primitives discuss superfluous holiday chow

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Oh my.

divineorder  (437 posts)        Tue Nov-24-09 09:24 PM
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Double Holiday Dinner

One practice I've noticed over the years is that I, and other people will fix a Holiday meal even though we have plans to visit other people for the Holiday dinner. My rationale has always been that I just don't want to go home after a great dinner to look at empty refrigerator or a mundane meal right after having a festive one.

Do any of you do that? Get invited out for a holiday meal, but cook a meal of your own anyway?

Doug's stupid ex-wife:

EFerrari  (1000+ posts)        Tue Nov-24-09 09:35 PM
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1. My family has always done that. Mom did, I do.

For some reason, having leftovers in the frig is the most festive thing about the season.

divineorder  (437 posts)        Tue Nov-24-09 10:27 PM
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3. So True About the Festive Part

Eating dinner leftovers the day after has always been a fun thing to do-especially for breakfast. And between Christmas and New Years, it seems a cheap way to prolong the Holiday Season.

The wired gassy primitive, from that farmette up over there in Wisconsin:

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Tue Nov-24-09 10:26 PM
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2. I roasted a turkey tonight

...because we won't be home for Thanksgiving but I will definitely want some leftovers.

The imperious primitive, who has a lot of money:

The empressof all   (1000+ posts)        Tue Nov-24-09 10:46 PM
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4. We're going out --- I've cooked Thanksgiving for the past 25 years

I'm already mourning the loss of the left overs. I snagged a little 10 pound Turkey (For 3 bucks  How could I not) I'm not going to cook it until next week. We'll be eating far earlier than usual this year so I'm going to buy some "good" coldcuts and a few pints of real ice cream for snacking on later. It'll do...

surrealAmerican  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 07:02 PM
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9. I did the same thing (turkeywise).

The supermarket had an offer I could not refuse (14lb. turkey for $4). I'll cook it on Friday.

The nipple (sorry, bad joke) primitive:

japple  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 10:32 AM
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5. The best part about turkey holidays: THE TURKEY CARCASS

tigereye  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 10:45 AM
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6. we bought a turkey breast and fixings for our own little dinner 

after my brother did the turducken thing last year- you kind of want your own, too, and more leftovers!

So it makes sense, I think.

Grandma:

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 12:31 PM
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8. Since we married 12 years ago, I have done the same at my house. I never prepared a turkey before that time. My mom always did the entire meal, I made spaghetti sauce, and one of my sisters made wedding soup. My other sisters contributed other desserts.

We usually go to the home of one of my husband's family and contibute some part of the meal and then have our own on Friday, but this year, we are staying home altogether so I am preparing only our meal. I have a local turkey from a farmer friend, fresh green beans, whole cranberries, whole sweet potatoes, and a fresh pumpkin to cook for pies. Tonight I will probably make bread dough to rise for rolls, which I will make bun size to accomodate turkey and cranberry sandwiches for leftovers.

Tesha  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 07:57 PM
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10. oh nice...
 
a holiday at home. I'll bet you're going to have the best Thanksgiving ever!

Oh, I dunno.

Remember, the tightwad skinfllint hippyhubby and Grandma are going to sit down after dinner, and listen to, and reflect upon, some sort of "talking book" by some queer guy.

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 08:23 PM
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11. We're looking forward to it.

I've got my brine cooling in the Coleman cooler, I'm going with an hour per pound. Once the turkey is in it, I'm going to go ahead and make the cranberries and sweet potatoes tonight to save time and room in the oven tomorrow. Going to put some bread dough together, too. Will do the fresh green beans and Bill will do the pie tomorrow, just took the last batch of pureed fresh punkin outta the freezer a little while ago.

I've more energy tonight than I normally do on a work day since I know I don't have to go back for four whole days!

We did stop for a few minutes to watch a pass of the space station with the shuttle trailing behind it. Very cool! And Bill is eating an omelet and toast I threw together really quick for his dinner.

What are your plans for tomorrow? Did I miss them here somewhere? Whatever it is, I hope you have a great day, too.

I just found them. Looks like you're having festivities with the neighbors?

Poor Grandma.  I bet she'd just as soon go shopping after dinner, instead of sitting around morosely listening to some "talking book" with hippyhubby.

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EFerrari  (1000+ posts)        Tue Nov-24-09 09:35 PM
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1. My family has always done that. Mom did, I do.

For some reason, having leftovers in the frig is the most festive thing about the season.

Yeah ?

Well stuff you too you frigging DUmmie.

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As for festive meals - I usually cook a component or a side dish for the people who are arranging and hosting the event, as does everyone that attends. Those that are incapable of cooking are welcome to bring extra booze - preferably something from the top shelf.

[Karin]

Ya know, that queer guy that hippywife likes (David Sedaris) is actually very funny when he's not:  a) talking politics, b)  talking gay, c)  talking, as he has a pronounced lisp.   He's hilarious in book form only, when he's telling stories about his various family members, especially his mother, who I love.   She was a hard-drinking, hard-smoking smart-ass who took no shit from anyone. 

Grandma's only been married 12 years?  I got the impression it was more like 35.  Maybe because she's such an Aunt Bee.   

[franksolich]

Ya know, that queer guy that hippywife likes (David Sedaris) is actually very funny when he's not:  a) talking politics, b)  talking gay, c)  talking, as he has a pronounced lisp.   He's hilarious in book form only, when he's telling stories about his various family members, especially his mother, who I love.   She was a hard-drinking, hard-smoking smart-ass who took no shit from anyone. 

Grandma's only been married 12 years?  I got the impression it was more like 35.  Maybe because she's such an Aunt Bee.   

You know, madam, I must correct an earlier misimpression I gave.

Listening to that "talking book" is what Grandma and hippyhubby are doing on Christmas Day, not as Thanksgiving festivities. 

On Thanksgiving, they were to go to the in-laws (hippyhubby's relatives) for chow, although there seemed little point in it, hippyhubby's relatives being such voracious eaters they chow down on the bones too, leaving no leftovers.

Poor Grandma, being so far away from family and friends in Ohio, and stuck down there in the wilds of northeastern Oklahoma.