Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone!

[merithyn]

plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago

Was Canadian Christmas then, too? 'Cause this is the Christmas dinner, not Thanksgiving.

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.

[Admiral Yi]

plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago

She has Canadian relatives coming to The One True Thanksgiving.  It's close enough.

[HVC]

plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago

Was Canadian Christmas then, too? 'Cause this is the Christmas dinner, not Thanksgiving.

Hoisted upon my own turkey leg

[PDH]

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.

[Eddie Teach]

plus Canadian thanksgiving was a few weeks ago

Canadian Thanksgiving is for hosers, anyway.

[Barrister]

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?

[merithyn]

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?

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.

[merithyn]

After a discussion with Max, it's been amended slightly.

This is my menu plan so far:

Roasted 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

[Ed Anger]

Damn right, get that vegetable bullshit out of there.

[merithyn]

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.

[KRonn]

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?   

[merithyn]

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.

[Admiral Yi]

That's a lot of changes of horses.

[Barrister]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone !

[CountDeMoney]

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.