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What's everyone's Thanksgiving plans this year? We were going to do a two hour drive with the kid to my spouse's aunt's place for the big lunch gathering on that side of the family and then come back to my brother's for dinner, but the aunt caught COVID on a cruise, so we're just bumming around until dinnertime. Last year, my brother and his wife were the ones who got sick, so we're apparently just trading off. While I'm going to miss seeing everyone at lunch, I'm pretty grateful to get out of the drive, and my spouse is happy to not hang around their dad's wife. You know, everything just always works out to be whatever it is.
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Nov 23, 2023 17:27
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Smoking a brined turkey like I do every year. Just me and my dad. I like to tweak the brine recipe every year and make notes on what works and what doesn't. One of my uncles hosts a big rear end family reunion thing for Thanksgiving every year, but we couldn't afford to go this year even though they've been begging me to make the trip back after I wowed them with one of my turkeys a few years ago. I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Nov 23, 2023 |
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Nov 23, 2023 17:35
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Thanks giving was last month OP
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Nov 23, 2023 17:36
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Turkey thighs in crockpot to defeat dryness. Also the Julia Child garlic mash potatoes because I was feeling fancy
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Nov 23, 2023 17:37
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That reminds me! Last I heard, my brother planned to smoke two medium sized turkeys instead of one big one. We're bringing baked mac n cheese with feta, and I imagine the menu will mostly be standard fare, but my brother is a fantastic cook
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Nov 23, 2023 17:42
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We're all sick at home throwing up and crapping our brains out because my daughter brought some terrible virus home from daycare. Thanks for asking op
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Nov 23, 2023 17:44
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I'm watching a reanimated corpse named Cher sing on the macy's thanksgiving day parade then I'm making a lot of food and giving all the farm animals treats and then tomorrow I'm going out to marvel at the beauty of capitalism and the sheer, undying hatred that humans have for each other. ...while having ordered all of my purchases for pick up on saturday, because like hell I'm standing in any of those lines.
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Nov 23, 2023 17:53
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Going to be eating some good Turkey, Ham, Stuffing, and the works. Im excited!
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Nov 23, 2023 17:58
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You shouldn't need a passport to go to loving Canada. First of all it's in the middle of the USA, you can't even get to all of the USA without going through this country omib the middle of ours. Second, it's still America! The mega continent America goes all the way from USA down through Canada, down through more USA, and down through to Chile.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:02
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im gonna be gay and do crime
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Nov 23, 2023 18:05
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i'm gonna watch football and have a drink to celebrate if my team wins. i will also have a drink if they lose.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:11
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gonna post the poo poo out of this forum
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Nov 23, 2023 18:15
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Khanstant posted:You shouldn't need a passport to go to loving Canada. First of all it's in the middle of the USA, you can't even get to all of the USA without going through this country omib the middle of ours. Second, it's still America! The mega continent America goes all the way from USA down through Canada, down through more USA, and down through to Chile. We didn't have to until after 9/11. There were many towns on the Maine-Canadian border where people would go back and forth all the time. Still do to a degree, but with a passport now.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:20
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Fart on a pilgrim's grave
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Nov 23, 2023 18:23
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We cancelled it after my mom's mysterious virus turned out to be COVID lol. Rescheduling for a few weeks from now. I was bringing 2.lbs of cocktail shrimp so I'm gonna eat like half a pound and freeze the rest.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:25
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Also, I come back in from back breaking shoveling to learn my Mother changed her plans by an hour and half, which then sent all my plans down the shoot. So I cancelled, and am staying home watching football instead. Much more relaxing.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:26
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working then going to drink whisky and stuff my face the rest of the night at my uncle's place op, going to see the wife's parents at their farm over the weekend
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Nov 23, 2023 18:27
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We won two turkeys at turkey bingo after we had already bought a turkey, so I kept one frozen for later use, but I'm smoking one of them while the gf cooks the other. First time smoking a turkey, so doing it with a free backup turkey is very comforting.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:27
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I fell down the stairs and bruised my tailbone, so I can't go the 5 hour drive to my mom's. Having a little couple Thanksgiving just like before we moved back east, but even more low effort.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:32
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Christ, the driving stories remind me of our first year in grad school, when we drove 12 hours down from New England on a Wednesday, did Thanksgiving, then drove back with a stop in Boston to see Patti Smith and Neil Young at the Garden. The concert was great but that was too much road time
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Nov 23, 2023 18:35
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Ralph Crammed In posted:Also the Julia Child garlic mash potatoes because I was feeling fancy
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Nov 23, 2023 18:38
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Beachcomber posted:I fell down the stairs and bruised my tailbone, so I can't go the 5 hour drive to my mom's. Having a little couple Thanksgiving just like before we moved back east, but even more low effort. donut pillow much?
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Nov 23, 2023 18:42
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Gonna take the dog out somewhere, then come home and start dinner prep, then cook a big steak dinner for me & aforementioned dog, then watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Should be pretty nice, although the dishwasher quit working yesterday so  at washing all of my dishes before Thanksgiving dinner
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Nov 23, 2023 19:08
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One thing I WON'T be doing is watching Gone With the Wind on AMC, since my Alabama-born mother who loved that movie for some sick reason is now deceased.
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Nov 23, 2023 19:18
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Currently posting from the toilet at work. Getting paid OT to take a dump. We do Thanksgiving on the the Saturday after. It's easier with our schedules.
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Nov 23, 2023 20:18
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I am going to call it Sorryforreceiving because of. wokeness.
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Nov 23, 2023 20:26
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I had Thanksgiving with family two days early, and now I'm on petsitting duty while they go out of state for more Thanksgiving.
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Nov 23, 2023 20:33
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cumpantry posted:for me it's the chef john's recipe It wasn't really worth the effort. Very fussy recipe for little payoff. Her cranberry sauce was spot on though, my kid loved it.
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Nov 23, 2023 20:39
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Did Thanksgiving dinnerlunch with my in town parents yesterday and drove four hours to my in-laws today. I've got a six pack I'm two into while we wait for everyone else to get here at 2. My brother in law's family is chronically late, we'll see how they do today.
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Nov 23, 2023 20:41
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fambly time, I’m the only unmarried one with no kids
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Nov 23, 2023 21:07
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naem posted:I’m the only unmarried one with no kids Lol!
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Nov 23, 2023 21:15
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naem posted:I’m the only unmarried one with no kids same  
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Nov 23, 2023 21:18
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I. M. Gei posted:same It's a liberation! You're free to do whatever you want (within reason)!
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Nov 23, 2023 21:21
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Smugworth posted:We're all sick at home throwing up and crapping our brains out because my daughter brought some terrible virus home from daycare. Thanks for asking op You let your toddler take off their N95? You should go to jail. I’m driving to a friends house and we’re gonna play video games and eat a bunch.
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Nov 23, 2023 21:28
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Couple of friends are visiting since I have no family and theirs is all too far for them to travel to cheaply. Turkey's in the oven, got cornbread stuffing, biscuits, and roasted veg ready to go. Pumpkin pie for dessert from a local bakery. Somehow we're all utterly tired already, I'm cooling off in the back room away from the kitchen for a bit.
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Nov 23, 2023 21:43
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posting on something awful, playing video games, and drinking cocktails! oh, and have a recipe for some chimichurri steak and gruyere potatoes. probably make that at some point tonight... yum!
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Nov 23, 2023 21:47
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Planning on making a bad GBS post sometime today
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Nov 23, 2023 21:51
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eating a million dinner rolls and petting a kitty
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Nov 23, 2023 21:53
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Just had lunch with my parents, sister and brother-in-law. We might play a board game after dessert, I don't know. I'm tired and have to work tomorrow.
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Nov 23, 2023 21:56
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I'm going to my friend's at noon and my aunt's at 4. I'm making meat pies for each, and I have one more just to have at home. Pork shoulder, slow cooked for about 12 hours in a Dutch oven, with onions, locally sourced mushrooms, and celery added in the last couple hours. Then the pork gets cut into chunks, and that's all mixed together with green onions, rosemary, and breadfruit added. Sweet breadfruit gets mashed up to be the top of the pie, with the drippings from the pork made into gravy. Half the gravy gets poured into the pie filling, the other half gets stirred into the breadfruit mash.
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