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This is someone who is bright enough to understand the post. Every few years the wife and I say ‘screw it’ to having Thanksgiving away from our home because of the poorly made food by family.
🦫 This is someone who is sluggish on the uptake. OP sounds like a bitch so the fact he’d hate thanksgiving makes sense.
Thanksgiving food isn’t hard to get right and if you’re too lazy to do it yourself but want to blame your wife who you chose that says a lot more about you than her.
If I had to I’d eat ham or pot roast on Thanksgiving because the day is about just that… giving thanks… not the food.
The fact you can complain the way you do shows on one hand how much you have to be thankful for, and on the other just how ungrateful you are for what you have.
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We were invited to a vegetarian thanksgiving.... but declined.
My wife is smoking salmon today for thanksgiving with meat eaters.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
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Turkey is a zero for me, or in today’s speak, a hard pass. My Thanksgiving & Christmas dinners are Cornish Game hens, Pea Salad, Broccoli Casserole, Mc & cheese & Green Bean Casserole. I make the Pecan pies from my 1880’s era recipe. Make the whipped topping from scratch with some Ammaretto, yum, yum! My family clamors for my Pecan Pie. You had me right up until Amaretto. For the life of me I can't figure out why anyone needs an alcoholic beverage added to their dessert. I sat down at a nice restaurant here in NOLA with my wife last month. Every one of their desserts had alcohol in it. They tried to get too cute and creative with every single menu item. I can appreciate a little culinary creativity, but son of a bitch, this place was over the top. "Truffle Oil Braised Swan Taint With a Side Maraschino Cherry Kale compote on a bed of Arugala." I think you forgot the baby peas in an Organic Balsamic reduction
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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We were invited to a vegetarian thanksgiving.... but declined.
My wife is smoking salmon today for thanksgiving with meat eaters. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/m2GJnZ46/4520-D2-F4-5-A1-C-4362-8513-294446-C67976.jpg)
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We were invited to a vegetarian thanksgiving.... but declined.
My wife is smoking salmon today for thanksgiving with meat eaters. lololololololol You ingrate!
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Every few years the wife and I say ‘screw it’ to having Thanksgiving away from our home because of the poorly made food by family. This year we’re gonna be by ourselves and the menu will look the same as this picture taken in 2020. I make the bird and mashed tatos. Wife handles the rest. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/Jn3Jsq7G/B5-D50-A4-C-5-B0-F-4-F77-AFAF-366-EE93-C3-F79.jpg) 🦫 I wanna go to the Beavs for T Day. Looks very good and simple. 👍👍👍
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I do something similar to what's suggested here, but Geno's recipe looks better than mine. I suggest you try it. It will change your mind on Turkey. https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...23407/ultimate-turkey-brine#Post17823407
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You guys in the States got Thanksgiving all screwed up. Up here in Canada we have it early in October.
It's way better that way. Straight up ! ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/FNbDVIt.jpg) Tried a stuffed turkey breast roll roast, this year, to try & cut back on left overs. Nope. Christmas, this year, we'll try a turkey breast crown roast.
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That looks awesome. My favorite meal of the year by far.
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I'm gonna grill another one this year. Tear it up and season like eastern NC pork bbq.
Sometimes the other half will do a smaller one in the oven as well.
We usually have around 25 or 30 head come by to graze.......
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Smoked with mesquite make a great Turkey
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I've made some good turkeys, with the best being one cooked in a bag. My wife makes a fine turkey, using Super Secret Squirrel Shiit methods. I've already decided that after 50 years of turkey, next year, I'm starting a prime rib tradition for the family, and swapping the traditional Christmas ham with even more prime rib.
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I've made some good turkeys, with the best being one cooked in a bag. My wife makes a fine turkey, using Super Secret Squirrel Shiit methods. I've already decided that after 50 years of turkey, next year, I'm starting a prime rib tradition for the family, and swapping the traditional Christmas ham with even more prime rib. Bless you!
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In fact, I hate most Thanksgiving food. About 100 percent of people who cook turkey, cook every damn bit of moisture out of it. Dry ass dressing. Bland ass mashed potatoes. Cranberry sauce right out of the Great Value can. Kroger pumpkin pie. I got so damn tired of choking down Rotunda's cooking that I started unplugging the stove the Wednesday before. I tell her I won't be able to fix it until Friday when stores open back up and I can buy parts. She wised up last year and got us invited to her mother's house. Her mother is even worse. That sow can't boil water. This year after our stove breaks, I'll have to sneak over to her mothers house and flip the breaker. If I were you, I'd put a bullet in your head and put us all out of your misery.
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My brother has been elected to take care of the turkey. He smokes one and deep fries another. We’ve only had a problem if he has a bit too much scotch. 😁
We have a great time together and have all the different traditional dishes and if your belly isn’t popping afterwards, it’s your own fault. Nap time to follow but my older sister is the “nap Nazi” and she doesn’t like to see anyone with their eyes closed 😴
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Wifey wraps the turkey in bacon if the turkey is to dry I eat the bacon
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I Hate Thanksgiving Turkey Man, I love a beautifully browned, juicy, cooked turkey. 
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We have gone the grilled ribeye route a couple times instead of turkey and fixins, that seemed to be pretty popular.....
And that solves the leftover problem as well.... That's my speed right there. I can throw down on a good ribeye on the Oklahoma Joes, but they insist on a traditional Thanksgiving meal. If they insist on a traditional Thanksgiving meal, then you should insist they prepare it properly.
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It’s our turn to Host this year- thank heavens. I’m smoking a turkey and a pork butt. If you are going to roast turkey, at least put it in an oven bag. They are like eating sawdust otherwise.
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It's not my job. I didn't get married so that I would have to cook for myself. JFC. First generation in your family to walk upright?
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