Journal FortKnox's Journal: What is the best part of Thanksgiving? 34
Sorry to make this so US-centric, but what's the best part of the Thanksgiving feast?
I ABSOLUTELY love sweet potato souffle/cassarole/etc... Its like a desert as a side dish. I get two thanksgiving meals this thursday (yeah, I stopped eating today to prepare) ;-). My brother & sister-in-law are having their meal in the middle afternoon. My sisterIL's mother makes a KILLER sweet potato cassarole (in fact, I told them I'm not coming unless she makes it). THEN, I am eating thanksgiving dinner at my motherIL/fatherIL's house later that evening, and my MotherIL makes a GREAT sweet potato souffle!
If I turn orange, I'll take pictures ;-)
I ABSOLUTELY love sweet potato souffle/cassarole/etc... Its like a desert as a side dish. I get two thanksgiving meals this thursday (yeah, I stopped eating today to prepare)
If I turn orange, I'll take pictures
Stuffing (Score:2)
ah yeah (Score:1)
mix w/ the left over mashed potato and fry little pancakes.
Gravy over top. So bad, but so good!
b.
You guys are gonna think I'm a freak... (Score:3, Interesting)
You know, the little white roots that look like carrots but taste about thirty million times better?
Parsnips....mmmmm
Re:You guys are gonna think I'm a freak... (Score:2)
Re:You guys are gonna think I'm a freak... (Score:2)
Parsnips[1] Rock!
[1] Not to be confused with turnips, which are the round-soft potato like things. They're ok.
Re:You guys are gonna think I'm a freak... (Score:1)
the best part (Score:3, Funny)
Now days I don't have that luxury! This year we are visiting both sets of in-laws (approximately 2 hours per visit) and then heading to Columbus around 5-ish. The nice thing is, there is a lot more food to try. The down side is, it's going to be more rush-rush. I bet my favorite part will be when we finally arrive in Columbus and I can collapse on the couch and watch whatever DVD my parents ended up getting.
Re:the best part (Score:2)
1. Stuffing
2. Rolls
3. Pecan Pie
Re:the best part (Score:1)
Watching the Patriots... (Score:3)
...kill the Lions in their throwback uniforms with "minuteman taking a crap and snapping the turd" helmets.
Re:Watching the Patriots... (Score:2)
Re:Watching the Patriots... (Score:2)
Whoever modded that "Underrated", you, sir, a god among men!
day after turkey samiches (Score:1)
A little lettuce, some spicy mustard, mayo, and some cheddar-jack cheese with thick chunks of turkey cannot be beat.
Stuffing and popovers (Score:2)
So if you like your family enough then you're in good shape. But if not... then you're screwed, I guess.
Re:Stuffing and popovers (Score:2)
But other than Mike Nelson, crow, tom servo and the gang, I guess I would have to say breads are my favorite part. I like turkey and ham and all the vegetables, but if you told me I could only eat 1 thing on Thanksgiving, it would be breads. Rolls, stuffing, dressing, biscuits... Mmmm. My next favorite would probably be Pumpkin pie.
2 days Off with Pay (Score:1)
I think Detroit may have a surprise or 2 for the Patsies.
Hmm... (Score:2)
Ball tournament.
Re:Hmm... (Score:1)
Bocci (not bawchee, bow (as in bow-and-arrow) chay. Bow chay) is italian for 'ball'. The game is called Bocci, not Bocci Ball (ball ball?)
Yeah, I'm fighting the whole nation with that, but its one of my pet peeves.
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
It is funny to hear it called "Bocci Ball," because it's like hearing someone say Baseball ball or Football ball. At least I did not refer to it as "lawn bowling"! What the hell is that?
Out.
It's so -- simple!! (Score:2)
Well, that and also pumpkin pie.
deadly (Score:2)
Skins beating Dallas this year. (Score:2)
The Worst Part... (Score:1)
In fact they do that every holiday you guys have over there, which seems to be quite a few more than us over here in the UK. Bastards!
(Some people who are less charitable that I would suggest a day less of, say, Dave Coursey over at ZDNet is a very good thing indeed. Me, I just read it for the laughts (at his expense...))
Pumpkin Pie (Score:2)
Re:Pumpkin Pie (Score:2)
Re:Pumpkin Pie (Score:1)
However, my mom makes good pumpkin pie, & cranberry loaf. She makes it so rarely that it grieves me to no end to see her just give it away or take it to a special event. Seeing those pies [or cranberry loaf] make someone else happy is like watching your wife commit adultery. The food is that good.
I think pumpkin pie is a good thing. Therefore I hope that your tastes change so that you can eat them if you so desire. I doubt that they will, though.
My favorite... (Score:2)
God, I suck.
as a college student... (Score:1)
glazed ham (Score:2)
Oh and FX is having a buffy marathon, so now I have something to watch while eating thanksgiving dinner alone
Anything with gravy on it (Score:2)
mmm...gravy.
I've been trying to convince my folks to make a turducken [ismybrain.com]. So far, no luck.
Quick Question... (Score:1)
Personally, I think I'm good for about 5-7 pounds
(to hell with it though, it's all worth it! LOL
Leftovers (Score:3, Interesting)
All of which is making me crazy as this year for the first time I didn't go ANYWHERE or get together with anybody. Grrrrr. (usual T-Day folks cancelled, another invite would have meant lobster for dinner which is just wrong, and so on).
What does it all mean? More reason to have another excellent Thanksgiving next year to go with the thirty-plus I've already had.
Which takes me to my real answer: knowing that no matter how insane my life may be and have been, I actually *do* have an enormous amount to be thankful for.
Hungry, planning this weekend's search for pumpkin pie, but still thankful,
Rustin