Happy Thanksgiving

So that was all very sweet. Kids for the kids to play with, beautiful house, tons of food and wine, great company. And it was nice to see my ex, she was glad to meet the kids and it was just good to reconnect. Not a normal Thanksgiving, I guess, but it did everything Thanksgiving's supposed to do. (Or maybe it is a normal Thanksgiving now, who knows.)

Just had a fish-based thanksgiving with my boyfriend and his 18 year old daughter. Watched a lot of geek shows instead of the football. When he went out for a smoke she told me (completely unbidden) about his past relationships, asked how he was treating me, and gave me her email address. They fell out and made up. We drank a lot of coffee and had sweet potato pie. I don't think I've had what counts as a normal thanksgiving either, but I enjoyed it despite the strangeness.

I don't know if there is a normal Thanksgiving...but if you feel a little bit of good, share a good feeling with people, thats the important thing. That's the 'normal' part.
I mean, for both of you, Tipsy & Ljublana, you came away with some good feelings. Makes me happy to read that.

Feeling sentimental. Shared thanksgiving with my inlaws. With my whole family on the other side of the globe, this is when I start being thankful, because I don't know if I could last so long living away from home without my husband's family unconditionally welcoming me & giving me such warmth & support. They are good people. I'm rudiculously lucky to have two such sets, in both hemispheres, to balance out the world for me & keep me sane & loved.

happy thanksgiving, tru northerners

Big dinner last night with housemates and their & my friends. Made biscuits for the first time - success, they rose. Made plum crumble for dessert. Slightly weird vibe because of complicated decisions right now about whether to move with these housemates or not. But still mostly fun.

Despise Thanksgiving dinner, except for the turkey itself. Green bean casserole, creamed onions, candied yams, etc. Why do people take perfectly good food and fuck it up by drowning it with butter, cream and god knows what else? Seriously, if you feel like crap after getting up from the dinner table then you did something wrong.

OTM, Thanksgiving food is like 90% garbage and the holiday would be vastly improved by eating just about anything else.

growing up i guess we had all those kind of sides but the Thanksgiving dinners I've been to in recent times people are showing off some great seasonal ingredients with thoughtful preparation and trying their hands at all kinds of interesting things.

There are no laws about what to eat on Thanksgiving, only customs. I expect that people who, on Thanksgiving, gladly gorge on green bean casserole, creamed onions, candied yams and so on, do not customarily eat well-prepared, healthy meals on other days either.

my old friend used to pick a different international cuisine to make an elaborate meal each thanksgiving. I only managed to go once, but it was such a great idea

I propose we switch the traditional Thanksgiving dinner to this. I've made Momofuku's Bo Ssam several times for different groups of friends and it always blows them away. It's a pefect dish to share with a large group of people, too.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12197-momofukus-bo-ssam

Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so.
https://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7265067/turkey-pork-shoulder-thanksgiving

I made turkey mole one year and now I'm a victim of its success. I get bugged to make it every year now. Obv it's a pretty big chore to even shop for, let alone make.

that is a chore, but at least mole can be made well in advance, no? i've had mole in my fridge keep fine for months before and it never deteriorated the slightest

yep good point