Well, that's what I meant, sir.
All those illustrations in those children's books about Thanksgiving down south generally show more than just the usual standard stuff. One gets the impression southerners make an afternoon and evening of it.
When I was a little lad, and then a teenager, out here in Nebraska, the annual Nebraska-Oklahoma football game was played on Thanksgiving Day--and no other games, college or professional--which meant Thanksgiving dinners had to be quick.
Half an hour to chow down, and then everybody headed to the neighbors' to watch it on television, or to the living room to listen to it on the radio.
The womenfolk as well as the men.
It blew my mind when I later (but still a pre-teenager) learned that some people in some parts of the country take as much as a whole entire hour to dine on Thanksgiving Day.
We arrived at our friends' house at 12:30.
Started with Bloody Marys. The brie that I did in a puff pastry with pesto inside, a shrimp and lobster spread, and a soft vegetable cheese spread with croustades and garlic/herb water crackers. Various trips past the "resting" turkey by any one of 12 people to pick a bite off.
At 3:30 we ate dinner. Buffet served but we all sat at the table together. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, twice baked potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, New Orleans corn pudding, baked apples, a mandarin orange/cranberry torte, homemade rolls. Red or white wine ( I don't drink it, but they had yellow labels and with a kangaroo)
Dessert was pecan pie with cinnamon whipped cream and pumpkin cheese cake about 5:30.
Football was on the tv, and lots of conversation.
Pretty typical Southern Thanksgiving....except there wasn't any drama! Tennessee Williams would have been soooo disappointed.
