May all your giblets be crossed (Thanksgiving 2021 thread)

[Driftwood]

Gotta shoot them and stick them first. Don't scald them too long or you'll set the hair.

Or just have the Amish do it and watch.

Shhhhhhhhh. The non country folks don't know that "bleeding like a stuck pig" is a real thing.

 

[swingline]

(Sorry.)

 

[dixiehack]

Culture clash; my family eats turkey dinner around 6 ish (sometimes 7), for the past 26 yrs my wife (trooper she is) still gives me the side eye because her family did the 2 pm turkey supper (?) and then ate some leftovers/scraps for dinner. We addressed lunch with my mom making a traditional Chinese soup dish on the stove and people straggling in during the day and partaking in the soup dish (and desserts) while waiting for the big dinner. I'm presuming most everyone here gets the earlyish supper and doesn't wait until the traditional dinner time?

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.

 

[WriteThinking]

Shhhhhhhhh. The non country folks don't know that "bleeding like a stuck pig" is a real thing.

I feel like I'm in death throes, twisting and wiggling on a pole, or something, myself! Eeesh!

 

[MileHigh]

Culture clash; my family eats turkey dinner around 6 ish (sometimes 7), for the past 26 yrs my wife (trooper she is) still gives me the side eye because her family did the 2 pm turkey supper (?) and then ate some leftovers/scraps for dinner. We addressed lunch with my mom making a traditional Chinese soup dish on the stove and people straggling in during the day and partaking in the soup dish (and desserts) while waiting for the big dinner. I'm presuming most everyone here gets the earlyish supper and doesn't wait until the traditional dinner time?

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.

 

[Dyno]

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.

 

[TrooperBari]

Culture clash; my family eats turkey dinner around 6 ish (sometimes 7), for the past 26 yrs my wife (trooper she is) still gives me the side eye because her family did the 2 pm turkey supper (?) and then ate some leftovers/scraps for dinner. We addressed lunch with my mom making a traditional Chinese soup dish on the stove and people straggling in during the day and partaking in the soup dish (and desserts) while waiting for the big dinner. I'm presuming most everyone here gets the earlyish supper and doesn't wait until the traditional dinner time?

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.

 

[DanOregon]

Just remember the day after Thanksgiving - ALL FRIDAYS MATTER.

 

[Moderator1]

This year should be a good Thanksgiving. We zoomed last year.
We are headed to the coast first thing in the morning, having lunch at a winery, and going to see the Band of Oz tomorrow night. Thursday will be the traditional family Thanksgiving. Friday and Saturday will be spent fishing.

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.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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.

 

[Moderator1]

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.

 

[Chef2]

Shhhhhhhhh. The non country folks don't know that "bleeding like a stuck pig" is a real thing.

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.