Turkey Day

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:31 pm

Happy "Turkey Day" everyone.

Let us all share this day, we''l call it the Buddy Thanksgiving.
I'm thankfull for my wife and kids and the fun I have on my Buddy.

Again Happy T-day

Be safe and have fun.

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:44 pm

Yes, Happy Thanksgiving all.

It's going to be a bit happier for me this year, and for a completely selfish reason: I'm having steak, wild rice, spinach, and a nice green salad for dinner. After years of putting up with turkey, sweet potatoes, and the other traditional foods that I happen to loathe, I decided to cook a separate dinner menu for myself.

Whatever you do, enjoy yourselves mightily.

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:59 pm

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

This is going to be my first Thanksgiving on two wheels...and the forecast high is above SIXTY degrees-we'll be flirting with record territory!

But I don't know whether I'll get to ride today or not; I've been invited to dinner at my BFF's Mom's house ninety miles away.

And THAT'S what I'm truly thankful for. I have a friend who considers me family.

I hope all the Americans on the board have a wonderful day. And I thank all the global peeps for putting up with us.

*HUGS*

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:06 pm

Yep me two, my first t-day on 2 wheels. Its going to be 65F here and after the eating my wife and I are going on a little ride on the back roads.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:25 pm

Happy Thanksgiving! The weather is great!

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:49 pm

Happy Thanksgiving!

bigbropgo · Post by **bigbropgo** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:30 pm

have a good one everybody. and be safe.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:55 pm

2wheelNsanity wrote:Happy "Turkey Day" everyone.

Let us all share this day, we''l call it the Buddy Thanksgiving.
I'm thankfull for my wife and kids and the fun I have on my Buddy.

Again Happy T-day Be safe and have fun.

Is that a pecan pie? A homemade pecan pie?! I love pecan pie!!! Can I have some?

Merry Thanksgiving everyone!

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:10 pm

Sweet potatoe pie for me...R

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:17 pm

Yes it is pecan pie and yes it is homemade. The secrete ingredient is to replace the corn syrup with maple. Guess its not a secrete anymore.

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:58 pm

2wheelNsanity wrote:Yes it is pecan pie and yes it is homemade. The secrete ingredient is to replace the corn syrup with maple. Guess its not a secrete anymore.

+1

That sounds delishus.

I will provide

green bean casserole, because it is my favorite part

Happy Om Nom Day! I won't bore with everything I'm thankful for

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:12 am

Luna, how do you get your fuelly to post? And wow nice mpg, I'm only getting 81mpg.

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:58 am

2wheelNsanity wrote:Luna, how do you get your fuelly to post? And wow nice mpg, I'm only getting 81mpg.

Somewhere on Fuelly there's a formula for the banner. Just copy and past to your sig (edit your profile). Thing is, after your set up your signature, you have to click the 'attach signature' box every time you post; I usually forget haha.

As for mpg... do you use Seafoam or Star Tron or anything to combat ethanol? I was advised to always use it.

smithrw · Post by **smithrw** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:25 am

Happy Thanksgiving. Had a great ride here today although a bit windy we can't complain.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:10 am

2wheelNsanity wrote:Yes it is pecan pie and yes it is homemade. The secrete ingredient is to replace the corn syrup with maple. Guess its not a secrete anymore.

That's also the secret to good pancakes. Heck, avoiding corn syrup is the secret to a lot of good things.

neotrotsky · Post by **neotrotsky** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:24 am

Hopefully everyone had a good food-coma day

Unfortunately our Thanksgiving plans of hosting our first Turkey Day as a married couple were thrown out the window because my wife was required to work Thanksgiving for a DOUBLE SHIFT (see posted rant about that later on). So, only some of the family was visited. Grateful for that, but nothing like what we planned.

So, who's got the best turkey leftover recipe?

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:37 am

Make a sandwich or sliders with the leftovers

That's what I do... there's usually leftover dinner rolls.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:48 am

I just gave my cats some leftover turkey (no gravy). They seemed to like it.

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:50 am

I love Thanksgiving, possibly my favorite holiday. I don't care about its either politically-incorrect or corporate origins. As far as I'm concerned it's about nothing more than getting together with friends, cooking a lot of food, drinking good wine and having a fine day. I like roasting the bird, making cranberries, the whole bit. And, yes, I love T-Day food! I love hearing about all the weird stuff that's become family traditions for many people. I love the hearing about the things many folks make once a year but are downright religious about. I won't necessarily eat it, but I appreciate it.

We had a good year, though a bit more traditional than in the past. Just felt like it. No complex gourmet stuffing, no squash soup, nothing too ambitious.

neotrotsky wrote:So, who's got the best turkey leftover recipe?

Saturday I'll carve up the rest of our bird (half of it left!) and then drop the carcass in the stock pot to get the rest of the mean off it and make some stock. The stock will get frozen, eventually used to make soup. The meat that comes off is small chunks of mixed white and dark. Some will go into the soup if I make it this week. The rest is for chili!

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:34 pm

Its my favorite holiday as well. My wife and I started a new tradition yesterday by going on a scooter ride. We cruised the back roads and found a Wildlife Lands area that was open. We cruised around at 5mph checking out the place. It was an awesome dirt road that winded for about 4 miles. It was a gr8 day

. I hope everyone had an equally gr8 day.

AWinn6889 · Post by **AWinn6889** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:10 pm

Happy day-after Thanksgiving everyone!

I know I haven't been on here in a while, been super busy at work, and at home, and at school... this time of year is always a little nuts for me.
I opened at 7am at the store this morning, and I have so far had about... 5 customers MAYBE.

Anyway, I spent WAY TOO MUCH time making a wide variety of a new found favorite (and super easy) party/family gathering "dessert", COOKIE BALLS!

So I made like 10 different kinds, with 3 different kinds of chocolate, 4 different kinds of regular cookies, 2 different kinds of gluten free cookies special for my step-sister, in addition to a myriad of other tasty ingredients (peppermint candy, coconut, caramel syrup, toffee, bananas, raspberries, maple syrup, etc etc).

Here is one of the easiest, and plainest, recipes Kraft has on their website, it's pretty simple, and you can go crazy with whatever you want to put in or on them! I also didn't necessarily use all of the Kraft brand nonsense, because there's a locally-owned (mostly) organic grocer here that has the same things that taste better and are just plain "better for you". I did end up having to use "1/3 the fat" Philly Cream Cheese and reduced fat Oreos though, since there was nothing else ANYWHERE, but hey, less calories is less calories.

The best part about these though, you don't need to use the oven!
(I did use the stove to double-boil the chocolate, instead of using the microwave, I don't like microwaves... somehow I always burn things in there!)

So, if any of you feel as though you are inept at food-like creations, but are asked to bring something to share, these are really easy, and generally a really big hit!

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:43 pm

babblefish wrote:
2wheelNsanity wrote:Happy "Turkey Day" everyone.

Let us all share this day, we''l call it the Buddy Thanksgiving.
I'm thankfull for my wife and kids and the fun I have on my Buddy.

Again Happy T-day Be safe and have fun.
Is that a pecan pie? A homemade pecan pie?! I love pecan pie!!! Can I have some?

Merry Thanksgiving everyone!

I just showed up with the whipped cream!!!...Any left?

iMoses · Post by **iMoses** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:26 am

Growing up mom always made 3-4 pecan pies, 1 pumpkin pie, a lemon meringue (for my sister) and a sweet potato pie (for me).

We had pecan trees in our yard so I grew up eating pecans. Still my favorite.

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:46 am

Sweet potatoe pie is the best! R

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:49 am

Nah, mince pie. (I make this argument every Thanksgiving, to no avail).

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:11 am

AWinn6889 wrote:Happy day-after Thanksgiving everyone!

I know I haven't been on here in a while, been super busy at work, and at home, and at school... this time of year is always a little nuts for me.
I opened at 7am at the store this morning, and I have so far had about... 5 customers MAYBE.

Anyway, I spent WAY TOO MUCH time making a wide variety of a new found favorite (and super easy) party/family gathering "dessert", COOKIE BALLS!

So I made like 10 different kinds, with 3 different kinds of chocolate, 4 different kinds of regular cookies, 2 different kinds of gluten free cookies special for my step-sister, in addition to a myriad of other tasty ingredients (peppermint candy, coconut, caramel syrup, toffee, bananas, raspberries, maple syrup, etc etc).

Here is one of the easiest, and plainest, recipes Kraft has on their website, it's pretty simple, and you can go crazy with whatever you want to put in or on them! I also didn't necessarily use all of the Kraft brand nonsense, because there's a locally-owned (mostly) organic grocer here that has the same things that taste better and are just plain "better for you". I did end up having to use "1/3 the fat" Philly Cream Cheese and reduced fat Oreos though, since there was nothing else ANYWHERE, but hey, less calories is less calories.

The best part about these though, you don't need to use the oven!
(I did use the stove to double-boil the chocolate, instead of using the microwave, I don't like microwaves... somehow I always burn things in there!)

So, if any of you feel as though you are inept at food-like creations, but are asked to bring something to share, these are really easy, and generally a really big hit!

OMG, are those the things also known as "Oreo Truffles"?

Those things are bleepin amazing.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:02 am

iMoses wrote:We had pecan trees in our yard so I grew up eating pecans. Still my favorite.

We had pumpkin trees.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:48 am

charlie55 wrote:Nah, mince pie. (I make this argument every Thanksgiving, to no avail).

I've never had mince pie. Is that made from mouse meat?

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:40 am

babblefish wrote:
charlie55 wrote:Nah, mince pie. (I make this argument every Thanksgiving, to no avail).
I've never had mince pie. Is that made from mouse meat?

No, you're thinking of ratatouille.

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:26 am

2wheelNsanity wrote:Its my favorite holiday as well. My wife and I started a new tradition yesterday by going on a scooter ride. We cruised the back roads and found a Wildlife Lands area that was open. We cruised around at 5mph checking out the place. It was an awesome dirt road that winded for about 4 miles. It was a gr8 day . I hope everyone had an equally gr8 day.

I wanted to get up really early, ride to a nice, eastern-facing vantage point, have some coffee while watching the sunrise before coming back to finish cooking and cleaning. But I didn't.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:43 am

charlie55 wrote:
babblefish wrote:
charlie55 wrote:Nah, mince pie. (I make this argument every Thanksgiving, to no avail).
I've never had mince pie. Is that made from mouse meat?
No, you're thinking of ratatouille.

Touché!...

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:19 pm

Acually Mince Meat was as I got the talewas made from the chopped neck meat od the deer which was pickled sweet with currents and other berrys. R

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:05 pm

still shifting wrote:Acually Mince Meat was as I got the talewas made from the chopped neck meat od the deer which was pickled sweet with currents and other berrys. R

Yeah, the traditional recipes for mince pie included finely-chopped meat of one form or another (hence "mince"). However, the modern version is a conglomeration of candied fruits, citron, ornage peel, raisins, etc. in a tangy, alcohol-enhanced filling.

BTW: I'm also one of those few people who actually enjoy fruitcake. The more dense, the better.

AWinn6889 · Post by **AWinn6889** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:26 pm

ravenlore wrote: OMG, are those the things also known as "Oreo Truffles"?

Those things are bleepin amazing.

Yes lol
I made some with golden oreos, coconut, and a wee bit of caramel sauce, dipped in dark chocolate, and boy they were awesome.

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