Post #19,224
11/22/01 7:34:54 PM
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Turkey Report
At my brother's house, 1 minute from mine.
His wife LOVES to cook. Why? I dunno.
Kind of like VB programmers who LOVE to code.
They can't be any good, because if they were, they'd
be smart enough to use a different language.
Bacon wrapped around fake crab sticks as an appetizer.
Bacon was almost raw.
Gravy straight from a can.
Stuffing was probably Stove Top, but not wet
enough, so the croutons were hard, and something
fishy was mixed in.
The cranberry sauce was the "real" stuff, which means
twigs.
The string beans has no seasoning, except she did
saute some almonds in butter. 2 points for effort
there.
The turkey was "ok", at least from the perspective
that it wasn't raw and wasn't too dry, but that's the best
you can say. No crispy skin, no seasoning.
The best part was the apple crumb pie we brought.
My wife's brother is visiting so he came with. His job
is to organize conferences of associations, which means
he travels the world on free vacations while master chefs
and hotel owners kiss his ass in an attempt to have him
bring the conferences. He was as nice and gracious as
humanly possibly, downing the raw bacon, while I made faces
across the table from him.
This was anticipated. My wife made a turkey, stuffing, and
gravy last night. I had all the crispy skin, and made
grieven from the rest, and ate 2 real turkey sandwiches already
today.
And yours?
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Post #19,227
11/22/01 7:48:56 PM
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Ignorance attack: What's grieven?
Apart form what you do after goin' to a funeral?
Love the VB comment too... guilty as charged, your honour. (I had no choice!)
On and on and on and on,
and on and on and on goes John.
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Post #19,229
11/22/01 8:20:52 PM
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Re: Ignorance attack: What's grieven?
Grieven is chicken or turkey skin, slowly
fried in it's own grease, kind of like bacon,
until nothing is left except crisp fat with
a coating of crisp skin.
Think pork rinds, yet make from chicken
or turkey. When done, the texture starts
as crispy yet melts in your mouth.
It's incredible when done right.
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Post #19,231
11/22/01 9:10:23 PM
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Sounds... healthy! :)
Might see if I can give that a go at Christmas, which is usually the one time a year we have turkey.
On and on and on and on,
and on and on and on goes John.
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Post #19,331
11/25/01 1:42:34 PM
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Drooool
Ooh, I have to make some.
We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html|Thomas Friedman]
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Post #19,238
11/22/01 9:37:31 PM
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Oh that is too precious
I drove around looking for some place that was open and finally settled on Frisches. They didn't have a special turkey spread on the salad bar or breakfast bar or whatever they had when I sat down; I ordered a fish meal (which included the salad bar) instead.
Such was my Thanksgiving. My "real" Thanksgiving meal is going to be with my parents on Saturday, halfway between their apartment and where I live. Neither of us have to drive 5 hours, and we'll all probably gobble a lot.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #19,250
11/23/01 8:54:53 AM
11/23/01 8:55:26 AM
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Broom...dude...
...come over for left-overs, dude..although it seems you created them in advance of your trip to the brothers...
Cooking began Wed...with pies (cherry, apple, pumpkin and peach)...as well as broccoli-cheese casserole (an annual request) and sweet potato casserole. Wed ended the wifes duties.
Thursday AM began my duties...stuffing (from "scratch"...quotes because I don't make the bread cubes...they're bought), stuff the bird...get the bird in for its 5 hour stint, then peel potato (multiple) for mashed...green bean casserole (modified from the back of Frenches Fried Onions), corn, rolls...and heat the escarole soup brought by my mommy-in-law.
As with every time I cook this meal...by the time it hits the table my appetite has been curbed from hours of picking...so a modest plateful of food...clean up...then coffee and pies...
Oh, yeah, forgot the wine imbibed throuh the day...nice french white for me and Arbor Mist for the likers of flavors among the family.
Compliments were passed to both chefs at the end of another traditional Thanksgiving day bonanza.
And today...the required turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwich...chased with more freakin pie (before we donate the rest to the neighborhood kids)
Oh...we have enough left that I packaged a dinner for 4 to go with my mother in law and we will have it again Saturday or Sunday.
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson
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Edited by bepatient
Nov. 23, 2001, 08:55:26 AM EST
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Post #19,257
11/23/01 4:26:35 PM
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Managed to avoid turkey all-together
The wife and I saved our pennies and drove down to the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs for two nights of shameless pampering and world-class dining.
..plus lots and lots of sleep...mmmm...sleep......
No phone. No e-mail. No voice-mail. No fax. No laptop. No pager. No cellphone. No newspaper. No TV. (Not that they weren't available, we just made a conscious effort to avoid them.)
Tom Sinclair
Speaker-to-Suits
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Post #19,267
11/23/01 10:32:56 PM
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Re: Managed to avoid turkey all-together
Sleep?
Wasted coupla days, then ;)
Nudge nudge wink wink know what I *mean*...
Peter
Shill For Hire
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Post #19,268
11/23/01 11:55:56 PM
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Nah, just restin'.....beautiful plumage.....
Tom Sinclair
Speaker-to-Suits
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Post #19,323
11/25/01 9:56:07 AM
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Mine was tastier...
My sister likes cooking. Kind of like how some people like programming Perl? A little unconventional but effective.
Traditional thanksgiving with multiple family members in the country. My wife and I meant to go back the next morning, but in the food stupor we just sat around, pretended to play pool, chatted, continued to eat leftovers, and then stayed over. The next day they got us to ride bikes, rake leaves, and generally energized us so that we finally headed out Sat night.
It was fun and I'm happy. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #19,328
11/25/01 1:12:54 PM
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Hmm...Perl cookery
I can only imagine that her stock recipie is a hash of some sort....
--
Karsten M. Self [link|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com|kmself@ix.netcom.com]
What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?
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Post #19,334
11/25/01 2:17:18 PM
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Speaking of raking
I just spent 2 hours using an electric leaf blower.
My hands are not quite pins and needles, but some wierd
variation that causes them to feel like a spring
vibrating every time they get tapped. Typing is an
adventure.
I wonder how long this will last.
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Post #19,324
11/25/01 10:10:08 AM
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Finale to my turkey report
My family (parents, 2 sisters, their husbands, and an uncle) showed up at a place called Grey's Cafeteria in Indianapolis.
NO TURKEY!? This place had liver, chicken, beef, but, unbelievably (at least to me), no turkey. Well, okay, I took corn, mashed potatos, and chicken. Halfway through the meal I started feeling wretched, and as I finished I was visibly shaking. (I first was blaming this on the stress of fighting winds as I made the two hour drive, but eventually I had to admit it must have been something else/more.) I don't know if it was the food or some other bug, but the drive home in the rain was quite the adventure; more than once I thought about just stopping at a motel and crashing for the day.
It gets better. Make it home I did, to find out my hot water heater seems to be on the blink. Arrrrrrrr.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #19,340
11/25/01 3:27:49 PM
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Next time try
The fairly famous one (whose name natch I don't recall) in Bloomington - maybe even closer depending on yer family's vectors.
A slice of '50s, including decor - which is at least authentic. I was smitten by the overall quality of the food and recipes, generous servings and friendly folk serving. When I was regularly visiting friend at IU - made it a point to go there at least every few days. (Their fish was better than many presentations of fancy re$taurants everywhere). Old-fashioned American integrity as is now honored mostly by absence, and the death-march of Corp chains.
I'll bet They had ^%#$%@ Turkey!
A.
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Post #19,398
11/26/01 10:45:17 AM
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You'll hate me...
Went to my wife's mom's place for Thanksgiving. I'll say this, her mom knows How To Cook.
First off, we had a Turkey. A GOOOOOOOOD turkey. Mmmmmmmm... Stuffin' too.
Then on to all the "traditional" trappings that come with a Filipino thanksgiving - lumpia (spring rolls), adobo, langanisa, sutanong, and about six other dishes I can't pronounce, along with king crab and dungeoness crab, and some smoked salmon.
Man, oh man, did I make out with the leftovers. I shouldn't have to cook for the rest of the WEEK!
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #19,409
11/26/01 12:09:06 PM
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Turkey? What turkey?
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Post #19,425
11/26/01 3:14:07 PM
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And during Warpstock at that
If I hadn't been up there for it, I'd never have known that Canada had Thanksgiving, let alone that it was in October.
Guess it makes sense to have it early, gets colder sooner up there, thus an earlier harvest :-)
Got my aunt over the holidays - we were calling my parents(currently residing in Mexico) and talking about how my dad did not have the day off because it wasn't Thanksgiving. She said "that's right, they don't have a 4th of July either", to which I replied "Sure they do". She looked rather puzzled until I followed up with "it's right after the 3rd of July".
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #19,482
11/26/01 11:10:51 PM
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That's what you get for not giving it a proper name.
Or at least persistently referring to it by its calender date instead of the name it does have. :-)
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #19,507
11/27/01 9:59:44 AM
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I've always heard it both ways
4th of July and Independence Day are pretty much synonymous to me, though I suspect the date is used more frequently.
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #19,628
11/28/01 10:43:01 AM
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Re: I've always heard it both ways
4th of July and Independence Day are pretty much synonymous to me, though I suspect the date is used more frequently. What? You mean that March 2nd isn't your REAL "Independence Day?" And you call yourself a Texan. -YendorMike
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
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Post #19,630
11/28/01 10:55:53 AM
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I'm not a Native Texan
though I got here as soon as I could :-)
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #19,654
11/28/01 2:04:44 PM
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Yeah yeah yeah...
I've heard it all before. That's just a lame cover-up excuse for "my parents weren't smart enough to move to Texas before I was born." ;-)
BTW- Hook 'em Horns!
-YendorMike
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
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Post #19,656
11/28/01 3:56:38 PM
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Hey, my dad moved OUT of Texas when he was two...
...does that count for something? :P
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #19,669
11/28/01 5:32:18 PM
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Sounds like he didn't have a choice
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #19,674
11/28/01 5:49:50 PM
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Hey.. he chose smart parents, didn't he?_____________:-\ufffd
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