YA READY FOR YOUR TURKEY DINNER?

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!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/SawyerBronzeFonz2008.jpg

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!

Does Disney do anything special for Thanksgiving? Do all the restaurants have Thanksgiving menus?

Yes, the parks are open later and I suspect they'll have themed parades. We're at a cabin in Ft. Wilderness -- no park today.

Careful with the alligators

nothin like dining on fresh Sotosyn

i am in a hotel in Connecticticut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmLfpoj5e84

The original with "Disco Strangler" --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbOuY2sHuw

I'm in France, where there is no Thanksgiving, but apparently there is Black Friday????

Business are copying BF more and more in Europe, sadly.

The turkey has just gone into my oven. The neck and giblets are simmering to make stock for the gravy. My guests are due at 5pm. I haven't had this much "free" time for several weeks, and am not sure what to do with myself while dinner cooks.

nothin like dining on fresh Sotosyn

only about 50 guys know this

Thanksgiving happening in London, albeit with a chicken instead of a turkey. Guest arrival IMMINENT.

a litany of artists and celebrity names flashing through my head

The T-day meal was good but I'm interested in making dressing waffles with leftovers.

i too am interested in this, fedex me the results

Business are copying BF more and more in Europe, sadly.

Yesterday, I explained the ideas behind Thanksgiving to several of my friends here in Vietnam, because they were unfamiliar. But they all knew what Black Friday was already

we had fun. 20 people at our house. friends and family. it was nice. a baby. a dog. a 23 pound turkey. sambuca in my coffee.

Good meal all around and the turkey already fully broken down and turned into stock and soup and everything cleaned up and we’re chilling. That works!

The guests have gone, the leftovers are chilling in the fridge, and I'm hoping my overstuffed feeling will soon pass.