in case any of you are gonna send me a plate of yer thanksgiving vittles, i have a few requests:

-- no ham. i can't stand it.

-- no chittlins.

-- plenty of collard greens.

-- if you include any cornbread with the plate and it's all dry and/or burnt, i'ma do an org roundhouse on you.

-- no gravy. stuffing's fine, oyster dressing's a plus.

what about mac and chees?

DanceWme said:

ooooh, i almost forgot. mac n'cheese is a must! homemade mac n'cheese is a plus. i ain't trynna eat some kraft.

Okay sweetie here ya go...

Nice plate of ham w/ gravy, dry cornbread, big bowl of chitterlings w/ tobasco and turnip greens.





J/K....cornbread won't be dry at my house...it will be the stuffing and hubby doesn't share his chitterlings.

I gotta find some collard greens though. They don't carry them everywhere in UT.

Except that you'd be at the smell of the chitterlings you'd love Thanksgiving at my house.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Oh mine is homemade..

I got u

go down to my thanksgiving thread and tell me what I'm missing.....I'm sick of making the same ole stuff.

I LOVE Thanksgiving food! My feelings on the "holiday" aside, I don't understand why people always say they feel sorry for me on Thanksgiving since I don't eat meat. Who needs turkey? My kids' great-grandmother makes greens, baked mac and cheese, candied yams, extra stuffing cooked outside of the bird, cornbread...

Nothinbutjoy said:

no collard greens in utah? really? and i'm used to the smell of chittlins being cleaned...when i went to my grandma's house for thanksgiving, the big ol' plastic bucket of chittlins in the sink was my cue to head upstairs so i wouldn't have to smell 'em as she cleaned them. the smell lingers for days!

FunkMistress said:

Im comin over

DanceWme said:

me too!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I wish I was too... I just realized I typed "makes," and unfortunately it's "used to make." The lovely lady passed away this year. RIP, Nana Singleton. I miss you and your food!

FunkMistress said:

Can u make it?

DanceWme said:

I'm actually thinking of starting a Thanksgiving dinner at my house for all my friends who don't have family around (or choose not to be with them for various reasons). Maybe next year.

FunkMistress said:

Im in !

im so greedy

FunkMistress said:

awwww...

reminds me of mom, my grandma on my mom's side (everyone in the family called her "mom" or "nanny", because she was like a mother to all of us)--up till around the time she passed away, she totally got down in the kitchen every thanksgiving to feed us all...and bitched at folks who wanted to come over and eat but not help her clean up afterwards.
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That was Nana Singleton. She was my daughters' father's grandmother (got that? ) but she was just "Ma" to mostly everyone.

FunkMistress said:

i've always wished that i had the means/space/money to do just that, have a thanksgiving orphan feast at my place.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yeah, I'm thinking I might have to make it a potluck.

FunkMistress said:

true. i'd probably be a lot like my mom was when it comes to cooking: she never let anybody stay around in the kitchen with her while she was preparing food. "get outta my way, get outta the kitchen! go go go!"

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Oh they have collard greens here or we'd have to import them in It's just that not every store carries them so I'll be driving around to find them.


And for those of you thinking about doing an "orphans" Thanksgiving, DO IT!! We use to have them every year when in the military, because not everyone could get back home or had family that lived near-by. They were a bit of work but worth every minute of it. The time spent with those friends is something I cherish.

What the hell is a Chittlin?!

susannah said:

small intestines of a pig

susannah said:

You don't want to know.

DanceWme said:

Pictures? Cooked, I mean, of course!

Hey - I'm Scottish - we know plenty about eating the WHOLE animal! We're old skool man!

susannah said:

DanceWme said:

ok.

That looks disgusting. You guys are nuts

susannah said:

hell...i dont eat that mess...and if u think it looks nasty..imagine how it smells

DanceWme said:

I can't even think of an equivalent food here.... we eat liver, and kidneys? And Black pudding has blood in it?! I grew up eating that, loved it, but now I just cant

susannah said:

wait..black pudding? whats that? and it has blood in it? who's blood?

DanceWme said:

It's fucking gross. It looks like a sausage, but blood is it's chief ingredient. They actually call it blood pudding sometimes in Ireland.