Plans for Turkey Day 2007: White or Dark Meat? [Archive]

iSteve

11-18-2007, 04:27 PM

So what are your plans for this Thanksgiving? Our family is driving six hours to go to my in-laws for the long weekend. It's a tradition to spend Thanksgiving with my wife's parents. We've been doing it since we married.

As for turkey meat preferences, give me white meat any day.

My other favorite Thanksgiving food is homemade cranberry sauce.

paper

11-18-2007, 04:35 PM

We play Thanksgiving pretty low key. Just kicking it at home.

White meat all the way. Turkey is the king of meats though. If you can make something with turkey, that's the way to go. Pepperoni, sausage. Whole nine.

Canned cranberry sauce is fine enough for me.

(I'll be writing during those 4 days off. Make or break time.)

six-gun

11-18-2007, 04:42 PM

Thanksgiving's a huge deal for my family

White meat and dressing

labor_days

11-18-2007, 05:02 PM

Bleh. Turkey is gross. Actually, I'm not too fond of most the other standard Thanksgiving offerings. Except the honey cured ham. Mmm.

Pretty low key for my family. We're all spread around the globe. We don't get together that often.

I'll probably just make a nice dinner for friends and family. Was thinking something like Coq Au Vin with some appetizers beforehand.

luthor

11-18-2007, 05:12 PM

Oddly enough, American Thanksgiving is a bigger deal for me then Canadian Thanksgiving is and it's been that way for years now.

Every year, I go to my best friend's sister's house. The guys watch football, drink beer and eat until we should be sick. The girls scrapbook all day long, occasionally bringing over ancient pictures for us to laugh/Ooo at. This year we're deep frying the bird for the first time. There are very few days every year I look forward to more then this. I love American Thanksgiving.

And I'm a white meat kind of guy.

firevine

11-18-2007, 05:31 PM

I always just go over to my parents house. It's usually just them, my sister and I, but every few years my homeless uncle shows up.

My mom is very accommodating when it comes to me being vegetarian too.

esophagus

11-19-2007, 03:18 AM

I'm currently trying to convince my mom to make some turkey and dressing.

"We don't want to come off like we hate America. Do you hate America? That's what I thought. Turkey it is."

This plan is failing miserably.

paper

11-19-2007, 03:20 AM

Turkey shouldn't need "dressing."

esophagus

11-19-2007, 03:24 AM

Turkey shouldn't need "dressing."I believe I told this story back on Canadian thanksgiving. My moms family was poor when she was growing up and they used to mix up leftover turkey, stuffing, gravy, and mashed potato in a pot and eat that for weeks after thanksgiving. It looks quite unappealing, but it's delicious. Being as delicious as it is, we have started doing it. In fact, I make a plate for myself on Thanksgiving day. The stuffing is the part. Good Turkey lives off the stuffing.

comhcinc

11-19-2007, 03:32 AM

dinner at my house. a cousin of mine just dropped off the bird. a 15 pound wild turkey from south alabama. i plan on frying the thing if it doesn't rain. i don't really care what side of the turkey, it's all good.

itsbecca

11-19-2007, 04:52 AM

It's just me and the boy this Thanksgiving. It wasn't really plausible to fly home, and our other invitations weren't very enticing (driving 8 hours both ways to murder bambi's relatives in the sticks of Michigan w/ my brother in-law. Oh how could I turn this offer down?) We'll probably be hitting some local chinese faire and playing video games all day. I imagine there will also be drinking.

itsbecca

11-19-2007, 05:01 AM

I believe I told this story back on Canadian thanksgiving. My moms family was poor when she was growing up and they used to mix up leftover turkey, stuffing, gravy, and mashed potato in a pot and eat that for weeks after thanksgiving. It looks quite unappealing, but it's delicious. Being as delicious as it is, we have started doing it. In fact, I make a plate for myself on Thanksgiving day. The stuffing is the part. Good Turkey lives off the stuffing.

We would do something similar except put the thanksgiving goulash on a roll and you get a leftover sandwich. So so good.

jimski

11-19-2007, 05:28 AM

I usually have to do the In-law Shuffle and hit three dinners in six hours, but this year (because my wife and I have siblings who also have in-laws) it has shaken out so that everyone is doing the turkey dinner on a different day. Long story short: four Thanksgiving dinners this week. The first one was today. I hope this happens every year until I die. Which ought to be about four years from now if I keep having to feast this often.

White or dark meat?! Why, the very thing I love about Thanksgiving is the appearance of the rare dark turkey meat. Every slice of Oscar Mayer Deli Whatever the other 364 days of the year is made of the drab, dry, bland white breast. Keep it, I say! Keep your breast! I'll be in the kitchen, gnawing on the leg bone!

humphrey-lee

11-19-2007, 07:29 AM

I'll do what I've done for four years straight now: Work a 9 hour day, then come back to my apartment to watch whatever is left of football and drink some beer by myself. So much fun.

esophagus

11-19-2007, 06:17 PM

We would do something similar except put the thanksgiving goulash on a roll and you get a leftover sandwich. So so good.
Agreed. I always do that to.

jimski

11-20-2007, 06:19 PM

So, ABC News is featuring as one of its top stories an article about the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday, the holiday when families come together to celebrate how lucky and grateful they are for all the wonderful things they have.

The article's headline is "The Nightmare Begins."

The article is probably about travel, but I'll never know. To paraphrase Scott Pilgrim, if News had a face I would punch it.

jgg0610

11-20-2007, 06:31 PM

This year we are avoiding the annual trip to the in laws. I'm planning on sitting at home and continuing to heal up from a little surgery that I had last week. As far as turkey meat, it's always the white meat for me.

kahunablair

11-20-2007, 06:44 PM

Sadly this is the most low-key Thanksgiving ever for me.
Due to schedules and such half my family is here in Jersey, and the other half is in Virginia.
For a Family of 6, going down to a 3 person Thanksgiving is a wee bit anti-climatic.

White Meat all the way.

xyzzy

11-20-2007, 06:47 PM

All the flavor and fat is in the dark meat. Why would anybody pick white meat? I don't get it.

kahunablair

11-20-2007, 06:48 PM

All the flavor and fat is in the dark meat. Why would anybody pick white meat? I don't get it.

Easy. We're bigots.

xyzzy

11-20-2007, 06:49 PM

Easy. We're bigots.

I KNEW IT!

jgg0610

11-20-2007, 06:50 PM

Easy. We're bigots.
Wow. Talk about a quote that could be taken out of context.

kahunablair

11-20-2007, 06:58 PM

Wow. Talk about a quote that could be taken out of context.

That's pretty much the original way I meant it.

This reminds me of a story about a class I took in college. It was a relatively big class, and know one really knew each other.
Well an old friend of mine, was in the class with me, but that week decided to sit on the other side of room because he was trying to hit on a girl.
It was a creative writing class that turned into a discussion on Thanksgiving and such. Well I was relating some weird story of mine, and I brought up the fact that I was a fan of white meat and hated dark meat.
Forgetting where we were at, my friend jumped up and jokingly called me a Bigot and a Racist.
You could have heard a pin drop for a good 5 minutes after that. Here I was a blonde hair blue eyed, aryan looking bastard getting "outed" by a black friend of mine. No matter how much we both laughed, and tried to explain what had happened, no one believed us.

Oddly enough, we were never called on in that class for the rest of the time.

superfriend82

11-20-2007, 08:07 PM

Iam not really a turkey fan. As for what i do for the day my hole mom's side of the fam grt togather and get and play bingo.This year a 2nd or 3rd cousin of my is playing at bar so might go there after dinner thing.

horatio616

11-20-2007, 08:09 PM

My plans for T-Gizzle:

Going hunting. I will kill as many animals as I can. Hopefully a deer or turkey will be among them. Michael Vick is coming over to watch some dogfights. Then I will burn some fossil fuels and force my religion on as many people as I can. At last, exhausted by the day, I will drift off to sleep to the sound of running water, as I always leave the sink on 24/7.

That's how we roll in the Dirty South.

esophagus

11-20-2007, 08:11 PM

kahunablair

11-20-2007, 08:12 PM

horatio616

11-20-2007, 08:24 PM

... Can I come over?

Sure! It's BYOSA (Bring Your Own Slain Animal).

We'll be watching football and that Eli Roth "Thanksgiving" trailer from Grindhouse over and over.

And if someone could bring some wet-naps that would be great.

mikegraham6

11-21-2007, 01:56 PM

anyone having Turducken?;)

davegraham

11-21-2007, 02:18 PM

Is anyone planning on going to Mid Ohio Con? A friend and I will be roaming around there on Saturday. Maybe Sunday too.

gungadin

11-22-2007, 01:33 AM

anyone having Turducken?;)

Isn't that turkey, duck, and chicken? And John Madden eats a whole one for his Thanksgiving?

Anyways, just a traditional thing in L.A. for me. We go to my grandparents the night before and then to their place (or my aunt's) for the actual feast. So much food. So much stuffing. So good...

jaflanagan

11-22-2007, 01:35 AM

All the flavor and fat is in the dark meat. Why would anybody pick white meat? I don't get it.

Dark meat is greasy and nasty. No texture.

six-gun

11-22-2007, 02:19 AM

Dark meat is greasy and nasty. No texture.

Agreed, yuck!

six-gun

11-22-2007, 02:51 AM

My best friend and his dad (who's coincidently my dad's best friend) came over with one of 50 Turkeys they smoked today.

Imagine those mythical nectars the gods feasted upon in Greek myth and you have some idea of what these smoked birds taste like.

jimski

11-22-2007, 05:04 AM

Next year is the turducken year. I have decreed it ex cathedra. And then it's off for the gastric bypass.

labor_days

11-22-2007, 05:09 AM

Not even bacon would make me eat turkey.

esophagus

11-22-2007, 05:57 AM

I'm not a fan of turkey on its own. It's why I make it into a sandwich, or in a mixture, or any number of things. Dark meat is all right on a sandwich, but I much prefer white. Outside of a sandwich, white all the way.

jimski

11-22-2007, 07:54 AM

Dark meat is greasy and nasty. No texture.

Whuh-- I-- how could--?

Do you miss joy? Do you miss having joy in your lives?

No! Never mind. More for me! We can all get along!

diabhol

11-22-2007, 09:58 AM

This year, I'm avoiding the family and spending Thanksgiving with friends (which will be combined with one of them packing to move in with the other).

I think my master leftover plan will be...turkey gumbo.

It's all about white meat.

Oh, and for those of you deep frying the turkey, apparently peanut oil and an appropriate large receptacle will keep you from burning your house down. :)

mikegraham6

11-22-2007, 02:06 PM

best part of thanksgiving? Hot Turkey Sandwichs for days afterwards....mmmmm gravy!

six-gun

11-22-2007, 02:52 PM

I think my master leftover plan will be...turkey gumbo.

Sounds awesome

acomicbookgirl

11-22-2007, 03:22 PM

I will be getting out of bed in a bit to start cooking the following:

Amaretto Cheesecake
White Chocolate Amaretto Cake
Turkey Breast
Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Home made Cranberry Sauce
Gravy
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Scalloped Potatoes
Roasted Corn Soup
Dressing

kahunablair

11-22-2007, 03:33 PM

acomicbookgirl

11-22-2007, 03:37 PM

YOU'RE BACK!! WE MISSED YOU!!!

Awwww... I've been back(just not here ;) ).. You didn't see my twitter reply to you yesterday?

six-gun

11-22-2007, 03:46 PM

mikegraham6

11-22-2007, 03:49 PM

it's good to have you back ACBG, how was the trip?

kahunablair

11-22-2007, 03:57 PM

Awwww... I've been back(just not here ;) ).. You didn't see my twitter reply to you yesterday?

Haven't actually check it till about 10 mins ago! Yeah I did deserve it! haha.

conorkilpatrick

11-22-2007, 10:23 PM

At this point, I will take any meat, I'm so damned hungry...

fred

11-22-2007, 10:48 PM

I'm so glad that it's over and that it's only once a year. ugh

kahunablair

11-22-2007, 11:33 PM

Can't.... move.... Must... crawl.. into.. bed.

six-gun

11-23-2007, 12:07 AM

I'm so glad that it's over and that it's only once a year. ugh

Why? Did you eat too much?

acomicbookgirl

11-23-2007, 12:44 AM

I just finished having dinner.. Didn't do the cheesecake but will probably make it sometime this weekend.. My mom loved the meal. Hopefully, my friend will like it too since there's leftovers..

Earlier I found a website that has a turducken roll.. Which I will probably order for New Year's.. :)

Fred, how can you not like Thanksgiving? Oh wait.. The Jets lost didn't they?

paper

11-23-2007, 12:56 AM

The tryptophan took it's hold. I just took a late evening nap.

itsbecca

11-23-2007, 01:54 AM

The chinese place was closed so we ended up going to the only open place in the area, this really crap buffet. The best thing was the rice krispy treats, so I had 3 and we left. THEN the magic happened. Our upstairs neighbors invited us to come up and get a plate. They had turkey, ham AND pork, all the regular sides plus puerto rican rice and beaaaans. Mmmmmm. I haven't had homemade thanksgiving fixins in a long time.

paper

11-23-2007, 02:00 AM

Glad it worked out, Becca.

Reminds me of that Katie Holmes movie Pieces of April. (Thanksgiving hijinks for a 20-something and her neighbors).

six-gun

11-23-2007, 02:04 AM

Fred, how can you not like Thanksgiving? Oh wait.. The Jets lost didn't they?

I don't even think they were playing the same sport as the Cowboys

fred

11-23-2007, 02:40 AM

Glad it worked out, Becca.

Reminds me of that Katie Holmes movie Pieces of April. (Thanksgiving hijinks for a 20-something and her neighbors).

that was an amusing movie

re the jets:

they may not have been playing the same sport. I have no idea how you run a qb sneak from your own 22 on 2nd and 12 AND THEN FOLLOW IT WITH A RUN UP THE MIDDLE ON 3rd and 6. Holy crap! Are you trying to set a punting record or something?

re how could I hate thanksgiving?:

I hate all holidays. This goes double for the ones that force me to be in the same room as my mother-in-law. I wish that she'd spontaneously combust. How come that shit only happens on the Discovery Channel?

paper

11-23-2007, 02:42 AM

Pleeeease have your mother in law guest on one of your podcasts. For some reason this scenario is causing me to laugh uncontrollably.

fred

11-23-2007, 02:50 AM

It sounds like a good idea, but ultimately it isn't. She makes me use words that I'm uncomfortable with.

Though it probably would be funny.

Today .... how do I begin? This story is rife with odd backstory.

She has a mini-picture of Jesus above her front door. She's not religious. I don't think she's ever even been in a church. She wasn't even married in one.

It's there because she has a friend who's into some kind off bizarre Santeria variant who believes that her house is haunted. The picture of Jesus (and the spell she cast) ward off the evil spirits.

At least she's gotten rid of the garlic.

I really wish that I were kidding or exaggerating. I'm not. I'm just not that creative.

So, back to the story. It's a really odd picture of Jesus. So, I point to the picture and say to my wife:

F: "I feel like I'm in the post office in hell."
B: "Why?"
F: "Because there's a Jesus wanted poster on your mother's wall."

That's it. I had to do a lot to take you inside for that.

She's a ****ing weirdo. Honestly, I'm kind of odd, but she's batshit. It's not even her tree.

six-gun

11-23-2007, 04:29 AM

re the jets:

they may not have been playing the same sport. I have no idea how you run a qb sneak from your own 22 on 2nd and 12 AND THEN FOLLOW IT WITH A RUN UP THE MIDDLE ON 3rd and 6. Holy crap! Are you trying to set a punting record or something?

It wasn't pretty

fred

11-23-2007, 04:31 AM

It wasn't pretty

it certainly wasn't. I may have remarked "I wonder why they're 2-8" aloud a few times.

six-gun

11-23-2007, 04:53 AM

it certainly wasn't. I may have remarked "I wonder why they're 2-8" aloud a few times.

Everyone can be off (just look at my boy Payton Manning) but I think the Jets need some kind of retooling

luthor

11-23-2007, 05:21 AM

Food was good today, drink was better today and the football...umm...two out of three ain't bad.

Although it's really nice to see the Lions coming back to reality.

acomicbookgirl

11-25-2007, 12:00 AM

Who all are you cooking for? (hey, we never got your opinion on Gail Simon's first issue of Wonder Woman;))

I just read it and I liked it. I think she did a good job for her first issue. It was good to see terry and rachel dodson back on art. Its going in a good direction so far. :)

acomicbookgirl

11-25-2007, 12:03 AM

it's good to have you back ACBG, how was the trip?

Trip was good. I will be doing a long overdue recap of it and another things soon. :)

six-gun

11-25-2007, 12:18 AM

I just read it and I liked it. I think she did a good job for her first issue. It was good to see terry and rachel dodson back on art. Its going in a good direction so far. :)

glad to hear you're good with it! :D