The Thanksgiving Mega Thread

Do you eat it or throw it?  Or does it depend on the quantity of wine consumed?

 

We each bake one and see whose is the most popular. And a third pie is pumpkin - as the brit men aren't overly keen on that but we have to have it....

This will be our first Thanksgiving here. I will be making the traditional dinner. I am not sure who will be coming though. DH's parents will come because they lived in the US for over 30 years. However, his aunts, uncles, cousins, and sisters do not celebrate it. So, who knows. But all this talk is making me want turkey and mash potatoes with gravy! 

I love Thanksgiving too.  My mom and I were talking about the menu this weekend.  This will be my first Thanksgiving in Chicago in 2 years.  I know it was only 2 years, but it seemed longer.  I can't wait to be with family and friends and watch American football on telly.;-)

I love Thanksgiving too.  My mom and I were talking about the menu this weekend.  This will be my first Thanksgiving in Chicago in 2 years.  I know it was only 2 years, but it seemed longer.  I can't wait to be with family and friends and watch American football on telly.;-)

*is jealous*

*is jealous*

Me too, except for the American Football part.  Thanks to sky sport I doubt I'll be missing that (DH loves American Football).

the boy has invited more people- so we're now renting out our local football club.  there's no way 30 people can fit in my poncy living room.  3 turkeys?

there's no way 30 people can fit in my poncy living room. 

poncy?!      (ponce is an old-fashioned word for 'pimp'!)

Hopefully you mean 'poxy'!   

poncy & poxy.  really?  i never knew that.  for 4 years i've been going around calling little things poncy.  thanks for setting the record straight.  i certinaly do not have a pimping dining room. 

I think I've heard poncy used for little as well !

Well, im no expert, but... i'd be really surprised to find it's used to mean 'small'.  In the old days, as i mentioned, it was a pimp.   Nowadays, people normally use it when talking about someone who is a freeloader or sponger.... like 'he was poncing off his friends' or something like that.

And poxy doesnt mean small either... it means something that's scummy or cheap or inferior.

Anyway, im very sorry for hijacking this thread... i was just trying to point it out in case it caused future embarrassment for Meggles!

Well, im no expert, but... i'd be really surprised to find it's used to mean 'small'.  In the old days, as i mentioned, it was a pimp.   Nowadays, people normally use it when talking about someone who is a freeloader or sponger.... like 'he was poncing off his friends' or something like that.

And poxy doesnt mean small either... it means something that's scummy or cheap or inferior.

Anyway, im very sorry for hijacking this thread... i was just trying to point it out in case it caused future embarrassment for Meggles!

I've always understood poncy to mean affected.  My DH seems to use it when he's talking about some guy he doesn't like as in poncy **** (add your fave here  )

I've never made pumpkin pie from a mix?

Tinned pumpkin (Libbys) is available from Waitrose -- if not right at this moment, certainly around Thanksgiving.  (Do they carry it all year long?)

The pumpkin pie recipe is right on the can usually - now saying that, is it on the can over here?  (Always used to be in the US, but I'm sure you can find Libbys pumpkin pie recipe online too!)  And you can buy ready-made pastry.  It's not too difficult - honest!

I can confirm that Waitrose is already stocking tinned pumpkin and that the recipe is, in fact, on the label!  Ah, a comforting sight! 

All planned for Thanksgiving here... I'm a huge Paula Deen fan, so the majority of my recipes are coming from her! I hope to make more food than we can possibly entertain eating, then sitting down and watching some football! This is our first Thanksgiving in the UK. My better half has a hard time without Velveeta, which we get shipped over. Boo!

I'm from the midwest and chicken & dumplings is a big thanksgiving thing for us. I made thanksgiving last year when I was in England and invited everyone over that I could think of. I made so much food and the only thing that was left was some of the cheese from my cheese tray. I promise it will be ate!

I've always understood poncy to mean affected.  My DH seems to use it when he's talking about some guy he doesn't like as in poncy **** (add your fave here  )

same here.