Things you wish you could say

[ShrekDawg]

That was the year my mom died, so I wanted to show my brother that we were still family even if we didn't get along. Of course, he didn't bother to come home for it, so I had a turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn on the cob, biscuits, and pies to myself.

I’m so sorry

 

[Nabiki]

I’m so sorry

It's long past. I cut ties with my brother about 35 years ago.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It's long past. I cut ties with my brother about 35 years ago.

Oh wow

 

[sourland]

It's long past. I cut ties with my brother about 35 years ago.

I did the same with a sister 15 years ago. "Friends are the family you make for yourself."

 

[Sally PB]

Make something you DO like, then.

Chocolate cake is not a main course.

Hubby really likes turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. Next year, though, it's going to be a turkey breast. He doesn't like dark meat anyway, so why do a full turkey?

I bought another one (WHY, oh WHY!!!!) since they were on ridiculous sale. I might be able to face doing a turkey next March.

 

[tripletfeb]

Chocolate cake is not a main course.

Hubby really likes turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. Next year, though, it's going to be a turkey breast. He doesn't like dark meat anyway, so why do a full turkey?

I bought another one (WHY, oh WHY!!!!) since they were on ridiculous sale. I might be able to face doing a turkey next March.

You're an adult. Anything can be a main dish

 

[ShrekDawg]

You're an adult. Anything can be a main dish

Triple threat dessert aka chocolate chip cookie dough on bottom, Oreo cookies in the middle, and then fudge brownies on top. Soooooooooo good but sooooooooo rich. LOL

 

[RoyalChick]

Chocolate cake is not a main course.

Do you have a reliable source for that assertion?
I believe from personal experience that it is simply fake news.

 

[Nabiki]

Chocolate cake is not a main course.

Hubby really likes turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. Next year, though, it's going to be a turkey breast. He doesn't like dark meat anyway, so why do a full turkey?

I bought another one (WHY, oh WHY!!!!) since they were on ridiculous sale. I might be able to face doing a turkey next March.

I always buy turkeys after Thanksgiving. They keep for a year in the freezer just fine.

 

[Sally PB]

I always buy turkeys after Thanksgiving. They keep for a year in the freezer just fine.

The store where I usually shop has a loss leader sale on turkeys just before Thanksgiving. Spend $50 (or $100, or $25, or whatever they decide that year) and get turkey for 50¢ a pound. Or 47¢, this year. I got a 12.something pound turkey for $6.15.

Hubby talks a good fight. He loves turkey, thinks pounds of leftovers will be wonderful. I put 2/3 of the meat in the freezer, and he's not really so gung ho to have it in a couple of months. I made a white chili with it one year, and he didn't care for it at all.

Which is why I will never buy a turkey except at the ridiculous loss leader price. Too much of it becomes "uh, no, that doesn't really sound good right now."

And with a sigh, on freezer cleaning day, it gets dumped in the compost, or made into chickie snack.

But we must have turkey on Thanksgiving, because it's a tradition he likes to keep.