Thanksgiving

We were in Boston one year for Black Friday, stores opening at 4am, more scrapping than the old NHL, absolutely bonkers. Knackered and back in the hotel bed by 9am. Have to say the discounts were pretty good though.
 
buckshot said:
My parents have been married for 60 years and my mother makes the exact same dishes every Thanksgiving and it's is sooooooo damn good. It's easily my favorite meal of the year.

20-24 LB Butterball turkey- it's not fancy or organic but damn if she doesn't know how to perfectly cook it to deliciousness.

Stuffing- old school stuffing made in the bird, it's probably the best thing on the table and that's saying a lot. She doesn't use eggs so it's not going to kill you. She also buys fresh bread about four days early and lets it sit out and get stale

Turkey gravy- Damn is this good. Liquid gold

Creamed corn- this is delicious, it's corn in sort of a savory custard. It's not like anybody else's creamed corn I've ever had, the usual stuff just comes from a can

Cole slaw- I'm not a coleb slaw guy, it's one of the two things I skip

Rutabaga- Boiled and mashed with salt and butter. It's so damn good.

Cranberry salad- none of that canned garbage, this is the real deal. It's whole cranberries boiled with pineapple chunks with their juice, walnuts and lemon jello. The sweet and sourness of this is amazing, it's also the first thing I ever learned to make in the kitchen when I was about five years old.

Candied sweet potatoes- none of that mini marshmallow crap here, just sweet potatoes cooked with a brown sugar/butter syrup. They're really good but I never eat them, too much sweetness for me.

Sweet potato pie- this is the one and only dessert. When we were kids she told us it was pumpkin pie and we didn't find out it was sweet potatoes until we were in our late teens. It's a perfect ending because it's light and not too sweet.

For some reason nobody in my immediate family likes mashed potatoes so we never have them. The other staple that we never have is the green bean casserole. Mom hates all things casserole so it will never happen. I've had them at other family's Thanksgiving and they're ok but I don't miss them.
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Enjoy mate, it sounds fucking dreadful, but enjoy!
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
4th July is celebrating the day they kicked the Brits out.
Thanksgiving is the day for celebrating when they exploited the native Americans by having them show how to grow crops and survive the cold northeast weather, before killing them all in mass genocide
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By the dawn’s early light!
 
TinFoilHat said:
Two giant turkey meals in less a month.

Fat bastard yanks.

:)
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In the US today so looking forward to a turkey dinner , hopefully without any of the sweet shit they like to put on main courses.
It tends to be beef at Christmas here, so the wife’s bought a turkey to make a traditional British Christmas dinner with all the proper fixins.
i’ll be a right fat bastard when I gÈt back to the UK!
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
4th July is celebrating the day they kicked the Brits out.
Thanksgiving is the day for celebrating when they exploited the native Americans by having them show how to grow crops and survive the cold northeast weather, before killing them all in mass genocide
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Brilliant synopsis. I have visited both the sites involved, Yorktown and Plymouth Plantation. I suspect that is more than the vast majority of US citizens have done.
 
My sister lives in North Carolina the weird food combinations fascinate me, anyway she's going to my nephews in Virginia for Thanksgiving and they are having smoked, turkey whatever that is
 
Ducado said:
My sister lives in North Carolina the weird food combinations fascinate me, anyway she's going to my nephews in Virginia for Thanksgiving and they are having smoked, turkey whatever that is
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You don’t know what smoked turkey is ?
 
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