?" And if any retail drones were actually having anything resembling a good day today, it was the Lego Store people.

And maybe the ones at the Apple and Microsoft stores because them folks was MOVIN' UNITS.

Lastly, there was a big Nintendo kiosk where I got to watch granddads playing Mario Maker, next to pretty much the whole spectrum of humanity playing Splatoon against each other, next to three teenage girls getting very vocal about their co-op Triforce Heroes experience. All told a very nice tonic against shit in the news. I figured Black Friday at Tyson's Corner would have been a total disaster area, but no, it felt more like "you know how we beat ISIS? Consumerism, bitches!"

we went to vermont!

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my cousin has the sweetest house in the woods. jealous...

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my mom was there. hi mom!

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hi skot's mom!

she's beautiful!

so is 14 Hands wine!

that chair looks profoundly comfortable

The time approaches.

Thankfully, the only thing I have to bring to tomorrow's feed is cider and wine. Though I am considering getting some mirepoix just so I can get started on stock immediately after said feed (my girlfriend's family eats around 1 pm).

We have no local family, and all of our extended family, including International travelers, will be here next week. So no hosting or attending Thanksgiving for us this year. For the third time ever we will be going to a restaurant. For the sake of convenience and random adventure, we have chosen Milwaukee.

Never heard of that restaurant.

Ned has a gf?

xpost It's about an hour and a half north of Chicago. Big space. Lots of seating.

I'm a regular visitor there, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors.

Memorialized!
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Ned has a gf?

Yes. Our fifth anniversary is in February.

Cheers mate

Thanks!

We are hosting my inlaws, 3 ppl but only 2 who wil eat so we only need to feed 4 total :D

but that’s not til Thursday so tomorrow I’m gonna go see Thor Ragnarok again verily :D

that’s not til Thursday so tomorrow I’m gonna go see Thor Ragnarok

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday

hmmm. there's something wrong there I can't quite put my finger on...

FRIDAY i meant Friday

though it would be great if I just peaced out in the middle of dinner to go to the movies

I’ll be one of the weirdos at the local fancy restaurant

My parents decided to accept an invite they cannot safely drive to at the house of a distant aunt. I offered to drive, and they rejected the offer, miffed. Then, my sister and her kid and my wife and I told my parents that we would bring thanksgiving to them, and do all the cooking, cleaning, etc. Parents said sure, so we all uninvited myself from the distant aunt. Then, my sneaky parents reinvited themselves to the distant aunt, to which they will be driving.... but my sister and her kid and my wife I are now stuck w/o plans. Sister and I live fairly far apart, so we decided not to meet up. My wife and I are going out for seafood, because our oven is broken and we can’t cook at home. Happy fucking 2017.

*Parents said sure, so we all uninvited OURSELVES from the distant aunt.

ughhhh that sucks

I've been watching pies get made for six hours

Saturday: phoned Whole Foods to ask if their pre-order turkeys were frozen. was told they'd have a light layer of ice but not be frozen through. pre-ordered turkey.

Tuesday: picked up turkey.

Five minutes ago: tried to pull giblets out of turkey in order to brine it. Turkey is frozen solid in the middle. 16 ppl are meant to be eating this bird in 13 hours.

wait, only 15, there's a vegetarian attending. no worries then.

You need a bucket of really warm water and to wrap your turkey back up to be as watertight as possible. Then leave the wrapped bird in the bucket for a few hours, where it will thaw more quickly. Then remove the giblets and proceed to brine as normal.

Why am i in line to buy pie at 630am

Drugs aren’t even this hard to come by

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLJdTPa2i4

That’s 11 mins. Do you think i have time to watch this?

Yes because this place doesn’t open til 7 ffs

it's a must for decorum and serving tips

I'm in Disney World!