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« on: November 25, 2013, 01:01:09 PM »
What's your Thanksgiving day plans and menu?

Our host told us: Hors d'oeuvres (chips, dip, cheese, crackers, shrimp, dip -- and more!), turkey, dressing, mashed taters, gravy, sweet taters smothered in sugar n butter n marshmallows, green bean casserole, rolls, raviolis and something else Italian, and 3 kinds of dessert. There will only be 7 (yes, SEVEN) of us at the table. UGH! I gently suggested a salad and he said, "That's a vegetable and we're already having the green beans." Double ugh. getsick.gif

I'm planning a nice, big, green salad at home before we go. I'm skipping the snacks. Dinner for me will be a slice of turkey, small (like 5 bites) amount of mashed taters, maybe 1 roll, spoon of green bean casserole (not my favorite dish), and a slice of pie. I figure I'll need to double exercise to deal with that small amount. Yeah, the holidays weren't the best time to try food intake reduction.  wallbash.gif I'm also thinking I should take some Alka-Selzter® for the rest of the gang.  Devilish2.gif
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2013, 01:20:34 PM »
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Hors d'oeuvres (chips, dip, cheese, crackers, shrimp, dip -- and more!), turkey, dressing, mashed taters, gravy, sweet taters smothered in sugar n butter n marshmallows, green bean casserole, rolls, raviolis and something else Italian, and 3 kinds of dessert.

Except for the raviolis that might as well be our menu; actually the raviolis might be nice and generally we do start out with a salad.  We had a dinner here at work last monday with two kinds of turkey (roasted and smoked) a nice ham and all the rest; my friend made Milky Way Cake and that was very popular!  I wish I could rally the troops as well for the Christmas Dinner (usually a buffet eaten at a restaurant) and other Christmas doings.  I'm the work Social Director and my coworkers are kind of hard to motivate!
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2013, 02:28:17 PM »
I don't associate with people who can't be motivated to EAT!!! I don't like being around "strange" people!!! laughhard.gif

The meal looks to be a surprise as our new Daughter-in-Law will be coming Wednesday to use our kitchen to prepare  the food, which will then be taken 90 miles to Judy's parent's house where it will be eaten, assuming her mother is released from therapy in time. I'm sure there will be turkey, but that's all I am sure of. Judy always makes an outstanding frozen the night before, cranberry salad; not likely this time. This month is upside down with surgeries, therapies, 24/7 care searching, short term memory loss, Seasonal Affective Disorder, etc. Fortunately, the month will soon be over! rolleyes.gif And the continuing elder-care/scheduling/required travel problems will have a new month to fill.
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2013, 08:29:18 AM »
I was thinking of making something like a meat pie for Thanksgiving; at least I was earlier in the year.  As the time comes I'm thinking of working on it for Christmas!
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2013, 09:44:15 AM »
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Battams and other astronomers will be spending Thanksgiving Day watching the comet from atop Kitt Peak in Arizona. "We're going to be roasting a ball of ice while people are roasting their turkeys," he says.
<Comet Fans Psyched For A Celestial Feast On Thanksgiving Day>
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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2013, 03:39:05 PM »
Haven't seen the comet yet but I'd probably not be ae to focus on it anyway! I'm bug-eyed from the spread we had for lunch!! Looks like we might finish off the left overs just in time for Christmas! yum.gif Glad I don't have to fit in chimneies any more. tongue.gif

We noticed we had almost exactly 80 years between the youngest and oldest chow-hounds at the table! 16 years and 9 months at one end, 95 years and 11 months at the other end! cake.gif cheer.gif clap.gif
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2013, 04:26:20 PM »
Sounds like a grand day, xABD. My pies are packed and ready to go. Green bean casserole in oven. Leaving around 3pm. While everyone else visits upstairs, I'll be down below working on friends old iMac, exporting address book; then it's up 2 flights of stairs to import addresses into his new "Contacts" book -- for some reason the upgrade didn't pull this over and he can't email folks.

I'll be well paid with friendship and food once I’m done. smile.gif  I've lost 10lbs and I’m going to work to not put it all back on today, even if I'm hungry at the end of the day. smile.gif

The Lions won, hope the Cowboys and Ravens both win. I'd like to be 3-0 to start the week in the bragging rights pool.  toothgrin.gif
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2013, 08:41:54 AM »
...uhnm... I think I may have found your ten pounds... are you sure it wasn't more?! eek2.gif
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2013, 09:58:51 AM »
Over here, we'd do a joke about the 10 pounds having the Queen's head printed on it wink.gif
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2013, 01:45:55 PM »
ABD, you're welcome to my lost 10 and more. I'm happy to share.  Devilish2.gif

Neil, I had to ponder that for a moment and now I'm laughing.

Our dinner was grand and a good time was had by all. Today I'm working on a grocery list as I have to bake 2 cakes tomorrow. Oh, and we are stopping at our local Verizon store and buying me a new phone - the Samsungs are on sale for $99. smile.gif
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2013, 02:28:23 AM »
Enjoyed a nice quiet day with Dad, my sister and two of her kids (young adults actually). My nephew cooked the turkey and my sister all the sides. I prepared the house which was definitely not the lesser of the chores. But all was ready and the food was tasty. We missed Mom of course but we were thankful for much and realize there were many who were not as fortunate as we.

Let's pray the good always outweighs the bad. That's a balance that we hope will tip our way, always.
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