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#1: larrry grizzard (gizzard) on Oct 10, 2011 [SPOILER]

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Happy Thanksgiving Aldege and family. First turkey for Destyny, awesome!

thx larry,probably the same spread as our American neighbours,turkey,ham,potatoes,yams,turnip,broccoli,brussel sprouts,squash,stuffing,cranberry sauce,carrots,pumpkin pie,baked apples,wine and beer.How about you,larry?

thx Marie-Louise,left over turkey is the best,turkey sandwiches...yum,yum.What does an Aussie Thanksgiving spread consist of marz?

Thx auntie Jota,yes it's Destyny's first,too bad she's too young to eat turkey,but she'll sit at the table with her family,in her high chair.We'll try to get some pictures to post on fb for you.:)

She could still pull the wishbone!

What more could she possibly wish for?lol:)

Happy Thanksgiving to you too. You sure have a great menu. We spread ours over two days so had ham and trimmings on Saturday then turkey and trimmings on Sunday. We had two different crowds and amazingly more Americans than Canadians sat at our table both nights! Aldege, are you enjoying the great weather we are? Great puzzle by the way

Susan, great idea having it spread over 2 days,Niki says thank you, were going to do that now too.We might even do it this Christmas. More Americans than Canadians,What's up with that? Kinda cool though. If Niki and our family show up at your place,in the old Dodge next Thanksgiving will we even up the American to Canadian ratio,lol. Glad you had a great holiday.:)

Hey, we're all North Americans :)

Happy Turkey Day! Hope you gobbled up all that delicious sounding food!

Very true Kristen,good point.:)

Thx Carol,if you check out my next puzzle,you'll see just how much i did enjoy it.:)

You left out the best part--Gravy! Give me a bowl of gravy, some bread and butter and y'all can have all the rest!

I forgot to put them down larry, but we did have gravy,and hot rolls and butter to slop up the gravy with,yum,yum. It was a feast.

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Levi come on over,i'm on my 3rd day of eating this stuff and there's still leftovers. Why do we make so much?

Because no one wants a turkey the size of a chicken, and the fixings have to be proportional to the size of the bird?

That's funny Larry and true as well,i have to laugh at Niki,while were eating she always gets screwed up and says "pass the chicken" to which i respond "When did we make chicken",to which she responds "Just pass the damm bird will ya".:)

Good woman, that Niki.

She'll pass,but just barely.:)

Because we have so many American friends, we get to celebrate Thanksgiving again in November. What a life!

Is this a good thing Susan? I'm tired of turkey already,and i dread that i have to do all this again at Christmas.It's a lot of work,especially the clean up afterwords.It can be a lot of fun when you have a gang of people helping and drinking and joking around.Niki and i really enjoyed it this year cause we did it together while listening to Leonard Cohen,and consuming glass after glass of wine,and playing with Destyny. I use to love it in the past when my nephew,my son and I would be outside cooking Christmas turkey on the barbecue,drinking beer and having a bunch of laughs while freezing our butts off and watching the snow fall.Then after dinner the 3 of us would handle the clean up and dishes and let the women relax and watch the kids. Then we would all play euchre or a board game till the wee hours of the morning,and this would be after pulling an all nighter Christmas Eve. Good times,good times.:)

Try something different for Christmas, Al. Have you ever had an old fashioned Dickens style Christmas dinner? Goose (similar to turkey, yet still a world apart), a pudding (not that jello muck, a real baked pudding), chestnuts, etc. A bit of a challenge if you go strictly for a 19th century menu, but a lot of fun especially if you have a group of people like the group you've described, ones who will get into the spirit of the whole thing. The only real modernization I do strongly recommend: use 21st century cooking devices! Try to cook a meal over an open fire in the hearth will suck the fun out of it faster than you can say "God bless us, every one".

I haven't gone as far as you mentioned larry for an old fashioned Christmas,but Niki and i have made the real baked bread pudding(it's to die for)and we have baked homemade tortière(which is French Canadian meat pie),i've roasted the chestnuts also. I haven't tried goose but i hear it's good but greasy. Funny about the open fire,well actually not so funny.:)

It IS greasy, you want to have it on a high rack to let the fat drain. But save the fat! Delicious for frying potatoes and onions, etc. Cut it 50/50 with your cooking oil, it gives a wonderful flavor and richness to the veggies. I like a good bread pudding, warm with milk over the top. Never had a tortiere, but in the Michigan UP, pasties are very tasty. It's a pocket pie (almost like a calzone) with beef, carrots, potato and rutabaga. The local story is that if the pasty maker's daughter is sweet on you, she'll put a bit of jam in the end for your dessert!

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