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I can only assume covid curtailed Thanksgiving celebratons  last year in the US.   Hopefully a little return to normality this year and some cracking celebratons. We will run a Thanksgiving review and photo comp from Thursday local. 

Do you have a big one planned? What's on the menu food/cigar and drink wise? :D

 

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Start with a 5k, head home for a BM (Bloody Mary), mid day snack before dinner. # NFL games this year. Raiders are playing but will more than likely lose. F the Cowboys!

Hoping the weather supports outdoor cigar smoking. If so, will kill the last of my Viaje WLP Stuffed Turkey dark meats.

 

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We host these days. Probably no cigar smoking, but plenty of wine. Traditional fare. Should be 7-8 adults, two toddlers and an infant. Excited to put up the Christmas tree and decorate over the weekend!

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This year we'll be with the wife's parents & sister at their home about 30 minutes away. They're VERY low key and still into board games like Phase 10, etc. That is like shoving toothpicks under my finger nails to me, so I'll probably end up asleep on the couch in front of an NFL game. Will bring a cigar and probably just deal with being judged for courting cancer, etc. If it were up to them we'd be encased in bubble wrap 24/7... But I am grateful to be a part of their family & lucky as hell their daughter said yes, LOL.

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I am the cook in the family, bringing many of the superior Southern thanksgiving food traditions to the mid-Atlantic, including braised collards, baked Dijon mac-and-cheese, sautéed green beans and shallots, mashed potatoes rich with cream and rosemary, and of course many French and Northern Italian whites and light reds to accompany.
 

The bird is truly an afterthought, the garishly large modern white turkey bred for yield and docility rather than flavor. My Florida friend will handle the bird, and she swears she has a solution for dry breast meat by roasting the bird upside down for the first three-quarters of the process. She also stuffs the bird, anathema to those of us from Southern latitudes (Florida south of, say, Gainesville, not truly being the South)—we serve our butter-soaked bread dish baked on the side as dressing, not stuffing. I will trust the process to one who loves cooking truly as much as I do and will pass judgment after tasting. Sweet potato, apple, and bourbon pecan pies served with unsweetened whipped cream and hot toddies will finish the meal.
 

Cooking is the theme of the day for me, and we’ll relax later with the brilliant and unsung 1995 Home for the Holidays, set here in that Land of Pleasant Living sometimes called Maryland. After dinner we’ll have some of the late release of Foursquare Bajan Rum and I plan on smoking the first of my two boxes of Ramon Allones No. 2s. With no children in tow this year, the small group, I hope, will choose to stay overnight for rare beer hunting the next morning.
 

Cheers to those who celebrate and push back against the alienation of the contemporary world with friends and family. Company—as Aunt Glady says—what else is there?

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2 hours ago, Meesterjojo said:

Work. No rest in the covid wards of deep west texas. 

I have 3 25lb turkeys to cook, but they're all frozen now so I'm about to start smoking a brisket overnight. I'm getting an igloo full of bloody Mary's ready as I type.

I think the coworker I'm worker for on Thanksgiving is bringing some Philippine dish called pancit, rice noodles with crisp veggies and pork, over on Thursday, so I have that to look forward to. And left over brisket. Mmmmm

Pancit is very common. A fusion of Chinese and Spanish influences, basically a noodle dish served either stir fried or in a broth, often served with calamansi (a Filipino lime).

Though, when I read this, I instantly thought of the Malay slang word, "pancit", wondering what dish is called "punctured"? :confused:

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5 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Pancit is very common. A fusion of Chinese and Spanish influences, basically a noodle dish served either stir fried or in a broth, often served with calamansi (a Filipino lime).

Though, when I read this, I instantly thought of the Malay slang word, "pancit", wondering what dish is called "punctured"? :confused:

I am hungry!

 

Pancit (Filipino Stir-Fried Noodles)

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My extended family has decided that we are back to the full get together. 35-40 people rent the club house at my parents retiree place and we are gonna let it all out.

I think the time is right. The food is too much to list, but there will be cognac and a SC La Fuerza unless it’s cold, then a Monte 4 and a Siglo. I will be prepared. All the best to everyone.

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