Thursday, November 27, 2008
Party Mix Take Your Turkey and Stuff It: Now That Thanksgiving's Over...
Posted by Jim Ridley on Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Whew. I'm stuffed. Loosen yore belt, as they say at Cracker Barrel, and take our Thanksgiving Tryptophan Hangover Questionnaire:
1. What was the best thing you ate today?
2. What was the worst thing you ate today?
3. The TV show my family gathering most resembles is __________.
4. Believe it or not, I am craving _________.
5. Complete this sentence: "Come next Thanksgiving, I will never again..."
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1. My mother's dressing. Perfectly moist, not too salty, and the bread didn't turn into a brick of mush. Also Mrs. Pink's famous chocolate pie.
2. A store-bought caramel cake with dense, gluey icing the color of a rejected bridesmaid's dress. Most of it discreetly went into a garbage can.
3. The Waltons. My family is very close, and my parents are children of the Depression. Of course, the way things are going, it looks like my kids will be too.
4. A turkey sandwich.
5. "...teach my kids the 'This Land Is My Land' song before going to a family gathering."
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1. What was the best thing you ate today?
Tums.
2. What was the worst thing you ate today?
Canned cranberry sauce.
3. The TV show my family gathering most resembles is __________.
The Sopranos.
4. Believe it or not, I am craving _________.
More Tums.
5. Complete this sentence: "Come next Thanksgiving, I will never again..."
Let my sister cook.
1.A homemade honey-baked ham.
2. White rolls straight from the bag.
3. Dinner #1 -- Intervention; Dinner #2 -- American Graffiti; Dinner #3 My Name is Earl
4. eggnog with bourbon
5. let my child eat 5 pieces of 75 percent cacao flourless chocolate torte before noon.
Best: A chocolate-peppermint cheesecake made by Brooke O'Dell.
Worst: Fresh cranberries suspended in lots of gelatin
TV Show: Wild Kingdom
Craving: A nap
Never again: N/A. It has been a near-perfect weekend.
1. Multiple helpings of turkey, dressing and sweet taters.
2. Day old chimichanga from Palmas Verdes (which always smells like cleaning supplies for some reason).
3. King Of The Hill
4. More deep fried turkey
5. ...eat leftover Mexican as something to 'tide me over' until Thanksgiving dinner.
1. Perfect dressing, which involved dressing up boxes of Stove Top (gasp!, I know!). And pumpkin cheesecake.
2. Sister Schubert's wheat rolls...yuck. And peanut butter pie (I don't know what went wrong).
3. Roseanne
4. enchiladas rancheras (???)
5. Try to do it all by myself!
1. My Dad's deep-fried turkey and my Mom's cornbread dressing.
2. Coconut pie. Proportion of coconut to custard was too high, making the pie dry and chewy.
3. If you crossed Hee Haw with Mystery Science Theater 3000...
4. Yet another country ham biscuit.
5. Eat Thanksgiving dinner without exercising first...
1. What was the best thing you ate today?
Fried Turkey.
2. What was the worst thing you ate today?
Cornbread stuffing. Dry.
3. The TV show my family gathering most resembles is __________.
The Nightly News: some guy sitting by himself, talking to no-one.
4. Believe it or not, I am craving _________.
My mom's Thanksgiving dinner.
5. Complete this sentence: "Come next Thanksgiving, I will never again..."
Stay here in Nashville.
