Whatcha doin' for Turkey Day?
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We used to have a huge T-day bash with a large group of friends every year for the past 30 or so years. But Covid put an end to it for a couple of years, and it hasn't ever really quite come back together. I thought about trying to round up a few folks, but the people I contacted were all going out of town this year, and I don't have the mojo to have the usual crowd. Maybe next year, if I can get myself to plan well ahead. In the wake of a car accident, Covid, and medical procedures my house is not exactly presentable anyway, though we are going to get some help with that. So it looks like it will just be me and Mr Pique. We're going to do rock cornish game hens, and I'm going to make a peach pie with the fresh peaches we froze last summer. If anyone is in the neighborhood and wants to drop by for dessert, let me know!
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Just got back from a week in New Orleans, heading to Vegas for Christmas, so Thanksgiving will be quiet, just the two of us. We'll be going to Cooper's Hawk as I really detest making TD dinner.
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Just got back from a week in New Orleans, heading to Vegas for Christmas, so Thanksgiving will be quiet, just the two of us. We'll be going to Cooper's Hawk as I really detest making TD dinner.
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We are going to Oakland for a week to spend Thanksgiving and some extra time with one of the Quirtlets. The other is coming, too, and we'll be eating with extended family who are reputed to be very good cooks, so we are looking forward to an excellent time.
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@Mik What are your thoughts on Coopers Hawk? They just opened one near us and we want to try it.
@Steve-Miller said in Whatcha doin' for Turkey Day?:
@Mik What are your thoughts on Coopers Hawk? They just opened one near us and we want to try it.
Interesting food, not crazy about the wines. One would think since that is their schtick they'd do something special. Last couple times have been for lunch, so iced tea, no wine. Friends brough their Lux sparkler over a few weeks ago. meh. Sweet and uninteresting.
The wines may have gotten better, it's been two or three years since I tried them. Again, the food is good.
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I received a terse text from "the SIL like person."
It said-- Good morning Daniel. This is your official invite to Thanksgiving lunch. Let me know if you want to come and I'll tell you what time I'm picking you up.
Verbatim.
I didn't answer.
I might go but for reasons I won't bore you with it will depend a lot on how my day goes Wednesday.
She's not hiding the fact she doesn't like me and naturally I find it annoying. But I really do have more important things to occupy my mind.
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Just got back from a week in New Orleans, heading to Vegas for Christmas, so Thanksgiving will be quiet, just the two of us. We'll be going to Cooper's Hawk as I really detest making TD dinner.
@Mik said in Whatcha doin' for Turkey Day?:
Just got back from a week in New Orleans, heading to Vegas for Christmas, so Thanksgiving will be quiet, just the two of us. We'll be going to Cooper's Hawk as I really detest making TD dinner.
Change of plan. Got a fresh turkey breast and will buttermilk brine it a couple days. Mashed sweet potatoes, corn pudding, cranberry salad. I just thought dinner out was kind of pitiful so invited a couple friends who have no family over.
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@Mik what kind of cranberry salad do you make?
When we lived in the southeast, I always bought the cranberry relish they made a Publix. It was soooo good! Now, here, all we have is Kroger or Walmart. AFAICT Walmart doesn’t have any (relish, the fresh kind, I’m not taking about sauce, the kind in a can). And last year, I learned that the kind Kroger makes is a crime against humanity. So this year, I think we’re going to try to make our own. My mother is actually coming today, she’s bringing her food processor (since I don’t have one). And the plan is to try to make the cranberry dish tomorrow and let it sit over night….
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We will go back to the restaurant at Lodge in the Desert. Hacienda del Sol has become too busy.
I stayed at Lodge in the Desert two years ago. It’s a beautiful place!
We just got back from dinner at El Charro - the oldest family owned Mexican restaurant in the country. I can see why it’s been so successful - everything they served us was just a little bit better than I’ve had other places. Cool decor as well.
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RM says he's not going to Thanksgiving lunch because he's got two jobs on Thanksgiving.
Between you and me and the lamppost (another of my Jewish grandmother's favorite phrases) I know this family well enough to know we will be fed whether we can make it or not.
His mother expresses love through food lots of food and especially baking. She makes sure her son never goes without food. I can't imagine he won't bring home everything on the menu including dessert.
I love to socialize with people but on my own terms. I don't like holiday meals like Thanksgiving because they remind me of growing up celebrating them at my Jewish grandparents' house.
Hanukkah was an exception when I look back but the rest were very formal, traditional, and stifling for me.
The women all gathered in the kitchen and the men would watch sports in the living room, baseball, football, basketball. It was like we were living in the '50's.
RM and I moved far away from our families for reason.
He was extraordinary at cooking, celebrating, and gift giving. We would send and receive presents from home and make phone calls. This is how I celebrated holidays for twenty five years. I can't complain.
I have so much to be thankful for. My health, my home, my RM such as he is, and the fact my brother and I have reunited after our father's passing following more than fifteen years of estrangement.
Our reunion has been the highlight of my year! Mik, you were right about there being no better time to forgive. The years of not talking slipped away like water under a bridge.
He's taken on his father's loving and caring role toward me. He said as much.
Our relationship now is the best it's ever been and it finally has a feeling of permanence.
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Had to hop on here to say that I have Cindysphinx's Bourbon Cranberry sauce in the oven as I type! Off to Oldest's in laws where his Father in Law is the cook and we all get to enjoy his amazing dishes. He does not allow help, only with the dishes.
"Wealth is like manure; spread it around and it makes everything grow; pile it up, and it stinks."
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Had to hop on here to say that I have Cindysphinx's Bourbon Cranberry sauce in the oven as I type! Off to Oldest's in laws where his Father in Law is the cook and we all get to enjoy his amazing dishes. He does not allow help, only with the dishes.
@BeeLady Happy Thanksgiving!
And a good reminder....here's the link to @Cindysphinx Bourbon Cranberry Sauce. If you hover your cursor over the link, you can see the post in a popup Or you can click on it and it will take you to the actual post.
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I got a text today from SIL person asking me if I was going to come. I texted back No but thanks for the invite. She said she would "bring you guys a plate."
I plan to send her and others Happy Thanksgiving! GIF's
Also her a thank you note in the evening. Lol!
