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[Bernie]

I got a fridge full of left-overs.

On Black Friday, I got some good deals on DVDs for my wife and son. (OK, a couple for me too.)

[Mr. Selvetarm]

Stuffing. And maybe a whole new wardrobe on BF.

[teflon]

I didnt get anything.
Im British/Austrian.
Thanksgiving is a purely US holiday which, through the subsequent creation of Black Friday, creates such a hyperactive sense of shopping fervour, often leading to some of the most despicable acts of human selfishness and lack of concern for others.
Having said all that, Thanksgiving itself is a nice holiday, descended, as it is, from Harvest Festivals, even if it does steal Jesus' thunder (even though Christianity stole the timing from more local winter festivals and the Roman's celebrations of the Winter Solstice).

So I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving.

[the Battle Cat]

We are eating the last of it today, having applied ourselves diligently over the last couple of days.  We normally do our shopping before Thanksgiving to avoid the holiday crush.  I bought some software online and my wife found a DVD that she meant to give to me on my birthday but spaced out on it.  It's a cool DVD, it is a presentation of the news, events, and people for my birth year.  Today we are putting up Christmas decorations.

[Rev-O]

Seeing as this has quickly become a general post-turkey day musing thread

No Thanksgiving leftovers because we ate at someone else's house, but today I've got a pork roast that I'm going to soak in a Sweet & Spicy brine that I threw together (sea salt, cayenne, cloves, peppercorns, garlic, sugar, allspice, star anise, etc) and am going to slow cook it for a handful of hours tomorrow. Got some purple potato fingerlings and russian banana potato fingerlings that I'll cook up somehow... maybe make some stuffing. Made none of my favorite cranberry relish this year, so I may have to go to the store and get the stuff for that as well.

S'posed to put up Christmas lights today, but it snowed last night and I have no beer in the house. Those two have pretty much shot my enthusiasm!

Ordered a Blu-ray player and some movies from Amazon, picked up a few video games on black friday (Woohoo! Dead Space for $30!), and that's about it so far.

[the Battle Cat]

Here is a good recipe for cranberry relish:

2 cups fresh cranberries
1 apple
1 seedless orange
1 cup sugar

Quarter and core apple and set to side.  Peel orange an break into wedges that will fit into food processor or meat grinder.  Run the orange and apple through the food processor until it is mush.  Remove from processor and put into bowl.  Process cranberries but leave them in fine chunks.  Mix orange, apple, cranberries and sugar in the bowl.  Cover the bowl and serve the next day.  Good stuff.  You might want to use less sugar, the recipe called for 2 cups but I used one and it was still a little sweet.  I figure half a cup will do, and I'll try that next year.

[The Liberator]

OH NO!!! Dear God!!! NOT ANOTHER RECIPE THREAD!!!1!!!!!111

Liberator.

Edit: I have so far counted + 10 recipes on this forum.

Rev–O: 3
Jgwdoc: 1
Dark Archon: 1
tBC: 3
Yo Mike: 2

[Eric5h5]

I thought I called in a surgical strike on the last recipe thread.  Don't make me go for the nukes this time!

--Eric

[teflon]

a scalpel to the chest isnt gonna stop the ferocious mangle-haired beast that is the Battle Sous Chef Cat!
shoulda used the nukes first time around

[The Liberator]

Don't be  GIRLIE MEN!!!1!!11 Do some squats!!!

Liberator.

[Eric5h5]

Hey, I've got a recipe too!  Look!

-----------------Cut here-----------------

Ingredients:

1 club
Some wildlife

Directions:

Bash wildlife with club.  Eat wildlife.
For extra-tenderized wildlife, bash some more before eating.

-----------------Cut here-----------------

This is the only recipe you will ever need!!!!!!

--Eric

[The Liberator]

What about when you need these crazy things called vegetables/fruits:

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Ingredients:

1 garden fork/axe/whatever
Some plants

Directions:

Use tool to take vegetable/fruit from plant.

-----------------Cut here-----------------

Liberator.

[Eric5h5]

The Liberator, on November 30th 2008, 01:38 AM, said:

What about when you need these crazy things called vegetables/fruits:

BURN THE HERETIC!  You're one of them!

--Eric

[The Liberator]

How does that work?

Scientifically, we actually need to eat vegetables and fruits. The amount that we need cannot be taken from dead/alive wildlife.

Liberator.

[Bernie]

Yeah, well, my flame-thrower takes care of everything. It is so much easier than carrying around all of the other "tools." Let me demonstrate.

:: Bernie motions to the Battle Cat. tBC switches on his TOZT-7 Backpack Napalm Unit. ::

[the Battle Cat]

The Liberator, on November 30th 2008, 12:02 AM, said:

How does that work?

Scientifically, we actually need to eat vegetables and fruits. The amount that we need cannot be taken from dead/alive wildlife.

Liberator.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Bernie, on November 30th 2008, 04:06 AM, said:

Yeah, well, my flame-thrower takes care of everything. It is so much easier than carrying around all of the other "tools." Let me demonstrate.

:: Bernie motions to the Battle Cat. tBC switches on his TOZT-7 Backpack Napalm Unit. ::

Hey Bernie, I have some salve if you want it.  That's got to sting.

[Frost]

the Battle Cat, on November 30th 2008, 09:59 AM, said:

Hey Bernie, I have some salve if you want it.  That's got to sting.

That image brings back so many warm memories.

[the Battle Cat]

Frost, on November 30th 2008, 03:32 PM, said:

That image brings back so many warm memories.

Does it remind you of your Pfhor butchering co-op bullet buddy trying to crawl out of lava right at your very feet?  I could have used a hand, a glass of water, perhaps the tiniest swab of Unguentine .  But noooooooooooooooo.

[Eric5h5]

The Liberator, on November 30th 2008, 03:02 AM, said:

Scientifically, we actually need to eat vegetables and fruits.

Says you.  ::bashes Liberator with a club::

--Eric

[The Liberator]

Eric and you too tBC, I am sadly stating a fact, not an opinion, and this we need to digest a large enough amount of these forign foods that are veggies and fruits to stay alive. It can be assured that I like meat a lot more than any other average Joe around here.

::Liberator procurers an Eric5h5 + club deflector shield::

Liberator.

Edited by The Liberator, 01 December 2008 - 02:28 AM.