I made baked apples with walnuts, raisins, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon, and they are sinfully good.
That is all.
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I made baked apples with walnuts, raisins, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon, and they are sinfully good.
That is all.
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spudvol
I remember when you could buy those in Ironforge.
Jager
What are you washing that down with?
Jade Jordan
Two fingers (whole bottle) of scotch, of course.
You will be sharing that snack with our ally North Korea won’t you?
JPL
Well, I made butternut squash soup, stuffing, turkey broth, citrus salad, green beans, and picked up pies at one of my favorite restaurants (why bake pies when you know someone else can do it better is my motto) …so there!
adolphus
The B-School cheating thread got kind of heated. Since I participated, I thought I might relate a B-School related anecdote for your amusement.
This past weekend me and my classmates were enjoying a morning tailgate before a 12:35 kick-off for an SEC team. Since it was morning we were grilling bacon. Along comes a guy with a t-shirt that says “Entrepreneur Club.” Carrying a bag of mini-footballs. He proceeded to give us a speech about how he was trying to raise money for the aforementioned club so they can “buy t-shirts and have food at their meetings.”
1. I am giving NO ONE money to buy a t-shirt (especially since he already hand one) and buy food for a meeting.
2. They’re the frigging Entrepreneur Club! You wanna raise funds? Franchise a yogurt stand for jeebus sake. Have some pride.
Am I the only one amused by this?
Froley
I opted out of doing stuff today.
Mark S.
In honor of the Hack 30, here’s my impression of Thomas Friedman:
I was in the Silicon Valley last week, and while I was sucking off the president of Intel, he said something I had never thought of. He said, “Tom, if we were to cut the corporate tax rate in half, I would use these savings to create jobs here in the United States.”
A couple of hours after he blew his load on my face, I began wondering if we had any politicians brave enough to enact the kinds of laws he was talking about. That’s why I am looking for a new coalition of radical centrists like they have in China to do the things our government is incapable of.
DougJ
@Mark S.:
Win.
Corner Stone
This explains a lot.
Congress’ Median Household Net Worth: One Picture Is Worth 1000 Words
Take a minute to check the chart found at the link above. Congress’ net worth growth vs Median household net worth.
HT Corrente
Wilson Heath
http://www.outburstnow.com/2010-miss-tsa-calendar
South of I-10
That sounds delicious. I am tasked with bringing black eyed peas and green beans tomorrow, and they are ready to go. I am looking at a recipe for red velvet brownies with cream cheese icing – I may have to make them for a little surprise.
Mark S.
@DougJ:
Why thank you. And while we’re patting each other on the back, your BCS of BS post earlier today was one of the best things I’ve read in many a moon.
jeffreyw
Mrs J’s Perfect Pumpkin Pie
General Stuck
I’ve turned gradually to a full granola space cadet, so the above abomination of sugar poisoning makes me gag. I used to love that sort of thing, but now eating something like those apples would likely cause a rod to throw somewheres/ I do imbibe in an occasional candy bar, but not more than that. And am also reaching the stage that any processed food is off the list, or as little as I can get by with. Pretty much all veggies, non cow meat, fish, and peanut butter. Organic and no sugar or salt added of course. And snacks are only raw peanuts in a shell. Which the pooch has taken a liking to as well, for some strange reason.
jeffreyw
Mr J’s Pretty Fuckin Good Sammich
Violet
I made cranberry jelly yesterday and am in the middle of making pumpkin pies. Both family recipes that go back a couple of generations. I always love making those kinds of recipes.
Hal
The difference between Huffpo and Drudge is becoming more and more blurred:
Ash Can
Baked apples are one of the most underrated foods in the history of forever.
I just made cranberry sauce, which is nothing to sneeze at either. The husband and his family like to keep their recipes simple for Thanksgiving, so I just do the water, sugar, and cranberries. It smells great while cooking, and turns out sensational.
Ailuridae
@adolphus:
It isn’t quite the Libertarians in Chicago using reduced fare CTA passes but it made me giggle.
burnspbesq
@Hal:
Good fucking grief.
Let me take this opportunity to wish everyone who hangs out here (including those with whom I frequently and vehemently disagree) a Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful every day that I have a place like this to hang out.
Ross Hershberger
Spent the day un-buggering a lot of buggered-up machines. Just when I think I’ve foolproofed something, along comes a variety of fool I haven’t planned for. It’s like an arms race to the bottom.
If the world’s militaries were limited to people this heedless and irresponsible it would be impossible to fight another war. You’d just have to tell them that war was hard work and they’d bugger off to go waste time instead of undertaking hostilities.
jl
What! No Brandy?
BGK
I figure I’m about 1/3 of the way through my cooking odyssey. I made up cornbread-sausage stuffing (I made the skillet cornbread also), and all that’s left is to add the stock and egg, as I don’t want it to turn to mush overnight. I made the bread for the bread pudding, but I’m waffling on making up the bread pudding tonight. The cranberries boiled over and made an abominable mess on my range. They taste really good, though.
All this while dodging my two moochers, who usually park themselves by the dining room table, but instead tonight decided to treat the oven like cat teevee.
BGK
@Ash Can:
Try adding a little cinnamon, lemon juice, and lemon and/or orange peel. Maybe a few cloves. Yowza. I’ll never eat the canned crapola again.
Ross Hershberger
A fruit recipes that won’t put you in a coma:
Poached pears.
Peel, quarter and core 4 almost ripe large pears.
in a large saucepan, simmer them in white wine with 2tbsp sugar and spices to taste. I like ginger and cloves in mine. About 30 minutes on low simmer is about right, IIRC.
Chill in the remaining wine mixture for 4+ hours.
Drain and serve with a small scoop of raspberry sorbet.
I like this recipe because it’s fault tolerant and you can ignore it and do something else while it cooks. Plus it looks classy.
General Stuck
Guess I’ll watch the wildcats play UConn tonight.
JPL
@Mark S.: Since I have been shopping and chopping all day, I missed that post. Thanks for mentioning it.
donnah
I too am preparing for the big dinner tomorrow. Today I cooked five pounds of fresh green beans with bacon grease, onion, and garlic for over six hours. As mom says, these beans will taste like heaven because I’ve cooked the hell out of them. (It’s a Southern thing).
I also baked a pecan pie and made a chocolate silk cheesecake with a Graham cracker- pecan crust. Tomorrow I’ll roast the big turkey, make a sweet potato casserole, mash Idaho potatoes, and countless other traditional side dishes.
I also have a Paula Deen dessert recipe that is so rich and so sweet that I can’t even eat it, but the reviews from my sons were all very good. It’s a gooey pumpkin cake on a cake mix crust. We’ll need a lot of time to recuperate from the caloric attack here tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it.
Jim K.
“Fred tries to wake the Sheep”, Eggnog all around! WooHoo!
Nom de Plume
I am not making a damn thing, and will be ordering Chinese takeout tomorrow. It’ll be a great Thanksgiving.
I have never met anyone in my entire life who truly seemed to enjoy preparing a Thanksgiving meal. Even the more positive ones always express relief that it’s done rather than talk about how much fun it was to make.
So to all you people who will be spending all day in the kitchen tomorrow because you “have to”, Happy Thanksgiving suckers.
JPL
@BGK: I have a cat visiting and he and my mutt thought it was Christmas. When I chopped up the the gizzards and liver, they were besides themselves. I gave them treats separately but I have to admit it was the first time the cat went to the mutts bowl and licked it just in case the mutt left goodies behind.
MikeBoyScout
normally y’all give me a chuckle. but after reading what most of you are preparing i just feel lame. :-(
in any event i gotta bake my pumpkin pies now, cuz my turkey will monopolize the oven 2 morrow.
I give thanks for the John and the crew at BJ and those of you who frequent this place. thanks all. merry turkey day or how ever you play it. the rest of Murika may be going to hell, but we have each other in this virtual world. thanx
cat has dibs on the gizzards.
burnspbesq
@General Stuck:
Gaah! I can’t believe I am forced to root for UConvict.
Did y’all see what we did to K-State last night?
Cat Lady
I’m from Massachusetts and I love my family and friends, and I’m proud of my fellow Massholes re the midterms, but I’ve become so alienated from the indigenous culture that it’s even becoming hard to read BJ cuz of my despair threshold. I gave up cigarettes several months ago cuz the desire left me, if I had pot I don’t think I would smoke it cuz what’s the point? I don’t watch TV cuz it’s all incredibly stupid and vapid, and sports is mostly meh, although I care about the Patriots, and occasionally watch Celtics games. If I were on the show Intervention, they would be trying to talk me into taking drugs. I’m not depressed in the clinical sense. I’m desperately looking around for something hopeful, and if Oscar Leroy or WyldPirate want to talk to me about hopey changey I’d rather be staked on an ant hill with hot pokers up my ass. The holidays are coming and seriously I’m considering writing a manifesto and renting a hotel room until January 7th.
I did make pecan pie for tomorrow which my family always raves about, in which I use Meyer’s Rum instead of vanilla. It came out particularly good this time I believe, so there’s that to look forward to. And my cats. Also.
SiubhanDuinne
@Hal #17:
Someone on NPR was honking on about this nontroversy today on Fewer Than Usual Things Considered.
Ailuridae
I’ve eaten a whole duck today. Tomorrow is cooking at LBLS and then relaxing with the SO and watching my Cowboys get run by the Saints. And then some pan fried chicken. I have no idea how I’ve decided to have two of my six or seven days a year of meat eating I have put back to back but man am I going to feel awful during the Iron Bowl on Friday.
But right now on League Pass I am watching the Timberwolves mow down the Spurs. They’ll probably blow it in the 2nd half but right now I couldn’t be happier (or more thankful).
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Ailuridae +1 (Surly Darkness – what a great beer!)
Neutron Flux
@burnspbesq:
What number do you wear?
General Stuck
@burnspbesq:
Duke has a very good team this year, and is why it will be extra sweet beating them with Calipiri’s wonder frosh, if we get the chance.
Ash Can
@BGK: Those suggestions sound great, and if it were up to me I’d drop in a cardamom pod and a shot of bourbon or calvados. But the husband likes simple recipes for Thanksgiving, and that’s OK with me. (After all, he and his mother do almost all of the cooking for Thanksgiving, so I ain’t complaining. :) )
mattski
Just pulled two apple pies from the oven. Will make the pumpkin tomorrow morning at sunrise
cmorenc
@JohnCole:
Try the same exact ingredients, except next time you’re cooking on a grill:
1) place apples mixed with the other specified ingredients on a generously ample sheet of tinfoil, enough to form a closed blanket over and around them when folded up.
2) pour about two or three tablespoons of olive oil onto the ingredients, with (optional) a small pat of butter in addition.
3) NOW fold up the tinfoil to form a closed blanket over the ingredients.
4) Take a second, identically sized sheet of tinfoil, turn over the ingredient-enclosed first sheet and lay it on the second sheet. Now fold the second sheet up to form a closed blanket over the first. THE IDEA is that when you turn the foil package over with a spatula to cook both sides evenly, neither olive oil or ingredients will be able to leak out or flame up when double-blanketed, because nothing will be able to leak out.
5) The ingredients will primarily cook in their own steam to a far better tenderness and flavor than they would in an oven or open on the grill, yet will acquire just the right bit of off-the-grill crispiness.
WyldPirate
@South of I-10:
Those brownies are awesome! Even better with a little cannabis-infused oil used in the recipe. That probably won’t go over too well for T-day dinner, though.
Protip: dried cranberries (brownie mix or icing) and a tad bit of lemon juice in the creme cheese icing is a nice addition as well.
Jim, Once
Cooking the whole thing for the whooole family tomorrow. I try something new every year. This year it’s squash with a sauce made of apricot jam, pumpkin pie spice, sage, toasted pecans and apple wedges dumped on top. Made it ahead of time to do a taste test. Holy moly. I finally like squash.
Cat Lady
@Cat Lady:
January 8th I’m going to see Vienna Teng in our local arts performing center. I love her. :-D
AsiangrrlMN is invited. I have extra tickets.
TooManyJens
Do I even want to know why I’m in moderation?
Mr Stagger Lee
Bummed out about the Washington Huskies, not quite ready for the big time yet. Meanwhile watching Man U and Rangers playing the UEFA Champions League, while listening to Midnight Sonata, an interesting experience.
Mike in NC
I’m making a big pitcher of vodka martinis for Thanksgiving, to celebrate a wonderful four day weekend.
AliceBlue
We’re hosting the family Thanksgiving meal-a-palooza this year. Today I’ve made a chocolate pie, cooked the cornbread for the dressing, and Mr. AliceBlue is getting the turkey ready to brine overnight. Tomorrow we’ll do squash casserole, Waldorf salad, green beans and deviled eggs (’cause it isn’t Thanksgiving for Mr. AB without deviled eggs). Various and sundry family members are bringing cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, pumpkin pie, etc ., etc. The chocolate pie is my grandmother’s recipe and it’s so good I always had it on my birthdays rather than cake.
Happy Thanksgiving to all BJ’ers who celebrate it and for those who don’t, have a great weekend!
BGK
@Ash Can:
I had to break out the Bourbon to soak the raisins for the bread pudding, so I made myself a Manhattan while I was at it.
…
OK, three Manhattans. I think I’m done cooking for tonight.
Linda Featheringill
@Cat Lady:
Write your manifesto.
And then share it with us.
Hugs [[ ]]
Annie
@General Stuck:
Lovely image — you and the little man munching down peanuts and watching the game! I have taken to almonds as a way of kicking my addiction to chips of any kind…Still get my crunch and salt.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. I, too, am thankful for BJ. I don’t know how you do it, but you, all, make me laugh just when I most need it….
On to the stuffing — my job. I am a traditionalist. Bread stuffing. I do make two, however — one with hot sausage and one without! Love them both.
pattonbt
Always late, but whatever. Here’s my take on the hack pundits. I think at the end of every year someone should collect all the hacks BS predictions for the previous year and compare them to actual events to see how they fared. Like it would make any difference, but it would be entertaining, like a pundit hack batting average. My guess a Hall of Famer would be about 10% right.
HRA
For years I stuck to the traditional menu for my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. In the past several years I make new recipes to go with the old dishes. Green olive and cheese muffins came out much like biscuits in taste. The pumpkin cheesecake looks good so far. The cream of artichoke soup will be made tomorrow.
All I have left to do is the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans sauteed with tomatoes, garlic and spices, and tomato, cucumber, soft mozzarella cheese plate with a basil based dressing.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Zuzu's Petals
Well, I went down to the bakery and picked up the pear fladden I ordered. It features a hand-shaped crust with a lovely pear design, and is filled with local pears, cream, Marsala, and currants. And it is sinfully good.
That is all.
stuckinred
Fresh caught Spanish Mackeral tonight, Red Snapper last night and Grouper for lunch tomorrow. Then the traditional feed down here on the Emerald Coast.
Svensker
@Ash Can:
I add cardamom with a bit of ginger along with some orange peel and ground apple. Comes out almost like a chutney and is really delish — and excellent on toast later, cuz I make lots.
John, the baked apple sounds excellent. LOVE baked apples. Also good with rum, some lemon peel and some walnuts or pecans. Mmmmmmm.
We’re in Toronto and can’t go home so we’re having an ex-pat meal at an American restaurant tomorrow. Seems odd, but fine.
South of I-10
@WyldPirate: The thought of bringing some pot brownies to my very staid father in law’s house is very entertaining!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Svensker
@Zuzu’s Petals:
Fladden? Translation?
Cat Lady
@Linda Featheringill:
Thanks. A lot. I love this place.
Ailuridae
@Svensker:
Fladenbrot? My curiosity is piqued too.
Phyllis
I’m +2 on some Smoking Loon Pinot Noir; nicely mellowed after a simple supper of grilled chops, field peas, and cornbread muffins from the Cracker Barrel mix. My greens are done, my sweet potato gratin only needs to be topped and heated through and the bird cooked. I follow the upside down method.
Thanks to JC for this great space that makes me laugh at least once a day. Y’all have a great day tomorrow, no matter how you choose to celebrate, uncelebrate, or non-celebrate.
Zuzu's Petals
@Svensker:
Oops, I mean fladen.
It is soooo good.
JPL
Before I sign off I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving and give a special mention to John who allows us to rant and rave and pray. I do have to mention that with everything happening overseas, I’m so thrilled to have President Obama as our leader especially considering the Mrs. Palin doesn’t know the difference between North and South Korea. One more thing…fuck John McCain for nominating the snooki from the north as his vp candidate.
JCT
I just finished making a Moroccan Chicken dish with olives and lemons — just finishing the sauce reduction.
This all took longer than I had anticipated because these uh “helpers” kept trying to distract me by causing a ruckus in the kitchen — they did succeed in making me drop a chicken liver. Huzzah, “great success” — they were then banished to the living room where they assumed their usual positions and fell asleep. Hard to stay mad for long…
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Ailuridae
@Phyllis:
Smoking Loon is a fantastic deal (and pretty great regardless of price)
Ailuridae
@Phyllis:
Smoking Loon is a fantastic deal (and pretty great regardless of price)
Zuzu's Petals
@Phyllis:
My Pinot recommendation:
Emeritus
Not cheap, and you can only buy it in restaurants or direct from the winery…but totally worth it.
burnspbesq
Woo-Hoo! The Ashes have begun!
And Ponting a great catch to get rid of Pietersen. England 117-3.
Ailuridae
@Zuzu’s Petals:
Emeritus is the class or the Russian River Valley Pinots I have had. I am more of a Willamette Valley guy and recommend, and not just because they are friends, the excellent Bethel Heights
Good people, great wine.
parsimon
@cmorenc:
Olive oil? I don’t say that’s entirely crazy; I could see it. I’m just a little surprised.
Capri
@Nom de Plume:
I like making Thanksgiving dinner. My family has rather odd traditional foods, beginning with starting the meal with a shot of vodka all around and ending with pumpkin ice cream pie.
Every Thanksgiving I make turkey, every Christmas goose, and every New Year’s duck.
If I didn’t like making a big Thanksgiving meal, I wouldn’t do it.
Annie
@JCT:
LOL….Just checked the poto. They are awesome and look so angelic!
Zuzu's Petals
@Ailuridae:
Yes, although the Emeritus/ William Wesley vineyards lie outside the Russian River Valley AVA.
Though Emeritus is also my son’s favorite noir, he is an Oregon boy and has turned me on to Eyrie Pinot Gris. Will tell him to look for Bethel Heights too, thanks for the tip.
Annie
@JCT:
LOL…Just checked the photo of the “helpers.” They are awesome — just like little angels….or little devils?
General Stuck
@Cat Lady:
I would read it.:-)
JCT
@Annie: The beagle is definitely a devil — almost 8 years old and *still* runs around grabbing things to get attention like a toddler. Like all beagles, very food obsessed – so cooking big family meals makes her nuts! But she has a heart of pure gold — the sweetest dog I’ve ever owned, so tough to be mad for too long. The cat is her partner-in-crime, they have it down to a science–as I’m shooing the beagle away down below the cat makes a break for the countertops. Sigh.
The two of them act like siblings — take walks together and nap together. Usually the beagle will be sleeping and the cat will jump on the couch and snuggle up close. Adorable.
My husband often talks about handing the cat off to our oldest when she graduates college — but there’s no way we could separate them.
Pets like these are wonderful therapy.
Ailuridae
Timberwolves lose in OT in heart-breaking fashion to the Duke of the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs. Still pretty happy and thankful though.
Ailuridae + (x-y)^2
Am drinking Emdund Fitzgerald Porter and Surly Darkness is such a good and impactful beer I am struggling to appreciate it.
suzanne
John, do you have a recipe for that? That sounds fucking fabulous.
I just pulled the second batch of cornbread out of the oven. My mom used to say that the only thing domestic about me was that I live in a house. I am deriving much joy from rubbing her nose in my MAD SKILLZ.
asiangrrlMN
@Cat Lady: Holy shit! I love her. But you’re in Boston. Sigh.
@Ailuridae: Are you in my fair state right now? (The beer is local, I think). How you be?
@Cat Lady: Do it. The manifesto, I mean. And, you have Vienna in your future! That’s a good thing.
BDeevDad
@JPL: Here’s the audio of Palin confusing the Koreas.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq:
Back atcha, ya codgery ol’ tax lawyer you. In a way, I have you to thank for my current career, the idea may not have come to me on my own.
@asiangrrlMN: Absolute second on the manifesto. Sometimes what you put to paper becomes separate from you, so you can look at it with a bit more objectivity.
I may just join you in being curmudgeonly tomorrow. Although I REALLY want to hang with my cousin’s daughters. One is a baker and the other is two damn smart for her own good, plus thanks to their mom they’re dualies.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Where the fuck did that quote come from? And, dualies? Don’t you do T-day with your folks and brothers?
Me, football and writing. I talked sternly with the protagonist of my novel (she’s been stubborn the last few days), and we made a deal. If she gets back to work (allowing me to write), then I will give her a sequel and lotsa sex scenes. She was amenable to that.
@BGK: Squee! I missed them the first time around. So cute!
Hey, schrodinger’s cat, hold up a Balloon Juice sign at the game, will ya? That would be a hoot.
burnspbesq
Holy crap! Australian bowler Peter Siddall took three English wickets on three consecutive deliveries. England is suddenly in a lot of trouble, 7-197.
CA Doc
@Zuzu’s Petals: your fladen picture was from Freeport Bakery-the one in Sacramento? They made my wedding cake! Tasting all the options was one of the best pre-wedding chores ever.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Heh. Copy and paste fail. I really should pay attention to my own comments sometimes.
Amended:
Now my response should make more sense. The quote came from a half dozen threads back. I had a solution to suggest for that particular problem.
And I mean dualies. Mom’s from Winnipeg, Dad was a firefighter in Calgary for a spell.
General Stuck
Well the Ky wildcats got their clocks cleaned tonight.
Zuzu's Petals
@CA Doc:
No kidding! It is a fantastic bakery, isn’t it? I can only imagine your cake was fabulous.
I blame my weight gain to living in the deadly Freeport Bakery-Taylor’s Market-Tower Cafe triangle.
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: This makes me rather happy I only work in downtown Seattle. There are several bakeries and amazing restaurants all within about three blocks of there. I almost looked at a place that was two blocks from my work that’s cheaper than what I have now, until I investigated further and found out why. I’ll take my condo TYVM.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: OK. That makes much more sense (the quote). Dualies, still not so much. I’m guessing dual citizenship? So, who would play you in Balloon Juice: The Musical?
ETA: You kind of have a Colin Firth look about you, but not quite.
@Yutsano: You’re cuter, though.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Nathan Lane. Slightly butched up. But only slightly.
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
I feel fortunate to be in one of those wonderfully walkable neighborhoods, residential with just enough businesses within striking distance and light rail to many that aren’t. Built in the 30s with wide streets, lots of trees, and everything on a liveable scale.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Damn. Now I’m actually envisioning scenes in my mind–jazz hands! This was supposed to be a joke! Well, April IS ScriptFrenzy month, and I am planning to concentrate on my fiction now….
@Yutsano: Ah! Got it.
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: My neighborhood, fortunately, is rather cozy and very livable. There’s a fantastic pan-Mediterranean place steps from my house, the grocery store is half a mile away, there’s a mall with an array of restaurants beyond just typical mall court fare, plus my (free!) park and ride is amazingly close by. I’ve never taken the first unit I’ve looked at before, but this place just fit like a glove. My only big wish is that Seattle would get their shit together and finish the rail line out this way. That would totally fucking rock.
@asiangrrlMN: Ambiance, not just pure looks hon. Otherwise I’m a hard face to pin down.
Steeplejack
Late shift (belatedly) checking in. Didn’t get home from work until almost midnight. Have been applying alcohol therapy since then. I feel played out, but I’m looking forward to tomorrow. Getting picked up by the bro-man at 9:00 a.m. and spending the day at his house. Mutual friend who is a graduate of the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) is in charge. My job is to scritch the hounds, act as sous-chef, keep him liquored up and, once the bird is in the oven, commiserate on the NFL games and kick everyone’s ass at Wii golf (Tiger Woods PGA 10–awesome game). Relatively small group this year, probably six or eight people, I think. Good times. Have to open at the store on Black Friday, but I’m not thinking about that now.
Steep +2
FreeAtLast
I’m late to the party as usual. Just wanted everyone to know how much I appreciated your company during the election fiasco. I don’t think I could have emerged in one piece without a place like this.
So Happy Turkey Day to everyone. I know mine will be happy because in our family the generation after mine has taken over the hosting of Thanksgiving dinner. All I’m asked to bring is the secondary stuffing, made outside the bird, (I chose chestnut) and a veggie side dish (I chose Greek style spinach with chick peas).
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Hey, Steepman! Sounds like your tomorrow is gonna be awesome. A CIA chef? Damn. Take pics! Who would play you in the BJ musical? And, not to rub it in, but what time do you have to get up for Black Friday?
@FreeAtLast: Hi! I hope your T-Day is a good one. Chestnut stuffing sounds yummy. So does the veggie dish!
@Dennis SGMM: You cannot be fucking serious. Please tell me you’re kidding. Pretty please?
Yutsano
@Steeplejack:
It’s always infinitely more fun to just say the CIA and let the listener’s imagination run wild. My brother almost went to the one in Napa, I kinda wish he still would. He’s very innovative in the kitchen but his wife is kinda fussy about food. My whole family is working on her however.
@FreeAtLast:
Share recipe, please and thank you. :)
Dennis SGMM
While running some errands this afternoon I tuned in NPR. David Frum was very seriously explaining that it would be a Bad Thing to raise taxes on the rich because then they’ll pay lawyers and accountants to find ways to avoid paying taxes. He went on to explain that it’s necessary to set tax rates on the rich low enough so that they’ll just pay them.
What an asshole. If the top marginal tax rate was 2% the rich would still pay lawyers and accountants to find ways to avoid paying.
In the interest of fairness, Frum was not contradicted. In the interest of common decency someone should have hit him upside the head with a baseball bat.
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
Seattle does have that rep of being high on the liveability scale. Nice to be in your comfort zone, isn’t it?
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Thank God the Big Box Bookstore is not doing that “open really early, create a gold rush mentality and let the public trample the employees” thing. We’re keeping our usual hours–open at 9:00 a.m.–so I have to get up at 7:15 in order to be there at 8:30. Not too onerous, but I’m not looking forward to the chaos and confusion. The thing I have noticed the last few years is that Black Friday is like some psychological tipping point that switches the customers from regular crazy to holiday crazy. Let the games begin.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Well, that’s not too early, thankfully. But, yeah. I imagine the only thing worse than shopping on Black Friday is working as a retailer on Black Friday. Yuck. I saw at the headlines of Yahoo! that a woman started camping out on Monday for Black Friday shopping. WTF is wrong with people?
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: I am of course required by law to state that living in Seattle sucks, it rains all the time even when it snows (this is actually true, though this last week it was pure white stuff), the sun never shines, we have nothing to do, and it never gets too warm or too cold. We have only two seasons: warm rain and cold rain. Our sports teams constantly suck, we have no culture beyond Kurt Cobain, our traffic is murderous, and we can’t seem to do anything right.
There. Now I’m covered if they come hunting for me.
Steeplejack
@Yutsano:
What’s funny is that Blackjack (the CIA grad and honorary bro-man) is very down-to-earth and seems like he must have majored in comfort food. He can do all the exotic stuff, but where he shines is doing all that “real American” stuff the best you ever had it. Prime ribs, roast, macaroni and cheese, etc. Yum. And he owns Thanksgiving.
Actually, we think that my brother’s next-door neighbor does work for the CIA. He claims to be an executive with something like the “Pan-Regional Vegetable Council,” but he’s always traveling overseas to places that seem like strategic hot spots rather than vegetable venues, and he is unusually well informed on political stuff. That, and when he says what he does at parties there’s always a tiny eye-roll and a bit of a “wink, wink, nudge, nudge.”
Steeplejack
@Yutsano:
What’s funny is that Blackjack (the CIA grad and honorary bro-man) is very down-to-earth and seems like he must have majored in comfort food. He can do all the exotic stuff, but where he shines is doing all that “real American” stuff the best you ever had it. Prime ribs, roast, macaroni and cheese, etc. Yum. And he owns Thanksgiving.
Actually, we think that my brother’s next-door neighbor does work for the CIA. He claims to be an executive with something like the “Pan-Regional Vegetable Council,” but he’s always traveling overseas to places that seem like strategic hot spots rather than vegetable venues, and he is unusually well informed on political stuff. That, and when he says what he does at parties there’s always a tiny eye-roll and a bit of a “wink, wink, nudge, nudge.”
ETA: FYWP! I think I got moderated because of the honorary bro-man’s name. Sorry for any duplicate post.
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
Ha! My son lives in Portland, so I am on to your ploy.
FreeAtLast
@Yutsano:
Greek Style Spinach with Chick Peas:
Soak dried chick peas overnight, then boil. Saute chopped onion and 1 chopped clove garlic (optional) in olive oil. Add twice-washed farm-fresh spinach leaves (torn into byte size pieces if necessary), and chopped tomato (optional and the only canned ingredient I use). When spinach is wilted, added the cooked chick peas and some lemon juice and heat through.
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: If your son has not taken you to breakfast at Zell’s when you visit, I suggest a thorough tongue lashing. Constantly rotating menu and probably the most addictive scones I have ever eaten. You get them free with a selection of jams at every meal. Last time I was down there I ate there twice. It’s that damn good.
@FreeAtLast: NOM!! I might just have to make that for my family sometime! And garlic is NEVER optional, especially to a Greek. :)
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
Hmm, that name is familiar. We have had some great restaurant meals, but breakfast out has been pretty rare since they became parents a couple of years ago!
burnspbesq
England all out for 260. That’s a pretty spectacular collapse, they were 196-4. Australia is firmly in the driver’s seat.
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: It’s in Belltown, they do a brunch and lunch as well but it’s sort of a blended affair. REALLY REALLY REALLY great food and wonderful kinda hippyish atmosphere. At least half the menu is vegetarian including a few vegan selections, but they got the meat as well so they don’t judge. AWESOME waffles. Prices aren’t bad either. Only down side: parking in the area is atrocious so if you can take one vehicle I highly recommend it.
Oh and kids get crayons and paper. So can the adults if you ask nicely.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Yes. I do think that’s the reason. I love good comfort food–even if it’s not something that I ate growing up.
@burnspbesq: The hell? Cricket?
@Yutsano: Riiiight. We know just how much you hate it there.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: This is the point where I’m supposed to look cute and whistle innocently, amirite?
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
I’ll definitely mention it. Thanks for the heads up!
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: Man, just talking about the place almost is giving me the urge to venture southward. My cousin lives in Portland (I’m not trying to be confusing, different cousin, I gots lots of em) and my aunt just north in Vancouver. Hmm…I may need me a dose of the scones again.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: You always look cute and innocent! And Portland is a great city. One of the best used bookstores in the country. (At least it was back in the early 2000s. I haven’t visited it since).
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: By website alone it looks phenomenal. I might have to venture down south one of these weekends.
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
Ah, any excuse to visit Portland is a good one.
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
I can vouch for Powell’s phenomenal-ness. The huge original store is world famous, and they have satellite stores all over the city. Used books mixed right in with the new, totally user-friendly atmosphere, and a great online ordering system. Definitely worth an afternoon browse.
2th&nayle
Britches Montoya came in to my bedroom about an hour ago to inform me that I should either let her out, or prepare to die. Not suffering from a death wish (yet), I opted to let her out and decided while I was up, I might as well bake some sweet potato pies for tomorrow. The pies aren’t done yet, but the kitchen smells scumptous. Happy T-day to all!
Yutsano
@Zuzu’s Petals: I have the exact same reaction to Vancouver, BC.
Zuzu's Petals
@Yutsano:
If it’s half as nice as Victoria … hey, who can blame you?
Carol
@JPL: Amen cubed. When I think about all that’s happened this year and last, the thought that thanks to a senile (and I think he was thinking with his other head) McCain, we could have had Snow Snooki is enough to keep me very awake at night. (I already am awake at night, but there’s a difference between relaxed, drowsy awake and sitting stark staring up looking out the window awake).
So give thanks for President Obama.
jaywillie
@Hal: Well, Hal, you’ll be pleased to learn that the GOS (Great Orange Stupid) has picked up on this as well. Of course, this has been a serious issue for them since, oh, about five minutes after the frontpager posted the diary with a link to the CBS story.
Been lurking here for a while now, commented once or twice. Like some others, I’m now a refuge from that site because it has become a steaming pile of hysterical, myopic bullshit. And I figure Cole can’t be all bad being a video game nerd and Steelers fan. Plus, I’ve never seen him pushing some crappy psuedo-poli sci book/radio show/television appearance, so I figure he at least comes off as a real person and not some daft initiate into the punditry like Markos, Hamsher, Cenk and so many others in the lefty blogosphere.
Ms SA
Im from South Africa and I wish we celebrated thanksgiving
D-Chance.
And, now it’s time for the annual tradition… the Thanksgiving Day viewing of WKRP in Cincinnati‘s legendary <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/322/wkrp-in-cincinnati-turkeys-away#x-0,vepisode,1,0" rel="nofollow""Turkeys Away" episode.