Over the river and...

[altivo]

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...

[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.]

Comments

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

The cran-cylinder is a new one on me. I've never had circular slices of cranberry "cran-cylinder" before.

Also, is it true that most Americans eat their Thanksgiving "dinner" at lunch time rather than at supper?

[tinbender.livejournal.com]

Mid-afternoon would probably be the most accurate time. Unless the preparers get up really early, it won't be done by noon so for most it winds up being two or three. Of course the bonus of this is you get the leftovers for supper. : )

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I generally do the cooking the night before, carve up the turkey and unstuff it, put everything into the fridge, and just reheat the next day when needed. All I did today was make mashed potatoes and thicken the gravy.

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...)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Essentially it's cranberry jelly. We have to have it every year because, well, because we have it every year. I make the raw cranberry relish as well, which I much prefer.

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.

[tinbender.livejournal.com]

The stupid one piece cans don't allow you to relieve the cohesion by letting in some air on the backside. They really should go back to the old cans for cranberry sauce.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

This one (Ocean Spray) actually had instructions on the side about how to get the contents out in one piece for slicing. Remove top, run a knife blade around the side to relieve the adhesion, and shake. It took a LOT of shaking.

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.

[quickcasey.livejournal.com]

I poke a hole in the bottom with a center punch, then the cran will come out. You can blow in the hole for faster cran-dispensing.

[pioneer11.livejournal.com]

Everyone here loves that CranCan.

I dunno why. I can't stand it.

Though I politely nibbled with little sharp
fox teeth.

Hope it was a goodly Thanksgiving!