Happy Thanksgiving from the echo chamber
It is 9:15 AM EST on Thanksgiving morning and not a soul on this site.
It is another sad day for NT, but it is a day when Americans traditionally give thanks. Therefore, I will speak for many when I give thanks for family, friends and being fortunate enough to live in the US.
I will even take the extra step, and I will add kindness by wishing all the members of NT a Happy Thanksgiving.
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God only knows they could use a bit of kindness.
I recall that quote from a famous play: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
Especially the younger ones.
... that live at jeff's house.
Morning...Umm what is all that on the plate? Potato, carrots ?????
If I had to guess I'd say its:
Squash (yellow stuff)
Carrot (orange stuff)
Mashed potatoes (white stuff)
Stuffing (brown stuff on the upper right) and
Turkey (brown stuff on the upper left)
In my not so expert opinion, the orange "stuff" possibly so very probably could be 'cubed' sweet potatoes or YAMS! (It's the season for fall 'color' foods.)
Squash is pumpkin?
We have pumpkin but not sure about squash though..
Doesn't look half bad that food plate, think I could go for that..
Sugar Pumpkin
This variety of pumpkin is a member of the gourd family, which actually includes all other varieties of squash as well. Its flesh is creamy and sweet, perfect for use in baking and creamy soups. Skip the orange pumpkin that you're more likely to pick up for decorative carving purposes , as its flesh is bland and stringy.
How to cook it: It's great for baking.
Sugar Pie Baking Pumpkin.
Credit: Annabelle Breakey / Getty Images
This variety of pumpkin is a member of the gourd family, which actually includes all other varieties of squash as well. Its flesh is creamy and sweet, perfect for use in baking and creamy soups.
Ahh yes I have seen them around but never taken much notice of them..
I hate pumpkin so don't think these will be on my shopping list any time soon either..
Lol I did say it was a guess
And I could be wrong as I am guessing, because I don't know what it is exactly.
There are 2 basic types of squash. Summer squash and winter squash. Both are grown in the summer but summer squash like zucchini and yellow squash are eaten in the summer because they won't keep until winter. Winter squash like acorn, spaghetti and, yes, pumpkins will keep for several months if kept cool, dry and unbruised.
We had turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, candied yams, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, and pumpkin, apple and pecan pies. It was wonderful.
Hmmm mmm. You 'sound' overfed, SteevieGee!
yea, maybe just a bit.
I stayed home yesterday. . . but then the 'gatherers' returned with plates of 'bounty' and I literally am sitting here right this minute having finished 'stuffing' myself. Do me a favor, SteevieGee—tell anybody willing to send me food for Christmas—Don't. I am a 'one and done' on that with my new foodie lifestyle. Now, I have to 'get at it' and go walk!
And, alas, I already have done my 6000 steps today. But this 'stuff' in my gut. . . has got to go!
dont forget the butternut squash , my personal fav .
Oh, I forgot to mention the butternut squash soup! Yea, we had that too.
"I will even take the extra step, and I will add kindness by wishing all the members of NT a Happy Thanksgiving."
Wow Vic, how magnanimous of you.
Y would N E not wish others a Happy Thanksgiving, irregardless of political leanings ?
SO a Bah Mutha Fckn Humbug toany and all with a heart so small, cause like the Grinch, we all should change our hostilities to possibilities, cause Divided it Dies, and Division via lies in the way of US All healling, is Y we should all e grateful we are still able to speak our minds, and the more we finds, out and about, the more and louder, more and more will shout...
Happy Thanksgiving to you and anyone I disagree with, and any that might agree, even if only to a small degree, cause a bitter heart leads to unhappiness, and we've observed enuff crapiness, imho
not enough DC turkeys are losing their heads.
Bizarre.
Thanksgiving with a bottle of French wine, how patriotic ... one must truly hate California.
Happy stuffing!
Or, perhaps just truly hate a really good wine.
Morning...well it's already Friday here but ...
Happy Thanksgiving (big chook day) over there... hope you all have a good day..
We still think most of you mob are half troppo, but we still like you..
Have a great day everyone..now what's for brekkie.. Vegemite toast sounds good to me..🐨
I had to look up what troppo means, but after seeing it I cant disagree with you assessment.
My homage to the American Newstalkers for their Thanksgiving is to wish all a Restful, Peaceful, Happy, Friendly, Safe, Healthy and "Affordable" Holiday Weekend, Canada's Thanksgiving Holiday was more than a month ago, because harvest time is earlier due to the climate.
China has different dates and different ways of celebrating harvest:
Harvest Festivals: How Chinese Ceremonies Honor the Bounty of Nature
LINK -> Harvest Festivals: How Chinese Ceremonies Honor the Bounty of Nature - Chinese Mythology
Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all! (Spoken in my best 'southern' accent!)
Here that translates to..
Have a bloody ripper time you mob..🦘
Deep fried turkey just after pulled from the hot oil.
We had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, dressing, green beans, pumpkin pie and cheesecake. Also 2 tomatoes from my greenhouse. I'm full and have 3 Days of leftovers.
Hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving
Never had deep fried turkey, I did go to a friends place once where we were going to have it. It did not go well and we ended up ordering chinese instead
Arvo...hmm well that sort of looks interesting...
Have seen that been done on YouTube and many a good fire along with it also...
Does it taste different to what you would do in an oven?
What you have for Thanksgiving is what we basically have for Christmas..
It tastes really good (and fried)-which is why I stopped eating it. (We still have the fryer in the shed.) It's makes cooking a whole turkey easier because: 1. You use it outside. 2. It is done in two hours or so and not 6-8 hours in the oven. 3. It's crispy. 4. It's well-done.
It tastes good and moist with a crispy crust. You inject a marinade in it and put a rub on the outside.
Preparation and being careful are the keys. Hot oil and a gas burner with open flame need care. have to watch time and temperature. Turkey must be fully thawed out.
Stuffing must be done separate
Ours is a electric turkey frying 'device.' It is so moist, crispy at the same time, and GOOD. Only problem is we're getting older and we eat turkey all year long. So. . . we don't need it as much anymore for ourselves. I can sell you an electric turkey fryer real cheap! C'mon, let's make a deal.
Thanks but I have one
I noticed that the National Flag Football League went back to the "Cowboys and Indians" theme for the game.
A day late , but i hope all had a good feast yesterday , i spent the day driving home with full coolers and a clean sweep of all tags from hunting season, all 4 tags filled . Lotsa very lean game meat .
Did i mention , I"M BAAAAACK.....