YA READY FOR YOUR TURKEY DINNER?

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Mary, if you actively try to be as gregarious as possible with everyone there, maybe the time will go quickly. Anyway, we have strangers coming to ours too and that's going to be my strategy.

― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, who could possibly anticipate a thread about Thanksgiving dinner turning into a discussion of delicious food? (WTF Ned?)

*coughs* I referred to the dove and hedgehog digressions in particular, immediately preceding my post.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Mary, does this mean I'm not invited any more?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:17 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm going to my first ever thanksgiving dinner tonight! i have an american friend who misses the tradition seeing as we don't celebrate it here. i'm excited. i love turkey! is there a traditional gift i should bring for my host?

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link

the blood of an unbeliever

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:38 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't want to scar myself

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link

alternately a nice pie

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link

I am being forced to go shopping at 6am the following morning with my boyfriend's mother. :(

He will owe me a baby for this.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow, that's pretty steep, but it is a day straight outta hell for shopping.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 24 November 2005 03:54 (eighteen years ago) link

We're having Thanksgiving on Friday with Mr Vegemite's family, smoked turkey pieces, green bean casserole, cheesy mashed potatoes...I'm in charge of Pumpkin Pie this year. I'm just praying that my mother-in-law doesn't reprise the sweet potato/marshmallow travesty of the previous year. (Who the hell dreamed up that winner of a dish, I wonder. Hats off for sheer "WTF??" value.)

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 November 2005 04:04 (eighteen years ago) link

dude, dont hate on yamallows

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link

i was going to make a turkey this year, but you know what?

this beer has pumpkin in it.

happy thxgiving!

― 'you' vs. 'city hall' FITE (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 24 November 2005 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Okay, apologies to yamallow fans out there. I have to admit that the combination definitely appeals to my inner child. Sweet potatoes & I simply don't get along anyway, with or without marshmallows, if the truth be known...

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 November 2005 05:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Tracer, your face at the turkey dinner would significantly improve the proceedings.

Re the gregariousness, it doesn't matter if I am mute, dumb and etc., the tag-team couple visitors have a well-rehearsed shtick which proceeds be ears deaf or not. The kind of talkers who don't even pause long enough to hear you say "oh...?" nor look to a nod of the head for approval to coninue.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 November 2005 05:07 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/news/2002/images/chloe_reuters20021122.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link

NEW YORK - A giant balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade snagged a street light near Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring two people, according to police and eyewitness accounts.

The accident happened near the end of the parade when the balloon's tethers became entangled on the head of the street lamp, about 2 1/2 feet in diameter, and knocked it off.

The 26-year-old woman and 11-year-old girl were apparently hurt by the debris. They were in stable condition at the Bellevue Hospital emergency room, said hospital administrator Peter Schectman. The nature of their injuries was not immediately known.

"It happened so fast," said parade spectator Karim Simmons, of Queens. "I said, 'Oh, my God!' It dropped like a rock."

The circumstances were an echo of a 1997 accident, when two people were seriously injured when 45 mph winds forced a "Cat in the Hat" balloon into a metal pole on Central Park West.

Officials then set guidelines that would limit the use of balloons if wind threatened to be too strong.

Parade organizers were given the go-ahead to use the balloons this year, but ordered them tethered on shorter lines because of some moderate breezes at the parade's start.

It was not immediately clear if wind played a factor in this year's accident, which involved the "M&Ms" balloon.

Among those watching was 85-year-old Ron Kahn, who took pictures while perching on a ladder.

"This is wonderful. It's part of New York," Kahn said.

Sayra Hernandez watched from a side street with her son, Lucas, 4, sitting on her shoulders.

"It seems better on TV, maybe more glamorous, not this hectic," said Hernandez, 30, of Manhattan. "But the smile on my kid's face is priceless."

(edited for clarity)

― gear (gear), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Yamallows reared their ugly head this year, along with a diabolical pie topping known only as "pumpkin fluff." Diabetic coma imminent. Losing the will to watch the Lions get whomped.

― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Okay here's what I made:

bottom layer: thin slices of blue potato and sweet potato
next layer: saute of onion, garlic, chickpeas, eggplant cubes, parsnip cubes, turnip cubes
next layer: thin slices of portobella mushrooms
next layer: another saute layer
next layer: another potato layer
top layer: toasted bread crumbs

I'll bake it and let you know how it turns out. It might suckkk.

― The Obligatory Trencherman, Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link

mmm that sounds good. It might get really soggy though--maybe stick more bread on top, or even lasagne sheets, and turn the whole thing upside down partway through?

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link

My family has gone insane and is embarking on the whole deep-fat-turkey-frying thing. So far this seems to involve the men of the house standing around in the driveway with their hands in their pockets, staring at a bucket of boiling oil. Bonding!

Updates from the burn ward to come.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link

The crazy annoying people are here. The colonel bounds up the stairs and booms: HOW ARE THINGS IN THE LIBRARY BUSINESS? WHAT DOES A LIBRARIAN ACTUALLY DO? I, MEAN, I KNOW THEY CHECK BOOKS OUT..." me, cringe. I sat with them for half an hour to make small talk while my mom put the finishing touches on the turkey. Now she is with them and I am hiding in my room and listening to Bright Eyes.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Mary, wait 'til they start asking if you have all those reference books memorized. Then drench them in hot gravy.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Heh. We ate dinner now he is telling a story about geese. Let's get through dessert then I can hide in my room claiming to do "homework."

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 November 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

It was suggested that teh Florida woman who slept with her student should receive the death penalty.

The topic inadvertently turned to Mexicans from Geese. How to classify them as indigenous. But then who would run the Walmart.

?????

LOL WTF

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 November 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

The colonel sounds awesome! you should lighten up! fuck bright eyes!

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 24 November 2005 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I've been to Wal-Mart twice already today--my two visits for the year--and I didn't see any geese.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 24 November 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Ha. I made it through and am safely with Conor, Chaki! Does anyone want to enter a fake marriage with me so that I can orchestrate my own painfully awkward family dinners?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 November 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh I'm full. My brother-in-law made fun of my piled-up plate again this year. (I just don't like getting up for seconds.)

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 24 November 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Stephen, did you see the video of the turky fryer fires on boing boing today?

I'm going to see a movie this evening- most of my day was nice & quiet. I picked up some cranberry sauce at the grocery store and baked two pumpkin pies this morning. So my Thanksgiving lunch with my doggie was cranberry sauce, a nice salad with avocado, and a slice of pumpkin pie. Yum.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 24 November 2005 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Turkey fires! http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/23/firefighter_tests_tu.html

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 25 November 2005 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Lyra, those are great! I sent 'em to my dad when he first suggested this frying misadventure, but since he's a scientist the possibility of fire only made it more appealing.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 25 November 2005 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link

we talked about meth all throughout dinner

and my aunt talked about people dying in freak accidents in nebraska

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 25 November 2005 01:30 (eighteen years ago) link

We just had a Griswold-worthy dinner. My mom didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or decapitate everyone in striking distance. My 90-year-old grandfather threatened to "punch that guy right in the face next time I see him" -- "that guy" being the one who recommended the horrific restaurant we ate at. My father nearly choked when I said "I swear to God we're eating Swanson turkey." I guess we should have known things were going to be bad when we walked into the restaurant and the sign said "Dress Code Enforced: After 6, men must wear shirts with sleeves." Oh, and the first waitress I saw had a ginormous gauze patch above her eye and was exhaling cigarette smoke out her nose when she asked for our name.

― Je4nn3 ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:15 (eighteen years ago) link

I ate six platefuls today. Right now I want more.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 25 November 2005 03:12 (eighteen years ago) link

I HATE TURKEY I AM A VEGETARIAN

BUT THAT IS OKAY I ATE GOOD ANYWAY THIS EVENING.

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:14 (eighteen years ago) link

i had indian food, from a box. did the trick.

― 'you' vs. 'city hall' FITE (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:17 (eighteen years ago) link

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I PLAYED THE SGT. PEPPER LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS THE KOOOWEEEEELL~!

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Time for dessert - pumpkin pudding with maple whipped cream. Mmmmmm.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Did I mention that I feel very UN-Patriotic these days?

But never mind, feed the poor etc.

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:21 (eighteen years ago) link

OH MY BLOODY GOD THERE IS A PICTURE OF MORRISSEY WITH A GIANT BIRD UPTHREAD!!!!!!!!!!

*sweating brow* what can this MEAN???????????????

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link

After all, if you mess with me I might have to sic my double LP of Peter Gabriel "Plays Live" on you and we wouldn't want that.

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:24 (eighteen years ago) link

My mother sent us home with loads of leftovers, but we don't have any bread in the house to make turkey and dressing sandwiches... :-(

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh god that's a tradgedy, I'm addicted to good bread.

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:30 (eighteen years ago) link

oh my god peter gabriel is making me so goddamn happy

― Bimble happily opens the door of the motorcar for you (Bimble...), Friday, 25 November 2005 03:31 (eighteen years ago) link

got home from work and just put some green beans in the oven.
my roommate has prepared a fantastic feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and, yes, sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows on top.
thanksgiving at 1 am with roommate >>>> crazy insane family thanksgiving!

― tres letraj (tehresa), Friday, 25 November 2005 06:10 (eighteen years ago) link

I made a vegetarian b'steeya today. It went over REALLY well. I'd never made it before, or indeed anything with phyllo dough...

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 25 November 2005 07:53 (eighteen years ago) link

mouth... watering...

― the jews (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 25 November 2005 07:58 (eighteen years ago) link

my big thanksgiving tour-de-force last year was a risotto with duck meat and porcini mushrooms. one of the most expensive dishes i've ever prepared, but the crowd went wild so it was totally worth it.

― the jews (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 25 November 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link

i was so nauseous all day yesterday, i didn't eat a thing, but i just made up for it. now i think tomorrow will be another day for fasting...

― tres letraj (tehresa), Friday, 25 November 2005 08:05 (eighteen years ago) link

It's all just as good the next day, piled up between two pieces of bread. I have eaten the proof!

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Friday, 25 November 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link

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