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Offline Jeff Wrangler

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Re: Thanksgiving To-Do List
« Reply #90 on: November 06, 2025, 12:54:03 pm »
One year, I made veggie stuffing.  It's the same, except:  no butter, no egg and veggie broth.  Which of course, means no flavor!

Could the carnivores at least smother it in gravy?  ???
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Re: Thanksgiving To-Do List
« Reply #91 on: November 06, 2025, 03:23:46 pm »
Could the carnivores at least smother it in gravy?  ???

That year, I made two versions, so everyone was happy.

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Re: Thanksgiving To-Do List
« Reply #92 on: November 06, 2025, 03:44:46 pm »
That's what I thought! None of my business, but is there a particular reason (again, no problem if it's private).


Actually, there was no specific reason.    We just decided to go traditional this year.


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Re: Thanksgiving To-Do List
« Reply #93 on: November 17, 2025, 11:45:42 am »
Well, in that case, you should be serving venison, duck, goose, lobster, clams, squash, pumpkin and onions. Those were the foods served at the "first Thanksgiving" in 1621. The pilgrims sat down with the Wampanoag people, who had taught them how to plant beans, corn and squash (the Three Sisters).

Many of the pilgrims were averse to hunting, because that was done for sport back in England. With the Wampanoag's guidance, they took it up, not wanting the alternative which was starving during the winter.
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Re: Thanksgiving To-Do List
« Reply #94 on: November 19, 2025, 01:28:53 pm »
I moved the discussion of the Ken Burns series to its own topic.

Back on our original topic, Joan Didion was the grand master of Thanksgiving to-do lists. Here's a gift article about her:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/dining/joan-didion-thanksgiving.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.3k4i.ZmqCntYGV7W2&smid=url-share
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Re: Thanksgiving To-Do List
« Reply #95 on: Yesterday at 10:51:47 pm »
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