American Thanksgiving

[Capetan Mihali]

When a man is tired of Thanksgiving, he is tired of life.  And I'm tired of Thanksgiving.   

[MadImmortalMan]

When a man is tired of Thanksgiving, he is tired of life.  And I'm tired of Thanksgiving.   

Thanksgiving is the best holiday by far. All the great food and wine and everything, none of the expectation to buy people shit.

[merithyn]

Thanksgiving is the best holiday by far. All the great food and wine and everything, none of the expectation to buy people shit.

[sbr]

When a man is tired of Thanksgiving, he is tired of life.  And I'm tired of Thanksgiving.   

Thanksgiving is the best holiday by far. All the great food and wine and everything, none of the expectation to buy people shit.

Absolutely.  I have a pretty small family, at least locally:  my folks; me and my 2 daughters; my brother, his wife and their dog.  The eight of us will get together Thursday and spend a few hours together watching football and eating too much then go on our ways.  My oldest has her drivers license now so I could even have a second or third beer.

The next day starts the worst month of the year.  Fucking with Christmas lights, dealing with my mom and her 4 hour long quest for the most perfect, tallest tree that can possibly fit into their house, stressing about buying gifts for people that don't need anything.  Bah Humbug.

[Caliga]

Thanksgiving is the best holiday by far. All the great food and wine and everything, none of the expectation to buy people shit.

+1

[Ed Anger]

My wife baked a decoy Pumpkin pie to divert me from the pies she is making for Thanksgiving.

Devious bitch.

[Caliga]

FUCK, I forgot to get the shit for bean pie.  I'll have to drop by Kroger tomorrow on my way home.

[Ed Anger]

I'll pray for you. Kroger will be a warzone tomorrow.

[Caliga]

Oh wait... not only is tomorrow the day before Thanksgiving, it's... it's.... SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT DAY.

Be sure to pray to Joe Pesci for me.  I want your prayers to actually be answered.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Thanksgiving is the best holiday by far. All the great food and wine and everything, none of the expectation to buy people shit.

+1

Yes.  It would be so much better if Christmas were reserved for the children. 

[Brazen]

Cal, what do you mean by hanging paintings everywhere? Is that some kind of tradition or are you just "dressing your home", as the makeover artists say?

Off to the annual event at my American friend's house tomorrow for about the tenth year running. She's hosting 20 guests this year. The usual spread is:

Turkey latticed with streaky bacon
Two types of stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Milk gravy
Biscuits (the American kind, not chocolate Hob-Nobs)
Sautéed green beans with almonds
Sweet potatoes
Pumpkin pie
Ice cream

Can't wait, I've been starving myself all week in preparation

[katmai]

milk gravy?
streaky bacon?

[Brazen]

milk gravy?
streaky bacon?

The milk gravy is my friend's nan's recipe.

I think in America all bacon is streaky (made from belly pork with fat running through). In the UK we have back bacon that's got hardly any fat too, made from pork loin.

Wiki sez:

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, smoked and unsmoked varieties are equally common, unsmoked being referred to as green bacon. The leaner cut of back bacon is preferred to the bacon from the belly (that is ubiquitous in the United States) which is referred to as streaky bacon due to the prominence of the bands of fat. While there is a tendency on both sides of the Atlantic to serve belly bacon well-done to crispy, back bacon may at first appear undercooked to Americans.

Though I've never heard it called green bacon, which smacks of Dr Seuss

[Caliga]

kat, milk gravy is the kind you put on biscuits and gravy.  I usually make it with sausage.  Method:  cook up half a roll of bulk sausage (I always use Purnell's medium hot... Purnell's is made here locally) in a skillet, add a cup of water, a cup of milk, and some flour and pepper, and cook until thickened.

[Caliga]

Cal, what do you mean by hanging paintings everywhere? Is that some kind of tradition or are you just "dressing your home", as the makeover artists say?

I literally mean I was drilling into my drywall, mounting brackets, and hanging paintings from them.  I've hung six over the past week and have to do one more tonight in the dining room.