Comments on: My Thanksgiving meal https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Molly Brown https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832117 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:26:31 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832117 Neo, what’s in your stuffing? It looks good. AND I certainly hope you cooked it In.The. Bird.
All kidding aside, my favorite day of the year just might be the the day after Thanksgiving. Spent all day in the yard digging out plumbago to see if it transplants as easily as they say. Then shaping the Royal Poinciana I look at from the kitchen window. I’ve been waiting for a month to do this on the day the tree trimmer comes so I could dispose of the branches in his chipper instead of making a trip through traffic to the green waste section of the dump. Finally, power washed one of the the tangerine trees in preparation to more pruning later this week after I had the tree guy take the biggest branch off with his chainsaw. Anyway, heavenly to know that after a day’s hard work in the yard, there are turkey leftovers, pie and half a bottle of red wine waiting!
FYI, Physics Guy, there is very noticeable vog from the Kilauea eruption on the North Shore of Oahu this week. Looking at the horizon this morning reminded me of the LA of my childhood and everyone is complaining of a tickle in their throat.

]]> By: FOAF https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832113 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:30:34 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832113 Jon baker: “[family gathering] was split between two houses about 30 minutes apart”

Republican and Democrat?

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832102 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:09:23 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832102 neo:

Beautiful! Looks like the photos in recipe books.

My Boeuf Bourguignon was a bit overcooked, but it was all I wanted to eat until it was gone.

I’m going to work this dish until I get it down.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832098 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:20:02 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832098 F:

I’m sorry to hear about your wife. I hope you both have many more Thanksgivings ahead.

]]> By: F https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832092 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:50:12 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832092 That’s a beautiful turkey, Neo. I brined ours overnight, then roasted it in a bag. It cooked nicely and was moist, but I think the plastic bag prevented it from browning as nicely as yours. I also had the issue with the cook time, a problem I’ve mentioned previously.

All three daughters made various other parts of the meal, which was lovely, delicious, and fattening. The real downside of the event was that my wife has been in the hospital all this week with Congestive Heart Failure. Terribly distressing for all of us, but not totally unexpected as she’ll turn 83 in a few weeks and has had health issues since a spinal infarct about 6 years ago. I suspect neither of us has many Thanksgivings ahead of us, so we need to be very thankful for the ones we have.

]]> By: Bluegreen Kayak https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832084 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:27:35 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832084 My favorite meal from childhood was the day or so after Thanksgiving when my mom made Turkey Chow Mein from the leftovers.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832080 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:03:44 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832080 SHIREHOME:

It was a Bell and Evans turkey. The even browning just happened; I didn’t do anything special to it at all. I got the smallest turkey in the market, but it was still twelve and a half pounds.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832079 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:43:00 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832079 Mashed turnips are a cruel joke on food as they look like mashed potatoes.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832077 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:13:47 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832077 Sonny:

Gravy in a gravy boat. There are mashed sweet potatoes there. I don’t like mashed white potatoes and don’t make them unless there’s a big crowd. No big crowd this year, so no mashed white potatoes.

We all have our idiosyncrasies.

]]> By: charles https://thenewneo.com/2025/11/28/my-thanksgiving-meal/#comment-2832074 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:26:16 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=145820#comment-2832074 yum!

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