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Thanks friend So important to remember the be grateful for what we have |
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I’m thankful |
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How do you Potatoes Yams Fresh garden salad Charcuterie board for an app Stuffed squash for the three vegetarians Steamed broccoli and cauliflower Made mushroom bread stuffing yesterday Baked two pecan pies yesterday, one is a chocolate pecan pie - never tried that before. Ice cream and home made whipped cream (no pumpkin pie this year as everyone STRONGLY favors my semi-famous pecan pie. I had to actually send a pecan pie to my father in law years ago when the Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks in a playoff game (www.footballdb.com)) And no bloody cranberry which no one really likes 😉 I actually find Thanksgiving meal easy to cook and kinda boring. But It’s really the only traditional holiday meal I make |
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Cranberry My mother always stuffed the turkey with an oyster dressing, but my children always hated that so after they reached about five years old I have been deprived ever since. Maybe oysters aren’t kosher or halal. What is the symbol for halal? There is a K on the package for kosher. You never find that on shrimp. Not that I ever really look that hard for it. I’ve never been Jewish, just amused by religiously motivated dietary restrictions. I try to make it a point to eat anything edible that hasn’t passed through the intestinal tract of an animal. I might make an exception for coffee brewed from beans passed through civet gut, if offered. And of course, sausage tapes are themselves intestines. There is a tasty sweet potato concoction made with marshmallows. Yams are poor people’s food. My father taught me to form a pool in the mashed potato to hold the gravy, though some folks just pour it over everything. Gravy and biscuits (not cookies) is a strange dish. “I will have wet flour poured over dry flour, please.” What other dishes are usually served with the big bird? |
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Zorroloco youtu.be That guy is awesome, I almost went that route this year. But I'm cooking a 20lb , old school. 325 for 4 hrs covered with foil, then 1 hr @400. I used a dry rub All dry ingredients 1 tsp ground sage 1 tsp ground rosemary 1 tsp ground thyme 1/2 tsp ground mustard 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 tsp paprika 1 tsp Kosher salt For the inside, I stuffed with aromatics 4 cloves of garlic Fresh Rosemary, thyme and sage All those are lightly crushed in a Stone mortar and pestle 2 onions quarted 1 cup of chopped celery |
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Religious Holidays “But you and mom exchange gifts in front of the tree!” They would complain. “That is because your mother and I are NOT seventh day adventists.” It always struck me has such an instructive lesson on choosing religion. Pick one that is comfortable, looks nice, and that you can wear to the beach any day of the week. |
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Patz |
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dmaestro 28-Nov-24, 13:23 |
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Patz 'Religion' come from the Latin 'religio', which is related to the verb 'ligare', meaning 'to bind'. A 'religion' was something that defined what you were bound to do. The Roman attitude to the gods was that humans had obligations to the gods that could almost be described as 'contractual'. Do what you are bound to do so the god is satisfied, and so long as you make that minimum threshold you could do whatever else you wanted. A different word was 'superstitio'. This means 'something which stands over you'. It implied that a 'superstitious' person was forever under pressure, that there was no freedom because every aspect of life was under obligation. The early Romans called Christianity a 'superstition' precisely because this new faith laid claim to the whole person in thought, word and deed. Today you still find both of these attitudes among nominal Christians. No offence intended; I expect most of them are quite sincerely trying to please God. But their paradigm is basically a pagan one, like someone trying sincerely to play soccer with a Rugby ball. Genuine Christian belief is neither of these. For example, Paul tells the Galatians (Gal. 5:1,13) "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery... You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh {in Paul, 'flesh' means 'anything which is opposed to the Spirit'}; rather, serve one another humbly in love." This is neither a limited, contractual obligation, nor an unlimited oppression. It is the freedom to act in love, regardless of 'rules'. Nor is this a Pauline oddity. Peter says the same (1 Peter 2:16 = "Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil.") and James (eliding 1:25 and 2:12) = "But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom." To me, Christianity is neither 'religion' nor 'superstition'. Those are not the real thing. Genuine Christianity is 'liberation' from both. You've got it right, Patz! |
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So full Everything was delicious. The general consensus was that while the chocolate pecan pie was good, the chocolate didn’t add much and most folks preferred the regular pecan pie. Jen preferred the chocolate. I liked them both equally. Everyone else preferred no chocolate. Noted |
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Shiva One of my best birds. Moist, slightly salty, crispy skin. I’m sooo full |
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Made turkey broth Today I’ll make my traditional post Thanksgiving Day Turkey Matzo Ball Soup. It’s, imo, better than Thanksgiving meal - and we have over half a pecan pie left as well as whipped cream. So life is good! |
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Spatchcock Speaking of dismissed with prejudice, I heard it explained that Schiff was mistaken about deferring the case against Groper in that the charges cannot now be dropped by the incoming administration, but may be renewed was competent justice is restored (if that ever occurs). More likely is that the geriatric Groper will suffer debilitating stroke or death in office, resulting in the outstanding charges becoming moot. |
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Yum Eat with some THC butter coffee … beautiful Thanksgiving Saturday. Go Ducks! |
