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My problem is with Thanksgiving food.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:05 AM
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Turkey is like my least-favorite meat. I'd rather have beef, chicken, or pork.
I eat mashed potatoes fine. Macaroni and chees most of the time. But all the other sides are disgusting. Everybody's pigging out, and I'm just like, I'll have another roll, I guess.
I'd rather eat Mexican, Italian, Chinese, burgers, fried chicken. You can have the traditional Thanksgiving stuff.
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The best part about Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2021, 11:06 AM
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Is that no one is making you eat traditional Thanksgiving food.
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You clearly are not from a southern family***
Nov 23, 2021, 11:09 AM
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"No thanks, grandma, I'd rather eat the actual dinner
Nov 23, 2021, 11:09 AM
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table than your stuffing. Happy Thanksgiving!"
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Re: "No thanks, grandma, I'd rather eat the actual dinner
Nov 23, 2021, 11:32 AM
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Stuffing? You poor man
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Which one is the one Southern people say?
Nov 23, 2021, 11:34 AM
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Stuffing or dressing? I don't eat the stuff, so I'm not an expert.
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Dressing***
Nov 23, 2021, 11:35 AM
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I'm taking dressing and stuffing the turkey with it
Nov 23, 2021, 1:20 PM
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like I have for the 40 years I've been in charge of Thanksgiving dinner
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G E T T H E F U C K O U T O F H E R E ! ! !
Nov 23, 2021, 11:09 AM
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Turkey dinner and all the fixins is the best.
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so you are a commie... ;-)***
Nov 23, 2021, 11:11 AM
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No way, there are lots of good, 'Merica-lovin', capitalist
Nov 23, 2021, 11:12 AM
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foods I'd love to have on Thanksgiving, like pulled pork, fried chicken, and banana puddin'.
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I’ve never worried about the general safety of your soul,
Nov 23, 2021, 11:12 AM
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But now I find myself questioning if you have one.
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Think about it: there's a reason we only make this
Nov 23, 2021, 11:15 AM
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garbage once a year. I've never been at a non-Thanksgiving gathering where we had turkey, stuffing, and cranberry mess.
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What do we do when we want to have a good meal
Nov 23, 2021, 11:17 AM
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and it's not Thanksgiving? We grill burgers, we smoke ribs, we head to the San Jose or the Olive Garden, man.
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Case in point. Why anyone would voluntarily chooose
Nov 23, 2021, 11:21 AM
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to ingest eggnog is very concerning. I'd rather have motor oil.
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Wow, when the three wisemen realized they had made it
Nov 23, 2021, 11:24 AM
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On time for the first Christmas, they toasted their achievement with a hearty glass of egg nog. And you just defiled it with petroleum comparisons. For shame.
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*buzzer sounds*
Nov 23, 2021, 11:25 AM
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The wise men didn't see Jesus until quite a while after his birth, maybe as much as 2 years.
Also, there is no reason to believe there were three of them. They brought three gifts, but there could have been only 2, or 200 of them.
Don't get your Bible from Hallmark, bro-cephus.
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We will have to agree to disagree.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:29 AM
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Because I know that they toasted with Egg Nog before presenting Joseph and Mary with an early diaper genie prototype and a memory foam crib mattress.
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I'm not disagreeing with you completely.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:30 AM
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I'm just saying there weren't necessarily three guys.
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Practicality has a place in this discussion.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:32 AM
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You know how hard it is to fill the volunteer list for a typical church live nativity scene? Try it with 200 wise men to cast for.
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Marriages are better when you work hard at them.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:30 AM
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Do you hate marriage?
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No, this is working so hard to just to produce
Nov 23, 2021, 11:33 AM
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something that, at its best, is mainly bland and not really that fun, and....wait a minute...
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Like a bad turkey, that was well done.***
Nov 23, 2021, 11:34 AM
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He's right about turkey though, dry AF with little
Nov 23, 2021, 11:16 AM
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to no taste unless you really put some work into it. Personally, I have PTSD from a prior ham experience so it makes it difficult for me to eat, but I'll still take it over turkey any day.
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Last thanksgiving, I had COVID
Nov 23, 2021, 11:20 AM
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Literally spent it by myself in quarantine. Completely lost my taste and smell. When my wife brought home a plate, the turkey tasted like it always tasted anyway.
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Sounds like you don’t have a proper turkey chef in the
Nov 23, 2021, 11:22 AM
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Family.
A) brine—-gotta brine B) low and slow to cook—smoker is best don’t fry that shizz. C) never trust the pop up timer. D) eat like celtic—dark meat only.
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Is turkey fatty enough to smoke? Seems like a good way to
Nov 23, 2021, 11:25 AM
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dry it out even more. Only recently have I had fried turkey, and frankly that was better than any I've previously had. That's not to say it was delicious or anything though.
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Indeed. 200-225
Nov 23, 2021, 11:27 AM
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And on the Big Black Akorn I put a big foil pan of the brine (along with cut up carrots, celery, and onions) under the bird to a) catch drippings and b) continually steam it with deliciousness.
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I might try it, although I'm scheduled to smoke a butt
Nov 23, 2021, 11:38 AM
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Friday. Your Akorn still holding up? Mines getting a little rusty, but no signs of dying yet.
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No rust to speak of. She’s lived a covered life for all
Nov 23, 2021, 11:40 AM
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But the first year or so. I think it’ll fulfill my kamado needs for a while. For the longest I wanted to upgrade to a kamado Joe but my love of the small pellet smoker I bought has made my think a bigger one will be my next move with little kamado action other than traditional grilling.
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I also add beer and apple cider vinegar
Nov 23, 2021, 12:48 PM
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to steam pan.
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Speaking of ham...
Nov 23, 2021, 12:17 PM
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I'm a savory guy, as opposed to sweet. I like a country ham, with enough sodium to choke my arteries. But a Thanksgiving or Christmas ham is usually dripping with sugar, and I don't go for that. Give me some salt and spice, and leave the sugar off my meat.
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Ham is for Easter.
Nov 23, 2021, 12:40 PM
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Hth
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Don't remember ever having a special Easter meal.
Nov 23, 2021, 12:47 PM
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Just a Sunday dinner. Maybe because we're at church every Sunday anyway, so Easter is not so atypical.
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Waitaminute. You think that having a special meal to
Nov 23, 2021, 1:52 PM
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celebrate the resurrection of our Savior marks me as a Chreaster attendee?
Nein good sir, nein. Nothing to do with regular church attendance or not.
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No, I'm just saying it's maybe why we don't have a special
Nov 23, 2021, 2:07 PM
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meal. Not saying that's why everyone who does have a special one, does it. It's kind of just another Sunday, in terms of how the day is structured. Can't really have people over and do a big to-do when you've got choir practice and then another service a couple hours later.
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100% agreed
Nov 23, 2021, 11:17 AM
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If I want dry meat and sides filled with heavy cream and processed flour that's gonna back me up for a week, might as well go on a pizza and wings binge like a true red-blooded American.
I went to a potluck the other night and they didn't have ANYTHING green, except for canned green beans (which are basically pickles and don't have enough fiber to even qualify as a vegetable).
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I'm always seeing a green bean casserole.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:24 AM
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Like, what's up with that? Do you just hate your family, making something like that? Do you want them to be unhappy?
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dude, my mom used to make two... one for the dinner, and
Nov 23, 2021, 12:57 PM
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one for me to keep and have all to myself.
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you have to have plenty of onion straws
Nov 23, 2021, 1:59 PM
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and I hate onions, but love me some onion straws. Ok, after that you are all insanely incorrect, especially Obed on his dark meat. ### dude.
How about we do: Green Bean Casserole Fried Chicken Breast Cream Corn Biscuits Chocolate Eclair Cake
That is how it is done.
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I'd come to your house for that.***
Nov 23, 2021, 2:19 PM
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Wait. You’re on Team APM?***
Nov 23, 2021, 12:06 PM
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Re: My problem is with Thanksgiving food.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:22 AM
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I am thinking about making a great quality seafood gumbo for Thanksgiving.
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That's what I'm talkin' about.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:22 AM
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You are a great American, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Re: That's what I'm talkin' about.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:25 AM
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Did I mention the French bread, foreign wine, and tiramisu? Maybe a few Stella's too?
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Stellas? Another person on Team APM.***
Nov 23, 2021, 12:08 PM
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I'm guessing you were a chicken nugget kid***
Nov 23, 2021, 11:34 AM
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And blue box macaroni.***
Nov 23, 2021, 11:35 AM
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Once a year is enough. But I love it all bc of nostalgia.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:36 AM
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It reminds me of my grandmother and when I was young and all the cousins gathering at her house on big days like Thanksgiving.
I'd love to have some of her dessin' and especially her crackin' cornbread.
We attempt approximations, but it's not the same. Still, the sweet potato casserole, rolls AND cornbread, dressing, etc. are close enough to bring on the feels/memories.
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Lotta folks ITT with parents who can't cook.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:42 AM
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If your Thanksgiving food tastes bad. That ain't the food, that's the chef. Turkey, ham, dressing, green bean casserole, pineapple casserole, squash casserole, rice & turkey gravy, cranberry relish: they are all delicious if done right.
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Re: Lotta folks ITT with parents who can't cook.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:47 AM
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Sounds like a lot of dishes.
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No dressing? Blasphemy! ******
Nov 23, 2021, 11:51 AM
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Re: My problem is with Thanksgiving food.
Nov 23, 2021, 11:52 AM
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Some people will be going hungry for Thanksgiving. We are all lucky and you be thankful. Isn't that what it's about?
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I take the Bono method.
Nov 23, 2021, 12:19 PM
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Tonight thank God it’s them instead of youuuuuu”
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you can eat pork?***
Nov 23, 2021, 12:00 PM
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Yes, I just can't dance.***
Nov 23, 2021, 12:07 PM
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Never fornicate standing up.
Nov 23, 2021, 12:14 PM
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If someone from church were to see you they might think you were dancing.
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I'm just the opposite... love Thanksgiving and all of the
Nov 23, 2021, 12:41 PM
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fixins. Man... dressing & gravy, mac & cheese, green bean casserole, mashed taters, corn, deviled eggs, and whatever else. And turkey is good if done right. I'll eat leftovers for a week...
I can only think of 2 reasons why anyone wouldn't like it. You must not have grown up in a family of great southern cooks (especially the older ones, like ma, grandma, great aunts, etc). Or you were one of those kids who only ate hamburgers, pizza & chicken fingers. Or both.
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that's pretty sad man
Nov 23, 2021, 12:58 PM
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the only thing I agree with you throughout this thread, is that I think the sides are too often times casserole. We eat a lot of just plain old veggies, and there's not enough green in traditional thanksgiving stuff, specially down south.
My nan's dressing was unbelievable. I'll miss that for the rest of my life. Last year my aunt made an oyster dressing that was off the chain. Outside of those two, I typically don't eat dressing.
Squash & greenbean casserole are delicious. Too thick for me as a weekly / monthly standard tho. I like them both stand alone just fine.
If turkey's done right it's fantastic. I've smoked and fried mine since my grand parents passed away, and I feel confident they'd be proud. I actually prefer smoked to fried.
I think turkey and good cranberry sauce is great. We've made that combo (typically just a smoked breast) outside of thanksgiving.
This year we're making a beef tenderloin w/ the turkey b/c why the #### not? Everyone loves a slab of filets.
The good part isn't the food tho man. It's chilling w/ the fam trying to figure out how to make all this dope ### #### that my grandma used to do by herself. And my family is bout as dysfunctional as they come (I've been the black sheep until dawghater2baby got here), with the star players not even here anymore...and I still enjoy it.
Be thankful you got some folks around willing to ######## for a day and cook ridiculous food. When those folks are gone you can go get a quesadilla or spaghetti all you want.
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You ain’t had my missus’ chitlins and giblets with gravy!***
Nov 23, 2021, 1:14 PM
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