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Originally Posted by mrfixit (Post 582780)

.Good Times.
...Heading down to one of my "Sisty Uglers"....she has a little fishin shack.:icon_wink:

At 11 PM..before Thanksgiving a few of us hayseeds head out to a special spot to net Shrimp..:icon_hungry:.
I am getting too dang old to do this but the young ones INSIST on going "Shrimpin'-at- Midnight".
They even wrote a song about it.:eclipsee_gold_cup:

At 2 A.M. turkeys go in the portable roaster ovens on the Lanai.
.......Slow and Low........
Uncle "Buddy :icon_twisted: Row"(me) .(Buddy Row.:what:.That is another story.)
...........Puts the turkeys BREAST DOWN. :spoken:.........
EACH get ONE ORANGE stuffed in the front.:shrug:
.................AND....... One Stick of Butter in the cavity.:evil6:
...by 3AM the last of the peeps are asleep...(:bowdown:Thank You Jesus.)

At precisely 9:45AM the dinner bell rings.... "IN the house"..YEP I said :jester: IN THE HOUSE.
I ring that sucker till "all are present and accounted for".
Those who are able....break out the eggs and bacon and pancake stuff
and mess us the entire kitchen.......

OH MY GOODNESS! You sound like a really FUN group!

We are having my 83 year old mother over to our house for dinner (which will be at 1pm). None of us eat that much anymore, and I am just making a turkey breast and the usual fixin's...potatoes, corn, dressing, salad. No pie for any of us......but Patrick has requested chocolate pudding with "the white stuff" (whipped cream).

Then we'll play Mexican Train dominos and my husband will watch football.

We have never cared for Turkey, but will have the usual Roasting hen and Butt Ham with all the trimmings. We have invited people into our home for 43 years in a row for thanksgiving and this year will be no exception. We have a few of the neighbors coming for our traditional 2:00 feast.

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Originally Posted by Cynbod (Post 582747)

I will be cooking at home again this year. My menu includes the traditional antipasta, regular macaroni this year, meat from the gravy, turkey, mashed potatoes, marinated tomatoes, turnips and itialian pastries, pumkin pie and chocolate mousse. I have fruit, fennel and nuts to round out the meal.
I am retiring on the 21st and will arrive in Florida for the winter on the 23rd.
Happy Thanksgiving,

Don't know where you live, but will be coming over for Thanksgiving dinner. Sounds like the meals I grew up with. (Italian pastries...none available here, so enjoy 'em while you can!)

That is so nice....we are planning on putting our house in Kissimmee, Fl up soon to buy in TV...I like the spirit most people put on this website....I see most people here are very nice