CHEAT SHEETS for any spontaneous, politically-charged talk this Thanksgiving. Click right for 16 tips. (via Metafilter)
Make Your Holiday Weird with Thanksgiving: The Movie.
Celebrating the United States of Stuffing. The article contains links to many different stuffing recipes.
The WKRP Great Turkey Drop.
You Do Not Need to Make a Pumpkin Pie From Scratch. Ever. But if you do, save me a piece, because we are having pumpkin cake this year.
The 9 best Thanksgiving songs I definitely didn’t just make up. Soundcloud link. (via Metafilter)
North Americans feared and misunderstood pizza in the 1950s.
"Going Undercover." The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
The case for buying less — and how to actually do it.
"Going Undercover." Thought this was about the 2020 summer riots, oops, I mean non-violent protests, until I got to the last panel.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving Miss C.
ReplyDeleteFrom someone who grew up with mincemeat pie for the holidays. Because old people. Yum! 😋
Yes, mincemeat is the magic pie that makes the whole day with kin worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteThe pumpkin pie story...
“Every year, the Pumpkin Lobby (note to self: maybe see if this is actually a thing) gets together and convinces the world that every single novelty food item made between September 21st and November 30th must contain pumpkin."
NO! Pumpkin SPICE, NO PUMPKIN, just the spice used in pumpkin pie which is a mixture of Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice and ginger. Pumpkin has a very mild flavor which is why the spices are needed.
Happy Thanksgiving, gwdMaine, and everyone!
ReplyDeletePumpkin cake sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI really like pumpkin cheesecake; better than pumpkin pie.