Well, now that Halloween is done and over with, it's time to think about Thanksgiving. My family's thanksgiving tradition was always very simple....eat dinner with the parents and then the parents of your boyfriend, or whatever. My immediate family is small, just my parents, sister, brother in law, and my boyfriend......not a big deal right? You wouldn't think so. My sis started to want to cook dinner too (my mom is her stepmom, so that might be why) and so now I had to try to swing three dinners.....*groan*. I don't know about anyone else, but that is just too much food for me. I am all about those Thanksgiving goodies, but I prefer to be able to walk at the end of the day.
My extended family on both parent's sides of the family are large, so it is impossible to see everyone. My dad's side though used to always get everyone together for a huge meal, but that was before I was born I guess, cause I sure as hell don't remember that. Three years ago, my cousin Jeff put together a Thanksgiving for the whole family to rekindle the tradition. The dinner was great and everyone enjoyed getting to see people they hadn't seen in years. What I am getting at is this...each year he has tried to come up with a creative idea to get everyone involved with the meal/celebration. This year his bright idea was to make it like an iron chef competition. When I got the letter about time/date/place/theme, I stood there and stared at the damn paper thinking "he's fucking nuts". You don't understand how big the fam. is here people, but anyway, it should prove interesting. My question in all of this rambling is does anyone have any off the wall, funny, or interesting Thanksgiving tradidions?
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I used to go through the same stuff growing up b/c my parents were divorced. They split up the holidays, but for some reason even though I'd do dinner here dessert there, whoever was on dessert for that particular year would NOT take "No, I've already eaten." for an answer. My grandma was notorious for stuffing me with lasagna or stuffed shells or whatnot.
OMG...yeah I hate that when they want to pile your plate full anyway...my stomach can only hold so much!!
NO crazy thanksgiving stories from me. This eyar my wife and I will likely be spending both Thanksgiving and Christmas alone, and honestly I woldn't have it any other way.
Me + family = not so good. ;)
Steve~
IRON CHEF!
Jeff is a genius.
That would be a blast.
Which of you gets to be the ditzy actress, and which of you gets to film, and interupt by screaming "quison?!"
Ha Ha Alicia, it sounds like fun, but I am not quite sure how it will work out...he wants each "family" (there are 6) to each make a dish together....cooking over an open fire outside!!!! (we always have our get together at a park with a small building to accomodate all of us, but there is only one kitchen)
Just make sure to film it... then Jeff won't get to decide these brilliant family togetherness plots.
You'll just replay the tape to remind him what terrible ideas he conjours up in his noggin.
Or...it will go so terribly that you'll win $100,000 on AFV.
Either way.
My sister always eats the neck of the turkey--I have no idea why. One year, it looked a little...different, shall we say? Okay, out with it: It looked like a cooked penis. (Not that I've ever seen a cooked penis...seriously, I haven't.)
I forget her reaction to its taste. I vaguely remember her saying either, A, that it was the best neck that she's ever eaten or, B, that it was kinda tough to swallow. (That's not meant to be a joke, although it sounds like one.) :-)
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