WHERE DID THE MONTH GO!?
T-day is early this year.
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Nov 14, 2006 5:16:38 am PST #9929 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sue - Nov 14, 2006 5:24:16 am PST #9930 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Consuela - Nov 14, 2006 5:27:33 am PST #9931 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm going to the mountains for T-day, where someone else will be cooking, but I'll probably bake a few pies to bring--since I don't trust anyone else's pie crusts.
Brining is the way, but you need a Really Big Pot.
Ailleann - Nov 14, 2006 5:33:18 am PST #9932 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I got 86.1% Correct.
The second I started it, someone walked in and is carrying on a loud conversation in the back of the suite. So I only got a 75%. I'll have to try it again later.
shrift - Nov 14, 2006 5:36:36 am PST #9933 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm not as desperately sleepy this morning as I was yesterday, but there's still room for improvement.
brenda m - Nov 14, 2006 5:44:04 am PST #9934 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
she's a fantastic cook, but I don't know how she does her turkey, what kind of stuffing she makes, what kinds of sides there are going to be...it's going to be all different and weird
Thanksgiving can be as emotionally fraught as any other holiday, don't let anybody tell you different.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 5:47:39 am PST #9935 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We're going to DH's aunt's house, and she's a fantastic cook, but I don't know how she does her turkey, what kind of stuffing she makes, what kinds of sides there are going to be...it's going to be all different and weird and so I'm bringing 2 sides and 2 nibbly things and maybe more if I have the time.
On behalf of your aunt-in-law, may I suggest that you not bring more stuff than you've discussed with her? People in my family love to do this, and it just ends up being a pain in the ass and too much food.
Dana - Nov 14, 2006 5:50:26 am PST #9936 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I can't get the tone-deaf test to work! Aaah!
It's not part of everyone's Thanksgiving tradition to have too much food? In our family, it usually goes that we're trying to prevent my grandmother from doing too much work, since she is 80+ and her eyesight is failing. And then we arrive, and she's made two or three side dishes "just in case".
Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 5:51:59 am PST #9937 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's too much food, and then there's Too Much Food. We have at least two matriarchs, each of whom commits to one thing, and then brings three or more. We've had as many pies as people, some years.
Pix - Nov 14, 2006 5:52:57 am PST #9938 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
It is. I haven't made bread in about a year or two, but there is something entirely soothing about kneading. and the smell. Another good thing.
Oh Kat, you just brought back a flood of memories for me. My great-grandmother lived with us until she passed away (age 96: I was 12), and she was an exquisite baker. She first taught me how to knead bread when I was 2 or 3 years old, and one of my favorite pictures from that time shows me standing on a stool next to her, both of us covered in flour as we kneaded the bread dough.
My grandmother picked up the breadmaking tradition after my great-grandmother passed, and my mom says it's a good thing I like baking so the tradition won't be lost. I think you've just inspired me to get Gram's Swedish Rye recipe (it's a sweet light brown bread) and make a loaf for Thanksgiving. Aimee and I are co-hosting, and I'm excited now to bring fresh bread to the table.