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Sabiana
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Username: Sabiana
Post Number: 213
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 06:06 pm: | 
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Okay, so since thanksgiving time is almost here, I'm just curious to see everyone's thanksgiving traditions. Me myself, we all fly upon my grandmother house, where the (females) in the family are usually the ones to cook. Typical family drama+ good food= everlasting memories. Anyone else? (It would be interesting to see if anyone has a role reversal when it comes to cooking.) |
Troy
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Post Number: 944
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 11:16 am: |
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Hi Sabina, I generaly cook. Though I don't consider it a role reversal. Today family members will pitch in by bringing a dish.
More often than not, especially in the last decade or so, I've hosted thanksgiving dinner with various family members.
I put the turkey in 2 hours ago and plan to take it out at 2PM, I made the stuffing for the bird; basically a hooked up stove top stuffing with sage sausage, onions, etc added.
My kids are still knocked out. They went to some Jack and Jill party in Westchester last night.
I just had a cup of coffee with the wife a few moments ago. I'm gonna do some web site updates before guests arrive. I'll then transition to liquor, and ride out the day feeling no pain.
I'll post a photo from the festivites later.
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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5770
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 12:40 pm: |
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I just eat if somebody is good enough to provide it for me.
If not I buy it myself.
And I watch plenty of football and get blasted.
And then I regret the time wasted when I could have been really accomplishing something since Thanksgiving, like all the other holidays where society says its okay for us to be slothful and pig out and goof off, is just another day, really.
So Yvettep and Lili. What do you think about that? |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 10722
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 06:51 pm: |
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For the past few years, I've been announcing
that I don't want to be bothered
with all the hassle of a Thanksgiving
gathering and I just want a peacful
day home alone.
Then about a week before the holiday
I start relenting and make the announcment
that I will be throwing a few things
together and if anybody wants to stop
by and fix themself a plate, they can.
By the time Thanksgiving day rolls around,
I have a house full of people setting up
card tables and TV trays, adding their
dishes to the spread that is laid out, and
before long there is a grabbing
of hands and the forming of a circle
in preparation for the ritual of
deciding who will offer the
blessing, an honor which usually falls
to the biggest sinner in the family who
rambles on and on amid an undercurrent
of snickers after which somebody insists
on a moment of silence for those who
have passed on, which in turn is followed
by a bunch of half-crocked people talking
to dead folks, testifying to how much they
are missed.
By this time, I have lost my appetite
and I descend into a blue funk
that my grandchildren manage to coax
me out of it.
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Renata
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Post Number: 2514
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 08:19 pm: |
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We just wait to see what's on sale Friday. |
Sisg
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Post Number: 300
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 09:49 pm: |
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We gather...this time at my house...Mom let me have it...i cooked the biggest part of it, with everyone bringing a dish and byob of course. WE eat, laugh, dance, sing, play cards...we circle and pray and give thanks for being here one more time...and we get our partying on! It was a great holiday...and now that it's quiet...i miss them! |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5774
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 10:07 am: |
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For the past few years, I've been announcing
that I don't (etc)
Now that's a nice little flash fiction story. You should flesh it out with some character, setting and plot details in time for next Season.
I think it is a little late for this one unless someone knows a publication or site that takes post-Thanksgiving work. |
Yvettep
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Post Number: 2462
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 09:49 am: |
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Sabiana, when my husband and I just have T'giving with our immediate family, we both cook. Not really a role reversal since we pretty much divide cooking duties during the week normally.
This year I made cranberry sauce from scratch for the first time. Ever since I was a child I hate HATED the dog-food-molded stuff that comes out of a can. Because of that I assumed I didn't like it at all. But I love LOVED this homemade stuff! Who knew? LOL
Hope everyone had a restful and safe couple of days! |
Urban_scribe
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Post Number: 577
Registered: 05-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 12:40 pm: |
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I hope everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving!
As for traditions, my mom's mother's family hails from Nova Scotia. So growing up we always celebrated both Canadian Thanksgiving (2nd Monday of October) as well as American Thanksgiving. Now that my grandma has passed on, my mom and her sister try to keep the tradition going. So if my aunt has Can Thxgiving at her house, my mom will have Amer Thxgiving at her house, and vice versa. There's really little difference between the two. As far as I can tell, Canooks are bigger on serving duck rather than Yankee turkey, and we all bring something to add to the cornucopia. But, basically, the family just gets together twice, eats twice, and gains twice as much holiday weight.
Role reversal? Well, this year one of my cousins, a guy, brined and cooked the turkey and stuffing. It was a 30lb bird - I have a big family. His turkey was really good - moist and flavorful. But he said he took it out the oven at 3:30 on Thxgiving morning, and if he hadn't waken, we would've been eating turkey meatloaf.
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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5781
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 10:10 am: |
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mom's mother's family hails from Nova Scotia
(So you're Canadian.
You see what a mess this country is?
Why won't you save us? |
Urban_scribe
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Post Number: 578
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 12:16 pm: |
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Chris, you are a mess!
Canada operates on what I call "live and let live" politics and European ideologies. The police don't carry firearms, yet the country has 1/3 of the USofA's crime rate. Shops and businesses shut down for about 3-4 hours in the middle of the day, so everyone can have lunch. The school system is European. The judicial system is European. English and French are recognized as co-official languages. Canada has 'provinces' rather than 'states'. Every second person smokes, most people walk or ride bikes or scooters, and bread and wine are served with every meal. Overall, Canada manages to fade into the background without most Americans giving the country much thought. Some call it "the 51st state". Others consider Canada the prototype of what the USofA could be.
I recall an interview with Jim Carrey, a Canook, where the interviewer referred to him as "foreign-born" and Carrey replied "Thank you".
When I visit Canada, I'm reminded of countries like Guyana, which is located in South America, yet the country's culture is totally West Indian. Or Romanian, which is Latin culture right smack in the middle of Slavic and Baltic nations. (My OB/Gyn is Romanian. He dislikes Hungarians. I find that hilarious). Canada, to me, is a European country on the North American continent. Can't make it to Europe - just drive across the border into Canada. No passport required. Montreal is a 7 or 8 hour drive from NY. I can head to Maine then take the ferry to Nova Scotia; on a summer day, of course. I wouldn't attempt that shit in winter. After all that, I want to point out that I was born in Brooklyn. 
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Carey
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Username: Carey
Post Number: 618
Registered: 05-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 06:29 pm: |
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Guyana.....South America....ummmm....I didn't know that
I don't have much to add to the discussion ...as usual... i saw Sisgal's name hit the board and thought ID peak in.
I did however have one of the best Thanksgivings in a long time. My daughter drove in....let me say that again, she drove from Atlanta . We had Thanksgiving at my mother's house but my daughter did all of the cooking. Mom made her traditional Oyster dressing that only a few really enjoy *smile* but I make a big deal out of it and she enjoys that. We didn't do the whole turkey because the white meat goes begging. Yes, we like the legs and wings....THE DARK MEAT! Of course she made an apple pie and I ate on that baby for about 3 days...oh yeah, she made it in one of those deep square cake pans so I had some work to do. The menu included yams, mashed potatoes, greens (mustard & turnips}, green beans, cornbread dressing,rolls, Turkey Necks and moms delicious oyster dressing *lol*. My son is very picky about what he eats and he misses his mother so my daughter had to also make a Lasagna dish. Man, the cost alone is enough to make most say NO. If you want to do it right you have to buy a bag of mess. But it was good and he was happy. We are not a drinking family but that's not to say the back door didn't slide open a few times and people did what they do. But nobody was called a black M'fer and nobody was told to kiss anyone else's ass so it was a good day *LOL*.
This Thanksgiving was very special to me ......Y'all know why......plus my grandson is 4yrs old now and we had big fun.
Hello everyone, thanks for being here. |
Carey
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 06:34 pm: |
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Cynique, I just read your post and I laughed so hard because all those folks have stood around our table. That prayer thang you wrote was funny....."talking to dead people". Man, thanks for the memories, thanks for the laughs!!!!1 |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 10741
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:38 pm: |
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