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Thanksgiving Day Timeline

October 16th, 2012 · No Comments

one more piece of pie / crapped out on the floor in a tryptophan coma / waking plans for a leftover turkey sandwich  #CNFtweet  #TGtimeline

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Tags: CNFtweet · food · Twitter

Advent, Day 1

December 13th, 2011 · No Comments

Advent, Day 1: A bag of leftover Thanksgiving turkey gristle for the kitty. #24daysofadvent

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Hot Potato Casserole

November 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The range flashed “F2;” flames burst out the oven door. Under the layer of black molten sugar was a perfect sweet potato casserole.

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Tags: CNFtweet · food

Turkey Pie Delight

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments

At the holiday buffet, “one-trip-to-the-table” Gary inserts turkey slivers inside a lemon pie wedge and jalapeño slices atop that.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 27 November 1943

January 2nd, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: food · health · Ida & Pat

Protected: Millie to Pat: 26 November 1943

December 26th, 2008 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Recipe: TCB (Taking Care of GBC)

December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I looked it over, and the recipe definitely needed some revising, so as not to taste bland, or like a soggy green bean stew. The addition of two ingredients guaranteed to clog the arteries (bacon and cheese), and a reapportioning of the size of other ingredients and an adjustment of temperature and cooking time and, voila…a tasty wintertime harvest dish for a table full of hungry revellers.

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Tags: food

Thanksgiving Day

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’ve ever spent the Thanksgiving holiday away from family, spent the day travelling, or just plopped yourself down like a slug on the sofa all day, there is something for you to identify with in Ray Davies’ “Thanksgiving Day.”

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Tags: family · music

Franksgiving

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Abraham Lincoln’s successors as president followed his example of annually declaring the final Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving. But in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with this tradition.

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Tags: history

I’ve Got Plenty to Be Thankful For

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Bing doesn’t realize all the good fortune right under his nose. He’s finding it easier to mope around the inn, crooning and feeling sorry for himself. “You could melt her heart like butter…if you’d only turn on the heat,” says Mamie. You tell him, sister! At the very least, we – as viewers – get a great song out of the predicament.

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Tags: film · music