Over the river and...
Nov. 23rd, 2006 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So we packed up the whole turkey dinner and hauled it to Gary's mom's
place. Turned out well except for getting the cran-cylinder out of the
can...
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place. Turned out well except for getting the cran-cylinder out of the
can...
[Test of e-mail rather than SMS posting from cell phone. Clunky, but it works even over the coffee when still at the dinner table. Avoids the SMS length limitation.]
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Date: 2006-11-23 09:43 pm (UTC)Also, is it true that most Americans eat their Thanksgiving "dinner" at lunch time rather than at supper?
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Date: 2006-11-23 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-24 12:45 am (UTC)Advantages: You don't have to get up really early on the holiday, dinner is ready whenever you decide to serve it, and the icky pots and pans get washed the day before and are already put away.
Disadvantages: I didn't get to bed until 12:30 am, and in my case still had to get up by 6 to do farm chores. You don't get to present the whole turkey, browned and mouth-watering. (That last is over-rated anyway. I hate carving with people watching...)
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Date: 2006-11-24 12:37 am (UTC)Holiday dinners in the US are often served early to mid-afternoon. This may be a continuation of the old farmers' tradition of having the largest meal of the day at lunch time. But I suspect that in many cases it's either an adjustment for family or guests who must travel home after dinner, or to get dinner over with early so that the men can watch the football games that are inevitably on during the afternoon. Football, like chocolate, is one of those great mysteries of life that I just don't get, but there it is.
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Date: 2006-11-23 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-24 12:40 am (UTC)One suspects that the equipment to manufacture the old style of cans is being retired, much as the equipment that used to make evaporated milk cans was retired back in the 1970s. Once it's gone, there will be no choice. If enough people complain, then perhaps a new packaging will appear for products of this sort.
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Date: 2006-11-24 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-24 05:21 pm (UTC)I dunno why. I can't stand it.
Though I politely nibbled with little sharp
fox teeth.
Hope it was a goodly Thanksgiving!