Happy Thanksgiving

[mikeyank]

I hope that everyone has a pleasant, wonderful happy Thanksgiving today and that you may be with loved ones to enjoy this special American celebration of good food and good company.

to the staff, the models and most of all to my fellow forumites on Broke Straight Boys

 

[tampa24]

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

 

[Jaybifla]

Happy Thanksgiving! Eat well.

 

[kgmets]

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Truly an all American holiday: kind of the last celebratory day of Fall, first day of the holiday season, meeting up day with friends and relatives, high school football rivals play each other in the morning, and, of course, great food.

 

[Foxyman1961]

To all my American friends have a wonderful Thanksgiving whatever your plans are . All love from the UK Foxy xx

 

[juanjo]

I wish all a great Turkey-day even if you are in the trenches fighting the war against Thanksgiving. May you be surrounded by those you love and not suffer too much from food bloat when all is said and done. I am trying to wrap up a bunch of nonsense here in Illinois where it is only 35F which is way too cold for this California kid. I am finalizing a bunch of crap to hand off to the accountant for the taxes on my mom's estate and then heading to Florida to sign off on the papers on her house in Winter Haven. Then it is back to Puerto Vallarta where the hubby is flying in from the UK for a 3-week holiday stay. He wanted me to come to Manchester for a British Christmas but I told him the summers in the UK were cold enough, I had no intention to see how nasty it was in December. So I'll stay in PV until the end of May and then hop over to visit the UK, assuming it is still the UK, come June.

Much love to all.

 

[Rafe]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone !!!!!

 

[Repareur]

I hope that everyone has a pleasant, wonderful happy Thanksgiving today and that you may be with loved ones to enjoy this special American celebration of good food and good company.

to the staff, the models and most of all to my fellow forumites on Broke Straight Boys

ditto. Me too! Happy Thanksgiving one and all!

 

[BrokeStraightBoys]

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for all my staff, friends and family and everyone that is a member of Broke Straight Boys I hope everyone has a great day!

 

[tampa24]

I wish all a great Turkey-day even if you are in the trenches fighting the war against Thanksgiving. May you be surrounded by those you love and not suffer too much from food bloat when all is said and done. I am trying to wrap up a bunch of nonsense here in Illinois where it is only 35F which is way too cold for this California kid. I am finalizing a bunch of crap to hand off to the accountant for the taxes on my mom's estate and then heading to Florida to sign off on the papers on her house in Winter Haven. Then it is back to Puerto Vallarta where the hubby is flying in from the UK for a 3-week holiday stay. He wanted me to come to Manchester for a British Christmas but I told him the summers in the UK were cold enough, I had no intention to see how nasty it was in December. So I'll stay in PV until the end of May and then hop over to visit the UK, assuming it is still the UK, come June.

Much love to all.

Wow. And I used to live in Lakeland. haha

Sending love back to you also. Yeah. Hopefully there will be a UK to go back to next year. haha

 

[Foxyman1961]

Boys it will still be the UK in a years time!!!!

 

[tampa24]

Boys it will still be the UK in a years time!!!!

You mean it won't sink?? haha

 

[peterh6308]

I hope everyone had a holiday feast yesterday!! I spoke with Mikeyank yesterday and he reminded me of a story I told him about my partner and I, so thought I'd share it. William passed away over 10 years and we were together for 20. The first couple of years we went to families houses for the holidays. One year his parents and grandparents were going out of town for thanksgiving and he was pissed because he wasn't going to have good food. I wasn't in the mood to go to see family so I said "I'll just cook dinner here" he said "you don't know how to cook thanksgiving" well I knew how I just hadn't had to for him. So I told him to go play football with our friends and when he gets home I'll have dinner ready. So he was gone for 4-5 hours and returned with a few buddies. He came into to the kitchen and all I had left to do was make the gravy and put the rolls in the oven. His look of surprise and happiness is something I can still see after all these years. He started to watch me make the gravy from the drippings and said "that's not how you do it, you need a packet" lololol I said whatever it will be good!! We sat down and everyone loved it and I think he sort of loved me even more after that day. The outcome was we hosted every thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for the next 17 years or so lol

 

[Jaybifla]

I hope everyone had a holiday feast yesterday!! I spoke with Mikeyank yesterday and he reminded me of a story I told him about my partner and I, so thought I'd share it. William passed away over 10 years and we were together for 20. The first couple of years we went to families houses for the holidays. One year his parents and grandparents were going out of town for thanksgiving and he was pissed because he wasn't going to have good food. I wasn't in the mood to go to see family so I said "I'll just cook dinner here" he said "you don't know how to cook thanksgiving" well I knew how I just hadn't had to for him. So I told him to go play football with our friends and when he gets home I'll have dinner ready. So he was gone for 4-5 hours and returned with a few buddies. He came into to the kitchen and all I had left to do was make the gravy and put the rolls in the oven. His look of surprise and happiness is something I can still see after all these years. He started to watch me make the gravy from the drippings and said "that's not how you do it, you need a packet" lololol I said whatever it will be good!! We sat down and everyone loved it and I think he sort of loved me even more after that day. The outcome was we hosted every thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for the next 17 years or so lol

That’s an awesome story. Heartwarming. Thanks for sharing, Peter

 

[juanjo]

I hope everyone had a holiday feast yesterday!! I spoke with Mikeyank yesterday and he reminded me of a story I told him about my partner and I, so thought I'd share it. William passed away over 10 years and we were together for 20. The first couple of years we went to families houses for the holidays. One year his parents and grandparents were going out of town for thanksgiving and he was pissed because he wasn't going to have good food. I wasn't in the mood to go to see family so I said "I'll just cook dinner here" he said "you don't know how to cook thanksgiving" well I knew how I just hadn't had to for him. So I told him to go play football with our friends and when he gets home I'll have dinner ready. So he was gone for 4-5 hours and returned with a few buddies. He came into to the kitchen and all I had left to do was make the gravy and put the rolls in the oven. His look of surprise and happiness is something I can still see after all these years. He started to watch me make the gravy from the drippings and said "that's not how you do it, you need a packet" lololol I said whatever it will be good!! We sat down and everyone loved it and I think he sort of loved me even more after that day. The outcome was we hosted every thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for the next 17 years or so lol

That's a lovely story. Thank you for sharing it. It is those little things, those passing moments, which did not seem momentous at the time particularly which seem to stand out later in life when we look back. It reminds me of back when Marco and I first got together. Our first year together I prepared a Thanksgiving Day meal for him. Marco, coming from an Italian family and having spent most of his formative years in Italy or Argentina, had never experienced Thanksgiving and was quite excited about it. For some reason, he was fascinated with gravy and after that was always asking me to make gravy for just about everything I cooked. We had to have a discussion about how I was not making gravy for fried catfish.

 

[tampa24]

I hope everyone had a holiday feast yesterday!! I spoke with Mikeyank yesterday and he reminded me of a story I told him about my partner and I, so thought I'd share it. William passed away over 10 years and we were together for 20. The first couple of years we went to families houses for the holidays. One year his parents and grandparents were going out of town for thanksgiving and he was pissed because he wasn't going to have good food. I wasn't in the mood to go to see family so I said "I'll just cook dinner here" he said "you don't know how to cook thanksgiving" well I knew how I just hadn't had to for him. So I told him to go play football with our friends and when he gets home I'll have dinner ready. So he was gone for 4-5 hours and returned with a few buddies. He came into to the kitchen and all I had left to do was make the gravy and put the rolls in the oven. His look of surprise and happiness is something I can still see after all these years. He started to watch me make the gravy from the drippings and said "that's not how you do it, you need a packet" lololol I said whatever it will be good!! We sat down and everyone loved it and I think he sort of loved me even more after that day. The outcome was we hosted every thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for the next 17 years or so lol

Great story! And what a huge surprise for him that you knew how to cook the Thanksgiving staples as good as, or better, than his own family. It sounds like he gained a whole new respect for your skills. Plus you made him so proud (as the co-host) to offer such a great meal to all your mutual friends under your roof. That is a wonderful memory to have.

I only question his family's culinary skills when I heard the (supposed) need for a packet of powder to make gravy. haha I can remember some times in the past where I've gone to other people's homes for Thanksgiving and I see them open either packets of powder or jars of processed store bought gravy for the meal. I do my best to suppress a little smirk when I see that. haha Some people don't know how to make a good gravy from the drippings. Or they think it would be too much work to even try. Or they've tried and failed so many times to get the right flavor or consistency that they finally gave up trying. lol So store bought is just easier. haha

 

[Foxyman1961]

I hope everyone had a holiday feast yesterday!! I spoke with Mikeyank yesterday and he reminded me of a story I told him about my partner and I, so thought I'd share it. William passed away over 10 years and we were together for 20. The first couple of years we went to families houses for the holidays. One year his parents and grandparents were going out of town for thanksgiving and he was pissed because he wasn't going to have good food. I wasn't in the mood to go to see family so I said "I'll just cook dinner here" he said "you don't know how to cook thanksgiving" well I knew how I just hadn't had to for him. So I told him to go play football with our friends and when he gets home I'll have dinner ready. So he was gone for 4-5 hours and returned with a few buddies. He came into to the kitchen and all I had left to do was make the gravy and put the rolls in the oven. His look of surprise and happiness is something I can still see after all these years. He started to watch me make the gravy from the drippings and said "that's not how you do it, you need a packet" lololol I said whatever it will be good!! We sat down and everyone loved it and I think he sort of loved me even more after that day. The outcome was we hosted every thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for the next 17 years or so lol

Great story Pete. We don't have Thanksgiving in the UK so what your describing usually happens around Christmas cos Turkey and the trimmings or fixings as you guys say is the main staple of a Christmas dinner here, although roast beef is a close second. It reminds me of a story that happened to me a few years back at Christmas time. My partner and I usually go up to see his family at either Christmas or New Year depending on work. Anyway that year we had to work so went up for New Year. His Mum since I can remember always did the New Years day dinner but when we arrived she had come down with a really heavy cold and wasn't well enough to do it, so my partner volunteered me to do it, I wouldn't say I am up to chef standard but I am a pretty good cook and tend to do all my meals from scratch, rarely making it from a packet or ready made. Now usually I cook only for the two of us and at the most six if friends come over for dinner. So I started to put a list together of ingredients to buy etc. I said to my partner ask your Mum how many people I will be catering for, assuming because she was ill it would just be the three of us. Ten minutes later he came sheepishly back into the kitchen to say she had rung round to his family to say although she was ill dinner was still on as I was cooking and they could all come. 35 people came that day and I don't think I have every worked so hard over a holiday period however they all enjoyed it and no one went hungry. Mind I did have words with my partner after about not volunteering me for dinner duty again lol

 

[tampa24]

Great story Pete. We don't have Thanksgiving in the UK so what your describing usually happens around Christmas cos Turkey and the trimmings or fixings as you guys say is the main staple of a Christmas dinner here, although roast beef is a close second. It reminds me of a story that happened to me a few years back at Christmas time. My partner and I usually go up to see his family at either Christmas or New Year depending on work. Anyway that year we had to work so went up for New Year. His Mum since I can remember always did the New Years day dinner but when we arrived she had come down with a really heavy cold and wasn't well enough to do it, so my partner volunteered me to do it, I wouldn't say I am up to chef standard but I am a pretty good cook and tend to do all my meals from scratch, rarely making it from a packet or ready made. Now usually I cook only for the two of us and at the most six if friends come over for dinner. So I started to put a list together of ingredients to buy etc. I said to my partner ask your Mum how many people I will be catering for, assuming because she was ill it would just be the three of us. Ten minutes later he came sheepishly back into the kitchen to say she had rung round to his family to say although she was ill dinner was still on as I was cooking and they could all come. 35 people came that day and I don't think I have every worked so hard over a holiday period however they all enjoyed it and no one went hungry. Mind I did have words with my partner after about not volunteering me for dinner duty again lol

Holy crap! Cooking for 35 people with barely a moment's warning?! That's a great story too. haha

 

[tampa24]

For some reason, he was fascinated with gravy and after that was always asking me to make gravy for just about everything I cooked. We had to have a discussion about how I was not making gravy for fried catfish.

I'm not really crazy about fish anyway. The thought of fish flavored gravy sounds awful. Yuck! haha

 

[Foxyman1961]

I'm not really crazy about fish anyway. The thought of fish flavored gravy sounds awful. Yuck! haha

Actually Tampa fish & Chips (French fries as you guys call it) is often in the North of England served with gravy so it is not as unusual as you think and if done well can be very nice. Personally I love fish and do tend to have this when I go up north.