I've accumulated a LOT of Thanksgiving-related links over the years, so I've divided them up - here's the first set.
I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.
I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.
Science answers the important questions: Why you’ll still have room for pie after turkey and stuffing. Related, The Turkey-Tryptophan Myth and What Goes on in Our Stomachs After Eating Too Much?
Cartoon (The Oatmeal): Thanksgiving as a kid VS Thanksgiving as an adult.
Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for - annually, not oftener - if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months, instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and to extend the usual annual compliments.
~ Mark Twain AutobiographyWKRP Turkey Drop episode: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
Gratius animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum omnium reliquaram.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Oratio pro Cnaeo Plancio, 23
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the mother of all other virtues.
If you're actually going to fry a turkey, you might consider Alton Brown's advice on how to construct a derrick over your turkey fryer (video).
The voices of Christopher Walken and John Madden: The First Thanksgiving.
Alton Brown's "Good Eats" episode on fried turkey is even better.
ReplyDeleteI'll check it out - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThere's a good PSA with the Duck Dynasty guys making the rounds.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.multivu.com/mnr/56918-state-farm-turkey-fryer-safety-si-and-jase-robertson-duck-dynasty
The problem of turkeys with avian flu or bird flu has emerged. Turkey farms turn out to be too hot because the turkey houses are ductless. Fortunately, sufficient turkeys were stocked up and frozen, so they don't have the temperature affliction.
ReplyDeleteHappy thanksgiving
ReplyDeleteOne of our finest days of gladitude
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