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Old time Thankgiving - 11/27/2008 11:07:17 AM

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Everybody gets up a bit early because nobody has to go to work or school or anything. If there are kids around they are running around because the usual Saturday cartoons are not on. All the Women are in the kitchen talking, all the Men are in the livingroom talking.

You don't get a breakfast, you get pretty much a brunch as there is other cooking going on. After that the girls start hanging out in the kitchen and get drafted, the boys might go outside and do whatever, we used to burn one. We would file through the kitchen of course, not lingering long for fear of dire consequences, but just had to stick a finger in the bowl of raw stuffing, but we quicly rejoin the Men in the livingroom.

Part of the time the girls are in a bedroom talking their stupid girl stuff, while we talk with the Men about important stuff, i.e. the football game. Eventually they get called to help in the kitchen, all we have to worry about is getting called upon to take out the garbage or something like that.

Afternoon falls and the turkey goes in the oven. There is chatter about the house on all floors. The Women are preparing the side dishes and in a couple of hours they are putting the pre-prepared side dishes in the oven, because there is no such thing as a microwave oven.

The football game comes on and of course it is also time to eat, luckily it is only the second quarter. All the Men take their plates into the livingroom where they can watch the game on that huge 25" color TV set. After eating they can barely keep their eyes open, except one or two and then it is time.

The host gets out the required album of Arlo Guthrie, and plays Alice's Restaurant. They are all singing along even though they are half asleep. "You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant, excepting Alice". "Excepting Alice" is added to every verse even though it is not there in the song, that is considered non-peotic license.

After a short nap everybody is again awake and the seperation of the genders time has passed. TheWomen are complimented on their cooking abilities and how good a time it has been even sleeping part of it away.

A bit later after a few drinks people realize that they must work the next day, so everyone leaves and everyone hopes nobody gets a ticket for DWI on the way home.

After most of the guests leave "last call" goes out. Anyone who has room for even one little ort of food is beckoned to the kitchen to get it while the getting is good because it is time to put all the remaining leftovers away. The hostess begins planning meals for the future, leftover turkey, turkey soup, turkey stew, turkey salad sandwiches, barbequed turkey, you get the idea.

The next morning in the bathroom they all peer at the bathroom scale, and none will step onto it.

Now that's tradition.

T

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RE: Old time Thankgiving - 11/27/2008 12:39:24 PM

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That sounds a lot like Thanksgiving in my home growing up, Termyn8or. Only there were 5 of us kids and my dad would prepare the stuffing and stuff the bird at the kitchen table, which faced the family room where the TV was. The parade would be on, followed by the football game, and we'd all "help" him stuff the bird while watching TV. More family would come over, some family friends, and we'd have quite the feast with my Dad's "reel to reel" music going - playing jazz, latin jazz, and bossa nova.

After dinner we'd all be stuffed but Dad would go to the piano and play/sing (off key) his favorite boogie woogie tunes.

Fun, fun stuff!

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RE: Old time Thankgiving - 11/28/2008 7:28:57 AM

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I liked your thread, T! That could also be my Thanksgivings growing up, except that we always ate a "noonish" dinner, so Mom would get up before the sun and put the turkey in the oven and we woke to the wonderful smell of it cooking. Grandma would have already toasted a couple loaves of bread the night before and made the dressing out of the chopped up giblets, celery and onions. And no cartoons was no problem....Macy's Parade was on!!! The best balloons were Underdog and Bullwinkle and we cheered when they bobbed by, dragging the jumpsuited Macy's employees along! We had to put the leaves in the table and set it up in the living room, because the eat-in kitchen wasn't big enough. And I still have Grandma's water glasses, though my sister has her china. (I got Grandpa's from the other side of the family, lol. It's prettier.)

Stuffed and sated, the men all went to the "other" room to pretend to watch football while they snored through their tryptophan buzz. But if you tried to change the channel, Dad would snort and bark, "Turn that damn thing back, I'm watching it!" And if you accused him of sleeping because he was snoring, he vehemently denied it as he began snoring again. The women, of course, would do all the clean up and, having never lost her Don't-Waste-Lived-Through-The-Depression habits, Grandma would sit and pick every shred of edible meat from that turkey carcass.

Punkin (not PumPkin!) Pie was such a treat. Cool Whip had just been invented, so you could slop as much as you wanted over your slice, till Grandma yelled at you not to waste it.

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RE: Old time Thankgiving - 11/28/2008 9:38:56 AM

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I was up before the rooster was even awake. Got the turkey prepped, rinsed, etc. I brought the Evil One his coffee, we cuddled a bit before going to the kitchen. He makes his stuffing, seasons the bird and it's in the oven. I get some chip dip ready & chilled. Green bean casserole was prepped last night. Most of the other side dishes are brought by our guests (family/friends & their ums 15 or so total.)

They started arriving at the end of the parade. Smokers congregated near our back porch, ums playing football in the back yard. His mom helping out wherever needed (I love her, btw... she's such an angel.) We sat down during halftime of the first game. Yes, it's an early meal, but we eat off & on all day. When Dallas finished roasting the Seahawks, most of us went to Tia Isabella's to watch the "Bird Bowl" (on NFL Network) and have desserts, espresso or coffee & Kahlua.

Sometimes the best traditions are the ones we start together.

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