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May all your giblets be crossed (Thanksgiving 2021 thread)

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by dixiehack, Nov 21, 2021.

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  1. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Shhhhhhhhh. The non country folks don't know that "bleeding like a stuck pig" is a real thing.
     
    Driftwood, Nov 23, 2021
    #49
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  2. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    (Sorry.)
     
    swingline, Nov 23, 2021
    #50
  3. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Ours has always been mid afternoon. It isn’t by design but it usually winds up being in the fourth quarter of the Lions game or shortly thereafter.
     
    dixiehack, Nov 23, 2021
    #51
  4. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    I feel like I'm in death throes, twisting and wiggling on a pole, or something, myself! Eeesh!:)
     
    WriteThinking, Nov 23, 2021
    #52
  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I grew up in California and we ate at halftime of the Cowboys game, so about 2:30 or so. As we got older and moved away, we would mostly be in Fort Collins at my sister's place and that, too, was mid-afternoon, about 3 after my brother-in-law finished deep-frying the bird.
     
    MileHigh, Nov 23, 2021
    #53
  6. Dyno

    Dyno Well-Known Member

    We’re a more normal dinnertime Thanksgiving family. We usually eat about 6:30-7. Back on the original Crossed Giblets thread, I opined that afternoon Thanksgiving seemed a little goyishe to me and another member of the tribe agreed.
     
    Dyno, Nov 23, 2021
    #54
  7. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Early afternoon Thanksgiving dinner has been the way for both sides of my family as far back as I can remember -- until this year. My mom's brother -- the pariah uncle who took all the money from the sale of grandma's house and still refuses to tell anyone where he put it -- is offering an "olive branch" by hosting Thanksgiving and doing all the cooking, but it has to be at his place and after 6 p.m. No explanation as to why it has to be in the evening. Mom and her sister say they'll go, but I fear the crowd is going to thin well before dessert is served.
     
    TrooperBari, Nov 24, 2021
    #55
  8. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Just remember the day after Thanksgiving - ALL FRIDAYS MATTER.
     
    DanOregon, Nov 24, 2021
    #56
  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    On my way!!

    I'm looking forward to retiring at our favorite beach and spending Thanksgivings (and every other damn day) there. The way this year has gone, it can't get here soon enough.
     
    Moderator1, Nov 24, 2021
    #57
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  10. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    My parents always had Thanksgiving dinner around 4:30-5ish. Sort of a compromise between the early and later dinnertimes. Usually Alice and I have done it at about 6, but we're trying for earlier (like 4-5) this year. At least that's what my son says. He wants to get a big jump on cooking today, but he and his wife went to Boston for Friendsgiving last night and if I see them before noon I'll be surprised.
    PS: I am pissed at Whole Foods. I picked up the expensive fresh turkey I ordered from them and it was partially frozen, probably due to careless cold storage. It's thawed now, but this delayed brining.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Nov 24, 2021
    #58
  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Love you Michael, but when they write the book of First World Problems, that's the lead. Damn Whole Foods!

    I kid, that is frustrating. You're paying for that fresh, it damn well better be fresh.

    My brother and sister-in-law are very bright, did well for themselves and retired comfortably. When my sister-in-law showed up after I arrived with Whole Foods and Trader Joe's bags, I grinned.

    Happy pre-Thanksgiving Day everyone.
     
    Moderator1, Nov 24, 2021
    #59
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  12. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Couple cousins of mine went down to Texas and got a hog.
    I guess the adrenaline rush is off the charts.
    Graphic? Yes.
    Violent? Also Yes.
    But quite the rush from what I hear.
     
    Chef2, Nov 24, 2021
    #60
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