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12227. christipeters - 11/23/2004 5:22:50 PM Thanksgiving is my Mom's 77th birthday. She's spending the day with my big brother.
It will just be my daughter and I here. Since it's just the two of us, instead of doing the traditional dishes for Thanksgiving, I am cooking each of us our favorites. So for my daughter that is salmon, cheddar potatoes, corn on the cob, and pumpkin pie with cool whip. For me that is steak, baked potato, asparagus and apple pie with vanilla ice cream. 12228. alistairconnor - 11/23/2004 5:25:28 PM So much effort ahead of time and within minutes, the food is consumed and the meal is over.
You Americans don't know how to live. You can't have a decent dinner with a dozen people in under four or five hours. 12229. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/23/2004 5:40:01 PM We're an impatient lot, Alistair – engulf & devour and then savor TV on the recliner.
12230. thoughtful - 11/23/2004 5:47:12 PM savor TV on the recliner and let the tryptophan work its magic!
Maybe it's because of children...expecting children to sit still for 4-5 hours of eating is a lot. When we were kids we'd devour and then head outside or in the basement for 4-5 hours of serious play time. 12231. alistairconnor - 11/23/2004 6:17:23 PM Well yeah you expect the kids to slip away within 20 minutes or so, they come back for dessert. That gives one elbow room, to wave one's arms about expansively and refill glasses and such.
To be honest, the five hour dinner is as much about drinking as eating. 12232. angel-five - 11/23/2004 7:24:19 PM Notes for the day:
No matter how much honey you add to a cup of valerian tea, it still tastes like moldy ass.
When brewing latte, there are two schools of thought and one of them suggests it is helpful to add water to the steam press.
Ice cream for breakfast is still a good option.
12233. jexster - 11/23/2004 7:54:39 PM Who IS that handsome lady killer?
 12234. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/23/2004 8:02:58 PM It's you, Dummy! 12235. Magoseph - 11/23/2004 8:43:05 PM Jex, repost the picture, please. 12236. jexster - 11/23/2004 8:55:22 PM Certainly...man candy is worth seeing twice!
12237. Magoseph - 11/23/2004 8:57:05 PM Yes, if it shows up---I still can't see it. 12238. arkymalarky - 11/23/2004 10:39:37 PM What wonderful-sounding Thanksgiving plans! Except the idea of shopping the day after gives me hives. My Bro's wife's family has a tradition of it. They get up at 4:00 AM, hit the center of the mall as soon as the doors open (it's quite a drive to a mall from where they live), put their hands together like a basketball team and holler "One two three SHOP!" as they split all directions. They shop until late that evening.
I go a few days before Christmas, on a weekday. 12239. arkymalarky - 11/23/2004 10:40:50 PM When Bob's dad was siok we had their family and mine at our house--20+ people of all ages and sizes--and it was really nice. Now the two families are separate again so Bob and Mose and I will eat at two different places, which is nice too, especially since I'm to busy to cook this year. 12240. arkymalarky - 11/23/2004 10:40:58 PM o 12241. arkymalarky - 11/23/2004 10:42:33 PM I see where the extra "o" is for my "too," it's in "sick."
Speaking of which, I came home early because I was sick. My stomach launched a surprise attack about 10:00 this morning. 12242. jexster - 11/23/2004 10:56:50 PM Mags...something's wrong with your browser or somethin 12243. jexster - 11/23/2004 10:59:36 PM Then you don't want my Miss Nipsy Carville's cornbread dressin recipie Arky!
Just got back from our Tuesday Lunch Bunch for the homeless where I do it annually...
Last year's cost, same store, same things - 53
This year - $70
However, when one client said he'd skipped the NAACP T'givin lunch jess cause my dressin...made it all worth it 12244. arkymalarky - 11/24/2004 3:44:52 AM Wow. I have a feeling it will only get worse.
Do post your dressing recipe in The Good Life, Jex! 12245. Jenerator - 11/24/2004 5:40:47 AM Jex,
I can't see the picture of you. 12246. wonkers2 - 11/24/2004 6:56:31 AM Greetings from beautiful downtown Berkeley. Attended my wife's cousin's husband's funeral over the weekend in Sacramento. Jexter will be pleased to know that he went out in style to a packed house in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with at least four priests and a verger, no less. Messages from the Governator and from a biggie Dem legislator lady in person were read at the reception following the burial commending him for his contributions over nearly 30 years to California environmental legislation. RIP Jeffrey David Arthur.
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