Thanksgiving

[C&G'sMama]

Traditions, love 'em. DD will go over to our best friend's (the kids call him Uncle A) tonight to make pies and tomorrow DS will go over to his house to make pies.
DP Looovees to cook. So we will have the turkey, bean casserole, "corn stuff" as we call it, etc. I have to have cranberry sauce from a can put right out on a plate as is. (It's a kid thing). It will be just the 4 of us for dinner. MIL and FIL are leaving today for Myrtle Beach for the winter. Uncle A is traveling the 2 1/2 hours north to spend the day with his family. My family is huge and all my in town siblings have grandkids so we may go over to my brother's for pie in the evening.

We too watch the parade. When I was a kid we went to Mass every Thanksgiving so I missed most of the parade. So we will have breakfast casserole, sit in our jammies and watch the parade.

At some point in the day we'll put the tree up and then decorate over the course of the weekend. We leave for WDW on the 3rd and won't be back in town until the 15th so if we don't do it this weekend it won't get done.

Happy Thanksgiving to all

 

[zeitzeuge]

Thanksgiving has changed for me over the holidays.

When I was growing up, until I was probably in my mid 20's, my entire family and extended family (75+) get together and have a huge potluck. It lasts for hours, with people visiting afterwards, eating dessert and coffee. Men usually end up going to watch a football game, the women hang out and continue talking. I was always with the women. Go figure.

During college and grad school, it was too difficult to go home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I picked Christmas to go home. I spent most of those Thanksgivings alone.

Once I moved to Dallas, our friends had a slumber party the night before. We gave each other mani's and pedi's, some highlighted their hair (for those who had some), we ate food that was bad for us and watched our favorite movies. Drinking the whole time of course. The next morning we started early and cooked up until 2pm and had a traditional dinner. I miss those days since most of us have gone our separate ways.

Now? I still don't go home since home is 9 hours away. I now spend it with Steven and his family, which I can now call my own. They treat me like I'm their son. We usually kick the parents out of the kitchen and Steven and I cook all of the sides and prepare the table.

This year is going to be so different! Steven's parents own a Ritz Carlton time share in Beaver Creek Resort at Bachelor Gulch Colorado, near Vail, so we're meeting them up there on Wednesday to ski, spend an entire 6 hours getting spa treatments and the test of the time napping, drinking, reading, eating, lounging by the heated pool and just doing absolutely nothing.

I'm never going to want to leave.......

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and I'm thankful to call all of you friends.

 

[rpmdfw]

For me, Thanksgiving has been the "solo holiday" pretty much since I was in High School. I work in the hospitality field, so even when I was living in the same town as my family, I was usually working Thanksgiving so I could have Christmas off.

Once I moved away, even family leftovers stopped being an option. As I moved up the food chain, I eventually no longer had to work Thanksgiving, so I began to enjoy the potluck extravaganzas that happen when a "found family" gets together.

Anna Madrigal in Armistad Maupin's Tales of the City books talks about people having biological families that they're born into and "logical" families that they gather around them. I like that thought. Even though I'm lucky enough that my "logical" family happens to include the biologicals as well.

That's what Scott and I will be doing this year-Thanksgiving with the non-biologicals. We (along with Tolliver) will be heading over to the home of part of our "Florida Family" (whose antics you may remember being featured in the Big Fat Gay Disney Wedding thread). This year poses a new challenge, as I'm in charge of the turkey. I can't wait!

And now, I'll get all mushy and say that I'm thankful for all of you. Even though I haven't been able to play much on the DIS lately, I'm happy to know all of you and call so many of you my friends.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Not gonna mention any names, but someone is into the wine already!

 

[rpmdfw]

Not gonna mention any names, but someone is into the wine already!

You are?

Lucky you!

I'm stuck here at work.

 

[wallyb]

I'm thankful there were no video cameras.

Also thankfull for the word expunged.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Well, we are into the wine already!

We've got some things prepared, and loads more to do tomorrow. We resurrected (ok, I resurrected) and old family tradition ...

Have you ever had Hubbard squash? I found one in a Publix in Jacksonville and brought it home. They are huge usually, although this one wasn't too crazy big. The trick is getting them open to cook... hence the tradition.

I had to dash it against the concrete THREE times before it would crack! The neighbors are now fully convinced I'm certifiable.

At any rate, it finally cracked, I cleaned out the seeds and stringy bits and it has been baked and scooped out of the shell. Yummy stuff. It will be reheated for "the day."

Aren't you THANKFUL that you aren't one of our neighbors?

 

[franandaj]

We will have turkey, dressing (oyster and "regular) gravy, mashed potatoes and cranberry jelly, of course.

This year we are also having: cranberry sauce (a great concoction that features port) butternut, kale and bread 'pudding,' brussel sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta, baked hubbard squash, scalloped corn, gingered carrots, fig stuffed acorn squash, sweet potatoes with a pecan and maple syrup (optional) sauce, multi-grain dinner rolls, mini cheese laden biscuits, pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate pie, pecan tarts, whipped cream and ice cream as toppings.

Assorted wine, eggnog, coffee...

Wow! Are these things traditional in your family, or regional to where you live? I love to cook, but this sounds like an incredible feast of not exotic items, but the combinations are nothing like I've encountered out here in So Cal....where in the country are you, sounds like the south, but I can't tell? I'm intrigued!

 

[dmwang9]

I'm flying solo for Thanksgiving this year. I typically don't fly to Phoenix (where the rest of my family is) for the holiday, as I'm going to be there for Christmas, and while I love my family dearly, seeing them twice in 4 weeks is pushing it. I was going to spend Thanksgiving with some local friends, but they all wound up with out-of-town plans, so I'm going to chill by myself for the day. This is actually not the horrible thing that it may sound like. I have tons of stuff that needs doing around the apartment, plus there's an all-day Mythbusters marathon on The Discovery Channel. Although I'm sure I'll have lots of school stuff that will need to get done (I'm a high school teacher), I'm going to give myself the day off and be a completely lazy schlub.

 

[Timrobb]

We alternate Easter/Thanksgiving with our families. This year we will be at my monster, I mean mother-in-law. We are in charge of desserts - which is something I LOVE and enjoy doing.

As for the wine, I have been drinking for days - I'll need a constant buzz to get through the day with Tim's family ! Oh, who am I kidding . . . I would be drinking for days if it wasn't Thanksgiving!

Also, I want to say that this board brings me such comfort. Although I don't reply on every thread or after every one of Wally's posts (HEHE), I am so happy I found this board. You all are great people and I hope you have a great TURKEY day!

 

[Holly]

I've been making pies all day. Two lemon merengue, a pumpkin, a winter peach, and I'm about to make the chocolate after my break.

We have fourteen people altogether, a combination of family and friends. We do traditional food with the addition of baked macaroni and cheese for the picky eaters.

Macy's parade is a tradition- the kids are excited about the addition of Mickey Mouse this year.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[DOPEYLUVER]

I am sooooooo tired. I stayed up late last night helping my college son with a paper. Up early this morning to go to the market before work. Now I'm working until 3, then home to start baking. Of course I have to go to the market again because I forgot two things. I don't know why I bother with a list if I'm not going to follow it.

 

[rpmdfw]

I Of course I have to go to the market again because I forgot two things. I don't know why I bother with a list if I'm not going to follow it.

I'm thankful that I'm not the only one who does that!

Hang in there!

 

[PennyW]

Linda will do the cooking since she enjoys that type of thing. My mom and I will drink wine and lend moral support

 

[Hydani]

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans
We had ours already... in October

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!

 

[wallyb]

Happy Thanksgiving - turkeys!
You know who you are.

 

[starann]

I will be busy cooking (and drinking heavily since I have to not only deal with My own mom and step mom, but my MIL as well) tomorrow but I wanted to say


I am thankful for this special place of the DIS. I know no matter how bad of a day I am having, I can come here for an instant smile. Thank you for my smiles and laughs!

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Wow! Are these things traditional in your family, or regional to where you live? I love to cook, but this sounds like an incredible feast of not exotic items, but the combinations are nothing like I've encountered out here in So Cal....where in the country are you, sounds like the south, but I can't tell? I'm intrigued!

It's a combination of traditional to our families and a bit of being food freaks.

We live in Florida but are both originally from the northeast. If I had included Indian Pudding in the dessert lineup that would have given it away, eh? I just took it out of the oven and the aroma is wicked!

We've did most of the prep work today. Tomorrow will have the turkey roasting, and finishing touches put on the rest.

Our first two "company" are here. The boys got in about two hours ago. Tomorrow we'll add four more for a total of eight at the table.

 

[wallyb]

It's a combination of traditional to our families and a bit of being food freaks.

We live in Florida but are both originally from the northeast. If I had included Indian Pudding in the dessert lineup that would have given it away, eh? I just took it out of the oven and the aroma is wicked!

We've did most of the prep work today. Tomorrow will have the turkey roasting, and finishing touches put on the rest.

Our first two "company" are here. The boys got in about two hours ago. Tomorrow we'll add four more for a total of eight at the table.

Love Indian Pudding