Thanksgiving Traditions?

[Alyssa Rose]

Hey guys! (& girls ) I am making my very first Thanksgiving dinner and I'm super excited and nervous about it because I've never done it on my own. I'm going to tell ya'll what I'm making and then you guys tell me if it sounds about right or what any of your traditions are for thanksgiving

Hope you all have a great turkey day!


Appetizers--Deviled Eggs, chips, candy bowls, cookies & sausage balls

Entree-- 16 lb Turkey and a 14 lb Ham

Sides-- Candied Yams, Mashed Potatoes(home made), Bread, Olives, Stuffing, Corn, Green bean Casserole, Asparagus, Broccoli in a cheese sauce and cranberry.

Dessert--2 Pumpkin Pies, 1 Cherry Pie, 1 Apple pie, Brownies & Ice Cream

:thumbsup:

 

[feller469]

kids at ex's, probably get a honey-baked ham, au gratin potatoes and cranberry sauce. 12 pack of beer and watch football and post a couple hundred lines on FreeOnes.

Wooo hooo

 

[Ace Bandage]

Sounds pretty good. If you're making all of that yourself, then you deserve a round of applause. That's a lot of food! I think you've just about covered everything. One staple in my family is my grandma's chicken and noodles which she makes from scratch. We also have pecan pie which is my favorite pie. Other than those two things and some different appetizers, we're eating roughly the same food.

Oh yeah, what about beverages? My family just drinks sweet tea. Seriously, that's all we ever have at any holiday get-together. Is that normal?

 

[Friday on my mind]

That is quite a spread,wish I could be there.

Only thing you need is something for the adults to drink (people should bring something since you are apparently making so much great food) and some nice cushy seats for the football games.GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

 

[ChefChiTown]

My Thanksgiving tradition is the following...

1) Wake up early for some reason
2) Get annoyed while my mom watches the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and points out all of the stupid balloons to me as they pass by
3) Wonder why my mom put the turkey into the oven at 5 in the morning
4) Count the seconds until my annoying family members arrive
5) Try not to scream at the top of my lungs when every single family member that walks through the door feels like saying the same exact thing; "I SMELL TURKEY!!!"
6) Exchange looks of "I can't wait until this is over" with my dad
7) Try to watch football while all of the female members of my family walk in front of the TV every 10 seconds and talk as loud as they can
8) Sit down to eat
9) Choke down terrible tasting, overcooked and dry turkey, flavorless mashed potatoes, unseasoned stuffing (which is almost always soggy as shit) and wash it all down with an unforgivably awful tasting piece of pumpkin pie
10) Try to watch more football, only to be interrupted every 3 minutes or so by random family members as they try and hold a conversation with me about absolutely nothing
11) Listen to my entire family talk shit about me, even though I'm sitting within ear shot of everybody, obviously being able to hear every word that they're saying
12) Count the seconds until my family leaves
13) Take a healthy dump
14) Sit on the toilet for an extra 20 minutes or so, just to waste time, so I don't have to hang out with my family
15) Watch people say that they're leaving and then take over an hour to even get out of their seat
16) Contemplate suicide
17) Say "goodbye" to everybody and then wonder why it's been almost an hour and a half since they told us that they were leaving
18) Close the door as soon as they leave
19) Talk shit about everybody until bedtime
20) Whack off to naked pictures of Anna Paquin and then fall asleep

 

[lurkingdirk]

I tend to spend most of the day without pants. It makes time with the relatives more enjoyable. It provides easy humour for everyone, you see.

Other than that, I think Chef got it just about right. Except 20) should read:
20) Pleasure myself, weep, and repeat.

 

[mentalman]

So Hissy what times dinner?

 

[Kingfisher]

Spending a couple hours in traffic...
Okay, why did he cut me off, then hit his brakes when no one was in front of him?
Ironic, he flips me off and has 6 different Jesus fish on his car...
My gun is in my hand...

 

[Alyssa Rose]

Sounds pretty good. If you're making all of that yourself, then you deserve a round of applause. That's a lot of food! I think you've just about covered everything. One staple in my family is my grandma's chicken and noodles which she makes from scratch. We also have pecan pie which is my favorite pie. Other than those two things and some different appetizers, we're eating roughly the same food.

Oh yeah, what about beverages? My family just drinks sweet tea. Seriously, that's all we ever have at any holiday get-together. Is that normal?

Yeah for drinks I have: Non-Alcoholic--24 pack sprite, 24 pack pepsi & 24 pack code red Mt.Dew, eggnog, Hot Cocoa, Milk, Chocolate Milk, Cranberry Juice, Orange Juice, Pink Lemonade, Sweet Tea, un-sweet tea and of course there is always water.

Alcoholic--Vodka, Tequila, Rum and wine (all three of those are being brought by guests so I don't know the brands or anything)
I am providing, Beer, Smirnoff grape that's what I drink lol and Jack Daniels.

So Hissy what times dinner?

4 O'clock see ya then!

 

[jasonk282]

Turkey, grandma's stuffing made with hot sausage, cranberries, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, pumpkin pie, apple pie and copious amounts of home made red wine, that we make all year round and polish off all the bottles at Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve Dinner.

 

[TheAmazingRed]

Turkey, ham and desserts... Don't really celebrate it, but I'll gladly eat it.

 

[feller469]

20) Whack off to naked pictures of Anna Paquin and then fall asleep

Anna Paquin in mashed potatoes?

 

[Kingfisher]

Anna Paquin in mashed potatoes?

Tease...

 

[Alyssa Rose]

Turkey, grandma's stuffing made with hot sausage, cranberries, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, pumpkin pie, apple pie and copious amounts of home made red wine, that we make all year round and polish off all the bottles at Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve Dinner.

Yummm My turkeys been slow cooking all night and this morning my house smelled sooo good!

 

[anomaly]

Sides-- Candied Yams

You're probably making candied sweet potatoes. Candied yams would double disgusting!

 

[Hot Mega]

Eat?:wave2:

 

[Alyssa Rose]

You're probably making candied sweet potatoes. Candied yams would double disgusting!

haha yeah of course its really sweet potatoes but the can says yams and we've been callin em that since I was young so the name just stuck. Of course if it were real yams it would be gross and I'd have to go to an international market to even find them lol

 

[sisnimals]

Eat,Drink,Family gossip

 

[Wainkerr99]

If I had money I could probably have two thanksgivings, if not three. Last year it was meeting family here for the first time in my life, almost. This year and subsequent years, probably never again until I have me own. I think Chef about summed it up.

Funny, it always looked good in the movies, unless your surname was Corleone.

Some sweet (evil, crazy, mindless, stupid, radical Christian) folk are bringing Thanksgiving to the building I am in, so all the residents that for whatever reason are unable to go have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with family, will not be left out.

Stupid, crazy, mindless, imbecilic Church folk, hey Blue?

 

[jod0565]

Hanging out with the family and eating.
No real "tradition," just getting together as a big group.
It's fun and I look forward to it.
I get to cook the pepsis, sprite, and water this year!