Thanksgiving 2024, what are you doing??

[Neb]

Air Force stuffing? Nunnery pudding? I need recipes!

Ben

 

[LadyLocust]

Eat, then eat some more and after that we’ll probably have a little something to eat.

 

[Bacpacker]

Eat, then eat some more and after that we’ll probably have a little something to eat.

Sounds like a good day

 

[Proud Prepper]

I'm probably fixin up some MREs left over from Hurricane Katrina and mow my lawn,




no seriously.......

I'm getting a half a sack of oysters Wednesday, opening most of them to make an oyster dressing. I'm deep frying a turkey ( Cajun style). I'll be grilling charbroil oysters (garlic butter, gren onions, black pepper, parsley, green onions and parmasan cheese on the shell that morning and we eating some raw off the half shell. I'm making a baked macaroni n 3 cheese casserole, green beans and artichoke casserole, dirty rice, sweet potato crunch casserole, and an oyster dressing. We also having a shrimp n corn soup, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy, sweet Hawaiian rolls, pralines, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, cookies.

It will be a very busy 2 days for me and then I'll go into a coma for a day.

 

[Jen]

Can't believe it's two weeks away! Hubby and I are staying home with the critters and enjoying a day off!! We got several invitations, but would rather be home! I'm cooking a big turkey and all the fixings!!

We are going to Kansas to have Thanksgiving with one of our sons, his wife and son and her parents whom we dearly love. We were there for our grandson's third birthday in early October ... and now we are going back for Thanksgiving.

It's a fun group of people. No stress. Just love and joy.

 

[dademoss]

My plans changed, Lori is farmsitting for thanksgiving. Ours will be the Monday after.

It's not the DAY, its the blessings we all share.

 

[Pearl]

My plans changed, Lori is farmsitting for thanksgiving. Ours will be the Monday after.

It's not the DAY, its the blessings we all share.

Star will be happy to have her mom with her for Thanksgiving!!

 

[dademoss]

Star will be happy to have her mom with her for Thanksgiving!!

Carrots all around

 

[Pearl]

Some schools in North Texas are closed all week! What the heck!?? I know two couples who are keeping their grandkids because the parents can't be off all week! Anyhow, those grandbabies will have a good time, just seems stupid to close schools so much!!

 

[Patchouli]

@Pearl so many families do take time off and travel to visit family. I think they’re doing that so that a lot of people could leave over the weekend. Otherwise kids (families) are skipping school to travel.
In Maryland where I lived school year always started the day after Labor Day. Then they decided to start school in August. Families still were taking vacation time and kids would miss school. They changed it back a couple of years ago to starting after Labor Day.

Started thawing my smaller turkey yesterday. Going to hang out with my son and his kids for a while later today. Working this morning. Got some cleaning done yesterday. Yay.

 

[TENNGRIZZ]

kids are spending TD with their spouses family. im deer hunting. probably have Wings.

 

[TENNGRIZZ]

@Pearl so many families do take time off and travel to visit family. I think they’re doing that so that a lot of people could leave over the weekend. Otherwise kids (families) are skipping school to travel.
In Maryland where I lived school year always started the day after Labor Day. Then they decided to start school in August. Families still were taking vacation time and kids would miss school. They changed it back a couple of years ago to starting after Labor Day.

Started thawing my smaller turkey yesterday. Going to hang out with my son and his kids for a while later today. Working this morning. Got some cleaning done yesterday. Yay.

School should let out before Memorial Day and not start back until after Labor Day. TD Tuesday should be last day of school. Christmas break should be 20-23 December - 2-4 January. Easter Break 2-5 days max and NO spring Break.

 

[Pearl]

kids are spending TD with their spouses family. im deer hunting. probably have Wings.

We need a dog update!!

 

[Amish Heart]

Little granddaughter is off all week, but I like the extra farm help. And she gets to visit with the company. Our friends from New Mexico here one more day, and tonight at dinnertime our youngest daughter comes in from Tucson, and she stays till Friday. I should try to get the plastic up on the chicken coop windows this afternoon. It's getting cold starting today. Just got a fire started. Tuesday afternoon another daughter comes in with her boyfriend. They're all thinking they're going to freeze, but 30 something is not that bad if the wind stays down. Time to take a turkey out of the freezer.

 

[Amish Heart]

Our school days off here in the other town little granddaughter goes to school in seem weird, a bit excessive sometimes. But that town is not a farming community like we are. The amish school in our town gets out of school a whole 3 weeks earlier because they don't take all the fall and spring break days. And they start after Labor Day, not mid August like the other does. They do take off a couple of extra religious days. Old Christmas is one of those.

 

[sonya123]

I forgot this thread was here...
haven't made much progress on the cleaning

 

[TENNGRIZZ]

We need a dog update!!

Down Town Charlie Brown and Pepermint Patty 6 month old now

 

[Bacpacker]

Gett8n loaded up for our camping trip. Gonna be a fun week. Expecting rain Thursday, then temps dropping into the 40s for highs. I'm taking extra firewood for sitting around the fire

 

[UserNameTaken]

We'll be having a proper prepper holiday with a pot luck at the Gun Club.

 

[snappy1]

Thawing big turkey breast today.
Will make green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, Pumpkin crunch cake and a grape salad.
No sweet potatoes or dressing/ stuffing as they are too many calories for either of us and not needed. Might make the sweet potatoes with a ham for Christmas.
Will be 4 or 5 of us total.

 

[AMC]

Visiting my brother's family and our mom. Delivering my Xmas gifts just in case they can't make it down again for Xmas.

 

[d_marsh]

I thought I might get stuck going to the lady's sisters for T-day, but their plans changed a few weeks back and we were set free! Even the lady seemed happy by that news.

Instead I am going to smoke some turkey breasts and make a full meal for the lady and her teenage baby right here the lap of luxury. It sounds like we will have a few guests from the lady's office and the girl's boyfriend might be coming over since his family is eating early and we are eating late. I just need to dig out my Jesus bobble head to use a table center piece. He points to the Turkey he provided us through his provision and grace.

 

[dademoss]

I thought I might get stuck going to the lady's sisters for T-day, but their plans changed a few weeks back and we were set free! Even the lady seemed happy by that news.

Instead I am going to smoke some turkey breasts and make a full meal for the lady and her teenage baby right here the lap of luxury. It sounds like we will have a few guests from the lady's office and the girl's boyfriend might be coming over since his family is eating early and we are eating late. I just need to dig out my Jesus bobble head to use a table center piece. He points to the Turkey he provided us through his provision and grace.

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I always have trouble keeping the Turkey breasts lit when I try to smoke em. Maybe I am doing wrong

 

[Pearl]

I always have trouble keeping the Turkey breasts lit when I try to smoke em. Maybe I am doing wrong

Nah, you just need more practice !!

 

[Bacpacker]

I always have trouble keeping the Turkey breasts lit when I try to smoke em. Maybe I am doing wrong

When I worked at the packing house, one of my jobs was smoking hams and bacon. It was pure hell keeping them lit. Get you all out of breath.

 

[d_marsh]

Amateurs. Stop using zig-zag and start using butcher paper!

 

[DWinCO]

Made my to-do list...I'm good!