Happy Turkey Day

by Bryan

10 comments

1 Comrade Kevin { 11.27.08 at 1:23 pm }

I hate going to my uncle’s on Thanksgiving. I’m 28 and he still sits me at the little kid table.

2 Bryan { 11.27.08 at 1:57 pm }

Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger, CK, in my Mother’s family most of my generation were treated like Prince Charles, i.e. you needed an AARP card and a Social Security check to leave the card tables in the kitchen behind and make it into the dining room.

3 Kryten42 { 11.27.08 at 7:20 pm }

My fave ‘News and Information Source’ (sic) the ONION, have a good thanksgiving Video. 😉 LOL

In Thanksgiving Tradition, Bush Pardons Scooter Libby In Giant Turkey Costume

Bon appétit! LOL

4 Bryan { 11.27.08 at 7:49 pm }

Scooter will probably be the wrap up list with Dick Cheney et al. on January 19.

5 hipparchia { 11.27.08 at 9:19 pm }

my family’s like that too, when enough of us get together — the ‘kids’ are all in their 40s and 50s.

nice christmas header, bryan. you and all my neighbors — they all psent the day putting up christmas lights and now i look like a real grinch.

6 Kryten42 { 11.27.08 at 10:17 pm }

Here hipparchia… maybe this will help. 😉 I found another family recipe in a box… Italian Salad and salad dressing. 🙂

It’s not exactly a traditional ‘Thanksgiving’ recipe, but it’s good any time! 😀

ITALIAN SALAD (6 Servings)

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked beets
1 cup cooked carrots
1 cup chopped celery
1 head of lettuce
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup cucumbers, pared, seeded and diced
Mayonnaise thinned with cream or sour cream

Preperation:
Prepare the vegetables and chill.
Combine the salad with dressing.
Prepare beds of lettuce and top with the salad.

ITALIAN SALAD DRESSING (2 cups)

Ingredients:
3/4 cup wine vinegar
2/3 cup red wine
1 clove garlic
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. capers
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tbsp. mustard seeds
2 capsicum/peppers (green, red or both)
2 tsp. pre-prepared mustard (whatever your favorite mustard is, may need to experiment.)
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. rosemary (dried)
1 tsp. oregano (dried)

Preperation:
Mix the vinegar and wine, set for 1 hour.
Finely chop garlic.
Add the salt, capers, mustard seed to the garlic and pound to a paste.
(Use a mortar and pestle, or a round bowl and back of a spoon)
Remove the pepper insides and cut into thin slivers.
Boil the garlic paste, add the peppers and spices, stirring often.
Remove from the heat, add olive oil, allow to cool.

Enjoy! 😀

7 Bryan { 11.27.08 at 10:21 pm }

Actually, I replaced the hurricane header because the season has faded away and even Jeff Masters has given up on it and gone to Puerto Rico.

Technically speaking none of those symbols is associated with Christmas – that’s Grandfather Frost, not Santa Claus, who shows up on New Year’s, and freezes to death those on the “naughty” list because they don’t get the food and warm clothing given to those who were “nice”. He wears blue with a fur coat over the top and the staff will freeze you instantly. Of course he is Russian, and with this much violence it has to be a children’s fairy tale.

I’m still working on my Mother’s lights.

8 Bryan { 11.27.08 at 11:34 pm }

Kryten, on the dressing recipe, after grinding up the garlic and spices I assume you add them to the wine/vinegar mix to boil, because that isn’t going to have a lot of liquid. Is that assumption correct?

9 Kryten42 { 11.28.08 at 12:10 am }

Hmmm. Good question! The old note I have doesn’t say… But it was something she made often and I did help a couple times, Was a long time ago but…

Yeah… I think that’s correct. Add the paste to the vinegar/wine mix after it has set for an hour. I remember the smell when it boiled. 😉 LOL When I was 10 or so, it made me gag. LOL

The nose knows! (Even if the other memories fade into oblivion). 😉

10 Bryan { 11.28.08 at 1:46 pm }

It’s up.