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Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate it. Personally, I'll be heading down to my parents house today. My mom told me that dinner is at 2 pm, but that I can come down earlier to "visit" (AKA help out) and do my laundry.

So, what part is everyone looking forward to? My mom makes an excellent turkey, and my dad makes excellent mashed potatoes.

Since I live in Scotland, no Thanksgiving for me. :(

I won't be eating cooked Turkey off the bone until Christmas Dinner, 25/12/07. So try to really enjoy it, Americans, for us foreign unfortunates who can't.

PS: Arrive at 2:10PM. You got "caught in traffic". ;)

Since I live in Scotland, no Thanksgiving for me. :(

I won't be eating cooked Turkey off the bone until Christmas Dinner, 25/12/07. So try to really enjoy it, Americans, for us foreign unfortunates who can't.

PS: Arrive at 2:10PM. You got "caught in traffic". ;)

Ah, nice excuse. I might just have to use that. :D

And I won't be eating turkey for Christmas dinner :( , as my family usually makes ham :( . The only thing is, my brother in law MIGHT have some venison there (I think he got a deer this year). If so, that will allow me to not have ham :) .

In fact, why am I even eating Turkey for Christmas if I'm British? Isn't that something we've inherited from the colonials? Damn you, Americanisation!

A better British christmas dish would surely be meat pies. A giant pastry-enveloped pie filled with tasty minced beef. Mmm... Lovely.

Is Thanksgiving always on the 22nd?

Or is there some way of working the date out?

it's the 4th Thursday in November.
I will pop over to my Moms in 2 hours to help her get rid of all that food.

Happy Thanksgiving all. Mrs. Celtlund is in a walking cast so instead of having a friend or two over for a traditional dinner, we are meeting him and eating out. A nearby casino has an outstanding buffet. My friend an I went to it a few years ago for Thanksgiving when Mrs. C was at her parents helping her mom recover from surgery. Mrs. C and I have also gone to the outstanding Friday night seafood buffet there.

Whatever you are doing and wherever you are I wish you a happy Thanksgiving and have a great meal.

it's the 4th Thursday in November.
Oh right.

Ta.

Anyone want to go in my place to my Thanksgiving dinner?

Mods please combine this with "To those that celebrate it, Happy Turkey Day!
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In fact, why am I even eating Turkey for Christmas if I'm British? Isn't that something we've inherited from the colonials? Damn you, Americanisation!

A better British christmas dish would surely be meat pies. A giant pastry-enveloped pie filled with tasty minced beef. Mmm... Lovely.

I thought you guys ate roast goose for Christmas. We tried that one year and it was terrible so we now stick with turkey or Cornish game hens.

Happy Thanksgiving all. Mrs. Celtlund is in a walking cast so instead of having a friend or two over for a traditional dinner, we are meeting him and eating out. A nearby casino has an outstanding buffet. My friend an I went to it a few years ago for Thanksgiving when Mrs. C was at her parents helping her mom recover from surgery. Mrs. C and I have also gone to the outstanding Friday night seafood buffet there.

I'm missing Thanksgiving this year since they don't celebrate it over here in Scotland.
:(

Whole turkeys might be harder to find over there than here, but they are available year round. I find it hard to believe that you couldn't find a turkey in the UK if you tried. :p

Or order a turducken. :)

Whole turkeys might be harder to find over there than here, but they are available year round. I find it hard to believe that you couldn't find a turkey in the UK if you tried. :p

Or order a turducken. :)

They'll be incredibly expensive this year.

Quite a large amount were slaughtered recently due to a H5N1 outbreak.

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I'm quite jealous of one of my professors, as she visits her mother in Edmonton for Canuckistani Thanksgiving (second Monday in October) and her father in Arizona for American Thanksgiving.

Since I live in Scotland, no Thanksgiving for me. :(

I'm missing Thanksgiving this year since they don't celebrate it over here in Scotland.
:(
True, but then they don't get a Burns supper, or get to celebrate Hogmany to the same degree.

Haggis, neeps and tatties FTW!

Happy Turkey Day to all of you who celebrate it as well! I'm looking forward to the food, which should hit the table in one hour fifteen minutes. At which point I plan to stuff myself to bursting and pass out on the couch watching American football. I don't even know who's playing today. :p

Or order a turducken. :)

Those are great but expensive. I bought one after the holidays on sale at Wallyworld for 50% off one year. It was good.

True, but then they don't get a Burns supper, or get to celebrate Hogmany to the same degree.

Haggis, neeps and tatties FTW!

Aha! You are indeed right, my friend! The balance... is restored. The best burns day I can remember was when I was still at High School a few years back in 2004. It was the first day of snowfall in Scotland that day practically all winter, and it was the heaviest I'd seen in ages. In the confusion, all the students trumped back home. I waited until after lunchtime, and walked back up with my pals. Fun times were had that day. And at the end of it all, a wonderful Burns supper.

Aha! You are indeed right, my friend! The balance... is restored.
Yeah Burns Night is a lot of fun.

Last year an American lass I'd met in Berlin came over to Scotland on the very last day of her round-Europe gap year. She was flying from Glasgow aiport on Jan 26th, and so we treated her to the delights of the "great chieftain o' the puddin-race"; a big slap-up meal complete with poetry and myself piping in the haggis (even if it was only on a practice chanter! :p)

We also gave her a bottle each of Irn Bru and Buckfast, which she took to very kindly.

Although I have a Burns Supper every year, this one was alot more fun; a huge amount of pomp, ceremony and booze.

But anyways, hope you Americans all enjoy your turkey! And feel free to raise a wee dram and a large helping of haggis to the Bard on Jan 25th!

Happy Turkey Day?

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Thank you! ;)

Little Goofball wishes you all a 'Happy Thaisigging!' :D

Little Goofball wishes you all a 'Happy Thaisigging!' :D

haha...tell him i wish him the same. And to stop building the moat around my house.

In fact, why am I even eating Turkey for Christmas if I'm British? Isn't that something we've inherited from the colonials? Damn you, Americanisation!

A better British christmas dish would surely be meat pies. A giant pastry-enveloped pie filled with tasty minced beef. Mmm... Lovely.

As I recall, Dickens made a big thing about cooking a big bird in "A Christmas Carol". Do you think that reflects his admiration of the Colonies? Or at that point the States?

I can't believe you'd rather eat some overcooked and unrecognizable meat pie...

Many happy returns to you GM!

haha...tell him i wish him the same. And to stop building the moat around my house.

It's for your protection. *nod*

I'm quite jealous of one of my professors, as she visits her mother in Edmonton for Canuckistani Thanksgiving (second Monday in October) and her father in Arizona for American Thanksgiving.

My girlfriend was born in Indiana, and I'm trying to convince her to celebrate her American heritage by doing a double-Thanksgiving.

I love Thanksgiving.

*Gets all warm and fuzzy and craves gravy*

oh god...too...much...turkey....*explodes*

As I recall, Dickens made a big thing about cooking a big bird in "A Christmas Carol". Do you think that reflects his admiration of the Colonies? Or at that point the States?

I can't believe you'd rather eat some overcooked and unrecognizable meat pie...

Yes, Myrmi, but that was not a Turkey, but a Goose.

Anyway. The British damn well love thier beef. Especially me.

I had my Thanksgiving meal at around 1 pm and now at a little past 8 pm I still feel too full to eat anything for dinner, or even a bedtime snack.

My meal was delicious. I had ham instead of turkey, though, although my mom made both a ham and a turkey.

Yes, Myrmi, but that was not a Turkey, but a Goose.

Anyway. The British damn well love thier beef. Especially me.

Which is why I said 'bird'.

I've never had the pleasure of visiting your island, so maybe you make these pies a little differently. Around here, a meat pie is a way to stretch left-overs, or a way to use a bad cut of beef. Not so over there, I take it.

I had spaghetti and garlic bread with my ma today :p

we're having a more proper Thanksgiving Saturday with my brother and his kids

I'd just like to say that I'm thankful for my fellow Generalites and NSers. You've made life a more interesting experience.

Don't call it Turkey day, it always makes me think it's a Turkish national holiday... :)

Thanksgiving was pleasant this year. My daughter and I drove to Arvada (near Denver) to visit my son. I have to say, my son has the worst equipped kitchen in North America, possibly anywhere. Try cooking a turkey dinner (turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, green salad, gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, whipped cream) with one large and one small sauce pan, a cookie sheet and no roasting pan, no bowl large enough to hold anything and a hand mixer ready for the grave. In addition to inadequate utensils, he had no butter and no fresh garlic and I was forced to use Country Crock and garlic powder. Nonetheless it turned out to be a good meal and a pleasant get together with almost no arguments.

Next time we're having it at my place.

i hope thanksgiving was good for you all. all ican say right now is thank you to all who have impacted my life

I'd just like to say that I'm thankful for my fellow Generalites and NSers. You've made life a more interesting experience.

You're welcome.

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