Thursday, November 24, 2011

All Great Thanksgivings Are Unhappy in Their Own Way

Posted by Jim Ridley on Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:38 AM

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At her blog, Aviatrix Kim has links to a series of radio stories she produced on Thanksgiving mistakes and mishaps — gathered on the (correct) assumption that the most memorable Thanksgivings are the ones that end in flames, indigestible dishes, or even encounters with an irascible live turkey.

We at Bites wish you the happiest of holidays — but in the event all doesn't go well, you're welcome to vent in the comments space below. Or check in just to let us know how your day went. We'd love to hear about the best thing you had or made, and the thing that maybe didn't turn out so hot.

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im glad you started this. i saw diet cheerwine at the hills grocery in madison. someone on here was looking for it. hills will order most anything you want them to but they have both bottles and cans of cheerwine and diet cheerwine...they also had a couple of other interesting drinks including pineapple soda - interesting

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Posted by reagan on 11/24/2011 at 11:00 AM

I saw Diet Cheerwine at the Melrose Kroger not long ago. I think it's making a full-fledged invasion of the Nashville market. Let me know if you see Ale-8.

One child and mother-in-law down with 102-degree fevers. Thanksgiving's off to a roaring start. Thank God for the HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN' marathon.

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Posted by mr. pink on 11/24/2011 at 11:12 AM

who makes ale 8?

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Posted by reagan on 11/24/2011 at 5:20 PM

All will be answered:

http://www.nashvillescene.com/bites/archiv…

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Posted by mr. pink on 11/25/2011 at 12:14 AM

Weird Thanksgiving this year, and I've heard the same from at least three other friends. Was there something in the turkey this year? (Not in the one my brother got from Neighbors in Sylvan Park, expertly smoked and so moist you coulda wrung it out.)

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Posted by mr. pink on 11/25/2011 at 12:16 AM

We had the same experience: a moist, flavorful, tender turkey when that's not usually the case. This was a never-frozen bird.

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Posted by Nicki P Wood on 11/25/2011 at 7:39 AM

I have a stash of Ale-8 in my refrigerator. I buy it when I visit Lexington KY. Great stuff. My neighbor's turkey was primo. He smoked it and it was like butter. mmmm

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Posted by BS on 11/26/2011 at 5:56 PM

Heritage Turkey, awesome. Locally grown garlic chili mashed potatoes, delicious. Prosciutto and sage wrapped local sweet potatoes, baa-zing. Local organic greens sauteed with Benton's bacon, irresistible.

Flaming garlic bread made with Sloco loaves, JD Dairy home churned butter, local garlic and parsley - priceless! Follow this link to the Flaming burnt bread recipe.
http://lannaelong.blogspot.com/2011/11/its…

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Posted by Lannae on 11/27/2011 at 8:51 AM

Your Flaming Garlic Bread recipe is remarkbly adaptable. I use it on everything from bacon to nachos.

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Posted by mr. pink on 12/01/2011 at 10:59 PM
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