Plans for Turkey Day 2007: White or Dark Meat?

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]

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]

Thanksgiving's a huge deal for my family

White meat and dressing

[labor_days]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Turkey shouldn't need "dressing."

[esophagus]

Originally Posted by paper

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]

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.