Comments on: Let’s Talk Turkey . . . Again

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:24:20 +0000

Lynn, why not dress up and go out to a fancy hotel restaurant offering Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings! Then a movie.

I’m seriously thinking of Enchanted! I so want to see that! :vibrating:

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:23:45 +0000

Julie, I tried the soaking in brine thing once and it was fantastic! I used the drippings and never noticed anything about the gravy.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:21:40 +0000

Retro, I heard that if you use the brine, you can’t make gravy from the drippings because it will be too salty. Did you try that?

By: retro

retro — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:17:27 +0000

This year my wife decided to have a dry run thanksgiving day to test out her recipes. We soaked the bird in a brine solution she got at William Sonoma, it really kept it moist. OMG, the turkey was so good and I get to do it again in a few days!

By: Lynn Matherly

Lynn Matherly — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:04:03 +0000

It sounds so pitiful, but I’ll probably be at the movies… by myself. My kids will be with their dad and the rest of my family is too far away for a day trip to see them. No point in going anywhere because my oldest has to work the busiest shopping weekend of the year, so we stay put. No point putting together a fancy dinner for no one but me to eat. I’ll save the calories and go find something to entertain me for the afternoon and come home to a good book. Such is life, I guess.

By: ev

ev — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:32:52 +0000

OOOOhhhhh…. the icon guru heard my call!!!

I am cooking this year- for half the family. Those of us who have to work bright and early black Friday are NOT going to NY for the parade and dinner with the other half of the family.

:feast:

Also one of the guys from work, whose family is all in FL, is coming to dinner. And anyone else who isn’t going anywhere. Open door policy and all that.

We have done the go out to dinner and a movie more than once, especially when hubby has been deployed by FEMA. I liked those days. NO cooking, cleaning and leftovers!!!

But Christmas? That’s a whole nother kettle of fish.

mastree:

By: Janelle

Janelle — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:40:35 +0000

Sounds like everyone has great Thanksgiving day plans — no matter who you’re spending it with (uh, except Jodie — Sorry, Jodie! ). However, it’s FABULOUS news about your Hubby! That’s a whole lot to be thankful for! :happythanks:

By: celeber

celeber — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:30:37 +0000

What a great question! And interesting responses.
I’m estranged from my family, but my husband has two sets of folks so we do Thanksgiving for two days.
Day 1
Traditional Thanksgiving at the Father and Mother’s house, aka Grandma and Grandpa. We go over early and help cook, while the boys ride motorcycles in the backyard track and goof off. My boys will be playing football in the morning and arriving later in the day to enjoy food, food and more food. We have an early dinner about 2, watch football, nap and eat again. Followed by board games, football, etc. All in all it is great fun.
Day 2
Thanksgiving International Style
The entire family chooses a culture and we cook the foods in that culture and eat, have fun, play games, etc. I will be doing some black friday shopping before I delve into German Meatloaf, German Potato Salad and Potato Dumplings. We are doing German food this year. It is always fun and interesting with the variety of foods.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:05:18 +0000

WOW!! Sorry I’m late to the Thanksgiving party! :vibrating: Y’all have been having way too much fun here today. Sorry I’ve missed it.

I don’t really want to talk about Thanksgiving because…well, I can’t say anything about it without ranting and raving and that’s just not nice. So, I’ll share my good news…

Hubby had an MRI on Monday and Duke called yeserday to say that it was “stable.” I guess since they couldn’t remove all the tumor they can’t say it’s clean so stable means it isn’t growing at all. He doesn’t have to have another one until February, when he’ll go back to see the doctor as well. That I have to be thankful for. The fact that he has to work Thanksgiving day stinks and then I have to spend the evening with all the in-laws and the in-laws in-laws and my oldest is going to be gone to his girlfriends…oh yeah, I didn’t want to talk about it. sorry!

By: Donna M

Donna M — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:30:12 +0000

Love all the new icons! One small request, any chance of getting an American flag sometime? I think that would be awesome! Thanks.
I hope this post shows up! Yesterday I posted & it went out to Cyberspace, maybe it is stuck in SPAM!!
As of yet I have no Thanksgiving plans! :gobble: I may cook for my grandson like I did last year. My daughter works in a hospital & always works on Thanksgiving. She just got back from a trip to England and will not return to work until Monday so no chance she won’t be scheduled to work! My other daughter lives in Oregon and is not coming down this year as her husband has to travel to Denver right after the holiday. I’m not to worried about what will happen although I will miss being with family & turkey! :feast: Whatever I decide to do there will be pumpkin pie!!!
Love this topic and hearing about everyone’s plans.