Thanksgiving ONT

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful day, full of fun and companionship with friends and loved ones. We were supposed to have a few people over, but for various reason, most of them had to cancel. That left us with a lot of food for just 4.

Pretty much the usual. Turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potato...

* Um, WD, don't you mean sweet potatoes? *

Not really, no...

That's the biggest thing I grew in the garden this year. Very sweet too, wasn't woody at all.

In any event, today is a day for gratitude. It's important to take time to remember and acknowledge our blessings. Doing so makes the trials and tribulations of life seem smaller. Of course, this is an ONT, so it's an open thread, always, but if you'd like, spare a post to let us know who and what has blessed you this year before you get to the fart jokes. Personally I'm grateful for my family, and everybody's continued good health, including my elderly parents. I'm blessed by a wonderful wife, and two good sons. I'm fortunate to live in what is, despite the trying times we're going through, the greatest country on the planet. And I'm lucky to have an extended online family, even if y'all are all Morons.

Sit back, relax, digest your meal. Count your blessing. Enjoy the moment, because tomorrow, tomorrow starts the madness.

Christmas season.

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Yum!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2022 10:00 PM (I6MNo)

2 Sponge?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:00 PM (Ll5Vg)

3 Yay, Thanksgiving ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 24, 2022 10:00 PM (Bd6X8)

4

Lehenengo!

Posted by: Zettai at November 24, 2022 10:00 PM (rNNs0)

5 I'll summon the others

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2022 10:00 PM (I6MNo)

6 I saw that pod thing in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

7 I saw that pod thing in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

Heh

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2022 10:03 PM (4I/2K)

8 I hope the horde had a great Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Cosda at November 24, 2022 10:03 PM (uWG+b)

9

I note textiles are manufactured in the sun room at Casa Weird...

Posted by: Zettai at November 24, 2022 10:03 PM (rNNs0)

10 2 kinds of cranberry sauce but no mashed potatoes??

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (UUBmN)

11 Thank you for the reminder to stop and give thanks, WD! Just us and the kids as usual this year. The trolling amongst the siblings at the "kids table" reminded us why we don't usually do family dinners.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (XEl8M)

12
Yesterday: Rain
Today: Rain
Tomorrow: Rain
Saturday: Rain

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (MoZTd)

13 That's one damn big sweet tater.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (Xrfse)

14 Pretty much the usual. Turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potato...
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I'd eat it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (bJHK5)

15 Count my blessings?

I believe I will!

One! Two!! Ahh Ahh Ahhhhhhhh.

Posted by: The Count at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (3u0d1)

16 That Sweet Potato should've come with a Title Deed and closing documents.

Happy ThankONTgiving, Horde. *pours bourbon* CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2022 10:04 PM (e6UQI)

17 May the Lord bless the Horde and all the Morons therein. Thanks to Ace for the brilliant writing and the forum of ideas.

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (PHxng)

18 Favorite family day of the year.

Equalled only by Christmas Day.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (bNusQ)

19 Spent today sick, with wife out of town. No turkey, no fixings. Oh well. Couldn't really afford it this year...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (ynpvh)

20 Happy Thanksgiving, Horde!

I must say I'm offended by that can of jellied cranberry juice. Can't you people boil water? But it still looks like a nice little dinner.

I'm thankful that I can still put on a feast for family, made obvious by the failure of someone to put the extra leaves in the table and having to put food on other available surfaces.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (7Of/6)

21 Orange man holding that sweet tater.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (63Dwl)

22 Happy Thanksgiving Morons!

Posted by: ALH at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (yXkbV)

23 Spent today sick, with wife out of town. No turkey, no fixings. Oh well. Couldn't really afford it this year...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (ynpvh

Happy Thanksgiving, jim (in kalifornia). Glad to see you here.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (bNusQ)

24 Had a wonderful day today.

Totally nailed the cook on my smoked turkey.

My FIL got along with my parents all day with no tension or shitty remarks from either side.

Wife as usual made a huge array of delicious sides.

The kids didn't kill each other.

Posted by: ballistic at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (oXNqT)

25 It's important to take time to remember and acknowledge our blessings. Doing so makes the trials and tribulations of life seem smaller.

The inspired writings of the Holy Scriptures convince us of two of the things we tell ourselves and others when all about us seems to be going wrong:

"Everything's going to be okay" and "It could be worse".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (Ll5Vg)

26 2 kinds of cranberry sauce but no mashed potatoes??

Didn't make them when I found out there would be fewer people than expected.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 24, 2022 10:09 PM (qvBE6)

27 we survived

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 24, 2022 10:09 PM (sJHOI)

28 The kids didn't kill each other.
Posted by: ballistic

A true sign of a great day.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 10:09 PM (3u0d1)

29 We got a fried turkey this year. I picked it up this Morning so it was still hot at serving time. It was pretty darn tasty, I will do it again. I just did the sides...Mashed potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, green bean casserole, corn pudding, dressing, cranberry sauce, and gravy for sides. And rolls.
Dessert was pumpkin pie and lemon tart with fresh whipped cream.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:09 PM (UUBmN)

30 "Everything's going to be okay" and "It could be worse".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (Ll5Vg)

Sufficient for the day is its own troubles. Try not to worry!

Posted by: ALH at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (yXkbV)

31

Is that a yam or is it the spermatophor of a race of malevolent Gigantic Alien Arachnoids??

Posted by: Zettai at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (rNNs0)

32 I hope the Horde had a safe and happy Thanksgiving Day.

Ours was quiet and somber. Now there are three of us. Kinda sad but at least we have each other.

Cheers!

Posted by: mpfs at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (BoRG6)

33 30 "Everything's going to be okay" and "It could be worse".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (Ll5Vg)

Sufficient for the day is its own troubles. Try not to worry!

Posted by: ALH at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (yXkbV)

Saying "it could be worse" is asking for trouble...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (ynpvh)

34 Happy Thanksgiving, WD! Got a call from Big the other day. The alternator in his car died. I told him I was about to hit the road for AZ, and could not help him myself, but I pointed him towards the auto electric guy I have dealt with for years and years. Dave will treat him well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (cTqva)

35 . . .. and "It could be worse".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

"It could be raining!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (3u0d1)

36 The knife and fork by the bird are just for show. He carved it up with the stuff on the cabinet in back.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (SAZcU)

37 We went light this year.
Son and DIL made the turkey , gravy and green bean casserole (Alton Brown's recipe).
I made dressing, lime jello salad, pecan pie and Dutch apple pie.

Best turkey I ever had. He brined it, spatchcocked it and 12 hours on the smoker.
Green bean casserole was all from scratch and while much more delicious than the usual, 'twas too much effort for the payback on a busy cooking day. Recipe is a keeper though.
I never made a pecan pie before. Figured it was complicated. Wish I had known 50 years ago how stupid easy it was to make. Oh well, goes in the rotation for however long I have left.

We ate early, napped and are on round 2. Had to hide myself a piece of the Dutch apple, 'cause hubby keeps grabbing a bite and it seems that the topping is almost gone and only apples with bottom crust will remain if I don't stake a claim - lol.

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (Q8bDL)

38 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2022 10:05 PM (ynpvh)

Prayers for your illness, Jim.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (7Of/6)

39 Jim, Sunk New Dawn, I mostly lurk here but noticed the other day, that your mother was born in Lawrence, MA. I live in Andover, right next door. How were you lucky enough to get out of this Kommiewealth and down to Texas? Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (9mxKg)

40 What kind of pie(s) did Gingy do???

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:13 PM (UUBmN)

41 I'm thankful that my family is healthy right now. As we all get older, I appreciate good health more than just about anything else.

Posted by: ALH at November 24, 2022 10:13 PM (yXkbV)

42 "Everything's going to be okay" and "It could be worse".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:08 PM (Ll5Vg)

And Scripture reminds us, even more importantly, the Who that is behind those assurances.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:13 PM (7Of/6)

43 I love that the drill and tools are on the counter next to the T-day meal ... that is very manly. Nice house too ... Happy Thanksgiving.

but even though "Christmas starts tomorrow", I will wait at least a week to start the Christmas songs in the music rotation.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 24, 2022 10:14 PM (Cus5s)

44 I'm thinking of putting the Christmas lights up tomorrow, which is complicated slightly by the presence of a bunch of construction shit all over the front patio.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2022 10:14 PM (llON8)

45
I read up on "yams" vs sweet 'taters yesterday. A true yam is a root vegetable that grows in Africa. They don't grow here. They are more like "Irish" potatoes than sweet potatoes by a long shot.

In the early part of the 20th century, a Louisiana agronomist developed a new breed of sweet potato that was yellow colored (due to much higher Vitamin A content) as opposed to the normal sweet potatoes.

In marketing these, they decided to call these "yams". It is now federal food law that yams have to have "sweet potato" on the label to indicate they are not in fact, real yams.

Anyway, I got pissed reading about how calling sweet potatoes yams is "cultural appropriation" and due to structural racism.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 10:15 PM (Mzdiz)

46 I have an electric knife which does a bang-up job of carving large lumps of meat.

Posted by: ALH at November 24, 2022 10:15 PM (yXkbV)

47 Posted by: cfo mom

Got an easy recipe for the pecan pie that you'd like to share?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (hOUT3)

48 Is that a yam or is it the spermatophor of a race of malevolent Gigantic Alien Arachnoids??
Posted by: Zettai at November 24, 2022 10:10 PM (rNNs0)
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I'm currently reading a book where it's entirely possible for something like that to be both...Vegetables in one eldritch location are starting to acquire some very disturbing traits, like seeds that explode into little spider-like creatures or potatoes with actual eyes that glare balefully at you when you cut into them...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (BpYfr)

49 Helena,
Has it been raining/drizzling up there? Feels like it's been that way down here for a week, which is rare.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (UUBmN)

50 I made ... lime jello salad

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (Q8bDL)

Lutheran or Baptist?

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (7Of/6)

51 Anyway, I got pissed reading about how calling sweet potatoes yams is "cultural appropriation" and due to structural racism.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 10:15 PM (Mzdiz)

I yam what I yam, and I yam Popeye.

Posted by: Popeye at November 24, 2022 10:17 PM (cTqva)

52 How could one not be thankful to live in this yet most exceptional country.

Reflect on the fact it is populated by an extraordinary people governed by the most unique political system ever devised that has allowed us to rise to such a level.

And with those thanks remember we have met and prevailed over situations every bit as serious as the present. Our history is replete with examples.

It's our heritage to continue the struggle to ensure the Republic endures, never forget this and never cede the struggle to those who would harm us.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 24, 2022 10:18 PM (KATBx)

53 The Pepe family Thanksgiving looks kind of grumpy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 10:18 PM (cTqva)

54 It's our heritage to continue the struggle to ensure the Republic endures, never forget this and never cede the struggle to those who would harm us.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 24, 2022 10:18 PM (KATBx)

A Republic, if we can keep it.

Posted by: ALH at November 24, 2022 10:19 PM (yXkbV)

55 So this showed up on my humor site feed. https://tinyurl.com/4kunabys

It purports to be a typical millennial's bank statement and basically shows the person bankrupted by $8K in medical bills.

This crap pisses me off. Not only is it not humor you would have to be a f*cking idiot to believe the average 20something is paying 8K a month for medical bills.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2022 10:19 PM (ESjRY)

56 I did not do a pecan pie this year since I wind up eating all but 1 or 2 pieces. I do love a good pecan pie though.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:19 PM (UUBmN)

57 Only eleven of us at Mom's for dinner this afternoon making it one of our smaller Thanksgiving Days. But it's looking like 60+ for Christmas eve next month. Mom is 90 and looking forward to that.

Posted by: Cosda at November 24, 2022 10:19 PM (uWG+b)

58 53 The Pepe family Thanksgiving looks kind of grumpy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 10:18 PM (cTqva)

Because it's Keksgiving.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:19 PM (Ll5Vg)

59 It's our heritage to continue the struggle to ensure the Republic endures, never forget this and never cede the struggle to those who would harm us.

Posted by: irongrampa

Amen.

Posted by: Infidel at November 24, 2022 10:20 PM (ZEa+g)

60 ..Jim, Sunk New Dawn, I mostly lurk here but noticed the other day, that your mother was born in Lawrence, MA. I live in Andover, right next door. How were you lucky enough to get out of this Kommiewealth and down to Texas? Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (9mxKg)

I was born in San Diego, CA, as Mom had "gone west" in the immediate pre-war years. She later became a Rosie the Riveter at a Torrance, CA aircraft factory. In the post WWII years, she met and married my Dad, and I came along 'bout three years later.

Never did get to see New England till I was in my late 20s, nearly a decade after she'd passed at age 54. Did stay at the Andover Marriott a couple times, till I discovered the Burlington Marriott. (far superior). Further drive to the Wilmington, MA corporate HQ, but worth the effort. Love the MA history, would not want to live there, nor do I wish to return to San Diego to reside. I'm a Texan (since 1976), with Tennessee & FL as viable retirement options.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2022 10:21 PM (e6UQI)

61 >>> 2 Sponge?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:00 PM (Ll5Vg)

You lack enthusiasm.

Now, try again, this time with feeling.

Posted by: Loo at November 24, 2022 10:21 PM (llON8)

62 Who knew The Lump was a giant sweet potato?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 24, 2022 10:22 PM (geVLo)

63 A Republic, if we can keep it.
Posted by: ALH

"I could hear Franklin laughing from across Independence Hall!"

"Stuff Mr Jefferson Said", Collector's Edition, 1816

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 10:22 PM (hOUT3)

64 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (BpYfr)

That's why you should always cook your food thoroughly.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:22 PM (u0q5Q)

65 51 Anyway, I got pissed reading about how calling sweet potatoes yams is "cultural appropriation" and due to structural racism.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 10:15 PM (Mzdiz)
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I read that, over here, yams and sweet potatoes have been so interplanted/mixed up together that we don't have true sweet potatoes or yams any more.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ at November 24, 2022 10:22 PM (LwkUs)

66 62 Could be trick photography. Maybe Weird Dave just has a freakishly small hand.

Or some of that weird 3-D street art.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 24, 2022 10:23 PM (Ll5Vg)

67 Try #3

DAGNABBIT! My danged AT&T connection times out when I try to load A♠ pages. I turn on the VPN in the browser, and pages load immediately. But if I try to comment with the VPN on, the comment gets erased. If I comment w/o the VPN, it never loads.

Imagine I re-wrote a nice comment about our feast tonight. Grr.

Posted by: mindful webworker - thankful for the Moron Horde at November 24, 2022 10:24 PM (vk893)

68 I read that, over here, yams and sweet potatoes have been so interplanted/mixed up together that we don't have true sweet potatoes or yams any more.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ at November 24, 2022 10:22 PM (LwkUs)

As I recollect, here in Canada, "sweet potatoes" were yellow-fleshed, and "yams" were vividly orange. I can still buy "yams" at the local market, and have used them in stews. Quite tasty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 10:25 PM (cTqva)

69 Nevah did like yer candied yams anyway, Kate! Too much candy, not enough yams!

Posted by: Zombie Walter Brennan at November 24, 2022 10:25 PM (Xrfse)

70 DAGNABBIT! My danged AT&T connection times out when I try to load A♠ pages. I turn on the VPN in the browser, and pages load immediately. But if I try to comment with the VPN on, the comment gets erased. If I comment w/o the VPN, it never loads.

Imagine I re-wrote a nice comment about our feast tonight. Grr.
Posted by: mindful webworker - thankful for the Moron Horde at November 24, 2022 10:24 PM (vk893)

I swear I saw it, and then I didn't...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2022 10:25 PM (XEl8M)

71 I got to spend all of today and yesterday evening with my mom, my sister, her husband, and my five-month-old niece. And no one got in a snit or anything.

Reason enough to be thankful.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 24, 2022 10:26 PM (+whzI)

72 Asians are also big on sweet potatoes and have many varieties. I've had a few and they are good but harder to find unless you have an Asian market that carries them or a Central Market.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:26 PM (UUBmN)

73 But if I try to comment with the VPN on, the comment gets erased.

Try commenting from Russia or somewhere exotic. Some of the VPN endpoints are troll banned here.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2022 10:26 PM (6RVJj)

74 "Could be trick photography. Maybe Weird Dave just has a freakishly small hand."

or as with showing off the big fish, put the camera close to the fish with the fisherman holding it out in front of himself. Use a wide angle lens is even better.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 24, 2022 10:27 PM (Cus5s)

75 Anyway, I got pissed reading about how calling sweet potatoes yams is "cultural appropriation" and due to structural racism.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 10:15 PM (Mzdiz)

Ah sweet potato fries sounds better than yam fries anyway. Which brings me to the question whether we have to apologize to France for French Fries?

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 10:27 PM (nBhwo)

76 I swear I saw it, and then I didn't...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

Banned VPN IP address?
mindful webworker can you reset the vpn?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

77 Aren't African Yams starchy rather than sweet?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2022 10:28 PM (6RVJj)

78 >>> 49 Helena,
Has it been raining/drizzling up there? Feels like it's been that way down here for a week, which is rare.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (UUBmN)

It started raining early today (before 5am) and has rained most of the day with some intermittent downpours; also intermittent rumbling including one lightning strike that must have been within a quarter mile of the house.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2022 10:28 PM (llON8)

79 76 73 yes

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

80 All of my kitties have tucked themselves away for the night...Perhaps I should join them...

Goodnight, Horde...Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2022 10:29 PM (BpYfr)

81 "Which brings me to the question whether we have to apologize to France for French Fries?"

"Freedom Fries" ftw

Posted by: illiniwek at November 24, 2022 10:30 PM (Cus5s)

82 Sure that sweet potato looks harmless there, but wait until it sneaks into your room at night and attaches itself to the back of your neck.

Posted by: Stochastic Electric Turkey at November 24, 2022 10:30 PM (sn5EN)

83

u2b doesn't like some of my VPN server choices...

Posted by: Zettai at November 24, 2022 10:30 PM (WRb/1)

84 >>> 73
==
Try commenting from Russia or somewhere exotic. Some of the VPN endpoints are troll banned here.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2022 10:26 PM (6RVJj)

*eyes G'rump suspiciously*

When were you posting from OMG Russia-Russia-Russia?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2022 10:31 PM (llON8)

85 Do you wash your food in the bathtub with soap before cooking, son? iykyk

Posted by: Ms. Nuffin at November 24, 2022 10:31 PM (B3kaQ)

86 I can't comment here on GA#22, but #19 is fine.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2022 10:31 PM (6RVJj)

87 Jim, SND, thanks for the info. Our parents were truly the GREATEST GENERATION. Sorry your mother passed so early : -( My wife of 52 years just died from "Dr." Fauxi's lab-created monster. Thanksgiving sucked. I really enjoy your posts!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 10:32 PM (9mxKg)

88 My WiFI hash is also banned . It never changes.

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 10:33 PM (nBhwo)

89 >>Aren't African Yams starchy rather than sweet?

Yes. True yams don't grow here. They are more like Irish potatoes.

The term "yam" applied to sweet potatoes, was a marketing thing to distinguish the new very orange flesh that had been bred.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 10:33 PM (Mzdiz)

90 I can't comment here on GA#and 22, but #19 is fine.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

33-18 works great!

Posted by: Kirby at November 24, 2022 10:34 PM (B3kaQ)

91
Dammit, Fauci you're not a doctor, you're an SOB.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at November 24, 2022 10:35 PM (Mzdiz)

92 Are they going to ban wipipo from saying BBQ instead of grilling?

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 10:35 PM (nBhwo)

93 Admirale's Mate.

Thank you for your kind words, and do please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of your Lifetime Love.

This bourbon is to the two of you. She'll never truly be gone, and shall live in your memories, always.

Salut!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2022 10:36 PM (e6UQI)

94 Thank you!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 10:37 PM (9mxKg)

95 Banned VPN IP address?
mindful webworker can you reset the vpn?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

Well, only the narrow selection the browser offers. Several of which seem to be Pixybanned.

I don't really care about VPN security, just that without it A♠ so often times out on loading a page.

Posted by: mindful webworker - thankful for modern technologyyyyeeeee at November 24, 2022 10:37 PM (vk893)

96 Wait, saying bbq is racist? Or is saying grilling racist? But eating it is still okay, right?///

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:37 PM (UUBmN)

97 Dammit, Fauci you're not a doctor, you're an SOB.
Posted by: Bones McCoy

You misspelled POS!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 10:38 PM (hOUT3)

98 That bronto-yam alone could feed four people. Now look at the rest of the table. Leftovers for weeks.

Posted by: t-bird at November 24, 2022 10:38 PM (dNNCD)

99 I made ... lime jello salad

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 10:12 PM (Q8bDL)
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Lutheran or Baptist?

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (7Of/6)

I chortled.

Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2022 10:39 PM (emlEe)

100 Sweet potato fries are fantastic, but then I like onion rings as well.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 24, 2022 10:40 PM (geVLo)

101 Are they going to ban wipipo from saying BBQ instead of grilling?
Posted by: polynikes

It's over BBQ, bros. We had a hell of a run since fire.
Happy Thanksgiving and loving the family portrait, WD.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at November 24, 2022 10:41 PM (B3kaQ)

102 That bronto-yam alone could feed four people. Now look at the rest of the table. Leftovers for weeks.
Posted by: t-bird

Ever see sugar beets? Holy cow, they can be as big as your head!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 10:41 PM (3u0d1)

103 95
You might need to try a different VPN provider, if your current only offers a few options, that might be a problem!
I do not know for sure, think the commenting ban is based on ip address, but there is no associated reading ban. Which sounds exactly like what is happening to you?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 10:42 PM (hOUT3)

104 Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2022 10:37 PM (UUBmN)

Barbeque is a word originated from one of the Caribbean peoples.

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 10:42 PM (nBhwo)

105 I'm thankful for the faithfulness of the sunrise. I'm thankful for good food, good company, and free exchange of ideas.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 24, 2022 10:43 PM (fivxw)

106 I lead the Thanksgiving prayer this year. I wanted to do it because I wanted to make the point to the grandson, that no matter how bad things may seem at times, no matter what crap you see about the lives of "the rich and famous", that so many of the people on this earth would trade places with the humblest of us in a heartbeat.

We need to be thankful, even in these dark times for our nation, that we have hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, adequate food and shelter. Through no goodness of ourselves, we won the lottery of life by just being born in the USA.

The grandson is 11 years old and seemed truly surprised that most folks do not have anywhere close to what he takes for "normal". To their credit, his parents said "Yeah, Granny is right, most people are poor in a way you cannot imagine." He got some things explained to him about reality and thankfulness.

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 10:44 PM (Q8bDL)

107 Hrothgar, yes, give me a minute to dig it up.

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 10:45 PM (Q8bDL)

108 Ever see sugar beets? Holy cow, they can be as big as your head!

Saw them all the time on farm wagons in Germany. There were huge. They must have grown them for sugar, because there were never any Zuckerrüben at dinner.

Posted by: t-bird at November 24, 2022 10:48 PM (Sv58p)

109 "Dammit, Fauci you're not a doctor, you're an SOB.
Posted by: Bones McCoy -- You misspelled POS!"

Mass Murderer ... the facts are in.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 24, 2022 10:48 PM (Cus5s)

110 we won the lottery of life by just being born in the USA

Indeed, we did. I think about that a lot, lately.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 10:49 PM (Xrfse)

111 Jim, Sunk New Dawn, I tried to get your email from your nic but, got the message "This app can't run on your PC". Am I doing something stupid? Wait, don't answer that.

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 10:51 PM (9mxKg)

112 well, we had a couple of couples from CT over and they ate like they haven't had a decent meal in a year

all the starters and Brussel Sprouts gone, all the Caesar salad

19 outta 24 meatballs were eaten

only one third of the carrot is left and we went thru 6 bottles of wine

all in 7 hrs, what pigs

Posted by: REDACTED at November 24, 2022 10:53 PM (us2H3)

113
Yep, I'm going with that: Dammit, Fauci, you're a mass murderer, not a doctor!

Posted by: Bones McCoy at November 24, 2022 10:53 PM (Mzdiz)

114
Fauci is worse than Kodos the Executioner.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at November 24, 2022 10:54 PM (Mzdiz)

115 We had the whole Sabin clan, except the ones in exile, together today. For the first time in five years, my oldest daughter-in-law was able to enjoy the entire experience. She's had two major hip surgeries, a whole slew of lower spine surgeries, and she's now working on weaning herself off the opiates and other massive pain killers. She looked and acted so much better today than in the past five years. My daughter did not attempt to kill my son-in-law with any real malice, just the usual sniping and snarking.The two grandsons let the adults eat in peace. Best of all, I did not collapse and need to be carted off to the ER. There was lots of food, and a good time was had by all. With any luck to speak of, 2022 is going to finish off pretty good, and 2023 might actually pass as a Sabin success story. (No, our expectations are not all that high. Mere survival is considered a high achievement.)

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at November 24, 2022 10:55 PM (EatM3)

116 I just rewatched Bond, "No Time to Die" (2021 release). A bioweapon specific to a person's DNA (could damage certain DNA, not others). That is a current (conspiracy?) theory on the vax and possible future release of the next virus.

And (spoiler alert) they killed the old Bond ... isn't that the first time they killed Bond?

Posted by: illiniwek at November 24, 2022 10:56 PM (Cus5s)

117 I use a frozen deep dish pie shell, so be governed accodingly.

2 cups chopped pecans and if you have some whole ones, they will look fancy set on the top before you bake it.

Mix together (you do not even need an electric mixer) -
3 eggs
1 cup dark corn syrup
one half cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon molasses
4 Tablespoons melted butter
one half teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 10:59 PM (Q8bDL)

118 >>That left us with a lot of food for just 4.

That's a lot of food, I don't see a pitcher of Gimlets that would aid in washing it all down.

Bummer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 24, 2022 10:59 PM (up/3i)

119 continued, because *spam*

Put the 2 cups of pecans in the pie shell
Pour the mixture over the top
The pecans will float up
If you are going to get fancy with some whole pecns on top, for looks, lay them on and poke them down a tad so they get some mixture on top.
Bake at 350 for half an hour and then tent it with tinfoil for another 30 minutes so the crust and top pecans don't burn.

You want it just *barely* jiggly in the center when you take it out. You'll be able to tell.

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 11:00 PM (Q8bDL)

120
The Pepe family Thanksgiving looks kind of grumpy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

They are disappointed that there was no green wave.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2022 11:00 PM (63Dwl)

121 Good evening all
I ate entirely too much today.
Hope you all had a blessed day with loved ones!

Posted by: Jmel at November 24, 2022 11:00 PM (bVhJi)

122 I'm also want to punch the supply chain in it's Fart Clam.

I need a Raspberry pi, but I'm not paying 300 bucks for a Raspberry Pi.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 24, 2022 11:01 PM (up/3i)

123 {{{cfo mom}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:01 PM (u82oZ)

124 illiniwek, Bones McCoy, Commissar Hrothgar, I could not agree more about the despicable Sainted "Dr." Fauxi. If I posted my feelings about him, I would receive one of those 0300 FIB raids with about 75 bacon and egg "agents" and a half dozen tanks. Types *deletes*

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 11:01 PM (9mxKg)

125 Lazy, Crazy Blues:

https://youtu.be/Vn1YzX3LFCk

I remember sitting at the bar in the King Eddy, and had a long conversation with Paul James. He is a very sharp, well-spoken guy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:02 PM (cTqva)

126 Fauci is just a fairly prominent cog within the mechanizations of a much more sinister movement.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 11:02 PM (Xrfse)

127 *Lutheran or Baptist?

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 10:16 PM (7Of/6)*

Not sure. I'm a former Catholic, now evangelical. It had pineapple and nuts in it , does that help?

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 11:02 PM (Q8bDL)

128 There is an infiltrator in them Pepe's. One of them is blue. lol.

Posted by: t-dubya-d at November 24, 2022 11:03 PM (xARli)

129 Mississippi St 24, (20) Ole Miss 22 F

Posted by: DB at November 24, 2022 11:04 PM (geLO8)

130 Raspberry pi

CCP hardware and firmware. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 11:04 PM (Xrfse)

131 This is the fourth year that my gathering includes my girls, oldest's daughter's fiance and his family. Youngest made awesome pies (pumpkin and pecan). Oldest brought the appetizers. The turkey came out so moist.
We took family pictures out front by the inflatable turkey (and the sign I won at the TxMoME about non-woke statements).

Wonderful day.

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2022 11:05 PM (foa6+)

132 Hi Salty! Good to see you, but of course I see you all the time. This place moves so fast that I rarely comment since it seems I'm always an hour behind everyone. Tonight, being slow, I can almost keep up.

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 11:05 PM (Q8bDL)

133 Ole Miss 22 F
Posted by: DB at November 24, 2022 11:04 PM (geLO

Pretty damned cold for that far south. It was 44 here today.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:05 PM (cTqva)

134 The Pepe family slaughtered a shitload of birds to get all of those drumsticks. Maybe they're brewing a drum full of soup?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 24, 2022 11:06 PM (geVLo)

135 Sure that sweet potato looks harmless there, but wait until it sneaks into your room at night and attaches itself to the back of your neck.
Posted by: Stochastic Electric Turkey
------

You want a sweet potato
You'd settle for a yam
You get a body-snatcher pod

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 11:07 PM (oo0rP)

136 {{{Captain Josepha Sabin }}}

May you and your XO not just survive, but thrive. Glad most of your extensive clan was there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:08 PM (u82oZ)

137 That first pic, I thought the sweet potato was another turkey.
Can't believe you grew that monster.
You musta been burying a lot of bodies...

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:08 PM (Kd4bG)

138 >> Fauci is just a fairly prominent cog within the mechanizations of a much more sinister movement.

You are a conspiracy theorist.

You vill eat zee bugs.

Posted by: Klaus Schwab at November 24, 2022 11:08 PM (Mzdiz)

139 *second pic, not first

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:09 PM (Kd4bG)

140 Iris

Glad your banner from the MoMeet got in the family picture. It will be a treasured story in the family lore.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:09 PM (u82oZ)

141 I yam what I yam
And that's all that I yam

Posted by: A Yam at November 24, 2022 11:11 PM (Qzn2/)

142 We are heathens and had a ham instead of a turkey

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:11 PM (Kd4bG)

143
I was musing about grandfather clocks last thread (technically longcase, short amplitude pendulum clocks, the most accurate), and looked up the accuracy of these things.

Less than 1 minute per month is pretty good. And then I stumbled on something very interesting: Clock B.

Accurate timekeeping was a big part of solving the Longitude Problem. John Harrison,
https://tinyurl.com/d5ju4sq
was an old, self-taught horologist who invented the first accurate marine-grade chronometers. He should've won the motherlode Longitude Prize, but he didn't. The Establishment Horologists hated him, 'cause he was beneath them or something....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 11:13 PM (Mzdiz)

144 @130

Pi's are made in the UK, I'm sure some of the sun components are made in China but what electronics isn't mostly or wholly made in China?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 24, 2022 11:14 PM (XHbbr)

145
all in 7 hrs, what pigs
Posted by: REDACTED at November 24, 2022 10:53 PM (us2H3)

Heh. Did they lick the bowl the Brussel Sprouts were served in?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2022 11:15 PM (I6MNo)

146 Eariler this hear, had a BBQ, bought some sweet potatoes of various varieties (Korean was purple). The Korean was very sweet, I recall.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2022 11:15 PM (ynpvh)

147 Well, I'm out. Going back to bed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2022 11:16 PM (ynpvh)

148 140 Iris

Glad your banner from the MoMeet got in the family picture. It will be a treasured story in the family lore.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:09 PM (u82oZ)

^^^To clarify the sign did not make the picture (Except for the picture I took of the inflatable and the sign).

Hi! baby steps in coming out. :-)

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2022 11:16 PM (foa6+)

149
Harrison claimed he could make a pendulum clock that was accurate to less than 1 second in 100 days. They scoffed at him, said he was an old fool in his dotage.

Well, fairly recently, his 240 yr old design was finally realized, in the form of "Clock B":

https://tinyurl.com/2hrxqdjx

That fucker is accurate to 5/8 s in 100 days. So here's to you, John Harrison, master horologist of all time. You knew what the fuck you were talking about. It was just the materials science and all that was way behind you at the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 11:16 PM (Mzdiz)

150 *it's looking like 60+ for Christmas eve next month. Mom is 90 and looking forward to that.
Posted by: Cosda at November 24, 2022 10:19 PM (uWG+b)*

Oh my. We used to do a Christmas Eve open house and would get maybe 50 over the course of 8 hours. Is this going to be all at once? And at your place? The logistics boggle my mind.

Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 11:16 PM (Q8bDL)

151 We also had mushrooms, potatoes, mac&cheese, and of course rice. KTY set the menu this year.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:17 PM (Kd4bG)

152 I see WD had the Mr. Grip stashed on the sideboard for the post-prandial festivities.

Good planning, WD.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2022 11:17 PM (Qzn2/)

153 Cicero

There is a story behind that, no doubt. Not that we will hear the real story on the ONT. We can all make up one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:19 PM (u82oZ)

154 Hello Horde. Just back from a delightful dinner with a few coworkers/friends (one of whom would fit right in here with all of us reprobates).

Been missing J today as always but I decided to spend the day being thankful for every moment we had.

Next Thanksgiving, Lord willing, I will be with my family.

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 24, 2022 11:19 PM (pkAcY)

155 vmom- I'd rather have ham any day of the week.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 24, 2022 11:20 PM (3Lw3j)

156 Good evening morons and Happy Thanksgiving

My turkey got rave reviews. Gravy was teh awesome too. Hope yours was a good one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2022 11:22 PM (EZebt)

157 vmom- I'd rather have ham any day of the week.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 24, 2022 11:20 PM (3Lw3j)

-------------

40 lbs. right here, Sailor!

*slaps glute enthusiastically*

Posted by: Ana Navarro at November 24, 2022 11:22 PM (Qzn2/)

158 so I was in the mood for a comedy, I decided to buy "the lives of others"...

everyone needs a good laugh now and again.

You mean to tell me that the population will communicate openly and freely in camera for all the world to see their innermost thoughts and beliefs?

//Klaus the Stasi Agent

Ja Klaus, further they will report on each other for free and the corporation that runs the "service" will somehow pay out billions in salary despite never having turned a profit once.....

//Heinrich the "Western German"

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2022 11:22 PM (Lzpvj)

159 Cicero

There is a story behind that, no doubt. Not that we will hear the real story on the ONT. We can all make up one.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:19 PM (u82oZ)

----------

Let's start with the drill.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2022 11:23 PM (Qzn2/)

160 San Franpsycho

No gravy. Still good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:23 PM (u82oZ)

161 ..Jim, Sunk New Dawn, I tried to get your email from your nic but, got the message "This app can't run on your PC". Am I doing something stupid? Wait, don't answer that. Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 10:51 PM (9mxKg)

Just hover your cursor over the nic, and then write down the addy you'll see display in the wee box at your cursor. Good luck!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2022 11:23 PM (e6UQI)

162 That fucker is accurate to 5/8 s in 100 days. So here's to you, John Harrison, master horologist of all time. You knew what the fuck you were talking about. It was just the materials science and all that was way behind you at the time.
Posted by: publius

I read this in the "Here's to you" Bud Light guy's voice.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 11:23 PM (3u0d1)

163 162 Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 11:23 PM (3u0d1)

Chronological HEROEEEEEEESSSSS

here's to you Horologist designer....in their face....

your design just needed more ass and less brass.....oooooo

//Budweiser Voice

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2022 11:25 PM (Lzpvj)

164 Publius, cool article.
So the mad old clockmaker turned out to ve a genius.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:25 PM (Kd4bG)

165 The existence of a clock doesn't imply the existence of a clockmaker, you know.

Posted by: Richard Dawkins at November 24, 2022 11:27 PM (Qzn2/)

166 The existence of a clock doesn't imply the existence of a clockmaker, you know.
Posted by: Richard Dawkins

*clocks Dawkins in the noggin*

Posted by: John Harrison, master horologist at November 24, 2022 11:28 PM (Kd4bG)

167 And Happy Thanksgiving to WD and all you Night Stalkers!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:29 PM (Kd4bG)

168 Real men of genius.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2022 11:30 PM (63Dwl)

169 vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

To you and you knife sharpener. Long may you split hairs with your blades.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:31 PM (u82oZ)

170 I just got back from Friendsgiving. Everyone brought a little bit of everything. Great food. There was one thing missing though. Gravy.

Is that normal? Are there really people in this world that don't serve gravy at big holiday meals? I just assumed they had gravy, they prepared it, but the gravy thief nabbed it from them and they were too embarrassed to say anything about it. I imagine a little guy with porcelain gravy boat shoes and big ladles tied to his belt going "clank, clank". A maniacal giggle as he runs away with your gravy. Leaving a thin trail of gravy off to the horizon. I'm ready to believe all that sure. But choosing not to have gravy?

That sir, is crazy.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:31 PM (mShwQ)

171 Weird Dave,

I sympathize with you, having a football-playing teen in the house. You may need more of those sweep potatoes on steroids.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:33 PM (u82oZ)

172 Gravy is essential.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 11:33 PM (Xrfse)

173 170 Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:31 PM (mShwQ)

Good gravy making like cranberry sauce is a dying art, and truth be told we Xers are the ones who helped kill both.

I eat meat to taste "meat", and I can salt it to my taste and dip it in sauces as needed.

At the end of the day, it is an extra step and an extra thing to go wrong-hell we settled on a well made, salt aged slow-cooked roast this holiday.

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2022 11:34 PM (Lzpvj)

174 I recalled that the beeb did a special about John Harrison a while back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-g27KS0yiY

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 11:34 PM (vNC/Y)

175 My turkey didn't need gravy, it wanted gravy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2022 11:35 PM (EZebt)

176 My turkey didn't need gravy, it wanted gravy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2022 11:35 PM (EZebt)

Doesn't San Francisco have Wavy Gravy?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:36 PM (cTqva)

177 Jim SND, I am seeing: https://acecomments.mu.nu /smokeonthewater. typepad.com. Doesn't work as an email address and when I try to open it I get the message: "This app can't run on your PC". Should I just restrain my activities to a landline telephone? I must be too old and stupid to use a computer.

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 24, 2022 11:37 PM (9mxKg)

178 Gravy is essential.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
----

One of the cooks today was wearing a t-shirt, 'Your body is a temple, worship it with gravy'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 11:37 PM (vNC/Y)

179 He dead.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2022 11:37 PM (EZebt)

180 only one third of the carrot is left

Posted by: REDACTED at November 24, 2022 10:53 PM (us2H3)

You only served them ONE carrot? Was it as big as WD's sweet potato?

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 11:38 PM (u0q5Q)

181 We had pecan pie, pumpkin pie and apple tart.

No carrot cake because MiL may be a lib but she's not a communist!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2022 11:40 PM (EZebt)

182 Posted by: cfo mom at November 24, 2022 11:02 PM (Q8bDL)

Catholic AND evangelical, That explains it!

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 11:40 PM (u0q5Q)

183 He dead.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2022 11:37 PM (EZebt)

Well, that explains the scarcity, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:41 PM (cTqva)

184 Admirale's Mate. Give it another try, I may have fixed it to where you can read it, now.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2022 11:42 PM (e6UQI)

185 >>> Good gravy making like cranberry sauce is a dying art, and truth be told we Xers are the ones who helped kill both. I eat meat to taste "meat", and I can salt it to my taste and dip it in sauces as needed. At the end of the day, it is an extra step and an extra thing to go wrong-hell we settled on a well made, salt aged slow-cooked roast this holiday. Posted by: sven at November 24, 2022 11:34 PM (Lzpvj)

My mom diced up the "extra" parts of the turkey (liver and stuff) and combined that with some pan drippings and regular old McCormick turkey gravy and that was good gravy. Not too difficult. I've tried fancy brown gravy recipes and her simple method is just as good. Maybe I should just start casually asking people, "will there be gravy". BYOG If I knew I'd be prepared. Maybe I should just always carry gravy. In a flask or something just in case.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:42 PM (mShwQ)

186 To you and you knife sharpener. Long may you split hairs with your blades.
Posted by: NaCly DogL

That's the sweetest thing I've heard today!
And I did ask Santa for a knife sharpener, how'd you guess?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 11:43 PM (Kd4bG)

187 You have to love the intro as well, "we kept the subject awake for 40 hours-an innocent man would have been going more and more crazy in righteous anger each hour."

There is a fine line in case or when you are being interrogated however it is a game of psychological cat and mouse. You get too animated they turn the screws harder, you do not get animated at all they wind up the clock and keep going. You have to read the interrogator and look at his sub autonomic responses to your responses and then sucker him into believing you are what he needs you to be to back off.

Innocence or guilt does not really factor into it, and it is important to assert a passive-aggressive dominance and cow them with the unrealized potential of your intellect.

You can see in their eyes when they do not understand the inner workings of what you bring up.

Fun fun whole lot of fun, for my next comedy I may buy Pappilon.

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2022 11:43 PM (Lzpvj)

188 126 Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 11:02 PM (Xrfse)

He worked tirelessly to be tired.

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2022 11:44 PM (Lzpvj)

189 Maybe I should just start casually asking people, "will there be gravy". BYOG If I knew I'd be prepared. Maybe I should just always carry gravy. In a flask or something just in case.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:42 PM (mShwQ)

I remember when subdivisions all had gravy pipelines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:45 PM (cTqva)

190 >> your design just needed more ass and less brass.....oooooo

I have an idea for a clock based on the harmonic motions of Yanet Garcia's ass while twerking.

I will start a Go Fund Me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 11:45 PM (Mzdiz)

191
I may have to delegate out the research, as Miley may not approve.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 11:46 PM (Mzdiz)

192 16 adults and two wee ones here. It has been a long strange year, beautiful with all the miles between Cleveland and Pittsburg. I’m Grateful for the community here, the commentary, and the support from the gray boxes, both posted and unposted.

Prayers and love for all the lurkers out there.

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at November 24, 2022 11:46 PM (62BOJ)

193 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Close call. She's reading over your shoulder, right?

Give her Grace a kiss on the hand from me. The rest is up to you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 24, 2022 11:47 PM (u82oZ)

194 Thanksgiving day tomorrow is Black Friday the start of the Christmas Shopping Season

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 24, 2022 11:48 PM (FLiOE)

195 Erase all records of these dead villages.
Posted by: H.P. Lovecraft's Thanksgiving Holiday Special at November 24, 2022 11:47 PM (KFhLj)

Yikes!

Posted by: Admiral Yamamoto at November 24, 2022 11:49 PM (cTqva)

196 >>> I remember when subdivisions all had gravy pipelines.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:45 PM (cTqva)

Damnit! Biden has squandered our strategic gravy reserves!

I once heard that Quebec somewhere has a real strategic maple reserve. How about Alberta?

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:50 PM (mShwQ)

197 >> Close call. She's reading over your shoulder, right?

SHe's dead asleep, after the Thanksgiving bash we had. She plumb wore herself out. She likely won't get up until afternoon tomorrow.

She done good. But it was some work.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 11:51 PM (Mzdiz)

198 Talk about erased records. Damn! that was fast.

Posted by: Admiral Yamamoto at November 24, 2022 11:51 PM (cTqva)

199 I once heard that Quebec somewhere has a real strategic maple reserve. How about Alberta?
Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:50 PM (mShwQ)

Sugar maples don't grow here, at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:52 PM (cTqva)

200 Maybe I should just always carry gravy. In a flask or something just in case.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2022 11:42 PM (mShwQ)

Ooooooh, now *there* is an idea! /goes to Amazon to search for gravy flaskks/

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 11:53 PM (u0q5Q)

201
I once heard that Quebec somewhere has a real strategic maple reserve.

They had to cut down the oaks. They were too lofty.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2022 11:53 PM (63Dwl)

202 Ooooooh, now *there* is an idea! /goes to Amazon to search for gravy flaskks/
Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 11:53 PM (u0q5Q)

Get the Acme "Self-Heating" gravy flask, heated by a small pellet of plutonium oxide.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 11:54 PM (cTqva)

203 We have Lefties and Righties in my family, so we try to keep Thanksgiving politically neutral.

One Lefty did say, "Putin bombed a maternity hospital. What could be worse than killing two-day old babies?"

My brother instantly responded (just on reflex), "I don't know, maybe killing thousands of babies two days before they are born?"

None of the Lefties offered a rebuttal, but my brother was at least wise enough to retire to the den to watch the football game.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 24, 2022 11:54 PM (HlyYF)

204 Evening Horde.

Thank you WD for the ONT...

Average Daughter spent Thanksgiving at a friend's house, so Average Wife & I kept it about as simple as it gets... a walk on the beach and around the harbor, then made salmon risotto for dinner.

Thanksgiving is a tough time for the Average Family, so we tend to keep it low key. Heading to the cabin tomorrow for a few days to get off the grid...

Posted by: Average Guy at November 24, 2022 11:55 PM (ngFdr)

205 Good night, all. May you wake to fresh mercies and God's steadfast love.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 11:56 PM (u0q5Q)

206 203 pillage idiot,

The leftoids do not understand we understand them.

Posted by: Sven at November 24, 2022 11:56 PM (Lzpvj)

207 Heh. Did they lick the bowl the Brussel Sprouts were served in?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2022 11:15 PM (I6MNo)

sorry, I ttok a short nap

yes, they licked the bowl

and I left off the cake part of the carrot

Posted by: REDACTED at November 24, 2022 11:58 PM (us2H3)

208 I am really tired

Posted by: REDACTED at November 24, 2022 11:58 PM (us2H3)

209 203 pillage idiot

Good response, and good action to fire for effect and leave. Hope your Thanksgiving was full of blessings.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 25, 2022 12:00 AM (u82oZ)

210 Jim, Sunk New Dawn, thanks, email on the way

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 25, 2022 12:00 AM (9mxKg)

211 another kinda cool old clock is an Act of Parliament clock

I used to buy them a long time ago and even then, they were expensive

Posted by: REDACTED at November 25, 2022 12:02 AM (us2H3)

212 >>> Good night, all. May you wake to fresh mercies and God's steadfast love.
Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2022 11:56 PM (u0q5Q)

Goodnight GWB. That sure is a real pleasant blessing to fall asleep to.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2022 12:03 AM (mShwQ)

213 The leftoids do not understand we understand them.

Posted by: Sven at November 24, 2022 11:56 PM

Yes. It was the Lefties that called for the past truce.

Their previous m.o. was to start a debate over some position that they thought was unassailable. After being rebutted by multiple people, they would then decided that was a good time to change the topic.

We understand the Left's positions. They can't even contemplate that other positions even exist.

But we still had a great family Thanksgiving!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2022 12:03 AM (HlyYF)

214 I hung out at home with Pretty Girl, did some chores, napped, and dealt with Little Dude when he climbed in the back window and inisisted on playing (i picked him up, put him outside and gave him a bowl of Friskies chicken feast. He was happy), now i'm at a neighborhood bar (not my hood).

Posted by: SFGoth at November 25, 2022 12:05 AM (JmkXA)

215 Good response, and good action to fire for effect and leave. Hope your Thanksgiving was full of blessings.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 25, 2022 12:00 AM

He didn't intend to shoot and scoot, it just popped out.

We did have a blessed Thanksgiving. I hope your family did too!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2022 12:05 AM (HlyYF)

216 I had so much gravy as a kid, I have trouble looking at it now

we literally had wiener schnitzel with mushroom gravy 2, sometimes 3 times a week

Posted by: REDACTED at November 25, 2022 12:08 AM (us2H3)

217 Gravy forms the base of a proper food pyramid.

Posted by: Julia Stepchild at November 25, 2022 12:08 AM (yXRn/)

218 Good day here at Casa Mayhem. Boy spawn and his girlfriend were here. The girl spawn came out of her room to engage with the rest of us. Meal was delish but unfortunately did not include popcorn, pretzels or toast. The pies are lovely.
Hubbymayhem and the boy spawn got down the outdoor Christmas decorations and tomorrow begins the installation of same. Swearing will be a thing.
We don't do the black Friday crap so I will be relaxing a bit and hoping my foot stops hurting so much.
May God bless the horde, the cobs, and the mighty Ace!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 25, 2022 12:10 AM (Wy1BU)

219 Lin-duh, my mom made pumpkin pies... and forgot the sugar. We ate about half of one, with a layer of brown sugar and whipped cream on top. The second one, I fixed by taking out the filling, adding sugar and cooking it in a pot, then putting it back in the crust and cooking a bit longer. It's a softer texture but it tastes right.

I made cranberry-orange sauce, the purple stuff, and knit a Christmas stocking.

Posted by: Gingy at November 25, 2022 12:10 AM (GpUUo)

220 SIL made crispy dressing that paired perfectly with lavish amounts of gravy.

I think my BGC (blood gravy content) is about a 0.24 on the breathalyzer.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2022 12:11 AM (HlyYF)

221 All hail Gravythulu!

He who lies not dead but simmering!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 25, 2022 12:12 AM (dTQq+)

222 219 Lin-duh, my mom made pumpkin pies... and forgot the sugar. We ate about half of one, with a layer of brown sugar and whipped cream on top. The second one, I fixed by taking out the filling, adding sugar and cooking it in a pot, then putting it back in the crust and cooking a bit longer. It's a softer texture but it tastes right.

Posted by: Gingy at November 25, 2022 12:10 AM

I am pretty sure if that was baseball, you would definitely qualify for a save Gingy!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2022 12:13 AM (HlyYF)

223 Well, I am getting dozy here. Time for a snooze. Happy Thanksgiving, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2022 12:18 AM (cTqva)

224 203 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 24, 2022 11:54 PM (HlyYF)

Also let's look at the moral math and signposts of your example. The left cannot understand that "Putin Bad" is not actually much of an indictment against "population laboring under corrupt Slavic shithhead X" like the Ukies are not really ALL to blame for the Azovs. The average Russian not really in love morally with the likely collateral damage death of a maternity hospital so yes there is societal guilt but it is a far different guilt than the hungry, rapacious throsty defense of infanticide by ~ 35-45% of the United States' population.

We are so messed up right now today that I literally cannot believe that I am in a position where I have to accept that we are in fact not the moral equivalent of my former blood enemy Russia when they were the Soviets but we are in fact quite possibly as a culture morally inferior.

It horrifies me.

Posted by: sven at November 25, 2022 12:24 AM (Lzpvj)

225 Does it seem to anyone else that no one believes that that the World Economic Forum is the danger that it is because Klaus Schwab is such a perfect Bond villain that it would simply be too obvious.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 25, 2022 12:26 AM (87Ur0)

226 Good night Horde,

Happy Thanksgiving... tryptophan is kicking in!

Posted by: sassy at November 25, 2022 12:26 AM (xSICi)

227 225 Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 25, 2022 12:26 AM (87Ur0)

The gaslighting is part of the kink.

It is like democrat glee at running two cognitively impaired candidates and winning.

Posted by: sven at November 25, 2022 12:27 AM (Lzpvj)

228 Hugh Romney, aka "Wavy Gravy" is not dead, at least, he is not assigned death at this time, albeit he is 86.

Notable as a whacko hippy, and kicked off the Manson family nutbars from his farm. They did poach some underage poontang from Mr. Gravy, who later went all stabby.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 25, 2022 12:29 AM (O9tRg)

229 Speaking of of pies J made my fave butterscotch pie. I'm gonna wager I'm the only one here that had that today?

Posted by: Farmer at November 25, 2022 12:30 AM (55Qr6)

230 Ever see sugar beets? Holy cow, they can be as big as your head!
Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 10:41 PM (3u0d1)

I remember the first time I saw a pile of what must have been sugar beets, in the middle of a field, in the middle of the night at an impossibly long light crossing Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs (this was over 40 years ago now; I'm sure that field has been converted into houses or stores by now). An impressive pile, six feet or more tall, of foot (or so) diameter, dark round things. Impressive to this city boy.

Posted by: Fox2! at November 25, 2022 12:33 AM (qyH+l)

231 Happy Thanksgiving to all the Horde! I lift my glass to all!

Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 25, 2022 12:34 AM (P7EjO)

232 Have a great night, everyone.

May vivid dreams burn off the extra calories.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 25, 2022 12:34 AM (u82oZ)

233 Thanksgiving was unexpected this year - Rebecca popped a temperature yesterday, so we stayed home rather than getting our friends sick. We had bacon, eggs, and potatoes for brunch, then had leftovers from the fridge for dinner. Since the leftovers were from good restaurants, dinner was good, too!

Thankful for our blessings and thankful for all of our friends here at AoSHQ.

Love you all!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at November 25, 2022 12:41 AM (SRRAx)

234 Went to my brothers, between his 90 year old inlaws and my 84 year old father it was interesting to listen to them not hear each other while talking and playing the game of telephone in real time. I wish I had recorded it. It was comedy gold.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 12:52 AM (VwHCD)

235 Happy Thanksgiving Horde. It is nice to have a really good day once in a while. I am thankful for all of you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2022 12:57 AM (a4EWo)

236 Tis time. Treasure the good moments of this day always.

Goodnite, good people. Be safe, stay warm and sleep well.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 25, 2022 01:04 AM (KATBx)

237 So, noticing a trend from the MSM... article on MSN right now that Palin is MERCILESSLY MOCKED after losing her election.

Uh... isn't that online harassment and bullying? And the article basically says she DESERVES it... so its OK.

But I remember like 10 minutes ago, when online bullying or harassing was enough to get you burned at the stake.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 25, 2022 01:05 AM (oHd/0)

238 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 12:52 AM (VwHCD)

Had T day with Sister, Cousins and my Aunt (Mom's sister... Mom has passed)...

They heard stories tonight, the family has never heard before... because I just don't care anymore...

Lots of raised eyebrows... and sister later texted me and said... 'oh... now I get it'... LOL

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 25, 2022 01:07 AM (oHd/0)

239 Coming in late, but I'm grateful for the ONT. It brought Publius into my life, and then I moved to South Carolina. There's no better place to be during these trying times.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 25, 2022 01:11 AM (Mzdiz)

240 Happy Thanksgiving, Miley!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2022 01:12 AM (a4EWo)

241 Happy Thanksgiving, Debby!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 25, 2022 01:13 AM (Mzdiz)

242 One thing to be thankful for, my brother is also a wood dude, so we made frequent trips to his recently expanded wood shop to have a smoke and play with power tools while the older crowd talked and made no sense among themselves. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 01:24 AM (VwHCD)

243 Proper dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy is an art.

Leave the bird and the ham to the turkologist, but you have to have the unsung heroes of the feast to pull it off properly.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 25, 2022 01:25 AM (geVLo)

244 "Tis a sleepy Horde tonight, I'll admit that I napped some during the late football game. Now I am seriously eyeing a piece of pecan pie, I'll microwave it and add some vanilla ice cream. This could actually happen.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2022 01:25 AM (a4EWo)

245 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 01:26 AM (T4tVD)

246 "Tis a sleepy Horde tonight, I'll admit that I napped some during the late football game. Now I am seriously eyeing a piece of pecan pie, I'll microwave it and add some vanilla ice cream. This could actually happen.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2022 01:25 AM (a4EWo)

Thats ok, football puts me to sleep too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 01:30 AM (VwHCD)

247 I was *that jerk neighbor running a string trimmer* this afternoon LOL

No big deal, really. All closest neighbors, except one house, were away from home today. The one that stayed? Was also doing yard stuff! Hahahaha

Weather was too good to not take advantage. Supposed to get very cold, and rain/ possibly snow, by Sunday night.

Hubby and I had our feast at six thirty-ish. He's down for the count, I'm past drowsy & back to wake mode...

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 01:32 AM (dpnJh)

248 >>>Tis a sleepy Horde tonight, I'll admit that I napped some during the late football game.

>I had three naps today, one in the middle of each game.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 25, 2022 01:32 AM (geVLo)

249 243 Proper dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy is an art.

Leave the bird and the ham to the turkologist, but you have to have the unsung heroes of the feast to pull it off properly.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 25, 2022 01:25 AM (geVLo)

These are things I hardly even think about. They are relatively automatic. Sort of like making pie.

I suppose at some point in our family cooking history there were silly things like recipes, but I've never seen 'em. I didn't crack a cookbook all day.

I have no daughter to pass all this down to, and my nieces all think I'm that icky aunt who thinks taxes are bad.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 25, 2022 01:34 AM (LOVUx)

250 Good Thanksgiving, heading to bed.

Tomorrow I burn things.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 25, 2022 01:34 AM (Bd6X8)

251 But I remember like 10 minutes ago, when online bullying or harassing was enough to get you burned at the stake.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 25, 2022 01:05 AM (oHd/0)

To be fair, she did lose her damned mind. I have no idea what she was selling this time, but it didn't sell.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 25, 2022 01:35 AM (LOVUx)

252 Maybe PDT will get back on twitter today and make it Orange Friday!

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 01:38 AM (RtN13)

253
I suppose at some point in our family cooking history there were silly things like recipes, but I've never seen 'em. I didn't crack a cookbook all day.

I have no daughter to pass all this down to, and my nieces all think I'm that icky aunt who thinks taxes are bad.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 25, 2022 01:34 AM (LOVUx)

When my grandmother died there was a short search for her private recipe book. Now, this thing looked like Indiana Jone's Father's grail diary in The Last Crusade. Old, medium size leather bound book held closed by a rubber band. Written in half english, half italian, some ink, some faded pencil, some stains that made things impossible to read, loose pages, separate added pages of notes, you name it. It was a treasure trove that took a bunch of people in the family to decipher. Its been an ongoing project to reconstruct and actually cook the recipes. The women have so far got maybe a half dozen dishes down.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 01:50 AM (VwHCD)

254 But I remember like 10 minutes ago, when online bullying or harassing was enough to get you burned at the stake.

I remember when it would make you kill yourself, and people that did it were basically murderers responsible for your death.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 25, 2022 01:50 AM (Ll5Vg)

255 Its been an ongoing project to reconstruct and actually cook the recipes. The women have so far got maybe a half dozen dishes down.
Posted by: Berserker...

Oh Bers, that's AWESOME

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 01:57 AM (dpnJh)

256 Hiya JQ !
How you ?

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 02:00 AM (T4tVD)

257 The women have so far got maybe a half dozen dishes down.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 01:50 AM (VwHCD)

I have a box like that, and so did my mom. I cropped a lot from her stash, to be sure. But just plain cooking? We just plain cook. I never understood the anxiety over roasting a turkey, or making gravy, or a pie crust, but I guess most folks weren't raised to just plain cook.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 25, 2022 02:00 AM (LOVUx)

258 Hey, JT!

I'm stuffed, LOL. Hope you had a wonderful day as well!

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 02:03 AM (dpnJh)

259 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Count your blessings, they will be more than you think.

Posted by: Somebody buy Elon a beer for me at November 25, 2022 02:05 AM (JcnFx)

260 Oh Bers, that's AWESOME

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 01:57 AM (dpnJh)

yeah, its been going on for a while now. The best thing of all was that I sent Mrs B to my grandmother's while she was still alive to learn how to make her gravy and meatballs. Well sauce, but we're italian so its gravy. I knew she was getting old, and I told Mrs B to go there, stand next to her, make it with her, watch her every move, every step, and write it down. My exact words to her was if my grandmother leaps up, spins around and farts on her way to the fridge you frigging write it down and you better record record the pitch and duration, lol. Well, she did it, and damn if she didn't nail it. She was the only female in the family who knew how to make it after my grandmother died, my grandmother's own daughters didn't know. With that recipe mastered its the base for many of my grandmother's dishes. Well, when we can figure out the rest of them anyway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 02:11 AM (VwHCD)

261 Yep, that's the best way Bers... Be There With Them!

Wish I'd paid more attention to my granny while she made candies. I have some recipes but missed out on her technique. And she's gone now, alas.

Admittedly, I can live without "divinity". Makes my teeth ache just thinking of the stuff. But her almond roca was out of this world

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 02:19 AM (dpnJh)

262 I have a box like that, and so did my mom. I cropped a lot from her stash, to be sure. But just plain cooking? We just plain cook. I never understood the anxiety over roasting a turkey, or making gravy, or a pie crust, but I guess most folks weren't raised to just plain cook.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 25, 2022 02:00 AM (LOVUx)

Recipes enable you to share with others who don't have the luxury of learning at your side.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 25, 2022 02:26 AM (Mzdiz)

263 Yep, that's the best way Bers... Be There With Them!

Wish I'd paid more attention to my granny while she made candies. I have some recipes but missed out on her technique. And she's gone now, alas.

Admittedly, I can live without "divinity". Makes my teeth ache just thinking of the stuff. But her almond roca was out of this world

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 02:19 AM (dpnJh)

My brother spent a lot of time with my grandmother when he was young. My parents were from the same town, so my grandparents were alo. My mom used to split us up sometimes so one grandparent didn't have to deal with both of us. I ended up at my maternal grandparents more because that grandfather had a work shop, and I was fascinated by the tools and would tinker with my grandfather. Well, look at me now, lol. My brother used to like going to my father's parents, and that grandmother was the italian cook from hell. She had the real authentic Rome/ Naples style. My brother actually helped her cook a lot of times. He was able to fill in a few missing pieces of her technique.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 02:28 AM (VwHCD)

264 I have resisted the pie, I don't need to eat another thing today. It will make a much better breakfast tomorrow, which is when I wake up, right Bers?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2022 02:38 AM (a4EWo)

265 My family commute is done, and boy I am glad that is over. It featured wrecks that closed all 5 lanes of traffic, coming and going. I guess if you're going to wreck your car may as well take out some others as well. These days you can be doing 70mph and get rear ended by someone doing 100. Whew. Glad to be home.

Posted by: gourmand du jour full of gratitude! at November 25, 2022 02:41 AM (jTmQV)

266 Oh, I had a wonderful pecan pie.

Posted by: gourmand du jour full of gratitude! at November 25, 2022 02:42 AM (jTmQV)

267 I have resisted the pie, I don't need to eat another thing today. It will make a much better breakfast tomorrow, which is when I wake up, right Bers?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2022 02:38 AM (a4EWo)

yup, you got it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 02:44 AM (VwHCD)

268 Pie? Oh, no... I didn't make pie

Yet

Got all the stuff but waiting until tomorrow. Knew I'd be pretty wiped out (and FULL) after yardw*rk -and- making fancy dinner.

A girl's got to know her limitations

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 02:45 AM (dpnJh)

269 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 25, 2022 02:53 AM (sAmhv)

270 A girl's got to know her limitations

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 02:45 AM (dpnJh)

You cook and know your way around a torque wrench. I'm not sure you have any limitations. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2022 02:53 AM (VwHCD)

271 225 Does it seem to anyone else that no one believes that that the World Economic Forum is the danger that it is because Klaus Schwab is such a perfect Bond villain that it would simply be too obvious.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals."

Posted by: Puddleglum quotes CS Lewis at November 25, 2022 03:00 AM (sAmhv)

272 Lol, Bers! I'm just gettin' old... (thanks)

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 03:11 AM (dpnJh)

273
We dined with my in-laws, our daughter and her significant other. Ten adults and one child. Our household was responsible for cooking the turkey -- definitely not my idea -- and, try as I might, I failed to avoid spilling some of its juices on ne as I transported it to and from our car twice. I don't mibd cooking a turkey and stuffing; I do mind having to convey it while hot to and from a vehicle.

Anyway, all of us had a pleasant time. The in-laws more likely to delve into politics were elsewhere and that was a definite plus. After dinner we played some word games and confirmed to ourselves that we remained well educated, clever, and witty.

It was good to be with them and for that, I am thankful.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 03:11 AM (pNxlR)

274 Mornin', all

Nice spread WD. I like your Hoosier cabinet! Mine has slide open garage doors and doors on top. But wood panels- your look like tin insets? Very cool! Mine has the flour sifter in one end of the cupboard. It's one of my favorite pieces of furniture. Which brings me to something I'm grateful for: my dad was an excellent woodworker and I have several pieces he refinished for me. He also helped with rehabing this old house when we bought it. There are a lot of good memories of him when I look around here.

Had a very nice day with family at my brother's. Great food, good conversation, all around a relaxing, fun day. Thankful for that, and of course this place and Ace and all of you morons. You've gotten me through some difficult times. I owe Ace a nice tip - 1st thing when I get up.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 03:27 AM (wbI6p)

275
I have no daughter to pass all this down to, and my nieces all think I'm that icky aunt who thinks taxes are bad.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief

When Mom died back in May, one of ny Dad's brothers, after executing a touch and go landing to convey his sympathies, started hounding us kids about "your Dad's recipe for making pickled herring". While we knew that he had made pickled herring around the year's end, not one of us was aware whether he had a written recipe for it or not. Try as we might, we could not get his annoying baby brother to understand that there was not any such recipe to be found. It became a source of ironic and annoyed amusement every time the phone rang, while the four of us were making arrangements to dispose of Mom's things, to wonder whether Baby Brother was calling again in order to hound us for Dad's recipe.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 03:28 AM (pNxlR)

276 I miss the big family get-togethers of yore. Everyone's either passed or too far away now. Glad we have technology-- phones!

This Thanksgiving, I'm feeling so grateful for having had such loving family and wonderful memories of them. And that hubby is surviving, even thriving, in spite of the illness his Dr's said would kill him 2 years ago! Even getting a few purrs and rubbies from the neighbor's cat seems a blessing after losing my furry friends so long ago...

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 03:35 AM (dpnJh)

277 Hi JQ!

This was our 1st real - almost whole family - holiday get together since Christmas 2019. Something that would've been unimaginable before the covid panic. *I have nieces that went overboard. Later it got too difficult to transport mom. That's something I need to make peace with, she missed out on a lot because of the BS surrounding covid.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 03:49 AM (wbI6p)

278
I just noticed the duck head handles on WD's carving board. LOL

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 03:52 AM (pNxlR)

279 274 Nice spread WD. I like your Hoosier cabinet! Mine has slide open garage doors and doors on top. But wood panels- your look like tin insets? Very cool!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 03:27 AM (wbI6p)

bubble glass?

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 03:53 AM (RuTUS)

280 It was just me today. In the outs with bro and he's 700 miles away. Kidlet, hubs and kid were sick. I cooked a turkey breast yesterday and had a turkey sammie today. Parents are gone and aunt, uncle and cousins are over a 1000 miles away.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2022 03:53 AM (ZEa+g)

281 >>. Something that would've been unimaginable before the covid panic.

* i meant not getting together for holidays would be unimaginable

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 03:53 AM (wbI6p)

282 {{MLii}}

Glad you were all able to get together again!

Yeah, the kungflufreakout was a real PITA, made worse due to its needlessness. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, don't know if *peace* is possible there

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 03:55 AM (dpnJh)

283 >>bubble glass?
Posted by: m

Oh! Yeah it does look more like that. Lots of variations to those cabinets. My table top looks the same, porcelain-topped with the speckled edge, mine is a blue edge tho

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 03:57 AM (wbI6p)

284 >>Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, don't know if *peace* is possible there
Posted by: JQ

Right? I'm working on it. Sadly a couple family members fell for it and really messed up time she could've had with her grand/great-grandkids.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:00 AM (wbI6p)

285 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

286 PIXY NOOD

My work is done here

Posted by: Skip nood advisor at November 25, 2022 04:01 AM (xhxe8)

287 "in the outs with bro"

Infidel, sorry to hear that!

I am estranged from one of my bros as well. Sad part is, he lives only a 1/4 mile away! Haven't communicated since midsummer. He's been being a jerk for the last 3 years so I cut ties. Meh. Don't need any more drama-- got enough already

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 04:03 AM (dpnJh)

288 that photo is a YAM not a sweet potato.

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Posted by: Tom at November 25, 2022 11:11 AM (xSxvn)

290 On the night of Nov. 15, 1842, a group of 25 black slaves largely owned by a notorious Cherokee slave master made a daring escape.

Unfortunately, the rebellion, which later became known as the 1842 Cherokee slave revolt, has remained but a footnote in the history of American slavery. After Native Americans were exempt from the slave trade in 1730, many of those Natives took to owning black slaves themselves, moving off their ancestral lands with slaves in tow.
Indeed, by 1860, the Cherokee Nation alone owned over 4,000 black slaves.

Posted by: SMOD at November 25, 2022 04:06 PM (X5CsJ)

291 My mom made the Dressing and Stuffing from scratch loaves of White Bread Dressing balls as well Smoked Oyster Dressing always bought Norbest Turkey we even raised our own Turkeys never had any problems with them staring up at the rain and drowning and when the School bus let off its Airbrakes they would respond

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