What are you doing for Thanksgiving

imp said:
When I was a kid, the tradition was for either my Mother to prepare dinner, and my sister and her kids & husband came over, or, the other way around. When the festivities took place at my sister's house, it involved many other folks: her husband had 2 sisters with families. Those get-togethers invariably involved heavy drinking, poker-playing, loud, boisterous activity which my folks retired from early, taking me with them.

My Mother favored roasting a big Goose for these occasions, big ham also, for the non-farmers. (!). Several years, my sister's in-laws came too. Her father in law, a notorious
imbiber of whiskey, snuck out several times before, and after, eating, to their car, where my younger nephew, Mike, who related this to me years later, watched from in-hiding as the extra bottle was extricated from beneath the seat. Later, a commotion could be heard in the middle bedroom, where one of Mike's little sisters was bouncing up and down on Grandpa Willy's belly, he being blissfully unaware.

The days gone forever. This year, inexplicably, we received free offers of both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner feasts at the Edgewater Hotel,
these each including b3 free nights stay. My wife asked, should we? I figgered, Why Not? imp
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sounds like a riot Imp, betcha you had great times and funny stories to last a lifetime! I should been there.


A chance to dinner out at a swanky hotel? Go for it! Let's get the women off their feet for a change this Thanksgiving.

You know? I have never eaten roast goose. Maybe the time has come, eh?
 

Shalimar said:
Philly, April, Although the Canadianim celebrate Thanksgiving in October, I am sending a huge virtual helping of my virtual T. Dinner to each of you. Enjoy!
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Awww . thank you!

fureverywhere said:
Awwww Phil I wish we could invite you. We're going out with my Dad, son 1 and son 2, daughter in law and daughter, n' best of all the new Grandboy! Who cares about the food, I just want to hug that baby to pieces:):):)
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I think that's really in the spirit of the season.


But all things considered, I've decided to go with Shirley. :playful:

Shirley said:
I'm going to the Bahamas. :D
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Imp, I'd sure head to the Edgewater if I were you and Deb. One of our best TGs was spent at the Golden Corral in North Carolina --- just my husband and I. Well, we did miss the kids but not enough to buy plane tickets to come back to California just for a day or two. (They were all adults by that time)
 
We`ll be going to our daughter`s house right down the road. But I will,as usual,be doing most of the prepping and cooking. The kids always want all of my "traditional" dishes. I know I will get extra help this year though since they all think I`m a "delicate flower" right now. Not starting radition til the week after Tgiving now so I`m happy about that-energy level should be fine. Christmas will probably be a different story though. My sister and I went on a turkey hunt last week as we heard that due to a bird flu outbreak in the Midwest,large,fresh turkeys would be impossible to find. Wanted at least a 25 pounder. Ended up getting two 22 pounders (frozen). Can`t remember when I last bought a frozen turkey. Put them in my daughter`s chest freezer but then it dawned on us that we don`t have enough fridge room to thaw them for 5 days lol. Luckily our friends up the road have turned their property into a western theme wedding venue and have several empty fridges in their outdoor shop so they said they would plug one in for us to use. Altogether,we will have at least 30 people-but by the end of the night there will most likely be at least 10-15 more. Hope we at least have SOME leftovers.....
 
I had a thanksgiving dinner here once in the UK - at a fellow expats house about 12 years ago. I used to feel a bit sad on thanksgiving before I retired because my co-workers didn't understand what a special day it should be. Or that I should have the day off! :D

This thanksgiving I'll be busy packing and getting the house ready to lock up.
 
My daughter will be down here Tuesday and will spend the night. Wednesday we will head to St Louis to her house and I will spend the rest of the week with daughter and Son-in-law. She will bring me home Saturday.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
We`ll be going to our daughter`s house right down the road. But I will,as usual,be doing most of the prepping and cooking. The kids always want all of my "traditional" dishes. I know I will get extra help this year though since they all think I`m a "delicate flower" right now. Not starting radition til the week after Tgiving now so I`m happy about that-energy level should be fine. Christmas will probably be a different story though. My sister and I went on a turkey hunt last week as we heard that due to a bird flu outbreak in the Midwest,large,fresh turkeys would be impossible to find. Wanted at least a 25 pounder. Ended up getting two 22 pounders (frozen). Can`t remember when I last bought a frozen turkey. Put them in my daughter`s chest freezer but then it dawned on us that we don`t have enough fridge room to thaw them for 5 days lol. Luckily our friends up the road have turned their property into a western theme wedding venue and have several empty fridges in their outdoor shop so they said they would plug one in for us to use. Altogether,we will have at least 30 people-but by the end of the night there will most likely be at least 10-15 more. Hope we at least have SOME leftovers.....
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This sounds like a real TG bash! I can't imagine 44 pounds of turkey. Will you be deep-frying them?
 
"What are you doing for Thanksgiving"
Staying home with the dog and cat, and watching football, while the wife goes to her sister's house for their family get together.
 
RadishRose said:
You know? I have never eaten roast goose. Maybe the time has come, eh?
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Goose is quite similar to duck, layer of fat beneath the skin, which when adequately roasted, imparts a most delicious flavor unfound in other poultry (are goose & duck poultry? never considered that before). If you have not eaten duck, ever, either, it's hard to compare to chicken. Neither goose nor duck have any white meat, only dark, though some duck is rather light-colored.

The price of store-bought domestic goose or duck has gone so high, my Mother would shake in the grave, if she knew! I have never eaten wild bird of either kind, though both were commonly hunted in our area in Missouri. imp
 
Saw a heard of 20 wild turkeys grazing in a field on the side of the road yesterday.
 

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