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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:44 pm

I'm a bit baffled. Granted Thanksgiving is right around the corner, but it isn't really an international holiday. Heck even our wacky friends, the Canadians have the holiday earlier in the year. Why was there no turkey then. Do you non-Americans feel left out or confused?

(Note: NONE of this in anyway shape or form is meant to be political, or otherwise banned banter, just a light-hearted observation) For example: I have never see an icon of Guy Fawkes on Guy Fawkes day or King Richard III on his birthday, or Ned Kelly on, uh, Ned Kelly day.

So let's be fair and have images for EVERY holiday in the world!! Very Happy

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:44 pm

This site was started in Great Britain!
Although it is now predominately American, I am always impressed that the icons at the top left of our screens reflect our members' holidays and beliefs.

I see Remembrance day, Guy Fawkes, Anzac day, Independence day etc.
Ned Kelly was a criminal and I don't understand why you would want to celebrate that.

As for thanksgiving, turkey was cheapened in the UK by the reverend Bernard Matthews and we can eat it all year round for 50p / pound.

Turkeys don't belong in the 'States so don't forget where this cheap meat came from.
Thanksgiving doesn't mean a thing to me but Christmas does and I'm looking forward to my molasses & corn fed pig with a couple of ducks.

You peasants! Very Happy

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:21 pm

Bart Fargo wrote:

Granted Thanksgiving is right around the corner, but it isn't really an international holiday.

Some Americans don't know that, and we don't want to upset them.
Laughing

I seem to recall a post a few years ago referring to a drop in scam mails, and speculating that Nigerian Internet cafes were closed due to Thanksgiving Day.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Bart Fargo wrote:

the Canadians have the holiday earlier in the year. Why was there no turkey then.

Because they are miserable bastards.

If any of you royal pharts take a piss on my favorite holiday, I'll get crabby... really crabby.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:07 am

Bart,
I know what you mean. I was extremely disappointed when no one wished me a happy "Farty Hughes Day"... Sad

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^ Shush refugee.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:14 am

I'm not a refugee.

I'm a prisoner of love... Cool

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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:27 am

I like ham. Turkey makes me sleepy.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:12 am

I know Ned Kelly was a criminal, again being lighthearted.

OK let's replace him with, Yahoo Serious then!!

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Quote:

I like ham. Turkey makes me sleepy.

I'm with Badger - although, I wish our Forefathers had gone out and killed some deer, instead. Sad

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Ruining my Thanksgiving will make nobody happy.

Beer
Football (hand-egg, GB at Detroit. I think we all know what the outcome of that will be.)
Pickle tray
Turkey
Cranberries
Stuffing (walnut apple)
Gravy
Green bean casserole
Rolls
Pumpkin pie
Vanilla ice cream
Nap

In that order, no substitutions. No deer, bear or any other funky kind of haggis allowed.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Aww, C'mon, PF - you know that grill cooked venison steak or burgers would be a gazillion times better than some sleep-inducing poultry baked in the over. Laughing

...I do approve of the rest of your list...except the casserole.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

I just made my cranberries. I don't use that gelatinous shit from a can, it's easy to make and better by an order of several magnitudes. One of my missions in life is to get everyone to make their own cranberries.

My recipe.

Get a 1 pound of Wisconsin cranberries. (substitute some other States cranberries if in a bind)

Bring 1 1/2 cups of sugar and 3/4 cups of water to a boil.

Add cranberries.

Simmer for 30 minutes then mash.

Allow to cool and put in the refrigerator overnight.

A Metric equivalent does not exist, sorry Canada.

You're welcome.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:42 am

Metrically impaired? Simply double it and add 30. You'll be close.

Thanks for the recipe PF!

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^ Well, to be honest, it's really not my recipe.

You'll find the one on the bag surprisingly similar, I just memorized it over the years. I suppose one could add a splash of Grand Marnier to it before refrigerating. I've never tried it but it just popped in my head, and sounds good.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:25 pm

Happy Turkey Eater day to all my fellow Americans! The rest of you happy Thursday.

Don't forget to wish your lads a bless Thanksgiving.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Stuffing ready, pie done, bird hits the oven at noon, game starts in ~20 minutes.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:09 pm

Mmmmmmm pie! Mrs. Bravo makes a mean pecan pie.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:35 pm

^^:drool:

Happy TDay, everyone! I'm off to dine at a friend's table. I am the ultimate TDay guest -- call me and I show up with flowers, wine, and a healthy appetite. Razz

@PF, no potatoes? Srsly?!

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

TheFae wrote:

@PF, no potatoes? Srsly?!

We'll make some, and the kids will eat them. I'm a stuffing guy.

Good game GB-7 Detroit-0 at halftime. Quite the defensive struggle, and some bad refereeing.

@ Bravo. Great looking pie.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:39 pm

Is this useless day over and done with already? Rolling Eyes

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^ You can't ruin my favorite holiday.

The bird is smelling good.
GB is up 21 in the 3rd.
My beer tastes great.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:03 pm

Bart Fargo wrote:

Do you non-Americans feel left out or confused

I wouldn't have known it's a sort of holiday but now that you told... maybe I feel a little bit left out and confused.

But only a little. Very Happy

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:12 pm

Stop all this petty bickering, moaning, and griping! Get up outta your chairs, and shake a turkey leg to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlitbJKaYy0
Very Happy

Enjoy stuffin' yerselves wid yer families, ya'll. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:20 pm

Pastor Frank You might like this technique.

Our turkey was put into a brine of salt, tea bags and a minimum of FOUR cups of Jim Beam. He traveled in our vehicle in a cooler sloshing his way for the 6 hr drive. I think he became drunk along the way.

When we checked the bird last night he was the orange color of when you use that self-tanning stuff.

However, the turkey was most excellent and had a George Hamilton color coming out of the oven.

Our pecan pie was a pumpkin pecan pie. Delish!