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Thanksgiving

mc9

mc9

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i know people in Britain aren't celebrating this but here in America thanksgiving is on thursday
 
I think it is the 24th November or the nearest Thursday to it!
 
mc9 said:
i know people in Britain aren't celebrating this but here in America thanksgiving is on thursday
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One thing I've always wondered: I usually enjoy turkey as a once-a-year treat but I cannot get any of my American friends, of whom I have several, to explain how they can cope with eating their way through two turkeys in the course of a month :D
 
Here in central London we have an American store called Wholefoods so wide advertising of food produce - pecan pies, pumpkin pies to name my yummy favourites!
 
mc9 said:
i know people in Britain aren't celebrating this but here in America thanksgiving is on thursday
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Actually we do celebrate something similar in the UK.. "Harvest festival". It normally involves a church service praising God for tins of spaghetti...
 
Contralto said:
A smoked wild turkey is smaller than some agribusiness turkeys. THere is a cheap, $30 roaster than almost all American families have, and often they have mom's or grandma's. This also comes with steamer inserts. You can also bake cakes in it and it is plenty huge. But, basically it fits the traditional dinner except the wild rice unless it is in the stuffing in one place if you time it right

The whole turkey covered at one point with bacon
The stuffing wrapped in parchment and then in foil (ex. wild rice, apple pieces, sage sausage, walnuts or pecans)
The yams or sweet potatoes
couple three ears of blue or red corn on the cob

looks like this

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/roaster-oven-recipes/
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Ah, right.

I have to say, it does look nice! :hungry:
 
As for the double Turkey.

Turkey is not usually the choice for Xmas in the USA. I've never eaten it at Xmas in America and I've celebrated over there at least 8 times.
 
When i eat meat it is usually turkey but then I dont ever eat it on Christmas day.
Son and DIL have goose or duck, they usually invite all their friends round who aren't going"home".
It's just me and Mr shar67 (Mr's godfather used to come if I wasnt working until he died)
I do like Christmas day, though diabetes has put a bit of food out of the question. I make croissants with champagnge and hot chocolate for breakfast (i have non of these:angelic:)
Lunch and dinner mingle into each other, we have a starter for lunch, then the mains for dinner.
 
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