Thursday Overnight Open Thread - November 27, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Hope your Thanksgiving day was great! Anything exciting happen in your world today?

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Thanksgiving Day!

Happy Thanksgiving 🫡 🦅 pic.twitter.com/yhJYbrCQZx
— Kristi Yamaguccimane (@TheWapplehouse) November 27, 2025

This year’s parade was wild pic.twitter.com/9svw1NsyQX
— Green Beret Nap Time (@GBNT1952) November 27, 2025

Perhaps no other meal has ever said “It’s Thanksgiving and I’ve burned all the bridges with my family” quite like this extravagant feast. pic.twitter.com/t3drHmmARj
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 27, 2025

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Is it OK to play Christmas music now?

Yes. Yes it is!

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1 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️🦃

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:00 PM (SRRAx)

2 Nothing out of the ordinary.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:00 PM (uQesX)

3 Sorry I'm late, as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could be an alarm clock.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (IxQNO)

4 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (9BQdI)

5 Bitch, you look like potato

https://tinyurl.com/mr2ufwra

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (B9cbb)

6 Eat turnips raw. Especially the little sweet spring turnips.
Posted by: KT at November 27, 2025 04:09

Maybe. I've had mashed turnips as Jules' Grandma came over from Scotland. Not vry good, need lotsa butter to make it palatable IMO.

Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (55Qr6)

7 Happy Thanksgiving, Doof!

I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)

8 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (v9vY1)

9 Maybe. I've had mashed turnips as Jules' Grandma came over from Scotland. Not vry good, need lotsa butter to make it palatable IMO.
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (55Qr6)

Butter covers a multitude of sins.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (uQesX)

10 Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson

Tim’s spot on! This is civil war.

Tim Pool @Timcast

Holy fuck. Look at the website

This is overtly illegal.

I don't want to say outright CIVIL WAR when there is a good chance foreign actors are doing this too.

But Holy fuck @SecWar needs to stop this

X: https://bit.ly/3Xj41CX

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (P5BPp)

11 Steamed with butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (B9cbb)

12 Only problem with that emoji is that it doesn't capture my hairline these days.
Good evening, 'rons

Posted by: gKWVE at November 27, 2025 10:04 PM (sDWtc)

13 I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I remember every part of the dinner tasting like salt. Which is ok!
Thanks for the ONT, Disco and Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:05 PM (41CYW)

14 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (P5BPp)

This is how armies get political officers, to stop this shit.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 27, 2025 10:05 PM (sDWtc)

15 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

TRUMP: “Somalians have caused a lot of trouble... They're ripping us off for a lot of money... What the hell are we paying money to Somalia for? We're not taking their people anymore. We're getting a lot of their people out because they're nothing but trouble.”

X video: https://bit.ly/4aiJRAt

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:05 PM (P5BPp)

16 🌋***BBRRRrrruuuuuupppppp***💥

Posted by: mindful webworker - not one more bite at November 27, 2025 10:06 PM (LaTF/)

17 I am (begrudginly) allowing Christmas music.

I am also adding Ministry's "Everyday is Halloween" to my Christmas playlist.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:06 PM (IxQNO)

18 Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving day....final report on project cook Thanksgiving dinner at a hotel without a stove or cooktop: cranberry relish (make beforehand) and turkey breast in the crockpot were the clear winners. Sides baked yesterday and reheated in microwave today - meh. Gravy made in crockpot clear loser. But everyone had a good time being together and that was the most important thing - especially this year. And at least now I have a viable plan for Christmas....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (cCn4/)

19 Show of hands those of us who have not had a grease fire on Thansgiving. OK I'll show myself out.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (r0dOk)

20 I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)

They are OK. I only buy them when the local grocer puts them on sale. Full retail is too much for what you get; sale price approaches value for money.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (npFr7)

21 Good evening good people. I pray you all had a wonderful day. My wife and I hosted what I term dinner for "The lost and the lonely" for our neighborhood. Most everyone had a good time and no fist fights broke out.

The closest it came to that were some Packers fans throwing shade at the Bears fans. Hell, they don't even play until next week.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (cYBz/)

22 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Q: “Why do you blame the Biden Administration?”

TRUMP: “Because they let him! Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person? Because they came in on a plane — along with thousands of other people that shouldn’t be here.”

X video: https://bit.ly/485A2o3

And there are tens of millions of others who should not be here as well. They all need to be kicked out and banned from ever returning.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (P5BPp)

23 Grateful, that sounds perfect. Family, a good story or two, and a fine dinner.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:08 PM (41CYW)

24 I am also adding Ministry's "Everyday is Halloween" to my Christmas playlist.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:06 PM (IxQNO)

The original is a classic. Somewhere between With Sympathy and Twitch is my sweet spot for Jourgensen.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 27, 2025 10:09 PM (sDWtc)

25 Butter covers a multitude of sins.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Zombie Marlon Brando smiles.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

26 Yay, Thanksgiving Day ONT!

We now return you to your food coma.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 27, 2025 10:09 PM (lUFok)

27 Christmas lights are up.
Christmas music was played during dinner.
Peppermint hot chocolate is warming up the belly.
This is my favorite time of the year.

Posted by: PabloD at November 27, 2025 10:10 PM (lC2t1)

28 And there are tens of millions of others who should not be here as well. They all need to be kicked out and banned from ever returning.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (P5BPp)

We paid orgs to bring refugees in. Maybe if we pay them to take them out and resettle in their home countries, it might work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)

29 Tonight's ONT was posted with care. Not sure who cares. Do you?

As long as we get an ONT, you could post it recklessly and we wouldn't care.

Well, I wouldn't. I'm not a spokesman for other commenters, and the lurkers need to learn to speak up for themselves.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (IxQNO)

30 BBRRRrrruuuuuupppppp

Ah, the sweet sound of well-fed .45 caliber M3.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (8QVSJ)

31 Nah, don't care a bit. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Grateful KC got beat.
Grating that it was Dallas that beat them.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (sl73Y)

32 7 Happy Thanksgiving, Doof!

I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)

They were fine. There was one dinner with an apple cobbler I enjoyed.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 27, 2025 10:12 PM (y171U)

33 Bomboclat Hero, Gungan Pride
youtu.be/3SngilRCtik

Posted by: gKWVE rolls one up at November 27, 2025 10:12 PM (sDWtc)

34 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Hope everyone had a good day.

Can confirm - hotel Thanksgiving was nice. Thanks much to Grateful for all the love and labor.

John Madden quote just heard on the football broadcast - the last line of a locker room pep speech when he was a coach. "Doesn't matter if the horse is blind, just load up the wagon and keep going." He had no idea what it meant but it fired up the players.

Posted by: TRex - cranberry knowledge is good knowledge at November 27, 2025 10:13 PM (cCn4/)

35 TV Dinners...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc

Posted by: ZZ Top at November 27, 2025 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

36 23/thanks Doggo...hope you and your lovely wife and family had a good day too

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:14 PM (cCn4/)

37 They were fine. There was one dinner with an apple cobbler I enjoyed.

Posted by: Joemarine

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Another had a cranberry cobbler thing. Not bad.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:14 PM (ys6FW)

38 Big ol' sloppy bacon cheeburger, with thick slice of yellow onion... was a success! I am satiated.

Will keep Tums handy, in case that onion bites back, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

39 Butter covers a multitude of sins.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Zombie Marlon Brando smiles.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2025 10:09

You are a dirty old perv Tonypete. Never noticed that before. LMAO

Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:15 PM (55Qr6)

40 LOL emoji.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 27, 2025 10:15 PM (bss/y)

41 As long as we get an ONT, you could post it recklessly and we wouldn't care.

Well, I wouldn't. I'm not a spokesman for other commenters, and the lurkers need to learn to speak up for themselves.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (IxQNO)

COULD post is recklessly?? It's almost like you were watching over my shoulder tonight.

Posted by: Doof at November 27, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

42 Evening.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (1Yy3c)

43 29 I'm not a spokesman for other commenters, and the lurkers need to learn to speak up for themselves.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM
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They would, but they're late.

Posted by: TRex - parade superstar dino at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (cCn4/)

44 I am still in the process of giving thanks for my daughters, brother, sister, and friends. Life would be so much different - and emptier - without each and all of them. That sentiment, by extension, also applies to all Horders and Hordettes. Hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving Day.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (ayRl+)

45 Wanna know what I am thankful for today?

We thought last Thanksgiving was going to be my last one.

I am blessed to be living at a time when modern medicine has advanced to the point that there are new treatment options available to people with this type of cancer.

I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.

Thank you.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)

46 hope you and your lovely wife and family had a good day too
Posted by: The Grateful
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Thank you, all went great. Hosted 11, very manageable. Smiles, laughs, and a lot of uncomfortfull people.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)

47 TV dinner Thanksgiving...

I'm home from the road. I'm alone. I ate rotisserie.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (1Yy3c)

48 Dinner was delicious! My mother in law did the cranberries (simmered with sugar and clementines, sooo good), turkey gravy and rolls. I did potatoes, stuffing, and beans.

Pies coming later.

Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (gWBY1)

49 'Take Me To The River' is a GREAT tune.

Thankful for your choice, Doof!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (//dg8)

50 After hearing this cockroach worked for the CIA and knowing how corrupt it is, my theory is that the CIA is trying to contrive a situation where National Guard troops "open fire on civilians", thus setting up the President's next impeachment. And half the GOP would go along. That's how evil and corrupt I think the agency is.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:18 PM (9RQU8)

51 And there are tens of millions of others who should not be here as well. They all need to be kicked out and banned from ever returning.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (P5BPp)

We paid orgs to bring refugees in. Maybe if we pay them to take them out and resettle in their home countries, it might work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)

Anyone who was in those orgs needs to be shown the door, too.

Posted by: Methos at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (vSvIl)

52 Here, but in tryptophan bliss.
Please carry on.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (TfUTr)

53 It's evident a lot of regulars usually here are down with turkey comas.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (sl73Y)

54 Oh, HEB was selling this cranberry sauce with orange in it.

It was...good. I prefer just regular old cranberry sauce, but the added orange wasn't bad.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (1Yy3c)

55 I spent the entire day by myself, had a regular meal, but watched "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" with lots of cheap scotch and chocolate macadamia nut clusters.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (0cOaq)

56 Pies coming later."

Had a really nice bourbon flavor pecan pie. Not overpowering, just well made. Crust, filling...all good.

I'm stuffed.

Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:20 PM (XuXeR)

57 45 Wanna know what I am thankful for today?

We thought last Thanksgiving was going to be my last one.

I am blessed to be living at a time when modern medicine has advanced to the point that there are new treatment options available to people with this type of cancer.

I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.

Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)

Thank you providing proof thst prayers work. Glad to see keep seeing your comments.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (IxQNO)

58 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)
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Bless you, Teresa, it was good to see you at the MoMe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (0cOaq)

59 We paid orgs to bring refugees in"

But it makes us feel good...

/Karens

Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (XuXeR)

60 Teresa, I'm glad you had a happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (ys6FW)

61 My wonderful parents are in heaven and my in laws are in failing health. It's a wonderful weekend when we have them here for the holiday with all their children and grandchildren.
I will miss them when they are gone. Happy to have spatchcocked a turkey and made gravy from turkey innards. It worked well. God bless us, everyone. Not just for Christmas.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM (6mk7C)

62 I'm home from the road. I'm alone. I ate rotisserie.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (1Yy3c)

That'll get your wind up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

63 Well, Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
One thing for sure, everyone in the ensemble stayed in good shape.

youtube.com/watch?v=_5yJZUyr_cM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM (B9cbb)

64 Dinner was delicious! My mother in law did the cranberries (simmered with sugar and clementines, sooo good), turkey gravy and rolls. I did potatoes, stuffing, and beans.

Pies coming later.
Posted by: LizLem at No

Anybody bring a turkey?

Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (sl73Y)

65 I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.

Especially the little compartment of school glue with something yellow on top.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (3nLb4)

66 Oh, HEB was selling this cranberry sauce with orange in it.
"

It's ok, but there's this deli on west ox @ US 50 in Fairfax that did up a great cranberry compote...

Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (XuXeR)

67 Had a really nice bourbon flavor pecan pie. Not overpowering, just well made. Crust, filling...all good.

I'm stuffed.
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:20 PM (XuXeR)

Nice bea.... Wait, you're a man. Nevermind.

Posted by: Lt. Frank Drebin at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (uQesX)

68 P.S. Cranberry sauce, home cooked, sides from various family members and a snack bar now called ShareCuteery for some reason.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 27, 2025 10:24 PM (6mk7C)

69 Eat turnips raw. Especially the little sweet spring turnips.
Posted by: KT

Turnips are unbelievable after a frost. Sweet, even.
Raw.

Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:24 PM (q6tQZ)

70 I like mashed turnips with butter.
*Hides face in shame*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:25 PM (ys6FW)

71 Nice bea.... Wait, you're a man. Nevermind.
Posted by: Lt. Frank Drebin"

Presilla Presely is over there...

Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:26 PM (XuXeR)

72 Turnips are unbelievable after a frost. Sweet, even.
Raw.
Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:24 PM (q6tQZ)
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My greatest possession is a turnip shaped like a thingie.

Posted by: S Baldrick at November 27, 2025 10:26 PM (0cOaq)

73 Happy Thanksgiving ONT friends.

Thank you Doof

We've had some headwinds but we have so much to be thankful for.

Just sitting down to eat on the left coast here so I'll check in later.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (3RQXz)

74 Swanson TV Dinners haven’t come in an aluminum pan since 1986.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (3NeBC)

75 61 Happy to have spatchcocked a turkey and made gravy from turkey innards.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM
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I was just about to make a comment about "spatchcocking," figuring that it was a made up word. After doing an interweb search, apparently you did not make it up.

Posted by: TRex - nonspatchcocked dino at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)

76 For those that saw my post on the ONT last night... I have an happy update! We have an appointment for professionally detailing our car tomorrow morning at 9! So my husband will be able to Uber tomorrow night, after it dries, and salvage some earnings for the weekend.

Pro tip: if you booked an Uber, and are sober enough to realize you need to vomit or pee, PLEASE tell your driver! He will pull over. Otherwise, you soil his car, screwing up his week and costing him hundreds of dollars on one of the most lucrative Uber holidays of the year.

Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (gWBY1)

77 I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.

Especially the little compartment of school glue with something yellow on top.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (3nLb4)

Our family appreciate$ your bu$ine$$.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (wVcYX)

78 My greatest possession is a turnip shaped like a thingie"

Be glad your thingie isn't...well...

Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (XuXeR)

79 My greatest possession is a turnip shaped like a thingie"

Be glad your thingie isn't...well...
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (XuXeR)

I'll say it. Lemon shaped.

Posted by: Zombie Jeff Epstein at November 27, 2025 10:29 PM (wVcYX)

80 Turnips are unbelievable after a frost. Sweet, even.
Raw.
Posted by: MkY
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The deer agree. They'll bite into the turnips, radish, and sugar beets pre-frost and leave them. Post frost, they house 'em.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:29 PM (41CYW)

81 My greatest possession is a turnip shaped like a thingie.
Posted by: S Baldrick

I'm sorry to hear that, but, hey! Isn't turkey great...

Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:29 PM (q6tQZ)

82 >>> Anybody bring a turkey?
Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (sl73Y)

Ah, commas are my friend. She did the cranberry, turkey, turkey gravy, and the rolls.

We simmered the giblets (liver and heart) for our dog and that was his Thanksgiving feast. He loved it!

Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:30 PM (gWBY1)

83 I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I was just accosted by a Savannah and a Shiba for whipped cream.

Posted by: Piper at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (x2lZC)

84 Having my patented Sour Patch/Gummies and bourbon post Thanksgiving aperitif.

I might have several.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

85 The deer agree.
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The bugger will eat your geraniums down to sticks. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (0cOaq)

86 45 Wanna know what I am thankful for today?

We thought last Thanksgiving was going to be my last one.

I am blessed to be living at a time when modern medicine has advanced to the point that there are new treatment options available to people with this type of cancer.

I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.

Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)

Thank you providing proof thst prayers work. Glad to see keep seeing your comments.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (IxQNO)

All of this, every bit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

87 Ah, Swanson TV dinners... We knew Dad was "cooking" at some point, when Mom came home from the store with those. Or, possibly, parents were going out for dinner and a sitter would be cooking for *the kids*

Fried chicken was the favorite.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

88 The deer agree. They'll bite into the turnips, radish, and sugar beets pre-frost and leave them. Post frost, they house 'em.
Posted by: scampydog

Interesting. The only way I know about post-frost turnips was when I was planting food plots for deer.
I read they have to "learn" to eat them. They didn't. I did.
Go figger.

Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM (q6tQZ)

89 I like mashed turnips with butter.
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I'm with you, love it. Also liked mashed turnips combined with mashed potatoes....comfort food

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM (cCn4/)

90 After hearing this cockroach worked for the CIA and knowing how corrupt it is, my theory is that the CIA is trying to contrive a situation where National Guard troops "open fire on civilians", thus setting up the President's next impeachment. And half the GOP would go along. That's how evil and corrupt I think the agency is.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:18 PM (9RQU

Could DJT order the mass cancellation of security clearances for all CIA employees? Cancel their clearance - they cannot work there, period. Send in some trusted military intelligence types to root through all their files. If some mook refuses to give up the password, put a gun to his head, and let him know his suicide is imminent unless he relents.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:33 PM (npFr7)

91 Tik Tok is encouraging Americans to burn themselves up.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (pkeXY)

92 89 I'm with you, love it. Also liked mashed turnips combined with mashed potatoes....comfort food

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM
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You can have mine.

Posted by: TRex - turnip resistant dino at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (cCn4/)

93 Ah, Swanson TV dinners... We knew Dad was "cooking" at some point, when Mom came home from the store with those.
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In about every other frozen run I do, there's someone who stocks up on frozen dinners...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (0cOaq)

94 Which more better, turnips or beggies?

Posted by: davidt at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)

95 Which more better, turnips or beggies?
Posted by: davidt at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
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Rutabegas?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:35 PM (0cOaq)

96 89 I'm with you, love it. Also liked mashed turnips combined with mashed potatoes....comfort food

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM
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You can have mine.
Posted by: TRex - turnip resistant dino
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I wouldn't dream of depriving you of the experience....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (cCn4/)

97 We simmered the giblets (liver and heart) for our dog and that was his Thanksgiving feast. He loved it!
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:30 PM (gWBY1)

"Simmer me giblets!"

Posted by: Pirate who doesn't quite get it. at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (npFr7)

98 Fried chicken was the favorite.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

Oh yes I can remember the smell of it. Sort of greasy...sort of dishwater-smelling.

Was there a Salisbury Steak too?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)

99 Turnips or Rutabegas?

(I didn't know how to spell Rutabegas)

Posted by: davidt at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (Q+gd/)

100 My clan is feasting tomorrow evening. All four kids, spouses, and 1 grandbaby. I made the smoked turkey today and the green bean casserole to take. Making the bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers tomorrow before we go. My heart is full of joy in anticipation. I'm blessed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

101 In about every other frozen run I do, there's someone who stocks up on frozen dinners...
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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Older bro would buy 2 weeks' worth at a time each payday, for his lunches at work. (Bachelor)

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (rdVOm)

102 Was there a Salisbury Steak too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Of course! That one was Dad's.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:38 PM (rdVOm)

103 Was there a Salisbury Steak too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)

Still is. Comes with a gooey "brownie" for dessert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (npFr7)

104 My clan is feasting tomorrow evening. All four kids, spouses, and 1 grandbaby. I made the smoked turkey today and the green bean casserole to take. Making the bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers tomorrow before we go. My heart is full of joy in anticipation. I'm blessed.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (wVcYX)
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I'll be doing the feast with friends on Saturday. Roast pork loin will be the main course. I'll be making my world-famous (in Portland) deviled eggs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (0cOaq)

105 Count de Monet, that sounds like a happy feast. Enjoy!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (ys6FW)

106 OK... best Rib Roast I ever cooked... reverse seared... came out perfect.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)

107 I'm watching Jack of All Trades with Bruce Campbell on Roku.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 27, 2025 10:40 PM (lhenN)

108 I sliced half my finger off during prep, but still managed a bloodless dinner! Catered to all the food allergies and it turned out really delicious, plus I made my dad's chalupczki for the first time and they turned out really good ! We went to a cheese walk through Christmas light display complete with a brahma bull who wanted cuddles and camels who didn't, and day two of liberal inlaw was still a success! It was a great Thanksgiving!!!

Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:41 PM (wLjpr)

109 We went to our daughter's house today for dinner and family time. Discovered my oldest granddaughter is coming along on my quick trip back to New Jersey come summer. #1 son has decided she needs to visit the "old country". And his wife is convinced that Trump is vanishing people to concentration camps. But she's always been ultra left -- proudly votes for the Green Party candidate whenever she can.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 27, 2025 10:41 PM (DK5Sh)

110 Maybe because I was just a child, or maybe because those foods were better, back in the day, but seems to me that tv dinners weren't that bad in the 60s & 70s.

You couldn't pay me to eat one now.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:41 PM (rdVOm)

111 I got the hard times, baby
Hard times all the time

My rent is due, I ain’t got a dime
The rent man knockin’ at my door all the time

But we still livin’, baby
Yeah, we still livin’

The cow done gone dry, the hen won’t lay
Ain’t got no milk, ain’t got no eggs today
But we still livin’, baby
Yeah, we still livin’

My woman left me, she caught that evening train
Left me standin’ in the pourin’ rain
But we still livin’, baby

Posted by: Thankful Miklos Blues at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (N7hqt)

112 I'm going shun the "Black Friday" label and use a more accurate term. I shall be referring to tomorrow's inevitable hijinks as "Fisticuffs Friday."

Seriously, I predict that the brazen shoplifting will be epic tomorrow. More so than usual. Additionally, I'm locking in the number four as in "Four Massive Crowd Fights" nationwide. Here are my picks:

Minneapolis
Secaucus
Houston
Los Angeles

Vegas should be running numbers on this. It's better than half the stuff they bet on.

Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)

113 I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.

Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16

I'm so glad you are still here T, I've prayed for you as many Morons here have.

And am thankful that Jules is still alive. A lot to be thankful for. This time last yr she was just out of a 2 week medically induced coma after a perforated ulcer that led to septic shock and multiple organ failure.

Today she drug me to a great buffet and I just enjoyed the fact she was alive.

Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (55Qr6)

114 Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:18 PM (9RQU

simpler... guy had betrayed his country, and religion, and worked for the CIA killing his own..

He was whacked... his morality was already suspect at bect.

Note, the English were smart, they NEVER trusted Benedict Arnold with anything... he was a social Pariah in England...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (mP0Kj)

115 Salisbury steak is one of my secret vices, also Spam, and canned corned beef hash. Yummy, yummy sodium.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)

116 After hearing this cockroach worked for the CIA and knowing how corrupt it is, my theory is that the CIA is trying to contrive a situation where National Guard troops "open fire on civilians", thus setting up the President's next impeachment. And half the GOP would go along. That's how evil and corrupt I think the agency is.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!

National Guard troops "open fire on civilians", again ...
They already shot the afghan after stabbing his head. Tag team.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (Z5/Ih)

117 Cheesy, not a cheese walk. I'm not in Wisconsin

Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (wLjpr)

118 I find Salisbury to be quite plain.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU8)

119 OK... best Rib Roast I ever cooked... reverse seared... came out perfect.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)

Huzzah!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (wVcYX)

120 Maybe because I was just a child, or maybe because those foods were better, back in the day, but seems to me that tv dinners weren't that bad in the 60s & 70s.

You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ

Do you have any idea what classic vintage 60s TV trays go for these days?

We were poor, but both TV dinners and the trays were affordable

Posted by: Swanson Hungry Man miklos at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (N7hqt)

121 And am thankful that Jules is still alive. A lot to be thankful for. This time last yr she was just out of a 2 week medically induced coma after a perforated ulcer that led to septic shock and multiple organ failure.

Today she drug me to a great buffet and I just enjoyed the fact she was alive.
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (55Qr6)

Double huzzah!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (wVcYX)

122 Vegas should be running numbers on this. It's better than half the stuff they bet on.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)

Internet shopping has put a dent on the Black Friday mayhem.

Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (7F7Yd)

123 I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I was just accosted by a Savannah and a Shiba for whipped cream.
Posted by: Piper

I guess this means the turkey-brining incident worked out?

Posted by: mikeski at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (nhCoE)

124 My Thanksgiving night tv watching is Live PD: Police Patrol K-9. I love watching police dogs clamp onto the legs and arms of losers.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)

125 98 Oh yes I can remember the smell of it. Sort of greasy...sort of dishwater-smelling.

Was there a Salisbury Steak too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)

Yes I had the Swanson's Salisbury Steak dinner. Not as appealing as the fried chicken or turkey.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 27, 2025 10:47 PM (y171U)

126 I find Salisbury to be quite plain.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU

Well, it's not unhenged. So there's that, at least.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:47 PM (npFr7)

127 Maybe because I was just a child, or maybe because those foods were better, back in the day, but seems to me that tv dinners weren't that bad in the 60s & 70s.
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Wey-ull, as a friend who consumed these said to me back in the 70s, the problem with these TV dinners is that the meat tastes like the vegetables tastes like the potatoes tastes like the dessert.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:47 PM (0cOaq)

128 113: answered prayers are something o be very very thankful for!! Glad you and yours were all here this Thanksgiving and I'm praying for many more!

Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM (wLjpr)

129 TRex - this is a link to our local news website that has an article you might find interesting.
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research

https://tinyurl.com/45axahb2

Posted by: old chick at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM (F3Dlr)

130 89 I like mashed turnips with butter.
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Years ago my mother made some for her NY son-in-law (my husband). She did not tell others in the family, often 50 people. Buffet style Thanksgiving.

One uncle ate the turnips and told her his wife, her sister, "I think the mashed potatoes have gone off."

Hope you all had a wonderful day. Prayers for those who are missing someone at their table this year. Ours was immediate family only this year, which I am thankful for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM (WONhk)

131 Salisbury Steak

The Earl of Salisbury vs. the Earl of Sandwich

Discuss

Posted by: Miklos can feed and fatten up the hobos, if Ace insists at November 27, 2025 10:49 PM (N7hqt)

132 I really like Salisbury steak, but I make my own these days. The childhood memory of the TV dinner version would probably be destroyed if I ate one of those frozen things today.

On a related note, if anyone has a box of General Mills Breakfast Squares tucked away in the corner of their Cold War bomb shelter, let me know and maybe we can negotiate a price.

Posted by: PabloD at November 27, 2025 10:49 PM (lC2t1)

133 FOOD!

Posted by: Bulg at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (77rzZ)

134 The Earl of Salisbury vs. the Earl of Sandwich
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Let's have a round of geralds.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (0cOaq)

135 Maybe because I was just a child, or maybe because those foods were better, back in the day, but seems to me that tv dinners weren't that bad in the 60s & 70s.

You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ

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I loved them as a free range 70s/80s kid for summer lunch. It was that or Chef Boyardee. Haven't had a TV dinner in years but occasionally enjoy some canned Ravolis.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (ys6FW)

136 I had dental surgery scheduled for last week, so I cooked a big turkey two weeks ago, had plenty of it, and froze some leftovers, figuring I wouldn't be able to chew today.

The joke was on me. Surgery and recovery went incredibly well. I can eat solid food, so I made a turkey pot pie and put a big dent in a Wal-Mart pumpkin pie.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (8QVSJ)

137 I find Salisbury to be quite plain.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU

Well, it's not unhenged. So there's that, at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Unlike the rains on the plains of Spain.

Posted by: Prof. Miklos Higgins at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (N7hqt)

138 Mark “Penis Head” Kelly would be in a prison right now for murder in a just world.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 27, 2025 10:51 PM (uDDWT)

139 Speaking of Salisbury steak TV dinners, back when we were newly-married college students, struggling to make ends meet, we used to get Nighthawk "steak" dinners when we wanted to splurge. The ones with tater tots and (I think) applesauce.

Both of us were engineering students, so a LOT of our "spare" time was spent studying and doing homework. Oftentimes there wasn't enough time to prepare a meal, and the time saved in popping a pre-made dinner in the oven was worth it some days. And sometimes a TV dinner was cheaper than buying fr3sh food and preparing meals from scratch.

Of course, back then there weren't nearly as many fast food (or even budget restaurant) options as there are today. But there is no shame in eat8ng TV dinners. Some of the pre-made stuff you can pick up in the local groceries these days is really good!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:51 PM (SRRAx)

140 "Interesting. The only way I know about post-frost turnips was when I was planting food plots for deer."

I've had temps down to 25F and the turnips (in food plots mostly) survived. not sure how cold it has to get to kill them, but they usually survive late into winter. ... I have some right in my yard now, and the deer come by to nibble. Right now I see deer walking past my yard, temp is 24.6.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 27, 2025 10:51 PM (vbXSk)

141 It was that or Chef Boyardee.
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Oh God, Chef Boyardee. Even as a child, I thought that candied spaghetti was a bad thing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (0cOaq)

142 >>> Cheesy, not a cheese walk. I'm not in Wisconsin Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (wLjpr)

I was gonna say, I might just brave the elements for a cheese walk. Especially melty cheese.

Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (gWBY1)

143 I find Salisbury to be quite plain.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU

Well, it's not unhenged. So there's that, at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Unlike the rains on the plains of Spain.

Posted by: Prof. Miklos Higgins at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (N7hqt)

I'druid the day we'd start doing puns again.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:53 PM (9RQU8)

144 I guess this means the turkey-brining incident worked out?
Posted by: mikeski

I have a turkey brining and frying rider on my homeowner's insurance.

I mean, who doesn't?

Posted by: Prudent and scalded Miklos at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (N7hqt)

145 I was gonna say, I might just brave the elements for a cheese walk. Especially melty cheese.
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (gWBY1)
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Which elements? Personally, I'd avoid the plutonium.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (0cOaq)

146 A very tasty ONT, Mr. Doof.

Four pumpkin pies.🥧🥧🥧🥧

Posted by: mindful webworker - and kicking off Christmastime at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (LaTF/)

147 131 Salisbury Steak

The Earl of Salisbury vs. the Earl of Sandwich

Discuss
Posted by: Miklos can feed and fatten up the hobos, if Ace insists at November 27, 2025 10:49 PM (N7hqt)
________________________

The cool thing about Salisbury Steak is that it was originally medicinal in value. It was created by some Dr. around the US Civil War to treat injured soldiers.

PETA would probably be picketing Dr. Salisbury's house if he were alive today. He was one of those physicians who used to really push red meat as a health food.

Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (dIske)

148 The joke was on me. Surgery and recovery went incredibly well. I can eat solid food, so I made a turkey pot pie and put a big dent in a Wal-Mart pumpkin pie.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (8QVSJ)

Whenever pot pie is on special at a restaurant, I never fail to ask the waitress if it is made with free-range pot. Some have actually replied, "I'll go ask the chef."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:55 PM (npFr7)

149 Oh God, Chef Boyardee. Even as a child, I thought that candied spaghetti was a bad thing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious,

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It's not a good thing, but when I am tired of cooking it is the bestest thing

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:56 PM (ys6FW)

150 It's not a good thing, but when I am tired of cooking it is the bestest thing
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:56 PM (ys6FW)
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Chacun a son gout.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:57 PM (0cOaq)

151 I was gonna say, I might just brave the elements for a cheese walk. Especially melty cheese.
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (gWBY1)

Melty Cheese! I made an "inside-out" omelet today for brekkie. Fried bacon and eggs in the skillet, bacon crispy, eggs over hard, then sprinkled shredded Cheddar on that, let it get melty, flipped it for half a minute, and put it on the plate. It was yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:59 PM (npFr7)

152 135 Maybe because I was just a child, or maybe because those foods were better, back in the day, but seems to me that tv dinners weren't that bad in the 60s & 70s.

You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ
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I was crazy for fish sticks.
Shopping hungry last month I bought a pack. Oh, the memories.
Go thing to have memories because they tasted like paper or something worse.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:59 PM (B9cbb)

153 Frozen pot pies used to have a bottom crust. And could be found on sale for 4/$1.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)

154 Melty Cheese! I made an "inside-out" omelet today for brekkie. Fried bacon and eggs in the skillet, bacon crispy, eggs over hard, then sprinkled shredded Cheddar on that, let it get melty, flipped it for half a minute, and put it on the plate. It was yummy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:59 PM (npFr7)
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That...sounds really good.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (0cOaq)

155 Government cheese in the Ninties was really good. Much like the kind of "deli cheese" you'll pay about fifty cents a slice for today.

Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (7F7Yd)

156 129
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research

Posted by: old chick at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM
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Thank you! Hadn't seen.

Posted by: TRex - rare but insignificant dino at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (cCn4/)

157 Chef Boyardee. Even as a child, I thought that candied spaghetti was a bad thing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious,

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It's not a good thing, but when I am tired of cooking it is the bestest thing
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I still eat Chef Boyardee out of childhood nostalgia for canned ravioli.

Also because Ettore Boiardi dedicated himself to getting better food to American GIs.

Posted by: Mindful and Thankful Miklos at November 27, 2025 11:01 PM (N7hqt)

158 It's really too bad that the bean-counters have destroyed so many things we used to enjoy.

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

159 Also because Ettore Boiardi dedicated himself to getting better food to American GIs.
Posted by: Mindful and Thankful Miklos at November 27, 2025 11:01 PM (N7hqt)
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Well, good for him.

His sauce is still too damn sweet.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (0cOaq)

160 Braenyard, I revisited fish sticks last year. That was regrettable.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (ys6FW)

161 If not for 25¢ pot pies and peanut butter-n-jelly I would have starved to death.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (B9cbb)

162 Thanksgiving mayhem at my sisters-in-law's house with Mrs. Nightwatch & daughter stepping in at 9 AM to help with the prep of just the sides of which there were 12. My Brother-in-law and his 2 brothers manning 2 BBQ's, 2 Smokers, and 3 deep fryers starting around 6 AM.

A ton of family, extended family, and invited friends + my fav Scotch's and whiskey while I just lounged around before dinner watching the Chief's loose again and killing their playoff hopes.

But...The BEST Thanksgiving!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)

163 Braenyard, I revisited fish sticks last year. That was regrettable.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (ys6FW)
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I usually have eight fish sticks.

Posted by: Raymond at November 27, 2025 11:04 PM (0cOaq)

164 If not for 25¢ pot pies and peanut butter-n-jelly I would have starved to death.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Same here!

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

165 I would argue that certain frozen foods are better now than in decades past. People are just pickier. Chacun à son goût.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 27, 2025 11:05 PM (3NeBC)

166 But...The BEST Thanksgiving!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)
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Awesome!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:06 PM (0cOaq)

167 My Brother-in-law and his 2 brothers manning 2 BBQ's, 2 Smokers, and 3 deep fryers starting around 6 AM.

...

But...The BEST Thanksgiving!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)

That's commitment! Salute!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 11:06 PM (wVcYX)

168 bacon crispy, eggs over hard, then sprinkled shredded Cheddar on that, let it get melty, flipped it for half a minute, and put it on the plate. It was yummy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Damned good between a couple of pieces of sourdough toast, too.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)

169 We smoked a 20lb turkey. Sausage stuffing ,mashed potatoes and gravy ,sweet potato pie with whip cream . Watching football with son and two of his buddies . Drinking some Eagle Rare And Packers won!!

Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at November 27, 2025 11:08 PM (8cPKb)

170 The cool thing about Salisbury Steak is that it was originally medicinal in value. It was created by some Dr. around the US Civil War to treat injured soldiers.
Posted by: Orson

So, slap that Salisbury Steak patty on the wound, and hold it there? Sounds messy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:08 PM (0Htd1)

171 It's really too bad that the bean-counters have destroyed so many things we used to enjoy.
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

It isn't the bean-counters it's the Left. And they have done it with malice intent.

Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (7F7Yd)

172 Frozen pot pies used to have a bottom crust. And could be found on sale for 4/$1.
Posted by: JQ

I'm gone heat yo pot pie baby
From the bottom to the top

Don't go all flaky
The crust ain't what I want

You want one whole dollar
I give you that plus fifty cent

Posted by: Aspiring Bluesman Miklos at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (N7hqt)

173 If not for 25¢ pot pies and peanut butter-n-jelly I would have starved to death.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Same here!
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

Pre-microwave affordability so you had to wait for the oven to heat up and cook your 25¢ pot pie. It built character.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (wVcYX)

174 this may answer some questions
@TonySeruga . 2h

... _ Lakanwal was shot multiple times (three to four wounds) by the victims during the exchange and is in serious but stable condition at a D.C. hospital.

He has been charged federally with first-degree murder (for Beckstrom's death), attempted murder, and assault on federal officers.

In a Thanksgiving address, Trump labeled the shooter a "savage monster" and "terrorist," vowing "swift and certain justice"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (B9cbb)

175
I suspect Fake (economic) News will tell us tomorrow is "the worst" "black Friday" since (they'll make up some year).

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (aE/QX)

176 When I was 20 my favorite cheap meal was a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese with a can of peas and a can of Tuna mixed in. I called it a 3 course meal for a dollar.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (3U2FH)

177 I would do a chicken and a turkey together with lots of Worcestershire sauce and black pepper.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (B9cbb)

178 Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (IET3u)

179 I feel for some of those guys in the turkey disaster videos.

You’ve got to make sure the turkey is at room temperature before you deep fry them so leave them out for a few hours before hand..
Do not overfill the pot and keep the temp around 350 for a nice rolling boil.
Make sure it’s on the hook-stand really well.
Ease it in the pot slow & steady.

If you screw any of that up you’re in for a bad time.
As a few of the people in that vid found out the hard way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (6ydKt)

180 Thanksgiving 1983, I was on the road doing touring children's theater. We got hooked up with another of the pairs touring in Richmond VA, and it was great to spend time with someone you weren't traveling with (long story there). We watched the Lions cream whoever they were playing and then had dinner at the Holiday Inn where we were staying. It was one of the best Thanksgivings ever.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (0cOaq)

181 I was crazy for fish sticks.
Shopping hungry last month I bought a pack. Oh, the memories.
Go thing to have memories because they tasted like paper or something worse.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

The fish sticks that they have now are nothing like the ones that we had in the fifties and sixties.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (0Htd1)

182 We still haven't started eating! They're taking pictures! And pictures! And more pictures.....

My son and his g.f. have an uber to LAX in 8 hours....they're flying to Boston so plenty of time to sleep on plane ..

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 27, 2025 11:13 PM (3RQXz)

183 Some pot pies still have the bottom crust. I think the Banquet ones do.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:13 PM (0Htd1)

184 The old little rectangle fish sticks were nasty. The beer battered fish filets you can get now are decent.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:14 PM (3U2FH)

185 In my poorest days (college student) I always ate well.

Likker was cheap too (25 cent shot nights)

We knew it at the time

If you gotta be be poor, New Orleans was the spot.

Posted by: Recollections of Miklosian Youth at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (N7hqt)

186 When I was 20 my favorite cheap meal was a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese with a can of peas and a can of Tuna mixed in. I called it a 3 course meal for a dollar.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (3U2FH)

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That was not a bad meal. I still do that for camping/backpacking, Carbs and protein.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (ys6FW)

187 The old little rectangle fish sticks were nasty. The beer battered fish filets you can get now are decent.
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:14 PM (3U2FH)
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Gorton's has a line that looks pretty tasty.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (0cOaq)

188 What I miss are the Banquet frozen cream pies. They were about a dollar each.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

189 Off sock!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (3U2FH)

190
The Gorton's stuff is pretty good.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:16 PM (3ek7K)

191 Also

Stouffer's French Bread Pizza

Freshman survival food

Posted by: Additional Recollections of Miklosian Youth at November 27, 2025 11:17 PM (N7hqt)

192 SpeakingOf: yup.

Those videos always show some dum-dum taking his frosty, 100% frozen-to-an-ice-block turkey, tying it up like a S&M fetishist, then dunking it into boiling oil.

Then they get an Oppenheimer-size mushroom cloud, their entire life is left in ruins (as well as the entire neighborhood), and they're standing there charred black like Wile E. Coyote after he just tried for the 1895th time to blow up the Road Runner, wailing "WHYYYYYYYYYY??????" like Nancy Kerrigan.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (IET3u)

193 Stouffer's French Bread Pizza

Freshman survival food
Posted by: Additional Recollections of Miklosian Youth at November 27, 2025 11:17 PM (N7hqt)
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Red Baron's Pizza is pretty tasty for the price point.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (0cOaq)

194 I still eat ramen for lunch a few days a week.
I don’t eat just any kind, though.

I tried Nissin’s “Cup Noodle”, which is imported from Japan, last year and has little freeze dried shrimp in it. I won’t eat any other kind now.

I get a 6 pack of them from Amazon once a month or so.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (6ydKt)

195 Ooh. Those Stouffer's French bread pizzas were yum.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

196 Red Baron's Pizza is pretty tasty for the price point.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (0cOaq)

Hell, Totino's are not great, but the price is right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 27, 2025 11:19 PM (bss/y)

197 Hell, Totino's are not great, but the price is right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 27, 2025 11:19 PM (bss/y)
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I got a bunch of those for a game session, and they're not bad.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:20 PM (0cOaq)

198 Red Baron's Pizza is pretty tasty for the price point.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Or Tombstone

Decisions, decisions

Posted by: Miklos tends to doctor them up at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (N7hqt)

199 Red Baron pizza isn't bad at all for frozen pizza. I buy when they're on sale and keep them on hand.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (ys6FW)

200 The old little rectangle fish sticks were nasty.

I liked 'em as a kid. Ate them a lot.

My standards were ... primitive.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (jwFh7)

201 I enjoy the Red Baron Four Cheese pizza. They don't skimp on the sauce!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (IET3u)

202 Evening all.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 27, 2025 11:22 PM (2F0/Y)

203 My standards were ... primitive.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (jwFh7)
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I think, as kids, all our standards were.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:22 PM (0cOaq)

204 By the way-

In communist Hungary, there was no frozen pizza.

Or Chef Boyardee

Or even Mac and Cheese in a box.

Be thankful

Posted by: Miklos remembers and is Thankful at November 27, 2025 11:23 PM (N7hqt)

205 I suspect Fake (economic) News will tell us tomorrow is "the worst" "black Friday" since (they'll make up some year).
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2025 11:09

Obviously the legacy media will spin everything in a maximally anti-Trump way.

The question is how much does "the economy" in such an utterly corrupt system as pertains in the United States today still really matter.

Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:24 PM (7F7Yd)

206 In communist Hungary, there was no frozen pizza.

Or Chef Boyardee

Or even Mac and Cheese in a box.

Be thankful
Posted by: Miklos remembers and is Thankful at November 27, 2025 11:23 PM (N7hqt)
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Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:24 PM (0cOaq)

207 Some pot pies still have the bottom crust. I think the Banquet ones do.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Banquet frozen chicken - once a year or so.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 11:24 PM (41CYW)

208 WHY DOES AMERICA NEED TEN KINDS OF FROZEN PIZZA!!??

Posted by: Comrade Bernie, ordering vegan thai food at 3 AM at November 27, 2025 11:25 PM (N7hqt)

209 My Hungarian friend's parents got out of Hungary soon after WWII, so he didn't have to worry about the lack of Chef Boyardee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:26 PM (0cOaq)

210 Some pot pies still have the bottom crust. I think the Banquet ones do.

They did as of a few years ago. Switched to the Marie Calendar's brand, which also has a bottom crust. Overpriced, but I ain't going back.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 27, 2025 11:26 PM (lUFok)

211 184 The old little rectangle fish sticks were nasty.
Posted by: Just the Punchline

Which is why you doused them with ketchup. Not only are the frozen beer battered fish filets good, but if you have hamburger buns you can make a fishwich that is better than McDonalds.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (0Htd1)

212 I learned to like a lot of tartar sauce because it was the best way to kill the taste of those fish sticks.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (3U2FH)

213
I wasn't up for making mac and cheese casserole today.

I boiled the noodles and then added lots of butter, sharp cheese and milk.

All on the stove. The four grandchildren loved it. Grannie, this is the best ever.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (3ek7K)

214 When I was just a wee lad,

Mom breaking out two boxes of "Van De Kamps" Fish sticks for a Friday dinner. Mom made a pretty awesome tartar sauce to go with the sticks.

They also made the absolute BEST "Salt Rising Bread".
An LA iconic bakery for many many decades.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:28 PM (25kuG)

215 Not only are the frozen beer battered fish filets good, but if you have hamburger buns you can make a fishwich that is better than McDonalds.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (0Htd1)

I do that! And with a big slice of sharp cheddar cheese heated til it’s melt.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:29 PM (3U2FH)

216 The Empire Never Fell

Philip K. Dick saw it. So did Jesus.

—EKO

In 1974, Philip K. Dick came home to find his house ransacked.

Files opened. Papers scattered. Evidence of systematic search.

His first thought wasn’t anger.

It wasn’t violation.

It was relief.

“Thank God I’m not crazy. I have real enemies.”

The FBI file he later obtained proved it. The CIA had opened his mail. His neighbors recorded license plates of every visitor. The harassment was real.

The Machine was watching.

But that’s not what shattered his reality. That came three months earlier. When something else made contact. ... [much more]

https://tinyurl.com/m84kfcjw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:29 PM (B9cbb)

217 Then they get an Oppenheimer-size mushroom cloud, their entire life is left in ruins (as well as the entire neighborhood), and they're standing there charred black like Wile E. Coyote after he just tried for the 1895th time to blow up the Road Runner, wailing "WHYYYYYYYYYY??????" like Nancy Kerrigan.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (IET3u)

There are probably 10,000 videos on YouTube explaining how to cook turkey.

If you screw it up in this day & age it’s because you’re winging it and making it up as you go along.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (6ydKt)

218 Sharp cheddar cheese is the best.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (0cOaq)

219 I learned to like a lot of tartar sauce because it was the best way to kill the taste of those fish sticks.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Deployed a heavy dose if lemon juice on my fish sticks to kill the taste.

Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (41CYW)

220
Capt,

Yes, we love it.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (3ek7K)

221 Make sure it’s on the hook-stand really well.
Ease it in the pot slow & steady.

If you screw any of that up you’re in for a bad time.
As a few of the people in that vid found out the hard way.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (6ydKt)

If you can, put the turkey in the fryer before adding oil to make sure it doesn't overflow the container, then take the bird out to bring oil up to temperature. Also, turn the flame off for the thirty seconds it takes to immerse the bird.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 11:31 PM (bMx79)

222 208 WHY DOES AMERICA NEED TEN KINDS OF FROZEN PIZZA!!??

Posted by: Comrade Bernie

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A friend gave me a vegan pizza once. No meat. No cheese. It tasted of pesto and sadness.
The friend was a big Bernie supporter. She went way off the deep end with socialist politics. Trump was the boogeyman. Dead now. I miss who she was before and am sorry she spent her last years so angry.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:31 PM (ys6FW)

223 My Hungarian friend's parents got out of Hungary soon after WWII, so he didn't have to worry about the lack of Chef Boyardee.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Wouldn't be a surprise it their first meal at Ellis Island was Chef Boyardee.

In those days, legal immigrants got one meal after approval.

That was it. Welcome to America, One hot meal, now move

Posted by: Miklos thinks Old ways are Best Ways at November 27, 2025 11:33 PM (N7hqt)

224 I still eat ramen for lunch a few days a week.
I don’t eat just any kind, though.

Prison Pad Thai
One Ramen Chicken noodle package
Franks red hot sauce
Two Tablespoons of Peanut butter(creamy works best)

1. Cook your ramen, keep about 1/4 cup of broth in after you drain it.
2. Next, put the peanut butter in the bottom of your bowl and spread it around. 3. Then put the Franks red hot in .
4. On top add the ramen.
5. Mix it all together and wala…bomb ass prison pad thai.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:33 PM (0Htd1)

225 208

Why? you ask my dear lad?

It shows CAPITALISIM WORKS!!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:33 PM (25kuG)

226 Why does Bernie Sanders hate Pizza Diversity??!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:34 PM (IET3u)

227
We had a regular turkey and a smoked turkey. Lots of the smoked one left. I think I'll make a turkey pie. It'll be a different taste.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:35 PM (3ek7K)

228 A friend gave me a vegan pizza once. No meat. No cheese. It tasted of pesto and sadness.

Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro may have the recipe

Posted by: Miklos just guesses at November 27, 2025 11:35 PM (N7hqt)

229 Food: not something I want to think about right now. Miss L. jokes I have anorexia, but it's not true. I just don't like to feel overfull. A small meal here, a small one there, is a much better setup for me.

Anyway! I hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving in whatever form you chose or which chose you; and that your Friday off will be well spent.

Booga-booga. Off to bed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2025 11:35 PM (wzUl9)

230 I was getting this 99 cent cheapo thin pizzas with the diced pepperoni for years for lunch.

Add some shredded mozzarella cheese and Parmesan on top and they weren’t half bad.
It’s like eating a crunchy flatbread pizza.

Before that I was addicted to Screamin' Sicilian strombolis but had to quit eating them because they were stopping me up like a cork in a bottle.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:36 PM (6ydKt)

231 153 Frozen pot pies used to have a bottom crust. And could be found on sale for 4/$1.
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)

_____________________

I believe they'll hang anyone who associates crust with pot pie in my neck of the woods.

Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 11:36 PM (dIske)

232 When I was 20 my favorite cheap meal was a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese with a can of peas and a can of Tuna mixed in. I called it a 3 course meal for a dollar.
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (3U2FH)

Two thumbs up for a gourmet dinner bachelors!
Plus the above recipe provides leftovers for the next day.

Posted by: waepnedmann at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (oAt+o)

233 Wouldn't be a surprise it their first meal at Ellis Island was Chef Boyardee.
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Don't know. I recall that his father mined coal in Belgium for awhile. He was in the Hungarian army during WWII. Not terribly happy to be working for Germans.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (0cOaq)

234 29, 43 -

Sorry I'm late. I would have an excuse but I think tankdemon already used it earlier this year.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (zZH3A)

235 I believe they'll hang anyone who associates crust with pot pie in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Orson

How can it be "pie" without crust?

Whatever. Come and get me! 😜

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

236 Now we must delineate Horde...

Between FISH STICKS & FISH AND CHIPS.

Fish & Chips with just a bit of tartar sauce and a fine slathering of Malt Vinegar are the very best fish ever.

(NO SUSHI REFERENCES ALLOWED!!)

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:39 PM (25kuG)

237 Red Baron, 4 little one's in a box aren't anything to write home about.
I buy dollar pizzas and a bag of pepperoni (enough for 5 or so pizzas). Scrape, with a cleaver all the mozzarella to the center and add more cheese, yellow, I'm cheap, around the perimeter and cover the top with pepperoni. Also have a jar of black olives.
Takes less that 5 minutes to prepare.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:40 PM (B9cbb)

238 (NO SUSHI REFERENCES ALLOWED!!)
Posted by: Nightwatch\\Fine

So sashi me

Posted by: Lawyer with filet knife at November 27, 2025 11:40 PM (N7hqt)

239 Sharp cheddar cheese is the best.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (0cOaq)

This is a truism. Obviously the sharper the better. It's axiomatic.

Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:41 PM (7F7Yd)

240 Whatever. Come and get me! 😜
Posted by: JQ

What she said

Posted by: Drinks waiting on the bar at November 27, 2025 11:41 PM (N7hqt)

241 Damn, the turkey frying people learned how to napalm their turkeys... and the yard, and the house, the kids, etc.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 27, 2025 11:42 PM (snZF9)

242 This is a truism. Obviously the sharper the better. It's axiomatic.
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:41 PM (7F7Yd)
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And yet, there are people who buy the medium and mild. it's a mystery.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:42 PM (0cOaq)

243 Now we must delineate Horde...

Between FISH STICKS & FISH AND CHIPS.

Fish & Chips with just a bit of tartar sauce and a fine slathering of Malt Vinegar are the very best fish ever.

(NO SUSHI REFERENCES ALLOWED!!)

Posted by: Nightwatch

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Fish and chips are yummy. I don't love sushi.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:42 PM (ys6FW)

244 This is a truism. Obviously the sharper the better. It's axiomatic.

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Because you're not going to take anyone's head off with dull cheddar.

Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (JkO4W)

245 In Boy Scouts, they taught us that a dull cheddar is actually more dangerous than a sharp cheddar

Posted by: Miklos may misremember at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (N7hqt)

246
Today was our big meal day.

Christmas dinner will be breakfast for dinner. Everyone is worn out, four grandchildren, and they love breakfast for dinner.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)

247 If you can, put the turkey in the fryer before adding oil to make sure it doesn't overflow the container, then take the bird out to bring oil up to temperature. Also, turn the flame off for the thirty seconds it takes to immerse the bird.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 11:31 PM (bMx79)

The pot we used was pretty big (use it to cook collard greens in before the turkey) so we’d just fill it up half way. Even with a 10 or 12 pound turkey it never got high enough.

My Dad started deep frying them in the 90s when they were all the rage. Never screwed up with the oil but overcooked a few over that time.

He also did a few on the rotisserie which turned out wonderful.

There’s also an infrared turkey fryer we got that he used one time just so he wouldn’t have to buy all of the peanut oil to use one time. That came out ok, not as juicy as oil fried but still a good bird. Mom didn’t like it as much so he never used it again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (6ydKt)

248 235 I believe they'll hang anyone who associates crust with pot pie in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Orson

How can it be "pie" without crust?

Whatever. Come and get me! 😜
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
_________________________

Pot pie comes from a miscommunication between German and English. The original term is "Bot boi". It's a German dish that came over with the Pa Dutch (Germans). Someone started calling it Pot Pie, and it stuck. But, it's a think chicken stew with homemade dough noodles, potatoes, etc.

Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (dIske)

249 Heh. We were discussing the case of the vanishing 10 mm sockets a few nights ago. Well, I just got my new Princess Auto flyer, and they have a gag gift: a 3/8" drive 10 mm socket in a red metal can with a glass cover, bearing the legend, "In Case of Emergency, Break Glass."

4.99 in Loonie dollars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (npFr7)

250 *waddles over to the bar*

Thanks, Miklos!

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

251 212 I learned to like a lot of tartar sauce because it was the best way to kill the taste of those fish sticks.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (3U2FH)

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Wait. Your fish sticks had taste?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (JkO4W)

252 Christmas dinner will be breakfast for dinner. Everyone is worn out, four grandchildren, and they love breakfast for dinner.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
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Does anyone remember Farmer John Smoky Links? They were so delicious, where can you find them anymore?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (0cOaq)

253 JQ, do you have any jalapeno Margaritas tonight?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (ys6FW)

254

Hut,

I apologize for thinking you were a troll.

You seem normal. Well normal compared to some people here.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:46 PM (3ek7K)

255 241

Tried it once (The Fad and all that).

Frankly, nothing beats a 6-hour slow roast or 10-hour slow smoke with apple wood and a 24-hr brining with spices beforehand.

Never fail awesome birds at dinner time.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:46 PM (25kuG)

256 I was okay until dessert. Three white chocolate raspberry Bundtinis did me in.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 27, 2025 11:47 PM (3ImbR)

257 253 JQ, do you have any jalapeno Margaritas tonight?

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Yeechhh.

Sounds like something Charo would drink between banging Captain Stubing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 27, 2025 11:47 PM (JkO4W)

258 JQ, do you have any jalapeno Margaritas tonight?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Will in a few... comin' up!

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

259 LoL!! The Ravens lost to the Bengals, in Baltimore!

LOL!!!

Saw the Steelers play in Baltimore a few years ago. The Steelers won. Nice stadium. Really cold in late November.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 27, 2025 11:48 PM (v9vY1)

260 I apologize for thinking you were a troll.

You seem normal. Well normal compared to some people here.

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Look kids!

It's a Christmas miracle!

Posted by: The Hallmark Channel at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (JkO4W)

261 I like mashed turnips with butter.
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:25 PM (ys6FW)

Mashed potatoes and turnips with butter is better. It is more complicated because turnips take longer to cook, and have more water in them, but the two together is fantastic.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (rbvCR)

262 JQ, do you have any jalapeno Margaritas tonight?
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Oh, that's just not right. I had a beer once that had a jalapeno in it. Beer is supposed to be refreshing. Having chili oils in your beer is not refreshing. It was the only beer that I have ever not finished.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (0cOaq)

263 Macy's day parade meme must be from the tv show "deportaDora"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (BM9CI)

264
Barely Scarymary,

No apology necessary. They are so good.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

265 Thanks for the pot pie history lesson, Orson!

I've only ever seen the Banquet, Swanson, and their like, in the freezer case-- little pies, not chicken stew. Had no idea...

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)

266 265 Thanks for the pot pie history lesson, Orson!

I've only ever seen the Banquet, Swanson, and their like, in the freezer case-- little pies, not chicken stew. Had no idea...
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)

___________________

Heh...you don't want to piss off the PA Mennonites and Amish. We need their votes.

Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 11:52 PM (dIske)

267 50 After hearing this cockroach worked for the CIA and knowing how corrupt it is, my theory is that the CIA is trying to contrive a situation where National Guard troops "open fire on civilians", thus setting up the President's next impeachment. And half the GOP would go along. That's how evil and corrupt I think the agency is.

I thought of that one too. Guard troops now are understandably going to be a lot more jumpy. Intelligence agencies were always sketchy but they have mutated into prioritizing their own interests over anything else and see anything that lowers the power of government over the citizen as a personal attack

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 27, 2025 11:53 PM (3/XaG)

268 Hey, All. I’m back after taking a break to listen to Dvorak’s Symphony No. 5. Wonderful.

May have to listen to Borodin’s Polovyetsian Dances next.

Posted by: Bulg at November 27, 2025 11:54 PM (77rzZ)

269 Heh...you don't want to piss off the PA Mennonites and Amish. We need their votes.
Posted by: Orson
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Well, if they're offended by such a trivial thing, do I *want* them to vote at all?

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:54 PM (rdVOm)

270 Steelers have a big game this weekend against the Bills. If they lose they probably won’t make the playoffs. Just like what happened to the Chiefs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:55 PM (6ydKt)

271 One fun thing about this Thanksgiving. Daughter picked up the turkey, with lots of other groceries, at the organic store in bigtown. Got back here and, thinking she got off cheap, looked at the receipt. The turkey, somehow, did not get registered. Free bird.

She saved the label, to do the Honest Thing next time she goes down there. Even though they'd never know. You know.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the only policy at November 27, 2025 11:55 PM (LaTF/)

272 Trying to "take it easy" after the implantation, which is hard when your toddler is busy getting into everything at a family gathering and no one else is getting off their rear ends to stop him. (This was before dinner, so the "I'm stuffed!" excuse doesn't apply here.)

Posted by: pookysgirl did like the berry pie at November 27, 2025 11:56 PM (Wt5PA)

273 What is the betting odds that a justice in Buck Snort Tennessee will issue an injunction preventing POTUS from getting rid of any Afghan or Somali scum.

Posted by: Megthered at November 27, 2025 11:56 PM (3TRNo)

274 A friend of mine used to take a can of Progresso clam chowder and stir in a can of tuna. Poor man's seafood chowder with lots of protein. It became one of my go-to quick meals (with lots of Tabasco and crackers) for years.

Posted by: PabloD at November 27, 2025 11:56 PM (lC2t1)

275 braenyard, that is amazingly the view of Tom Luongo. and the folks at the Promethian Project as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (rbvCR)

276 Mashed potatoes and turnips with butter is better. It is more complicated because turnips take longer to cook, and have more water in them, but the two together is fantastic.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (rbvCR)

Neeps and tatties are the traditional side dishes to accompany the haggis at a Burns Night supper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)

277 274 That sounds fantastic!

Posted by: Bulg at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (77rzZ)

278
She saved the label, to do the Honest Thing next time she goes down there. Even though they'd never know. You know.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the only policy

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Good woman.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 27, 2025 11:59 PM (n7rxJ)

279 Wait. Your fish sticks had taste?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (JkO4W)

Yeah, kinda like how the gutter next to Fisherman’s Wharf smelled,

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 28, 2025 12:00 AM (3U2FH)

280 268 Hey, All. I’m back after taking a break to listen to Dvorak’s Symphony No. 5. Wonderful.

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Now try Bruckner's 5th Symphony. Takes the sting out of losing the Sixth Army.

Posted by: A. Schicklegruber at November 28, 2025 12:00 AM (JkO4W)

281 Here we are, Thanksgiving Night, probably all stuffed to the gills... and talking about *food* LOL!

Posted by: JQ at November 28, 2025 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

282 Mashed potatoes and turnips with butter is better. It is more complicated because turnips take longer to cook, and have more water in them, but the two together is fantastic.

Posted by: Kindltot

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Thanks. I'll try that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:01 AM (ys6FW)

283
Lol JQ

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:01 AM (3ek7K)

284 I'm watching Steve1989's latest review of a freeze-dried turkey tetrazzini MRE. After that I'm heading to bed. Today felt like a Saturday to me, but alas I have to work tomorrow. Be well, Hordelings.

Posted by: PabloD at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (lC2t1)

285 I am stuffed

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (BM9CI)

286 Well....we finally ate.... now awaiting white cake with vanilla frosting....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (3RQXz)

287 I'd go for a walk if it wasn't raining & only 40F outside. Brrr.

Bloated, I am.

Posted by: JQ at November 28, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

288 Neeps and tatties are the traditional side dishes to accompany the haggis at a Burns Night supper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)

I’m not sure anything tastes good with haggis except maybe some Scotch.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:04 AM (6ydKt)

289 Well....we finally ate.... now awaiting white cake with vanilla frosting....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (3RQXz)

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Why do you hate Cakes of Color?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:05 AM (JkO4W)

290 Neeps and tatties are the traditional side dishes to accompany the haggis at a Burns Night supper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)

But admitting that would mean I have to suggest cock-a-leekie soup and I am not that cruel

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:05 AM (rbvCR)

291
Leekie cock soup?

Not feeling that, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (3ek7K)

292 Haggis is not bad. Unexpected, I suppose, but it can be quite tasty if you have not damaged your taste by eating only lean turkey and oat-milk

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (rbvCR)

293 Neeps and tatties are the traditional side dishes to accompany the haggis at a Burns Night supper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Scots had to eat a lot of crap to survive.

The smart ones got tired of it and left.

Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (N7hqt)

294 Went to friends' home for Thanksgiving. The wife was fighting with husband over many little details and it was kinda uncomfortable and awkward. Food was tasty though.

Posted by: Frankie at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (yrmOH)

295 289 Well....we finally ate.... now awaiting white cake with vanilla frosting....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (3RQXz)

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Why do you hate Cakes of Color?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:05 AM (JkO4W)

I'm a Caucasian male married into a Hispanic family. Since the cake is made because it's my favorite the official name it is referred to as is 'white boy cake'.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (3RQXz)

296 294 Went to friends' home for Thanksgiving. The wife was fighting with husband over many little details and it was kinda uncomfortable and awkward. Food was tasty though.
Posted by: Frankie at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (yrmOH)

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Kudos. Eating calmly through a raging domestic quarrel is a skill that has real practical value.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:12 AM (JkO4W)

297 Haggis is one of those foods where it’s as much about the context as the taste.

I’ve heard people tell me how great snails, cow tongue, and sheep’s balls taste but I just can’t bring myself to try it because my brain is gagging just thinking about it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:12 AM (6ydKt)

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