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« on: November 18, 2007, 10:40:18 PM » |
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For those of us in the United States.... who is celebrating Thanksgiving? What do you do? And the most important part, what do you eat? Those outside the U.S.... do you know much about this holiday? What do you think of it? And, are there any silly Canadians who celebrate Thanksgiving so darn early?  |
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the Scarf
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2007, 10:56:42 PM » |
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I'm in america. Our neighbors and relatives usually gather at our house and bring food and stuff..and we all eat and have a party...its fun, and the food rules!
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2007, 11:08:18 PM » |
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Back when I lived in Texas, we used to get the whole family together and have an enormous party and meal. Up here, since it's just the four of us, the meal is much smaller. We usually have Turkey, stuffing, cran-berry sauce, green-bean casserole, boiled yams in butter, mashed potatoes, Dad's Special Salad, squash casserole, freshly-baked loaves an rolls chocolate cake, and pecan pie. Yep, that's the smaller meal. '¸'
PS, since when has the forum had a spell-checker?
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2007, 12:27:34 AM » |
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Spell checker? I just highlight and right click!
My Dad always makes the turky, and this year I'm making pecan pie! I didn't used to like it...but I love it now! My sister is making pumpkin cheesecake, and maybe an apple pie. In past years my Mom has done sweet yams, green beans, and cornbread, but this year she's only doing the cornbread, and helping my sister make the cheesecake.
Other things that are usually served are cranberry sauce and cranberry bread, mashed potatoes, some sort of salad with candied wanuts, and....er...I can't remember...I used to only eat the bread and cranberry sauce, with a small slice of turkey because I didn't like anything else....I have expanded my tastes in the last several years, but I can't really remember what else we had...I'm sure there was lots...
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2007, 04:02:07 AM » |
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No Thanksgiving over here, and I'm not sure what it's about. Is it something to do with Americans meeting the Native Americans?
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Amanda
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« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2007, 06:47:32 AM » |
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Yes that is the basics of it. Here when you are little you are taught that Thanksgiving is when the Pilgrims met with Native Americans and shared, had a feast... gave thanks for still being alive after the harsh conditions. This is a typical American Thanksgiving: A lot of people go out on Wednesday night because of having work off Thursday. (Thanksgiving is always the 3rd Thursday of November). Then on Thursday you get together with family and/or friends and have a huge meal. In the afternoon there are football games on and the men gather around the tv with stuffed bellies.  Most people have Friday off of work also, and in America it is called Black Friday because it is the busiest holiday shopping day of the year. Most stores have MAJOR sales and people pack the malls for Christmas shopping. As far as the food goes, the traditional is a roast turkey (a bird native to America) with lots of sides like mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing (sometimes called "dressing" which is a bread crumb mixture that fills the inside of the turkey while roasting) It is also traditional to have cranberry sauce. Cranberry is one of the few fruits native to the Americas. It is sort of like a chutney you have on the side. Of course, this is such a big country there are a lot of different traditional regional foods depending on where you are. |
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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2007, 09:35:19 AM » |
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Ah, thanks ^^ I always wondered why turkey was always associated with Thanksgiving |
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Orangey
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« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2007, 01:24:54 PM » |
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Of course, these days there're all these peoples trying to make us feel guilty about Thanksgiving et-cetera, because we stole the land, took advantage of the people, blah blah blah. Well, that's what colonization generally entails, Bub. Besides, that was more than two-hundred years ago. I think we've moved well past that by now. I guess that's the same thing to me as people whose ancestors' ancestors were slaves demanding recompense now; it's in the past, move on and deal with it.
PS, about the spell-checker: last night my Safari (internet browser for those unfamiliar with Macs) updated, and comes with an automatic spell-checker, like Word. It wasn't the forum spell-checking me, it was my browser. Oh, the hilarity.
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« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2007, 01:50:01 PM » |
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Yeah, that happened to me awhile ago...I was like WTF? but then I realized what had happened...
I too, think its funny that people are trying to make everyone feel guilty...though it is good to know what actually happened, don't let it get in the way of celebrating the fact that you have food and shelter...
My Parents used to live in Singapore (which is in Asia for those of you who don't know) and, of course, they don't have thanksgiving there...Apparently they would just eat Indian food as a small celebration. Once, they were in Australia (no thanksgiving there either) and they passed by what looked like an A&W, but was actually a turkey drumstick place! They ended up eating Turkey drumsticks on thanksgiving, completely by chance! They had a fun time laughing at that....
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« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2007, 03:34:14 PM » |
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I celebrate by going with my family by going out to my aunt's house, and since we've got a pretty big family (15 people, not including my cousin's friend who sometimes joins us) we have a massive meal. We have cranberries, mashed potatoes, turkey(of course), rolls, green beans, stuffing, yams, pumpkin pie, baked beans, and occasionally ham. Also, both my cousin and his wife are bakers, so we always have great desserts.
In a side note, if the Pilgrims did eat turkey on the first Thanksgiving, it was a side dish. the main course was actually probably venison. The first Thanksgiving also resulted in the first puffed breakfast cereal, as the Native Americans had given the Pilgrims popcorn, which was eaten with milk the day after the feast.
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« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2007, 10:29:41 PM » |
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heh...I can imagine the thought process for that.
Pilgrim 1: hmm...this stuff is weird, and crunchy...and now its chewy from sitting out all night
Pilgrim 2: actually, its just really friggin stale. We should probably just leave it for the birds...
Pilgrim 1: Screw that! I'm hungry!
Pilgrim 2: Eh, just pour some milk on it, it'll soften up....
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« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2007, 10:42:26 PM » |
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My dad's side of the family never gets together as he had 11 brothers and sisters and they all live down south while we live in the North. So, we get together with my mom's side at her parent's house. All together there are only 13 of us, which is small compared to most families who get together.
Anywho, we have turkey, stuffing (one with and one without celery and onions), ham, sweet potatoes/yams with marshmallows, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, three-layered jello, low-sugar pecan pie (my grandma is diabetic), sugar cookies (the recipe has been in my family for over 100 years), green beans, and rolls. Sometimes we got Panarea bread from my aunt since she was a manager there.
My mom and aunts and grandma get up at three in the morning to hit all the special sales for Christmas presents. The cousins would go out with the uncles and watch a movie. They've all out-grown that, but I would still love to go see the movies.
This year I'm going to my boyfriend's house and celebrate Thanksgiving there. Although it will be odd as his grandmother just died this Sunday.
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Amanda
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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2007, 07:00:58 AM » |
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Ah, thanks ^^ I always wondered why turkey was always associated with Thanksgiving Yup, the turkey is a very American bird. Ben Franklin wanted it to be our national symbol instead of the eagle. mmmmmm turkey  |
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Silfedac
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2007, 03:24:03 PM » |
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If the Continental Congress had agreed with Franklin, maybe we'd be making hand-shaped eagles right now.
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Orangey
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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2007, 03:41:31 PM » |
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Mmm, taste that eagle; I think it's well complemented by the orangutan chutney. '¸'
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« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2007, 03:50:27 PM » |
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That ostrich-egg glaze really brings out the flavor.
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« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2007, 08:25:08 PM » |
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Mmm...ostrich egg....
My dad is making the brine for the turkey right now....It's making the kitchen smell nummy...
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« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2007, 07:54:32 PM » |
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I EAT. TURKEY.
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« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2007, 09:03:59 PM » |
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I MAKE. PIE.
I did...it was fun..
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« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2007, 09:26:53 AM » |
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Who here watches the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Just seen the Hello Kitty baloon and waiting for Pikachu. Shit! Clown marching band!
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« Reply #20 on: November 22, 2007, 11:23:26 AM » |
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My dad records it, then we watch it in fast forwards....
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« Reply #21 on: November 22, 2007, 12:48:02 PM » |
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That sounds...interesting.
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« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2007, 01:30:08 PM » |
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Maybe I'll catch it on cable... Oh and PS: I'm in ur base killin ur doodz.
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Amanda
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« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2007, 04:49:35 PM » |
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Who here watches the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Just seen the Hello Kitty baloon and waiting for Pikachu. Shit! Clown marching band!
i tivo'ed it and fast forwarded a lot of it... seems SO much cooler when you are a kid. wasn't into a lot of those musical performances. (legally blonde on broadway?!?!?) |
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Orangey
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« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2007, 04:50:35 PM » |
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I've never liked parades; in fact, the only times I've been at a parade in about ten years is when I'm in one.
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« Reply #25 on: November 22, 2007, 11:31:44 PM » |
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You could see him at the Starlight Parade in Portland the last couple years. My family has it recorded, 'cause I'm in them too. You can't really see me, though; the camera pretty much ignored my side of the clarinet section. You could see Orangey, however. Boy, does he look sooooo thrilled to be there, marching his tuba (that Pixel broke right before we started marching one year. We still give him a hard time about that, even though it gave Orangey an excuse not to play).
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« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2007, 11:33:31 PM » |
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It didn't give Orangey an excuse not to play. It gave him an excuse to ram his ring finger repeatedly down the area where the key was supposed to be. A lot.
Eww, that sounded really inappropriate. CURSE YOU TUBA!
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« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2007, 02:57:25 PM » |
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haha....I never really watch parades...except in x300 speed....
For thanksgiving this year, I went to our old next door neighbors house...they had a huge party, and I sat in the basement playing soul caliber III most of the time....I found my character, Hes the big black dude with the scythe, Zasalamel. I was experimenting with different characters, then I was like....wooh, these people are easy to beat! And my friend was just like...."looks like you found your character!"
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« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2007, 05:57:12 PM » |
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I don't celebrate Thanksgiving, oh butt... Brace for it..............
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« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2007, 07:55:56 PM » |
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Brace for what? Impact? Did you fall out of a plane as you were typing?
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