Jib 0 #1 November 18, 2004 For Thanksgiving, I got up, my girlfriend went to her family dinner and I decided I wanted turkey. So, I got the only one left at the store: 23lbs! Seven hours later, it was done and I wasn't hungry anymore. -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #2 November 18, 2004 It took you 7 hours to make a turkey?? There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #3 November 18, 2004 From store to thawed (the rest of the way) to stuffed to cooked. Yep! -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #4 November 18, 2004 Years ago a group of us would alternate whose house we would have Thanksgiving dinner at. So, this one year, dinner is to be held at a bachelor friend's house. He was very worried, as he had never cooked a turkey. I explained to him how to do it, get the throw away roaster pan and one of those cooking bags. Put the turkey in the bag and follow the directions on the bag for how long to cook the turkey, depending on weight. We arrive to the friend's house and he takes the turkey out of the oven and asks me to carve it, because he has no idea what he's doing. I cut open the bag, and I can't figure out what I'm looking at. Turns out, my friend cooked the turkey breast side down. So the underside was faced up and all I see is bones. It was the best turkey we ever had. You know how white meat gets dried out? Not when you cook it breast side down, that breast is sitting and cooking in all those juices. I now cook my turkey breast side down. Try it.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mardigrasbob 0 #5 November 18, 2004 Does pulling the chair out from your bosses wife ass as she is sitting down during a Christmas party count as stupid? Note: I was 16 and drunk! ------------------ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #6 November 18, 2004 walked in to meet galen's parents for the first time limping, the butt torn out of my jeans, and slightly inebriated after a trip to margaritaville. oops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #7 November 18, 2004 What the hell.... Years ago when we were first married I thought I'd impress my wife Nora with my culinary skills by doing the cooking. (It was my first time cooking a turkey.) Hell, how hard could it be? It comes with instructions!! Let's see...blah blah oven temp, blah blah minutes per lb...ok, I got it, piece of cake!! A few hours later it was done and I gotta say Julia Childs would have been proud!! And yes she was impressed (as was her mother who we had invited over) right up until I carved open the turkey....only to reveal that I had FORGOTTEN TO REMOVE THE FRIGGIN' BAG INSIDE WITH THE NECK & SPARE PARTS BEFORE I COOKED IT!!! DonDon Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #8 November 18, 2004 When I hosted my first Thanksgiving, I forgot to remove the little "goodie bag" (giblets, heart, neck) from the Turkey before I cooked it. When I proudly delivered the Turkey to the table, a guest showed me the surprise _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #9 November 18, 2004 I fell on the band. Edit: I actually surfed the band. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #10 November 18, 2004 Don Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #11 November 18, 2004 Skipped the big Thanksgiving feast since I was puking from a night of drinking with WB, Phreezone and Azul the night before. There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #12 November 18, 2004 hmmmm... I can't remember anything dumb I've done on a holiday... ... It's usually been crazy stuff instead ... boy, my life has been quite interesting to say the least, and I'm only in my early 30's ... *bring it on life!* _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #13 November 18, 2004 When I was living in Florida...I kinda liked my Christmas Lobster Dinner I made for the family( I caught them myself) while looking at the Christmas Palm that I dug up out in the swampy land at my cousins.. and then later planted in the yard.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #14 November 18, 2004 very cool!_______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #15 November 18, 2004 halloween suits_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #16 November 18, 2004 Severe hangovers for many Thanksgiving and Christmas family events. Those were the daze. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #17 November 18, 2004 A friend and I moved up to New York at about the same time after college and started hosting Thanksgiving for friends in the City as well as people that came in from out of town. Sometimes it was just 4 or 5 people, the largest was 22. A friend from Texas always came into town to visit and do the cooking - every meal was entirely from scratch, from the stuffing to the pie crusts. The last year that I hosted it (the year w/ 22 in my minuscule NYC apartment) he was making bread crumbs for the stuffing. He tried different things, one of which was toasting the bread. He had some leftover toast so we passed it around to the starving mob. All of a sudden people started asking what that amazing smell was - it was just toast - everyone wanted some. We ended up toasting upwards of two or three loaves of bread. The messed up thing is that by the time dinner was ready half the crowd was completely full from how much toast they had eaten! I love Thanksgiving w/ the family, but I truly miss those meals w/ friends of friends of friends. Always met knew people, and made a lot of really great friends that way. PS...have you ever noticed how good toast smells? It's a familiar smell that most people can't place. I used to toast bread for lunch at work and was amazed at how many people would walk by the kitchen and comment about that amazing smell.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #18 November 18, 2004 i got y picture takes sittingon santa's lap when i was 20....... ( i can see the comments now).... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #19 November 18, 2004 going to Miami 2 1/2 years ago and visit www.skydivemiami.com. Now I'm broke and I don't have a job anymore scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #20 November 18, 2004 my first christmas away from home (1000 miles away) when i was working on a dairy farm. christmas day, in the barn at 0500 to do the milking (stupid cows don't know enough to take the day off). started off with a spliff and moved to the jack daniels. by 0700 i was too drunk to drive the tractor. stuffed it into a snowbank beside the barn, walked back to the place i was boarding, and continued drinking all day. came very close to passing out in my turkey. i was a hurting unit on boxing day."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #21 November 18, 2004 Quote came very close to passing out in my turkey. i was a hurting unit on boxing day. I know what you meant...but those two sentences sound SO wrong on several different levels.... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #22 November 18, 2004 i said i was a hurting unit on boxing day, not i had a hurting unit. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmanpilot 0 #23 November 18, 2004 I dumped my girlfriend for the Holidays, and me and my brother went skiing with five nurses in Aspen. No, wait.......that was a good thing._________________________________________ -There's always free cheese in a mouse trap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
