:Canuck:
Butter tarts for everybody! :Canuck:
Around our house it's turkey and perogies for everyone!
Quote from: Barrister on October 14, 2013, 05:27:54 PM
perogies for everyone!
Pierogies for Thanksgiving? :o
GET. OFF. OF. MY. CONTINENT. :mad:
Judgmental Cal has arrived.
Quote from: Caliga on October 14, 2013, 05:37:28 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 14, 2013, 05:27:54 PM
perogies for everyone!
Pierogies for Thanksgiving? :o
GET. OFF. OF. MY. CONTINENT. :mad:
It wouldn't be a holiday without perogies and holupchi (no idea how to spell that mind you). :mmm:
Don't take shit from somebody buying hot dogs off a roller.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 14, 2013, 06:20:20 PM
Don't take shit from somebody buying hot dogs off a roller.
I had a chili dog for lunch twice last week. :cool:
If you aren't eating turkey, deviled eggs, brown&serve rolls, mash potatoes with brown gravy and jello salad - why bother?
Quote from: Caliga on October 14, 2013, 06:56:27 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 14, 2013, 06:20:20 PM
Don't take shit from somebody buying hot dogs off a roller.
I had a chili dog for lunch twice last week. :cool:
Really? Roller food?
No, one was at the Hilton and the other was at Award Weiners inside Disneyland's California Adventure. :)
So Canadians have something to be thankful for. Good for them.
I was doing the Wendy's chick.
Happy Thanksgiving, Canuckleheads. Get it in before your entire country freezes over.
Ham is tradition for my family :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 14, 2013, 07:17:33 PM
I was doing the Wendy's chick.
Gentle reminder: she's not a real redhead.
Quote from: Ideologue on October 14, 2013, 07:17:08 PM
So Canadians have something to be thankful for. Good for them.
Yes, it's nice they have a holiday celebrating 60 years of continuous protection under the US nuclear security umbrella.
You're welcome, Soviet Canuckistan.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 14, 2013, 09:03:16 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 14, 2013, 07:17:08 PM
So Canadians have something to be thankful for. Good for them.
Yes, it's nice they have a holiday celebrating 60 years of continuous protection under the US nuclear security umbrella.
You're welcome, Soviet Canuckistan.
You are welcome for the protection offered by thousands of miles of frozen tundra.
Also, NORAD only works because Canadians are on the staff.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 14, 2013, 09:51:37 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 14, 2013, 09:03:16 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 14, 2013, 07:17:08 PM
So Canadians have something to be thankful for. Good for them.
Yes, it's nice they have a holiday celebrating 60 years of continuous protection under the US nuclear security umbrella.
You're welcome, Soviet Canuckistan.
You are welcome for the protection offered by thousands of miles of frozen tundra.
Also, NORAD only works because Canadians are on the staff.
Oh Quebec. :hug:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 14, 2013, 09:03:16 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on October 14, 2013, 07:17:08 PM
So Canadians have something to be thankful for. Good for them.
Yes, it's nice they have a holiday celebrating 60 years of continuous protection under the US nuclear security umbrella.
You're welcome, Soviet Canuckistan.
And 200+ years of continuous protection under the continuous protection of the Royal Navy.
It's good to have friends. It gives us something to be thankful for. :)
And if you want to get technical about it, Canada was seriously involved in supplying the Manhattan project, and was the second country in the world to produce a nuclear reactor (in 1945 no less). It's only because you guys asked us politely not to build nuclear weapons that we chose not to. :)
I think we should force our non-Britain, non-France allies to pony up. I think it's probably worth about $13 trillion with interest.
Quote from: Barrister on October 14, 2013, 11:04:35 PM
It's only because you guys asked us politely not to build nuclear weapons that we chose not to. :)
Tee-hee.
That's gonna bite them in the ass when we invade.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 14, 2013, 11:42:55 PM
That's gonna bite them in the ass when we invade.
What's there that we want? CC's prized ski slopes, Neil's reservations, Viper/Grallon's signs with large French lettering?
Oil and Natural Gas.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 14, 2013, 05:21:18 PM
Butter tarts for everybody! :Canuck:
what's this? :huh:
Quote from: Barrister on October 14, 2013, 11:04:35 PM
And if you want to get technical about it, Canada was seriously involved in supplying the Manhattan project, and was the second country in the world to produce a nuclear reactor (in 1945 no less). It's only because you guys asked us politely not to build nuclear weapons that we chose not to. :)
Not only that but of all of the countries in on early atomic research Canada had by far the fewest spies passing it all on to Moscow.
:w00t: and :hug: Canada :)
Hope all the board's Canadians had a great Thanksgiving! :)
So, speaking of Canadian meals and holidays and such....
I'm hosting Max's family for Christmas. What should be on my menu that's outside The American Norm (tm)? Keep in mind, the family is from Alberta & Saskatchewan not Quebec or Vancouver.
Suggestions?
Quote from: Barrister on October 14, 2013, 11:04:35 PM
And 200+ years of continuous protection under the continuous protection of the Royal Navy.
It's good to have friends. It gives us something to be thankful for. :)
LOL, Royal Navy. Talk about a blast from the past. Legions used to protect Rome, too.
QuoteAnd if you want to get technical about it, Canada was seriously involved in supplying the Manhattan project, and was the second country in the world to produce a nuclear reactor (in 1945 no less). It's only because you guys asked us politely not to build nuclear weapons that we chose not to. :)
Fuck off.
Seeds, you need to ask politely. :)
garbon, will you please tell BB to fuck off? Like that?
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 15, 2013, 12:37:59 AM
Not only that but of all of the countries in on early atomic research Canada had by far the fewest spies passing it all on to Moscow.
Yep. There was only that one Canadian scientist involved in the research, and he could only do so much in terms of spying for Moscow. There was a second Canadian who finally finished high school while the Manhattan Project was still under way, but he refused to go to work for the project because his orders from Moscow used
trahison as though it were a male noun.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 08:00:31 AM
So, speaking of Canadian meals and holidays and such....
I'm hosting Max's family for Christmas. What should be on my menu that's outside The American Norm (tm)? Keep in mind, the family is from Alberta & Saskatchewan not Quebec or Vancouver.
Suggestions?
Yes. ah, well, no.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 15, 2013, 08:17:20 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 08:00:31 AM
So, speaking of Canadian meals and holidays and such....
I'm hosting Max's family for Christmas. What should be on my menu that's outside The American Norm (tm)? Keep in mind, the family is from Alberta & Saskatchewan not Quebec or Vancouver.
Suggestions?
Yes. ah, well, no.
Poutin is already on the menu. ;)
I'd suggest asking Max. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 15, 2013, 08:50:22 AM
I'd suggest asking Max. :P
You've clearly never met my husband.
Meri: What should we have for Christmas dinner, honey?
Max: Whatever you want to make.
Meri: :mellow: But what will your family like?
Max: They'll be happy with whatever you make for them. :)
Meri: :glare: So, no suggestions?
Max: Poutine? :mmm:
Meri: :rolleyes: :wub:
He speaks that much? :o
Don't ask what he wants, ask what they had when he was a kid.
Quote from: garbon on October 15, 2013, 08:57:24 AM
He speaks that much? :o
There's no time reference...
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 08:42:10 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 15, 2013, 08:17:20 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 08:00:31 AM
So, speaking of Canadian meals and holidays and such....
I'm hosting Max's family for Christmas. What should be on my menu that's outside The American Norm (tm)? Keep in mind, the family is from Alberta & Saskatchewan not Quebec or Vancouver.
Suggestions?
Yes. ah, well, no.
Poutin is already on the menu. ;)
Fries on Christmas? My ancestors are rolling in their catholic graves.
Quote from: grumbler on October 15, 2013, 08:10:46 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 15, 2013, 12:37:59 AM
Not only that but of all of the countries in on early atomic research Canada had by far the fewest spies passing it all on to Moscow.
Yep. There was only that one Canadian scientist involved in the research, and he could only do so much in terms of spying for Moscow. There was a second Canadian who finally finished high school while the Manhattan Project was still under way, but he refused to go to work for the project because his orders from Moscow used trahison as though it were a male noun.
grumbler, it wouldn't be all that hard to do do some research to be able to troll early Canadian atomic research, but you do need to put in
some effort...
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 08:00:31 AM
So, speaking of Canadian meals and holidays and such....
I'm hosting Max's family for Christmas. What should be on my menu that's outside The American Norm (tm)? Keep in mind, the family is from Alberta & Saskatchewan not Quebec or Vancouver.
Suggestions?
Well in my experience living and growing up in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba it's just not the holidays without the pyrogies (and not just my family - it's also true with my wife's family), but that's obviously a ukrainian influence. I'm not sure what a traditional mennonite Christmas would be like.
3rd year of cooking a Turducken in my household. I definately am thankful for having smaller poultry stuffed in larger poultry!
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 15, 2013, 08:59:03 AM
Don't ask what he wants, ask what they had when he was a kid.
Again, it's clear that you don't know him.
Meri: What did you have as a kid for the holidays? :)
Max: Oh. :mellow: Well, we had honeyed ham, mashed potatoes w/ mushroom gravy, creamed corn casserole, and apple pie.
Meri: :w00t: That sounds delicious! Did you like it?
Max: :mellow: No.
Meri: :mellow: :mad: Well, what did you like?
Max: Oh, just make whatever you want. :)
Meri: :ultra:
The brining of the Turkey was perfect this year. Also with the bumper crop of local apples we made apple pies instead of pumpkin pie. They were amazing.
@ Meri, Max's family comes from the part of the country that normally serves Uke food on all spcial occasions. Better check to see if they are part of that tradition before you do it though.
Quote from: garbon on October 15, 2013, 08:57:24 AM
He speaks that much? :o
He does to me. :)
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2013, 09:18:01 AM
Well in my experience living and growing up in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba it's just not the holidays without the pyrogies (and not just my family - it's also true with my wife's family), but that's obviously a ukrainian influence. I'm not sure what a traditional mennonite Christmas would be like.
I've a feeling that pyrogies won't really cut it, not least of which is that I don't know how to make them and I don't particularly care for them. :)
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 11:09:40 AM
Again, it's clear that you don't know him.
Meri: What did you have as a kid for the holidays? :)
Max: Oh. :mellow: Well, we had honeyed ham, mashed potatoes w/ mushroom gravy, creamed corn casserole, and apple pie.
Meri: :w00t: That sounds delicious! Did you like it?
Max: :mellow: No.
Meri: :mellow: :mad: Well, what did you like?
Max: Oh, just make whatever you want. :)
Meri: :ultra:
I thought you were doing it for the folks.
I mean if I were in this situation, I'd tell my wife she could make cornbread pudding though I wouldn't be having any of it.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 15, 2013, 11:17:54 AM
I thought you were doing it for the folks.
I mean if I were in this situation, I'd tell my wife she could make cornbread pudding though I wouldn't be having any of it.
I still want him to like it. :sleep:
I never knew of this massive influence of Ukrainian food culture on my fellows Canadians.
Must be why that perogies chip flavor is going to win.
Quote from: garbon on October 15, 2013, 08:57:24 AM
He speaks that much? :o
Only if he catches you smoking on campus.
:glare:
You never actually asked other than to mention we needed to discuss it as you headed to bed.
I want sausage: real mennonite farmer sausage from the Canadian prairies(because AFAIK that's the only place it's made). The traditional complement to that is verenekje -- like perogies but filled with cottage cheese. Another would be keilkje -- egg noodle chunks. Either would traditionally be served with cream gravy, but I prefer sour cream.
That actually sounds pretty damned yummy.
Get thee to the kitchen, woman!
Quote from: Maximus on October 15, 2013, 11:51:00 AM
The traditional complement to that is verenekje -- like perogies but filled with cottage cheese. Another would be keilkje -- egg noodle chunks. Either would traditionally be served with cream gravy, but I prefer sour cream.
That is some good stuff right there. Especially with the sour cream. My grandmother also used to put fruit in the with cottage cheese. That kind of cooking is unforunately a dying art.
Quote from: Maximus on October 15, 2013, 11:51:00 AM
:glare:
You never actually asked other than to mention we needed to discuss it as you headed to bed.
I want sausage: real mennonite farmer sausage from the Canadian prairies(because AFAIK that's the only place it's made). The traditional complement to that is verenekje -- like perogies but filled with cottage cheese. Another would be keilkje -- egg noodle chunks. Either would traditionally be served with cream gravy, but I prefer sour cream.
It's not my fault you didn't come to bed until after 1:00am. :glare:
Um... okay, then. Well... time to look up some recipes. And to ask your sisters to bring that farmer sausage stuff. (I still don't get the appeal, but if it's what you'd like, I'll make sure that you have it. :hug:)
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:26:40 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 15, 2013, 11:51:00 AM
The traditional complement to that is verenekje -- like perogies but filled with cottage cheese. Another would be keilkje -- egg noodle chunks. Either would traditionally be served with cream gravy, but I prefer sour cream.
That is some good stuff right there. Especially with the sour cream. My grandmother also used to put fruit in the with cottage cheese. That kind of cooking is unforunately a dying art.
I have a feeling that Max would rather see me fill those things with dirt than fruit to go with his sausage, but I may make some for the rest of us. :)
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:28:02 PM
It's not my fault you didn't come to bed until after 1:00am. :glare:
It certainly is!
Compare and contrast.
Meri: Honey what should I cook for Xmas when all your relatives come.
Max: whatever is fine ( in his head - really I have to think about that now)
vs
Meri: Honey I am wearing your favourite ------------------------- and I want you to ------------------- so hurry up to bed.
Max [his thoughts and words have been deleted] max hurries up to bed.
:P
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:30:48 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:26:40 PM
Quote from: Maximus on October 15, 2013, 11:51:00 AM
The traditional complement to that is verenekje -- like perogies but filled with cottage cheese. Another would be keilkje -- egg noodle chunks. Either would traditionally be served with cream gravy, but I prefer sour cream.
That is some good stuff right there. Especially with the sour cream. My grandmother also used to put fruit in the with cottage cheese. That kind of cooking is unforunately a dying art.
I have a feeling that Max would rather see me fill those things with dirt than fruit to go with his sausage, but I may make some for the rest of us. :)
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Get in the kitchen and make that man a sammich anyway, like Ed's proper wife does.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 15, 2013, 12:33:44 PM
Get in the kitchen and make that man a sammich anyway, like Ed's proper wife does.
The one in France?
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:32:46 PM
It certainly is!
Compare and contrast.
Meri: Honey what should I cook for Xmas when all your relatives come.
Max: whatever is fine ( in his head - really I have to think about that now)
vs
Meri: Honey I am wearing your favourite ------------------------- and I want you to ------------------- so hurry up to bed.
Max [his thoughts and words have been deleted] max hurries up to bed.
:P
:rolleyes: :P
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
:hmm:
A good salad will have bacon and strawberries in it, but as a rule of thumb that's a good one.
I once ate an entire can of Bacon Bits. Melted cheese right on top of that shit.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
Good thing you guys don't need to survive the winter eating pemmican, like the voyageurs. ;)
Quote from: Malthus on October 15, 2013, 01:37:10 PM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
Good thing you guys don't need to survive the winter eating pemmican, like the voyageurs. ;)
I'd be just fine. Max, on the other hand, would not be so happy.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
You are getting hung up on the meat when I am talking about cooking a dish that combines cottage cheese and plum rolled in a dough covering.
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2013, 09:12:11 AM
grumbler, it wouldn't be all that hard to do do some research to be able to troll early Canadian atomic research, but you do need to put in some effort...
Beebs, I was really writing for those with a sense of humor, not for those who see anything even possibly derogatory as a troll. You could possibly get the joke if you put in
some effort...
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 02:40:43 PM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
You are getting hung up on the meat when I am talking about cooking a dish that combines cottage cheese and plum rolled in a dough covering.
No, you fail to understand. Max wants farmers' sausage. The dumpling thingies are a
side dish, ie not important, but nice to have. The meat is what's important, and to Max, fruit doesn't go with meat.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 02:50:30 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 02:40:43 PM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
You are getting hung up on the meat when I am talking about cooking a dish that combines cottage cheese and plum rolled in a dough covering.
No, you fail to understand. Max wants farmers' sausage. The dumpling thingies are a side dish, ie not important, but nice to have. The meat is what's important, and to Max, fruit doesn't go with meat.
Ok meri. But you asked how people from Alberta and Sask cook. I am telling you :)
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 15, 2013, 12:39:34 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 15, 2013, 12:33:44 PM
Get in the kitchen and make that man a sammich anyway, like Ed's proper wife does.
The one in France?
Both of them.
Maintains the Normandie estate and send me raunchy nekkid pictures.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 02:50:30 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 02:40:43 PM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2013, 12:33:18 PM
It depends on the fruit of course. But plum works particularly well with cottage cheese.
Max believes that meat does not go with fruit.... ever. Of any kind.
You are getting hung up on the meat when I am talking about cooking a dish that combines cottage cheese and plum rolled in a dough covering.
No, you fail to understand. Max wants farmers' sausage. The dumpling thingies are a side dish, ie not important, but nice to have. The meat is what's important, and to Max, fruit doesn't go with meat.
mennonite farmer's sausage is pretty good. We have it from time to time (though it is only a sausage, so it's not some out of the world culinary experience).
Can't you just get your pyrogies from the grocery store or local ukrainian catholic/orthodox church? :unsure:
For Christmas?? :blink:
No no no.... it has to be homemade for Christmas. :contract:
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 06:54:09 PM
For Christmas?? :blink:
No no no.... it has to be homemade for Christmas. :contract:
Well... they're fiddily and time-consuming, but honestly they're dead easy to make.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 02:50:30 PM
No, you fail to understand. Max wants farmers' sausage.
That's what she said!
Lulz
Homemade?
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Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 06:59:58 PM
Homemade?
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:lol:
No. :contract:
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 06:59:58 PM
Homemade?
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:mmm:
The weird can shaped cranberry thing always freaked me out as a kid.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 08:28:49 PM
The weird can shaped cranberry thing always freaked me out as a kid.
Yup. Little did we know it was because it was the last thing to go out on the table, and somebody was too lazy to slice it up.
To this day, I slice the shit out of it. Still hate that canned shape. Creepy ass cranberries.
No dark meat for me either. Or as one of my uncles called it, the nigger meat.
White meat is the way to go. Hopefully not too dry (a little gravy can fix that in a pinch) , with a little pepper-- perfection. Dark meat is too greasy-- doesn't look or taste like turkey to me.
Still shocked my brother's mother in law had such a perfectly cooked turkey last year.
Now all I can think about is turkey :mellow:
Damn Canadians.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 08:40:42 PM
No dark meat for me either. Or as one of my uncles called it, the nigger meat.
My German grandfather used to get all the "vittles" from the bird in a separate bowl: gizzard, heart, guts, all that nasty inside shit. Not even sure if that shit was even cooked. I avoided looking at that end of the table.
:yuk:
I know; sounds offal, doesn't it.
Dark meat turkey is mana from the gods. :mad:
Already talked my wife into having roast turkey for dinner this weekend :contract:
Grocery store had a heck of a sale on turkey on Thanksgiving - to get rid off their excess stock. So I now have an 18 pounder defrosting in the fridge... :mmm:
same here, turkey on special after Thanksgiving. I hadn't noticed a lot before though, to be honest. I guess this custom never really picked up around here, not enough anglos around, maybe. Before Grey Fox comes around and contradict me: ;)
QuoteThough the holiday enjoys statutory status in Quebec, French-speaking Quebeckers do not typically consider it an important holiday and think of it as simply a day off, like Labour Day. It is common for people to take a weekend getaway to nearby tourist spots or, for those who have cottages, Thanksgiving is the last long-weekend they have to enjoy the cottage before closing it up for the winter. In any case, a festive meal with turkey and all the trimmings is customary.[7]
I don't know what I am suppose to contradict.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 16, 2013, 07:47:49 AM
I don't know what I am suppose to contradict.
the family reunion & turkey for Thanksgiving. Last year, you said your family had this tradition when I said we did not do such a thing in Quebec :)
Oh.
Yeah, we have that tradition. We also eat Ham, not Turkey on thanksgiving.
I have no idea where it's from. It's my dad's family and they are from poor Montreal.
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 06:54:09 PM
For Christmas?? :blink:
No no no.... it has to be homemade for Christmas. :contract:
Try the perogies from a church group. They will be homemade, probably by an elderly Polish or Ukranian woman using an original recipe. They will be cheap, homemade and incredibly delicious.
Quote from: PRC on October 16, 2013, 12:51:15 PM
Quote from: merithyn on October 15, 2013, 06:54:09 PM
For Christmas?? :blink:
No no no.... it has to be homemade for Christmas. :contract:
Try the perogies from a church group. They will be homemade, probably by an elderly Polish or Ukranian woman using an original recipe. They will be cheap, homemade and incredibly delicious.
And better than anyone could possibly make if they tried to do it themselves. Unless of course they were an elderly Polish or Ukranian woman who has been making them for years.
Don't think we have any of those around here. :hmm:
Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2013, 01:01:13 PM
Don't think we have any of those around here. :hmm:
Church fund raising groups are the best place to look for that sort of thing.
I just know--i just fucking know--that my mother, in her yearly orgasmic explosion of Xmas decorating, is going to ask me if I want the cat to have her own Xmas tree.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 16, 2013, 01:46:18 PM
I just know--i just fucking know--that my mother, in her yearly orgasmic explosion of Xmas decorating, is going to ask me if I want the cat to have her own Xmas tree.
:lol:
But, Jay, I found these wonderful catnip ornaments!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 16, 2013, 01:46:18 PM
I just know--i just fucking know--that my mother, in her yearly orgasmic explosion of Xmas decorating, is going to ask me if I want the cat to have her own Xmas tree.
Does she?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 16, 2013, 01:46:18 PM
I just know--i just fucking know--that my mother, in her yearly orgasmic explosion of Xmas decorating, is going to ask me if I want the cat to have her own Xmas tree.
With little mice decorations?! :D
Awwww.
If she's like most cats, yes, she wants the tree.
She'll think the big tree is hers and guard it accordingly. You can have the small tree
Quote from: HVC on October 16, 2013, 02:07:01 PM
She'll think the big tree is hers and guard it accordingly. You can have the small tree
:D Exactly.
This is my menu plan so far:
QuoteRoasted Turkey
Baked Ham
Verenekje w/ Cottage Cheese
Keilkje w/ Sour Cream Sauce
Steamed Green Beans w/ Pearl Onions
Steamed Broccoli
Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy
Scalloped Corn
Scalloped Oysters
Roasted Root Vegetables
Sage Stuffing
Sweet Potatoes
Sauteed Mushrooms
Cranberry Sauce
Pear, Walnut & Bleu Cheese Salad
Dinner Rolls
Pumpkin Pie x 4
Apple Pie
Dutch Apple Pie
Bread Pudding w/ Caramel Sauce
PM your address Meri.
Breakfast on that day:
QuoteBacon
Sausage Gravy
Roasted Potatoes
Pancakes
Cherry Coffee Cake
Steelcut Oatmeal
Scotch Eggs
Lunch:
QuotePumpkin Soup w/ Cheddar Croutons
Cheese, Sausages, & Crackers
Cottage Cheese w/ Pineapple
Crudite
Fresh Fruit
Good grief girl.
Who eats breakfast AND lunch on Thanksgiving? Good lord, you need to save room for turkey.
Quote from: sbr on October 28, 2013, 07:16:04 PM
Who eats breakfast AND lunch on Thanksgiving? Good lord, you need to save room for turkey.
Lunch is mostly snacky things. You know, stuff to nosh on while dinner cooks. :)
plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago :D
Even I don't make my wife cook breakfast on Thanksgiving.
Quote from: HVC on October 28, 2013, 07:26:49 PM
plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago :D
Was Canadian Christmas then, too? 'Cause this is the Christmas dinner, not Thanksgiving. :P
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 28, 2013, 07:34:16 PM
Even I don't make my wife cook breakfast on Thanksgiving.
I like to cook, and besides that, it's a way for me to keep busy.
Quote from: HVC on October 28, 2013, 07:26:49 PM
plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago :D
She has Canadian relatives coming to The One True Thanksgiving. It's close enough.
Quote from: merithyn on October 28, 2013, 07:37:08 PM
Quote from: HVC on October 28, 2013, 07:26:49 PM
plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago :D
Was Canadian Christmas then, too? 'Cause this is the Christmas dinner, not Thanksgiving. :P
Hoisted upon my own turkey leg :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 16, 2013, 01:46:18 PM
I just know--i just fucking know--that my mother, in her yearly orgasmic explosion of Xmas decorating, is going to ask me if I want the cat to have her own Xmas tree.
The best cat 'n Xmas tree I ever saw was at my friend Jay's house. He had this spastic cat, that would periodically do cat-laps while yowling. One December the cat screeches, flies into the room at a full run, climbs ALL THE WAY TO THE ANGLE AT THE TOP of the tree, howls again at the whole huge (at least 12 foot tall) thing goes over, rides it all the way to the carpet, then runs out of the room yowling. The whole thing took about 5 seconds.
Quote from: HVC on October 28, 2013, 07:26:49 PM
plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago :D
Canadian Thanksgiving is for hosers, anyway.
Yeah Meri - it just seems like a lot of food - in particular when you add up the breakfast and lunch items.
I've come around to my inlaws way of thinking for Thanksgiving at least. They serve the full meal at about 2pm. Then, at 7pm, it all comes out again.
And aren't you missing the Mennonite sausage? :unsure:
Quote from: Barrister on October 28, 2013, 09:44:58 PM
Yeah Meri - it just seems like a lot of food - in particular when you add up the breakfast and lunch items.
I've come around to my inlaws way of thinking for Thanksgiving at least. They serve the full meal at about 2pm. Then, at 7pm, it all comes out again.
And aren't you missing the Mennonite sausage? :unsure:
He has nine siblings, their spouses and children, his parents, and five or six married nieces/nephews who are invited. Plus our family of six, and my mom is invited, too. It is a lot of food, yes, but it needs to be. We could be hosting up to 40-45 people.
The Mennonite sausage is in with the vere-whatever and the kielke-thingie.
After a discussion with Max, it's been amended slightly.
Quote from: merithyn on October 28, 2013, 04:00:37 PM
This is my menu plan so far:
QuoteRoasted Turkey
Baked Ham
Verenekje w/ Cottage Cheese
Keilkje w/ Sour Cream Sauce
Steamed Green Beans w/ Pearl Onions
Steamed Broccoli
Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy
Scalloped Corn
Scalloped Oysters
Roasted Broccoli and Root Vegetables
Sage Stuffing
Sweet Potatoes
Sauteed Mushrooms
Cranberry Sauce
Pear, Walnut & Bleu Cheese Salad
Dinner Rolls
Pumpkin Pie x 4
Apple Pie
Dutch Apple Pie
Bread Pudding w/ Caramel Sauce
Damn right, get that vegetable bullshit out of there.
The thing is, I'm going to have at least his five sisters and mom in the kitchen wanting to help. (Probably also a couple of sisters-in-law and a few nieces, too, as well as the possibility of my mom.) Trust me when I say that it's in everyone's best interest that I have something for them to do. :ph34r:
Meri, that's a huge Thanksgiving group you're hosting! I'm sure it won't be hard to find something to do for those who insist on helping in the kitchen! Plus whatever food they bring. Your Thanksgiving will be like the original one at Plymoth Plantation, all you need to do is invite some Indians. Any of your guests have some Indian blood in them? :)
Quote from: KRonn on October 29, 2013, 07:42:12 AM
Meri, that's a huge Thanksgiving group you're hosting! I'm sure it won't be hard to find something to do for those who insist on helping in the kitchen! Plus whatever food they bring. Your Thanksgiving will be like the original one at Plymoth Plantation, all you need to do is invite some Indians. Any of your guests have some Indian blood in them? :)
Nope. And they're all traveling 500+ miles to get there. I don't expect any of them to bring anything.
That's a lot of changes of horses.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone !
I have no reason to give thanks in this country, I sure as shit have even less to be thankful for when it comes to Canada.
I'm thankful to Canada for providing a cushion against Katmai's presence. :P
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 12, 2014, 02:12:04 PM
I have no reason to give thanks in this country, I sure as shit have even less to be thankful for when it comes to Canada.
Are you sure? Obamacare.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 14, 2014, 09:20:32 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 12, 2014, 02:12:04 PM
I have no reason to give thanks in this country, I sure as shit have even less to be thankful for when it comes to Canada.
Are you sure? Obamacare.
Meh, that's only to make my parents feel better. I'd much rather die quickly than just limp along popping pills for the next 20-25 years.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Wasn't to happy for me. I installed a bathtub & my clothes washer broke.
Did you have Canadian turkey while installing the bathtub?
My family's tradition is to have Ham on Thanksgiving. I did, before.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 15, 2019, 01:48:09 PM
My family's tradition is to have Ham on Thanksgiving. I did, before.
You monster! :o
Next you're going to tell us you didn't have pyrogies and holopchis either!
Ate paté chinois alone, like any other day (well, not pâté chinois everyday). ;) Yeah, the tradition for that day isn't strong in my family.
Quote from: Rex Francorum on October 15, 2019, 01:51:44 PM
paté chinois
Never heard of it. Interesting - basically it's a shepherd's pie?
Yeah, basically: ground beef, mashed potatoes and corn.
Quote from: Rex Francorum on October 15, 2019, 01:57:53 PM
Yeah, basically: ground beef, mashed potatoes and corn.
I take it the corn is essential?
A shepherd's pie could include corn, but more likely to have peas or diced carrots.
Yes. Paté chinois requires corn. If you don't have a corn, you have a shepherd's pie.
Shepard's Pie is with lamb. Cottage Pie is with ground beef.
Quote from: PRC on October 15, 2019, 02:22:01 PM
Shepard's Pie is with lamb. Cottage Pie is with ground beef.
I've eaten a lot of shepherd's pie in my time, and 98% of the time it was made with beef.
Never heard of cottage pie before.
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2019, 02:24:42 PM
Quote from: PRC on October 15, 2019, 02:22:01 PM
Shepard's Pie is with lamb. Cottage Pie is with ground beef.
I've eaten a lot of shepherd's pie in my time, and 98% of the time it was made with beef.
That was Cottage Pie misrepresented as Shepard's Pie. :contract:
Quote from: PRC on October 15, 2019, 03:13:37 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2019, 02:24:42 PM
Quote from: PRC on October 15, 2019, 02:22:01 PM
Shepard's Pie is with lamb. Cottage Pie is with ground beef.
I've eaten a lot of shepherd's pie in my time, and 98% of the time it was made with beef.
That was Cottage Pie misrepresented as Shepard's Pie. :contract:
A lot of those shepherd pie's were made by yours truly, with beef. I misrepresented nothing. :contract:
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2019, 03:19:59 PM
Quote from: PRC on October 15, 2019, 03:13:37 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2019, 02:24:42 PM
Quote from: PRC on October 15, 2019, 02:22:01 PM
Shepard's Pie is with lamb. Cottage Pie is with ground beef.
I've eaten a lot of shepherd's pie in my time, and 98% of the time it was made with beef.
That was Cottage Pie misrepresented as Shepard's Pie. :contract:
A lot of those shepherd pie's were made by yours truly, with beef. I misrepresented nothing. :contract:
A shepard tends sheep, not cows.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2019, 03:30:26 PM
A shepard tends sheep, not cows.
It's called shepherd's pie because it's eaten by shepherds regardless of whats in it.
And besides, this all started with discussing Paté chinois - which translates as Chinese Patsry. The Chinese however have nothing to do with it. Sometimes a name is just a name.
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2019, 03:32:50 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 15, 2019, 03:30:26 PM
A shepard tends sheep, not cows.
It's called shepherd's pie because it's eaten by shepherds regardless of whats in it.
Where was the shepard in the middle of sheep country going to find beef? And why would he go to that expense when there is a bunch of the real ingredient right there?
Quote from: Rex Francorum on October 15, 2019, 01:57:53 PM
Yeah, basically: ground beef, mashed potatoes and corn.
As Chinese as you can get.
I thought the proper term for beef was cottage pie?
Quote from: HVC on October 15, 2019, 07:13:55 PM
I thought the proper term for beef was cottage pie?
It is.
I celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving in Jasper National Park. :Canuck:
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2019, 03:32:50 PM
The Chinese however have nothing to do with it. Sometimes a name is just a name.
but one possible explanation for the Chinese reference is that it was introduced to Canadian railway workers by Chinese cooks during the building of the North American railroads in the late 19th century.-Wikipedia.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 15, 2019, 01:48:09 PM
My family's tradition is to have Ham on Thanksgiving. I did, before.
Ham is for Easter! And fish for the Good Friday!
Ham is for Easter, thanksgiving & New Year's day.
Turkey is for Xmas.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 16, 2019, 07:41:02 AM
Ham is for Easter, thanksgiving & New Year's day.
Turkey is for Xmas.
Turkey is for New Year's day, here. On Christmas, given we are many, we simply eat a cold buffet with some extras (tourtière, cocktail sausage&bacon)
Huh. I don't think we do anything special for New Years Day.
We'll probably make something nice on New Years Eve: and that's nice because it's one occasion where you don't have traditional meals, so you can play around with whatever you want. Barbecueing steak (maybe also with lobster tails) comes up a few times.
But New Years Day you just stay in your pajamas and relax.
Quote from: Barrister on October 16, 2019, 01:41:50 PM
Huh. I don't think we do anything special for New Years Day.
We used to have diner at my maternal grandparents on New Years Eve, and a launch at my paternal grandparents. As everyone got older, and my mom died, I am now cooking the New Years diner for my maternal family, and my extended/step family.
My dad wants turkey at some point during Christmas time and that's about the only time I or his girlfriend can cook that. I keep wanting to try something else, but most of my "experiments" are left for the entrée and the soup. I can mostly cook what I want for Mother's day, but my father is a very difficult man and does not like "fancy" food.
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But New Years Day you just stay in your pajamas and relax.
That's for January 2nd :P
Quote from: viper37 on October 16, 2019, 02:27:55 PM
That's for January 2nd :P
That's for going back to work. <_<
I am with BB on this one. New Years Day is for sleeping in.
Work on the 2? Never work before the Epiphany!
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 16, 2019, 06:16:08 PM
Work on the 2? Never work before the Epiphany!
GOA is generous and shuts down between December 25-January 1. I get all that time off without using any holidays.
But it's all back to business on Jan 2.
I have to stay with the kids until school is back on.
Quote from: Barrister on October 16, 2019, 10:31:18 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 16, 2019, 06:16:08 PM
Work on the 2? Never work before the Epiphany!
GOA is generous and shuts down between December 25-January 1. I get all that time off without using any holidays.
But it's all back to business on Jan 2.
Is that paid time off!? If so I'd better write my MLA & JK himself... the conservative approach would be to align with the private sector and take only the 25th, 26th, and the 1st off. Maybe a half-day on the 31st. From the 27th to the 30th though, it's back to the salt mines!
Quote from: PRC on October 17, 2019, 10:06:19 AM
Quote from: Barrister on October 16, 2019, 10:31:18 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 16, 2019, 06:16:08 PM
Work on the 2? Never work before the Epiphany!
GOA is generous and shuts down between December 25-January 1. I get all that time off without using any holidays.
But it's all back to business on Jan 2.
Is that paid time off!? If so I'd better write my MLA & JK himself... the conservative approach would be to align with the private sector and take only the 25th, 26th, and the 1st off. Maybe a half-day on the 31st. From the 27th to the 30th though, it's back to the salt mines!
Yes paid, and it was introduced under the PCs quite a while ago.
I think they realized no work actually got done between the 27-31, so they can actually just save a few bucks by just closing government offices.
Quote from: Barrister on October 16, 2019, 03:06:54 PM
Quote from: viper37 on October 16, 2019, 02:27:55 PM
That's for January 2nd :P
That's for going back to work. <_<
not here! :showoff:
I used to work on the 25th in the afternoon, but a couple years ago, I decided to take all of my holydays. So I work between the 27th-30th to finish some stuff and that's it, back on the 3rd-4th.