Oh shit, It's Thanksgiving

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:22 pm

And I am so totally not prepared.

My family (aunts and uncles and their assorted wives/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends and various spawn) is coming to my house for something called "Dinner". It's apparently a common custom amongst American families to gather round and devour a decapitated, roasted Meleagris gallopavo that has been stuffed with various giblets. Yum.

However, this otherwise happy event is marred by the fact that this means I apparently have to put on pants, which is a process I am against morall and religously; I am not thrilled.

I have been looking for ways to combat this vile necessity, but it seems hopeless.

So, heart heavy in chest, I go now to reluctantly get dressed. Ah well.

To all the unwashed masses of The Gaming Den, have a happy Thanksgiving.

Post by **fbmf** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:37 pm

Happy Thanksgiving!

Game On,
fbmf

Essence · Post by **Essence** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:43 pm

What are you thankful for?

My list is short:

1) Maj.
2) My son.
3) Dungeons of Dredmor.
4) The fact that small children don't burst into flames at the mention of the number four.

Also, pants.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:57 pm

Essence wrote:What are you thankful for?

...

Also, pants.

Shame, shame!

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:02 pm

Our Thanksgiving will actually be tomorrow. My brother's girlfriend's mom decided to rent a house so everyone could get together this year. And then my mom called me and told me that since I was the only one who knew how to cook, I was making dinner.

So happy Thanksgiving to the [American] Denners! Let Christmas commence!

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:15 pm

I am lucky to be ze German.
No such nonsense as Thanks Giving over here.
No pants for me! Not on my Holidays!

Leress · Post by **Leress** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:52 pm

Happy Thanksgiving!

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:34 pm

I made turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, potato salad, tossed salad, lemon grass carrots & broccoli, ginger & garlic cabbage, cranberry sauce, nachos, pecan pie, rice krispy treats, rootbeer floats, and horchata. My wife made pumpkin pie and peanut butter cups.

We have a lot of leftovers and I don't think I need to cook for a while.

-Username17

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:38 pm

Shrapnel- The way you combat having to wear pants is with a kilt.

I was thwarted in my quest for chinese food for brunch (I got up about 1pm because I have to work at 3am tomorrow morning) by grocery store chinese hot foods department apparently having better things to do than cook me food. And we're allegedly having something approaching a thanksgiving dinner tonight, though I'll believe it when I see it.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:48 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:Shrapnel- The way you combat having to wear pants is with a kilt.

I'd do that, but kilts don't grow well in the New England clime. They wither and die in the salty cold air, just like cotton and sexy people. Our main crops and exports are 97% of the worlds lobsters, Stephen King, me, left wingers, and misery.

True fact*: The Pilgrims were originally going to serve kilt covered in Injun giblets for the first Thanksgiving, but then they found out how comfortable they were to wear, as opposed to eating them. Thus, they served turkey in Injun giblets and decided to sell the kilts in super-crowded superstores at prices so crazy that they made even me look sane.

*Because this fact is utter, totally real and really happend, it has to be bolded so as to show how true it may or may not be.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:57 pm

I made next level bacon wrapped bacon stuffed turkey. With candied bacon as an appetiser.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:59 pm

Shrapnel, you are aware that cold, salty air is the natural habitat of kilts, and not just because they nestle next to old man balls, right?

Post by **fbmf** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:30 pm

I made next level bacon wrapped bacon stuffed turkey. With candied bacon as an appetiser.

Ramnza (Mrs. Fence Builder) loves bacon. She has invited herself to have Thanksgiving at your place next year.

Game On,
fbmf

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:50 pm

I want to go eat at Frank's for Thanksgiving... Sounds like he could certainly feed the usual posters here...

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:49 am

it depends . . last time i went to have a barbeque i noticed that i have gotten scary good at eating and eating and eating, if i don't try to eat fast but pace myself a bit . . 5 steaks, 10 grilled sausages, 1 entire pita bread, one entire marble cake with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate covering, about half a pound of herb butter, 1.5l coke and fanta each . . and then on the way home i ate doner kebab. and then i made myself a big bowl of corn flakes at home. and then i had ice cream for dessert. and then i went to bed because if i had stayed up for much longer, i'd have eaten a whole lot more i am afraid x.x

and a 50cm diameter pizza is not a big thing for me anymore . . *pats belley* the one part of me that is vigorously trained to do heavy work <.<;,

but i do admit that franks cooking sounds pretty delicious O.o
the whole bacon with bacon wrapped in bacon with some bird in between would be a bit too much bacon for my taste . . i prefer a bit of diversity . .

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:08 am

Prak_Anima wrote:Shrapnel, you are aware that cold, salty air is the natural habitat of kilts, and not just because they nestle next to old man balls, right?

Yes, but the furies are unbalanced here, and the air is filled with malice and misery, so kilts lose the will to live. In Scotland, the kilts native ancestoral home, joy and happiness and haggis and Scottish people decapitating other Scottish people filled the land, thus allowing the Kiltitis Scotsinia* to thrive.

*Yes, I made that up. Don't get used to me admitting this kind of thing.

fbmf wrote:Ramnza (Mrs. Fence Builder) loves bacon. She has invited herself to have Thanksgiving at your place next year.

Game On,
fbmf

I wish someone would invite themselves to my place for Thanksgiving. My sole compainions are a Galvatron toy and a tiny man living inside my thumb. I'm so damn lonely.

Well, now it's time for me to go back to wallow in my pre-post-holiday bout of depression. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I sure did.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:12 am

Happy Thanksgiving. 2/3 of the people in the house right now have the flu, but spirits are still pretty high. Concocting an elaborate dessert we've never tried making before. I cannot pronounce the name.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:30 am

You cannot pronounce it because it's hard to pronounce, or you cannot pronounce it because to do so would call down it's angry wrath? Either way, sounds tasty.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:40 am

fbmf wrote:
I made next level bacon wrapped bacon stuffed turkey. With candied bacon as an appetiser.
Ramnza (Mrs. Fence Builder) loves bacon. She has invited herself to have Thanksgiving at your place next year.

Game On,
fbmf

Eifel tower?

Taishan · Post by **Taishan** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:27 am

FrankTrollman wrote:I made turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, potato salad, tossed salad, lemon grass carrots & broccoli, ginger & garlic cabbage, cranberry sauce, nachos, pecan pie, rice krispy treats, rootbeer floats, and horchata. My wife made pumpkin pie and peanut butter cups.

We have a lot of leftovers and I don't think I need to cook for a while.

-Username17

any chance of pics for the lemon grass carrots and broc and the ginger and garlic cabbage?

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:56 am

Happy Thanksgiving, folks.

Grek · Post by **Grek** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:31 am

Shrapnel wrote:You cannot pronounce it because it's hard to pronounce, or you cannot pronounce it because to do so would call down it's angry wrath? Either way, sounds tasty.

I really want a dessert that's so delicious that its name is a killing word.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:23 am

Taishan wrote:
FrankTrollman wrote:I made turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, potato salad, tossed salad, lemon grass carrots & broccoli, ginger & garlic cabbage, cranberry sauce, nachos, pecan pie, rice krispy treats, rootbeer floats, and horchata. My wife made pumpkin pie and peanut butter cups.

We have a lot of leftovers and I don't think I need to cook for a while.

-Username17
any chance of pics for the lemon grass carrots and broc and the ginger and garlic cabbage?

I didn't have the presence of mind to photo them. Now they look like a tupperware container and a bowl with plastic wrap over it, respectively.

The Carrots and Broccoli was made by cutting some carrots into short strips and boiling them. When they were becoming soft, I dumped some broccoli tops into the same water for a short period (broc takes much less time to cook). Then I drained the water out and threw a bit of olive oil on them as well as a Vietnamese "lemon grass and hot pepper spices" mixture on it along with some finely diced garlic, some onions, and some orange juice.

For the cabbage, I sauteed some garlic, ginger, and onions in a sauce pan with sunflower oil. Then I diced up some cabbage and threw it in. I followed it up with a couple spoonfuls of black pepper sauce and a few squirts of dark soy sauce and stirred. The cabbage really doesn't need much cooking, you're just trying to get the flavors to soak in.

-Username17

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:50 pm

My birthday happened to fall on Thanksgiving, so I got to have cake and ice cream in the morning, before the massive feast. It was great.

Essence wrote:What are you thankful for?

My list is short:
...

Also, pants.

Well, thank you. Oh, wait...

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:00 pm

I am thankful for kicking ass.

I am thankful that I am a badass.

I am thankful for all the ladies that did the nasty with me this year.

But mostly I am thankful for kicking ass.