cborgman said:

i don't even have a microwave. what happened last year was that i rode around on the bus trying to find somewhere that was open on thanksgiving to go eat, but damn near everyplace was closed. i was pissed, you'd think that at least a few places would cater to thanksgiving orphans!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

that's why i do chinese. they usually are open on thanksgiving, christmas, and easter.

luv4all7 said:

I will as soon as I pick which swedish fishes Jess and I are going to do

I'm co-hosting our annual 'friend' thanksgiving this saturday. I'm starting to get stressed as it always feels like it creeps up on me. But there really isn't much to do since everyone brings something to eat, I'm just helping coordinate and decorate and all that kinda stuff.
Since I'm hosting, I'm helping make the turkey this year (BLEH!!!) and I've only cooked a turkey once ever before, the first time I hosted the 'friend' thanksgiving and I vowed I wouldn't do it again. Dead birds are absolutely disgusting. But I know it will be yummy.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

that's why i do chinese. they usually are open on thanksgiving, christmas, and easter.

i prefer your threads which contain photos of you in belly shirts.

Could somebody please post a recipe?

Chris, I'd do the chineese food thing too, if I wasn't so me.

Mach said:

i agree.

that and the horrid drunken fighting thanksgiving debacles with my dysfunctional ass family in my childhood are why i hate thanksgiving

Could somebody please post a recipe?

Chris, I'd do the chineese food thing too, if I wasn't so me.

luv4all7 said:

okay, okay, I found the stuffing recipe. It's pretty light & healthy, so people who want heavy sausage-type stuffing might not like it, but I do!

I substitute chicken stock for the vegetable stock, and pecans for the walnuts.

APPLE, RAISIN, AND WALNUT STUFFING

2 Granny Smith apples
3 Tbsp canola oil
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 1/2 celery ribs, sliced crosswise 1/8 inch thick
2 cups bread crumbs or croutons
1/4 � 3/4 cup vegetable stock or water
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
1/4 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped
1/4 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
1/4 tsp fresh sage, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

Peel and core apples and cut into 1/4-inch dice. Put oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat, then sauté walnuts, stirring, 1 minute. Add onion and celery and sauté, stirring, until softened, about 6 minutes. Add apple and raisins and sauté, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Add herbs and sauté for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and toss with remaining ingredients. Moisten with stock as needed. Adjust seasoning to your taste. Bake in an oiled casserole dish at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
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cborgman said:

i don't even have a microwave. what happened last year was that i rode around on the bus trying to find somewhere that was open on thanksgiving to go eat, but damn near everyplace was closed. i was pissed, you'd think that at least a few places would cater to thanksgiving orphans!

NDRU said:

Oooooh, I don't eat stuffing at ALL, but I think I'd like this. You just gave me a recipe! Thanks!

I just cant make myself wrap my mind to do an american "look what we did to the natives country " celebration ... If we had treated them with honor and respect, as fellow brothers and sisters living freely on their land, then perhaps, maybe

Mach said:

I loves me some Thanksgiving!

Isn't that the one where we celebrate how we kicked Canada's ass back in the day?

Mach said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

she's not a tree...!..ggeez.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I don't think we Americans really think about the origins of our holidays--Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, even July 4.

But Mach, Thanksgiving is traditionally about how the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive, not how we stole their land.

NDRU said:

and ignoring the fact that we slaughtered them and took their land as thanks.

nothing personal. i am with IB and mach. it seems wrong.

Theres tension every year with me and my one sister n law over the pickled eggs/beets.

I guess before I came along she always made them. (Likeits so hard or something.

Well, I didn't know that, so I made them too, and she showed up with hers, and was liek, OMG Daniela, everyone LOVES how I make mine. You shouldn't have made any. (Like theres SOOO many different ways to make them. )

Anyway!! As the dinner went on, everyone was like, Daniela, YOUR eggs are awesome. So like every year after that, she gets all pissie with me about the pickled eggs.

Well, in the name of niceness. I am going to call her, and specifically ask her to make the pickled eggs.

(Even though mine are better)

NDRU said:

and ignoring the fact that we slaughtered them and took their land as thanks.

nothing personal. i am with IB and mach. it seems wrong.

cborgman said:

what's this we stuff?...you were there?..IB and Mach were there?

purplerein said:

we as a collective of americans. it's part of the american history, and not even that far back.

i'm not saying that you or anyone else should bear the blame, i am just saying i want no part of it. that's all.
[Edited 11/16/06 12:38pm]

cborgman said:

thanksgiving is representative of the first meal the pilgrims had with the native americans...each contributed to the meal. there's nothing wrong with celebrating
cooperation. in addition, it can also represent thanks for what we have now.

cborgman said:

yes, but what it's about nowadays is having a big dinner with family, and depending on your family, I don't see any problem with that.

I get together with my family for Christmas, too, and I don't believe in Jesus, nor do I approve of hundreds of things the church has done over the years

If we analyze too much we might never celebrate anything
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