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  • atgcpaul
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    • Aug 2003
    • 4055
    • Maryland
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    How was turkey day?

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We are doing our official Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. We've been doing that for years to accommodate everyone's schedule. My wife still likes to have our own meal which we did last weekend. My kids were pleasantly surprised they got to use "real" plates this year. This year I cooked it on my BGE. It was yummy but I think a fried turkey is still the best.

    My Mom is expecting a bunch of family tomorrow so she asked my wife to prepare an extra turkey. She's been doing a dry brine for the past few years. It's good but she still won't admit that the deep fried turkey I did last year tops all. My Mom is doing some kind of Latin style seasoned turkey she read about in the paper.

    Anyway, how was your turkey day?
  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 20914
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #2
    Got up at 6AM to cook the turkey with the wife. The Electronic thermometer, I left the battery in it and it leaked/corroded and didn't work. THe oven's thermometer didn't seem to be right so we dug up an old mechanical meat thermometer which we still had (pack rats rejoice) and saved the day.

    The oven has a convection mode and it works pretty well - cooking faster and likely more evenly.

    Family came over except for the son and daughter who are travelling. Watched some F-ball and looked at pictures from the recent family cruise.

    Played Monopoly with the 4-year old grandson and he won. Of course we used my rules (same rules we used on the cruise) ...
    1. deal out the properties
    2. don't hand out money
    3. set a timer for 20 minutes
    4. Take turns throw the dice
    5. If a players piece lands on your property then you get a bill from the bank (the bank pays your rent) - any bill (I usually start with $500) If you land on your own, no money to you
    6. If you get a chance card or comm chest or one of the squares that says pay or receive, you get a bill from the bank or pay the bank. Unless it says pay every player then you have to pay every player a bill
    7. get a bill for passing go
    8 doubles get another turn, three doubles land you in jail, all jail rules apply but it costs 1 bill to get out.
    9. When the timer goes ding we each count our bills and then declare the four year old the winner (he hasn't caught on yet).

    Actually he really won - he had 11 bills and my sister and SIL had 8 each and I had...5

    Its a bit like socialism monopoly - all rents are the same and the gov't pays your rent for you.

    Works good, teaches him counting and lasts exactly 20 minutes (the time span a 4 YO can pay attention). Takes no thinking.
    Last edited by LCHIEN; 11-27-2015, 02:03 AM.
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    • JimD
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      • Feb 2003
      • 4187
      • Lexington, SC.

      #3
      My wife and I cooked hard most of the day. The first daughter arrived from college Wednesday night. The second arrived about noon. Then my daughter from Illinois got here about 3pm with her husband. She is expecting my first grandchild. Then my son got here with his girlfriend about 4pm and we ate about 5pm. We got caught up over dinner and after. I got tickets for Mockingbird part 2 for today at 2:15p. So we will gather again then. Then Saturday we will get together to see Clemson beat USC (university of south Carolina) (hopefully). Either late Saturday or early Sunday my daughter and her husband will head back to Illinois. We rarely get together and it is nice to see all the kids.

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      • twistsol
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        • Dec 2002
        • 2893
        • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
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        #4
        A good day all in all, but crappy weather, rain/snow mix that finally decided to be a couple of inches of snow on the ground.

        Typical thanksgiving, I got up at 5 to make rice pudding. Packed the truck and drove 100 miles to my sister's house and picked up one of my twin girls and her boyfriend from college along the way. Got to see all the family and escaped with my life during the stampede to hold the newest nephew, Charlie. Then we all ate way too much, played a couple of rounds of slapjack, talked, teased the new parents. Once my oldest daughter and her new husband were sufficiently badgered about having kids, we ate some more while we planned our Christmas get together and complained about how much we ate.

        Other than stopping at Kwik Trip for gas and the newspaper, we did no shopping.
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        • Pappy
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 10453
          • San Marcos, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 (x2)

          #5
          Youngest son did most of the cooking of the meal including a 26#, 6 legged turkey. I made the pies on Wednesday so I would be out of the way. The eldest son and DIL came over so the only one missing was the oldest DIL. She spent the day with her boyfriend and his mother.
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          • Black wallnut
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            • Jan 2003
            • 4715
            • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
            • BT3k 1999

            #6
            We had a great day. Melissa worked hard making a great dinner with all the trimmings. Plus a couple of pies and her pumpkin pie was just perfect.
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            • woodturner
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              • Jun 2008
              • 2047
              • Western Pennsylvania
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              #7
              Originally posted by LCHIEN
              Works good, teaches him counting and lasts exactly 20 minutes (the time span a 4 YO can pay attention).
              I am curious if you have figured out when the attention span gets reduced, since the attention span of a college student seems to be less than five minutes ;-)
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              • woodturner
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                • Jun 2008
                • 2047
                • Western Pennsylvania
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                #8
                Originally posted by twistsol
                A good day all in all, but crappy weather, rain/snow mix that finally decided to be a couple of inches of snow on the ground.
                That would be pretty typical for us as well - but this year it was clear, dry, and mid-60 degrees. No complaints :-)
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                • woodturner
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                  • Jun 2008
                  • 2047
                  • Western Pennsylvania
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Pappy
                  Youngest son did most of the cooking of the meal including a 26#, 6 legged turkey.
                  Have not heard of a 6 legged turkey - I assume (hope and pray ;-) that the additional legs come from other turkeys?? Or maybe everything really IS bigger in Texas
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                  • woodturner
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                    • Jun 2008
                    • 2047
                    • Western Pennsylvania
                    • General, Sears 21829, BT3100

                    #10
                    Originally posted by atgcpaul
                    Anyway, how was your turkey day?
                    We contribute at a community Thanksgiving each year, and did again this year. Meet a lot of new and interesting people, and give back to the community. The whole family seems to enjoy it.
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                    • twistsol
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                      • Dec 2002
                      • 2893
                      • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by woodturner
                      I am curious if you have figured out when the attention span gets reduced, since the attention span of a college student seems to be less than five minutes ;-)
                      When they get to college, their attention span is on its way back up. Between 13 and 18 it goes to zero because by 18, they know EVERYTHING!
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                      • radhak
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                        • Apr 2006
                        • 3058
                        • Miramar, FL
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                        #12
                        We are relatively new to the US and have no family nearby, so Thanksgiving is more of a spectator event for us, particularly because we are vegetarians too !

                        At the same time, the idea of this day appeals to us a lot, so this year, after we took our girls to the theme park and they were still sad that "we did not have a big gathering as everybody else does", we have decided that next year on we will go the extra mile to have a get together of whoever-is-available, with whatever-food-is-most-appealing, turkey or no turkey!

                        That said, it was nice (with some envy) to read about all the fun y'all had. I love Loring's rules for Monoply. I gotta apply those when playing with my teenagers !

                        And maybe I need to take a leaf from Woodturner's book and ask around for community/volunteering opportunities.
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                        • poolhound
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                          • Mar 2006
                          • 3195
                          • Phoenix, AZ
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                          #13
                          Turkey Day itself was great and we spent it with my daughters in-laws which has become our new tradition over the last few years. Only 8 of us (plus 4 dogs) and we of course had way to much food and yes I did fall asleep in front of the afternoon ball game :-)

                          The rest of the TG weekend was spent building a new shed to house gardening tools and various other detritus that LOML wants off the patio. Its also going to allow me to get rid of some of the leagacy stuff that is still stored in my wood shop from before it was a shop. And there may also still be some room for some extra lumber storage :-)

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                          • dbhost
                            Slow and steady
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 9209
                            • League City, Texas
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                            #14
                            I had a particularly odd week at work, so it was very nice to sleep on on Thanksgiving. We weren't sure who was going to be taking my father in law this year, so we figured it would be just my wife and I for thanksgiving. Boy were we wrong... We ended up with her dad, and one of our adult nephews for thanksgiving dinner...

                            Now mind you, we thought it was going to be just the 2 of us, so we ended up going out for Thanksgiving, which is nice, no cooking, no cleanup etc...

                            My father in law decided at the last minute that he was going to spend some time with us at our place. Okay fine, no biggie, just pick up my pedalboard, and move my jazz bass away from the wall close to the light switch so he doesn't knock it off the rack.

                            Well by Saturday morning, he was driving my wife nuts, and she was, well being not her usual cheerful happy self... So we managed to get dad off to another one of the siblings so he could visit with some of his grand kids...

                            So yeah, I am glad the holiday is over. Now we have to brace ourselves for Christmas...
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                            • dbhost
                              Slow and steady
                              • Apr 2008
                              • 9209
                              • League City, Texas
                              • Ryobi BT3100

                              #15
                              Originally posted by radhak
                              We are relatively new to the US and have no family nearby, so Thanksgiving is more of a spectator event for us, particularly because we are vegetarians too !

                              At the same time, the idea of this day appeals to us a lot, so this year, after we took our girls to the theme park and they were still sad that "we did not have a big gathering as everybody else does", we have decided that next year on we will go the extra mile to have a get together of whoever-is-available, with whatever-food-is-most-appealing, turkey or no turkey!

                              That said, it was nice (with some envy) to read about all the fun y'all had. I love Loring's rules for Monoply. I gotta apply those when playing with my teenagers !

                              And maybe I need to take a leaf from Woodturner's book and ask around for community/volunteering opportunities.
                              Just FWIW, Vegetarian diet doesn't preclude Thanksgiving feasts. Have you not seen the Tofurkey? An ex in law of mine used to make one every year.
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