US Turkey Day (11/22/08)

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:44 am

I'm headin' up to Seattle today to have Thanksgiving with friends! Woo!

Then all weekend will be catching up with other friends and having an unofficial Kindle launch party! Woo!

Then I'm all a-headin' back to San Francisco on Monday! Woo!

qotd: What are you doing today and perhaps this weekend?

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:50 am

Putting together Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's - Costco roast chickens instead of turkey and the rest of it won't be much more difficult than that... yam & apple casserole to assemble, other than that it's TGIV for Dummies.

Working on computers for the community center... just faked my way through an XP install on a machine that was donated w/o restore disks... I guess we still have to go through registration, but we have the key for the original machine.

I have a song mostly together for And Counting; y'all will hate it 'cause it's a KA ballad and I still don't know how to do ballads right, and it really needs two or three more go-rounds on improving the vocals and lyrics... Needs one more guitar part, I think, fills for where there's no singing, and I'll get something in... if this wasn't #500, I'd just abandon it, but, y'know... everybody in the pool. (FMs: please do not make this another "everybody wins" thing. I have resigned myself and remained quiet about Pancakes, but I do still wish that hadn't been done...).

Ah, well, happy day, no whining, right? Happy happies to everybody.

Fluffy, you may well be right about Tuneflow, but I'm gonna hang in a little while longer over there, see what happens... for some very strange reasons, after only one "fight," I am currently the all time top artist with the all time top song...

Charles (KA)

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:20 pm

QOTD: I'm at school right now, not enjoying your holiday. Thanksgiving is in October, people.

Billy's Little Trip · Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:48 pm

We had Thanksgiving yesterday because we had family down that are going to other relatives today. We are having another one today with a different group of family.
I love Thanksgiving and sharing my goodwill and awesome cooking, lol.
I did a traditional turkey in the oven yesterday, which is already gone. Today I'm deep frying a turkey and have a honey baked ham that I slow smoked last night. Today will be with more of my Southern side of the family, so I like to give a little more Southern flair to the meal. We'll even be making pralines later as a family tradition. Damn, I'm hungry already.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:45 pm

Reïst wrote:QOTD: I'm at school right now, not enjoying your holiday. Thanksgiving is in October, people.

Do you have Thanksgiving in Canada? I thought that was just a USA thing. Something about Columbus burning witches for turning Indians into turkeys, or something like that...I saw it on the Brady Bunch.

(I think Aus. has the least public holidays of any developed nation. It sucks. You bastards always seem to be getting a holiday for something)

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:10 pm

©aravan®ay wrote:Do you have Thanksgiving in Canada? I thought that was just a USA thing.

wikipedia wrote:In Canada, Thanksgiving is a three-day weekend (although some provinces observe a four-day weekend, Friday–Monday). Traditional Thanksgiving meals prominently feature turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes, though Canada's multicultural heritage has seen some families infuse this traditional meal with elements of their traditional ethnic foods. Many Canadians also consume pumpkin pie after their meal.

As a liturgical festival, the Canadian Thanksgiving corresponds to the European harvest festival, during which churches are adorned with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves and other harvest bounty. English and other European harvest hymns are customarily sung on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, along with scriptural lections derived from biblical stories relating to the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.

We have thankgiving in October instead of November. Our family does the food stuff up mentioned at wikipedia (turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie) as well as sweet potatoes - not much else. We usually have pumpkins and gourds sitting around in little baskets, but we don't sing hymns or anything - it's just a time to feast and be thankful that we actually have something to eat. It's probably a depressing time of year for people who have nothing to eat (but I imagine the homeless shelters hold all kinds of thanksgiving meals)

I've always wondered this - what do aussies eat at Christmas? Do you guys eat turkeys like us? Or do you eat wallaby or something?

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:35 pm

I'm at my in-laws house being thankful for my family, friends, health, and employment. at some point i will also be mixing my entry for "And Counting"

Happy american Thanksgiving everyone!

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:30 pm

Reïst wrote: I've always wondered this - what do aussies eat at Christmas? Do you guys eat turkeys like us? Or do you eat wallaby or something?

Yes we eat wallabies. Or Canadian backpackers when we can catch 'em

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:38 pm

Reïst wrote:I've always wondered this - what do aussies eat at Christmas? Do you guys eat turkeys like us? Or do you eat wallaby or something?

...or the other answer to that question is - back in the Olden Times when I was a little kiddie - most families used to like to pretend they were still in England and did the whole roast meat and plum pudding type thing. My mother finally chucked that stuff in around 1985-ish - and we moved onto a more sensible outdoor dining type affair based around seafood - prawns. crabs, oysters etc.

There are probably still some families who cling to the N.Hemisphere stuff - but most people go the outdoor BBQ, seafood, picnic option nowdays. Especially in Qld. It may be different for the southerners.

We often dont cook at all - and instead go here which is near my house. (Bugger - I havn't booked yet for this year, and Many is already booked out

Oh - and we did actually eat some kangaroo sausages yesterday. They were horrible.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:39 pm

They lounge on the beaches drinking margaritas for christmas, I thought everyone knew that.

Canadian backpackers, eh? Guess I'll return to the fallback of pretending to be French to travel incognito.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:22 pm

©aravan®ay wrote:
Reïst wrote:I've always wondered this - what do aussies eat at Christmas? Do you guys eat turkeys like us? Or do you eat wallaby or something?
...or the other answer to that question is - back in the Olden Times when I was a little kiddie - most families used to like to pretend they were still in England and did the whole roast meat and plum pudding type thing. My mother finally chucked that stuff in around 1985-ish - and we moved onto a more sensible outdoor dining type affair based around seafood - prawns. crabs, oysters etc.

There are probably still some families who cling to the N.Hemisphere stuff - but most people go the outdoor BBQ, seafood, picnic option nowdays. Especially in Qld. It may be different for the southerners.

We often dont cook at all - and instead go here which is near my house. (Bugger - I havn't booked yet for this year, and Many is already booked out

Oh - and we did actually eat some kangaroo sausages yesterday. They were horrible.

That's really informative. Cool. As well - kangaroo sausages don't sound too good. Probably like squirrel meat except a lot more.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:02 pm

Reïst wrote:That's really informative. Cool. As well - kangaroo sausages don't sound too good. Probably like squirrel meat except a lot more.

Roo is very lean - virtually no fat on it. It can be OK if it is cooked properly - but it is very hard to cook properly. It has to be very rare - go past a certain point and it becomes a piece of wood. Don't know what was in the sausages - but they were horrible. Roo can be OK if made into jerky or carpaccio.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:21 pm

©aravan®ay wrote:Roo can be OK if made into jerky or carpaccio.

That was my guess. I am a huge jerky fan. Moose jerky is especially great.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:38 am

©aravan®ay wrote: There are probably still some families who cling to the N.Hemisphere stuff - but most people go the outdoor BBQ, seafood, picnic option nowdays. Especially in Qld. It may be different for the southerners.

No, we generally do the same type of thing. Though one side of my family has, for the last eight or so years, done breakfast. rather than a lunch or dinner. It can be annoying getting up early to get there sometimes, but it certainly never overlaps with any of the other things we have on.

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:18 am

I had a kangaroo burger in an Australian pub in Vienna two summers ago. It was all right but not as good as I had hoped.

And since the US was the first country to make Thanksgiving a national holiday (in 1789) and Canada didn't think of it until 1957(!), I would say that Reïst's claim that "Thanksgiving is in October, people" is, in fact, incorrect and yet another example of Canadian pride run amok.

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:10 am

©aravan®ay wrote: Roo is very lean - virtually no fat on it. It can be OK if it is cooked properly - but it is very hard to cook properly. It has to be very rare - go past a certain point and it becomes a piece of wood. Don't know what was in the sausages - but they were horrible. Roo can be OK if made into jerky or carpaccio.

Roo seems to be the Aussie equivalent to venison, (deer) here in the U.S.
....except deer don't know how to box.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:07 pm

qotd: Drop off Macaroni & Cheese at friends house and spend an hour or so there before heading to St. Petersburg for a dinner at my Aunt's house.

I was on-call and got several calls from clients who forgot to forward their phones. (or tell us to in advance) The Auto Attendant scheduling service for a Holiday dialog failed for our worst customer and I had to fix that while almost burning the Macaroni & Cheese in the oven.

I finally get out of the house and the angels let it sprinkle just enough in Tampa for me to slide the Lincoln right into the back of a van. The Van had stopped in the middle of the road, presumably to take a left but then didn't. After I hit it, the van drives up one block and proceeds to turn left THERE...so I figure they just want to take it up over there to discuss. No, they keep driving two more blocks. So I stop (I'm not chasing them any further) and get out to look at the damage. Smashed the front corner pretty good. They finally stop up about 3 more blocks. (their intended destination) So I get back in and drive the few blocks to where they are.

I'm not racist. It was literally a van with 4 people of Mexican heritage and they told me 'No Problemas' . I said, shouldn't I call the Police? (two separate times in the conversation) They were adamant that I do NOT call the police. They told me I could go... "No Problemas" . So I went and the rest of the day got better.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:28 pm

frankie big face wrote:I had a kangaroo burger in an Australian pub in Vienna two summers ago. It was all right but not as good as I had hoped.

Yes - those Austrian kangaroos are clearly inferior.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:29 pm

It snowed... rockin!
-bill

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:35 pm

frankie big face wrote: And since the US was the first country to make Thanksgiving a national holiday (in 1789) and Canada didn't think of it until 1957(!), I would say that Reïst's claim that "Thanksgiving is in October, people" is, in fact, incorrect and yet another example of Canadian pride run amok.

Our money is worth more than yours! LOL!

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:07 am

Märk wrote:
frankie big face wrote: And since the US was the first country to make Thanksgiving a national holiday (in 1789) and Canada didn't think of it until 1957(!), I would say that Reïst's claim that "Thanksgiving is in October, people" is, in fact, incorrect and yet another example of Canadian pride run amok.
Our money is worth more than yours! LOL!

Only if your average income is higher, dumb ass...oh, wait a minute...good on ya, northern neighbors!

Actually, isn't Thanksgiving a big harvest celebration thing and Canada would basically be frozen by late November, so they moved it up?

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:18 pm

Märk wrote:
frankie big face wrote: And since the US was the first country to make Thanksgiving a national holiday (in 1789) and Canada didn't think of it until 1957(!), I would say that Reïst's claim that "Thanksgiving is in October, people" is, in fact, incorrect and yet another example of Canadian pride run amok.
Our money is worth more than yours! LOL!

Whose isn't?