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Post by Greg C. on Nov 1, 2007 5:54:22 GMT -5
Talk about current or past Thanksgiving traditions and most importantly, the food! Whats on your Thanksgiving menu?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 1, 2007 10:13:39 GMT -5
A can of spam.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 1, 2007 11:32:07 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Nov 1, 2007 11:36:22 GMT -5
My brother and his wife will be arriving here in New Braunfels on Thanksgiving night. Still, I plan on barbecuing a turkey on the outdoor woodpit grill, making stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, with a side of cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie, for afters. We won't be eating it until the following day, but leftovers always somehow seem to taste better, anyhow. ;D
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 1, 2007 17:40:07 GMT -5
My brother and his wife will be arriving here in New Braunfels on Thanksgiving night. Still, I plan on barbecuing a turkey on the outdoor woodpit grill, making stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, with a side of cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie, for afters. We won't be eating it until the following day, but leftovers always somehow seem to taste better, anyhow. ;D Can I eat Thanksgiving with you? I make great mashed potoatoes...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 2, 2007 6:56:54 GMT -5
So, you have your own secret recipe for mashed potatoes, ay? My Dad used to put buttermilk in his mashed potatoes . It gave them a sort of tangy taste.
I prefer my own mashed potatoes whipped. And this means using a lot of milk. I also add about 1/2 stick of butter.
Even though I don't particularly care for too many lumps in my mashed potatoes, it's alway good to leave in a few of them, so people won't think that you used Hungry Jack instant potato flakes. (One nice thing about Hungry Jack flakes though, is that you can make a nice potato soup in a jiffy.)
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 2, 2007 9:40:49 GMT -5
My wife made the best smashed potatoes, She used just a touch of brown mustard and some Puerto Riccan spices.........I'm truely not in the holiday spirit this year...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 2, 2007 9:50:24 GMT -5
My wife made the best smashed potatoes, She used just a touch of brown mustard and some Puerto Riccan spices.........I'm truely not in the holiday spirit this year... Sounds good, Mike. (Except the part about you not being in the holiday spirit, that is.) I come from a fairly large family (7 kids) so my Mom would try and fix recipes that would stretch to feed us all, while also stretching the budget. She had this mashed potato caserole that was a crowd pleaser with us kids. First, she'd layer a glass caserole dish with mashed potatoes, then pad a pack of breakfast sausage into the mashed potato bed. Finally, she'd cover it with shredded cheddar cheese before baking it in the over. When finished, it would emerge from the oven with a sort of crust.
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 2, 2007 14:22:51 GMT -5
My Mashed potatoes are a normal recipe. The secret is in the boiling water used to boil the potatoes. I add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and worchstershire (sp?) sauce.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 3, 2007 10:37:20 GMT -5
I changed my ming, it's not going to be spam, it's going to be a bottle of "Glenlivet" scotch and a glass and a few ice cubes. Maybe i will throw in a bag of doritos.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 3, 2007 13:42:47 GMT -5
You could cube the Spam, grill it, then use it as a topper for your chips. (It would go better with some Trisquit crackers, however.)
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 3, 2007 14:48:49 GMT -5
You could cube the Spam, grill it, then use it as a topper for your chips. (It would go better with some Trisquit crackers, however.) As long as i grill it till it is totally crunchy...
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 3, 2007 15:14:48 GMT -5
You could cube the Spam, grill it, then use it as a topper for your chips. (It would go better with some Trisquit crackers, however.) As long as i grill it till it is totally crunchy... I've never eaten spam before. Dare I try it?
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Post by seguin on Nov 3, 2007 16:58:45 GMT -5
How is spam produced? What kind of meat is it? From which part of the animals body?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 3, 2007 17:33:10 GMT -5
How is spam produced? What kind of meat is it? From which part of the animals body? It's made from pork shoulder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4Mr. Bun: Morning. Waitress: Morning. Mr. Bun: What have you got, then? Waitress: Well there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam; egg, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam; spam, spam, spam, egg and spam; spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam; or lobster thermidor aux crevettes, with a mornay sauce garnished with truffle paté, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam. Mrs. Bun: Have you got anything without spam in it? Waitress: Well, there's spam, egg, sausage and spam. That's not got MUCH spam in it. Mrs. Bun: I don't want ANY spam. Mr. Bun: Why can't she have egg, bacon, spam and sausage? Mrs. Bun: That's got spam in it! Mr. Bun: Not as much as spam, egg, sausage and spam. Mrs. Bun: Look, could I have egg, bacon, spam and sausage, without the spam. Waitress: Uuuuuuggggh! Mrs Bun: What d'you mean, uugggh! I don't like spam. Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... spam, spam, spam, spam ... lovely spam, wonderful spam ... Waitress: Shut up. Shut up! Shut up! You can't have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam. Mrs. Bun: Why not? Waitress: No, it wouldn't be egg, bacon, spam and sausage, would it? Mrs. Bun: I don't like spam! Mr. Bun: Don't make a fuss, dear. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Mr. Bun: ... baked beans, spam, spam and spam. Waitress: Baked beans are off. Mr. Bun: Well can I have spam instead? Waitress: You mean spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam? Vikings: (still singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam ... (etc.) Mr. Bun: Yes. Waitress: Arrggh! Vikings: ... lovely spam, wonderful spam. Waitress: Shut up! Shut up! (The Vikings shut up momentarily. Enter the Hungarian.) Hungarian: Great boobies honeybun, my lower intestine is full of spam, egg, spam, bacon, spam, tomato, spam ... Vikings: (Singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam ... (A policeman rushes in and bundles the Hungarian out.) Hungarian: (As he leaves) My nipples explode ... "A HISTORIAN" Historian: Another great Viking victory was at the Green Midget café at Bromley. Once again the Viking strategy was the same. They sailed from these fiords here, assembled at Trondheim and waited for the strong north-easterly winds to blow their oaken galleys to England whence they sailed on May 23rd. Once in Bromley they assembled at the Green Midget café and spam selecting a spam particular spam item from the spam menu would spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam. Lovely spam, wonderful spam ...
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 3, 2007 17:57:26 GMT -5
How is spam produced? What kind of meat is it? From which part of the animals body? It's made from pork shoulder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4Mr. Bun: Morning. Waitress: Morning. Mr. Bun: What have you got, then? Waitress: Well there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam; egg, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam; spam, spam, spam, egg and spam; spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam; or lobster thermidor aux crevettes, with a mornay sauce garnished with truffle paté, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam. Mrs. Bun: Have you got anything without spam in it? Waitress: Well, there's spam, egg, sausage and spam. That's not got MUCH spam in it. Mrs. Bun: I don't want ANY spam. Mr. Bun: Why can't she have egg, bacon, spam and sausage? Mrs. Bun: That's got spam in it! Mr. Bun: Not as much as spam, egg, sausage and spam. Mrs. Bun: Look, could I have egg, bacon, spam and sausage, without the spam. Waitress: Uuuuuuggggh! Mrs Bun: What d'you mean, uugggh! I don't like spam. Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... spam, spam, spam, spam ... lovely spam, wonderful spam ... Waitress: Shut up. Shut up! Shut up! You can't have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam. Mrs. Bun: Why not? Waitress: No, it wouldn't be egg, bacon, spam and sausage, would it? Mrs. Bun: I don't like spam! Mr. Bun: Don't make a fuss, dear. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Mr. Bun: ... baked beans, spam, spam and spam. Waitress: Baked beans are off. Mr. Bun: Well can I have spam instead? Waitress: You mean spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam? Vikings: (still singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam ... (etc.) Mr. Bun: Yes. Waitress: Arrggh! Vikings: ... lovely spam, wonderful spam. Waitress: Shut up! Shut up! (The Vikings shut up momentarily. Enter the Hungarian.) Hungarian: Great boobies honeybun, my lower intestine is full of spam, egg, spam, bacon, spam, tomato, spam ... Vikings: (Singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam ... (A policeman rushes in and bundles the Hungarian out.) Hungarian: (As he leaves) My nipples explode ... "A HISTORIAN" Historian: Another great Viking victory was at the Green Midget café at Bromley. Once again the Viking strategy was the same. They sailed from these fiords here, assembled at Trondheim and waited for the strong north-easterly winds to blow their oaken galleys to England whence they sailed on May 23rd. Once in Bromley they assembled at the Green Midget café and spam selecting a spam particular spam item from the spam menu would spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ... Vikings: (singing) Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam. Lovely spam, wonderful spam ...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 3, 2007 18:26:03 GMT -5
SPAM is spiced pork shoulder and ham ground and then formed into a loaf. It makes a great hot sandwich, when fried in the pan and is also good fried with eggs. It's also a good substitute for just about any kind of casserole meat. During WWII, a lot of American SPAM was provided for Bristish consuption to help support the war effort on that homefront. While Brits took to the delicacy at first, an overabundance of it at every meal table soon left them wanting less. Don't let the Monty Python Sketch sour you on SPAM. Try it for yourself and then let your palate be the judge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 4, 2007 10:46:37 GMT -5
In WWII Stalin said that spam sustained the red army, they called it Roosevelt Sausage.
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 4, 2007 18:32:23 GMT -5
In WWII Stalin said that spam sustained the red army, they called it Roosevelt Sausage. Now that's funny!
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Post by neferetus on Nov 9, 2007 12:29:58 GMT -5
So, for those of you across the big pond, is roast turkey very popular, there? I mean, we see Scrooge sending the Cratchitt family a prize turkey for Christmas dinner. Are geese more popular than turkey for the holiday table?
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