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Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on November 24, 2011, 11:25:26 pm ---
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/24/how_turkey_came_to_our_thanksgiving_table/singleton/
How turkey came to our
Thanksgiving table
Once shunned by my Muslim family, the bird finally found
a place in our home, just like so many American traditions
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Like!
I'd also freak out if I had to prepare a tureky. :o
I barely cook anyway, and simply refuse to cook any kind of meat (but I sure eat it!), but even without that, I'd be really afraid of the task of preparing such a huge bird. Now I'm wondering if my oven would be big enough at all....
Kelda:
great article John!
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on November 24, 2011, 11:25:26 pm ---(quoted) “No, only Amreekans eat turkey.”
Any immigrant or child of immigrants understands that “Amreekan” is a code word for “the mainstream,” which really means “white people.”
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Black people don't eat turkey? ??? How about Texans?
--- Quote ---My mother relented to my requests and made a meal on Thanksgiving. Instead of cooking a turkey, though, she insisted on roasting two whole chickens.
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Actually, not a bad alternative, especially for a small family. Or even for a big family -- hey, it's a bird, right? :)
--- Quote ---The turkey was both edible and tasty. The family had successfully conquered the mythical bird and stuffed it with so much masala juice it developed a South Asian accent, bhangra dance moves, good credit and IT tech support skills.
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Don't know what masala juice is, but it sounds good. Great article!
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on November 25, 2011, 02:05:39 am ---
I'd also freak out if I had to prepare a tureky. :o
I barely cook anyway, and simply refuse to cook any kind of meat (but I sure eat it!), but even without that, I'd be really afraid of the task of preparing such a huge bird. Now I'm wondering if my oven would be big enough at all....
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Actually the only difficult thing about cooking a turkey is the size. There's only two of us in our household, so we generally get something around 13 or 14 pounds. Otherwise, it's not much different from roasting a chicken or other small poultry, and you get lots of sandwich meat. It's the proliferation of side dishes that makes a Thanksgiving afternoon kitchen look like a tornado hit it. ;)
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on November 25, 2011, 11:18:37 am ---Black people don't eat turkey? ??? How about Texans?
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Black people eat turkey (my brother's amazing grill smoked turkey). But we also have chitterlings, ham, prime rib, chicken & dumplings, collard greens, home made rolls, corn bread, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, yams, sweet potato pie, peach cobbler, chocolate cake, and that's about all I can remember right now.
We're like little Bobby: we'll eat this food for about a week, but I don't mind it one bit! :)
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