Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


Tom Scola - Nov 27, 2008 6:43:55 am PST #3471 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!!


Pix - Nov 27, 2008 6:47:25 am PST #3472 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.

Happy Thanksgiving to my beloved Buffistas!


amych - Nov 27, 2008 6:49:55 am PST #3473 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Happy Thanksgiving, Buffistae! I'm truly thankful to know all of you, and whether you celebrate a holiday today or not, I wish for you all to be safe, healthy, and loved.

(ermm, yes, I'm totally cribbing my own fb status. what?)


Theresa - Nov 27, 2008 6:56:48 am PST #3474 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

ha! I was just thinking reading fb right now was making me hungry with everyone describing the basting and the baking.


beth b - Nov 27, 2008 7:02:13 am PST #3475 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends! Thank you for being here. A rough 6 months for us -- I'm just thankful it wasn't rougher.


megan walker - Nov 27, 2008 7:05:49 am PST #3476 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Happy Thanksgiving everybody (with a side of belated Happy Thanksgiving to the Canadians)!!

I am truly thankful for this community and all the moral and other support it provides throughout the year.

As I read through the food posts, I am struck by the terms. What is the stuffing/dressing, sauce/relish divide? It doesn't seem to be East/West.


DavidS - Nov 27, 2008 7:08:37 am PST #3477 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

At Chez Zmayhem I am listening to old British folk rock (surprisingly good Thanksgiving music since they don't celebrate turkey day, but it's all burnished and melancholy and hence autumnal). I just kicked JZ, Matilda and Emmett out the door to (a) get them out out of my way for a few minutes while I review recipes and (b) get a few extra items for today and (c) get the kids some fresh air before I can turn my attention to them after I get the turkey in the oven.

Found a mustard/vermouth/thyme sauce in Silver Palate I think I'll use on the brussel sprouts. Got extra dairy products to toss into the mashed potatoes to make them super rich. I'm wandering around the kitchen sniffing at the fresh sage and thyme, and a little bowl of mulling spice.

It's funny - I feel like I should be up and cooking already but since the pies are coming with EM, I don't really have to do much more than turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and brussel sprouts. While the turkey takes time (and lots of babying the way I do it) it's still too early, and the other stuff is also premature.

So I'm just in that meditative menu planning stage, reviewing the timing of everything.

Since Emmett's got the complete Friends box set, we'll probably watch some of their Thanksgiving episodes.


Theresa - Nov 27, 2008 7:10:47 am PST #3478 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

I'm in central US and we always say stuffing /sauce in my family, but I remember my great-grandfather saying dressing. I wonder how it does divide. Maybe like dinner/supper?


amych - Nov 27, 2008 7:14:03 am PST #3479 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Stuffing/dressing is basically north-south (with a good bit of the farm culture part of the midwest following the south, as tends to happen with foodways). Dinner/supper is a similar divide.

Sauce/relish, I dunno. I've always thought of it as a question of different recipes rather than different regions. Mine this year claims to be a chutney on the recipe, but I think that's just a matter of magazine publishers wanting to make it sound more exotic than cranberry sauce. As if.


dcp - Nov 27, 2008 7:15:05 am PST #3480 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Stuffing is cooked in the bird, dressing is cooked separately.

Sauce is a pretty general term, but (to me) relish means some sort of pickle is involved.