Originally Posted By wendebird Tinkeroon wrote >> I love almost everything you guys have mentioned.<< Even rutabagas?
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Jim, you leave 2oony alone before I come over there and take all your milk.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom Yeah, Deep Fried Turkey Rocks, A Happy Haunt. You just have to be very, very careful while & where you cook it. Stay safe everyone.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Yes, wendebird...even rutabagas! No, truthfully I can't say that...as far as I know, I've never had a rutabaga. But I'm open for it. Are they anything like turnips or parsnips? I seem to like all the root vegetables I've eaten.
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm a picky, picky eater. Mushrooms gross me out. Fish is out of the question (EXCEPT for a tuna fish sandwich, MUST be cold..even tuna on toast is inedible for me), and don't get me started on rotten soybeans, live octopus, or exotic Asian vegetables that contain spider-web-like intestines (don't ask). HOWEVER, not one thing mentioned on this thread sounds anything short of SCRUMPTIOUS to me. Innards are gross, EXCEPT for giblet gravy (the way my Grandma used to make...YUM!). No problem with any of these other DELICIOUS sounding concoctions. Nope. No problems at the giving-thanks table for yours truly! HOWEVER, someone mentioned hinky pies. THAT is always the true Russian Roulette of the Turkey Day imho. When you stroll over to that (mostly) wonderful pie table, there is ALWAYS that one, or two, that will ruin your day. And every few years, you blow it and select the wrong one. *BANG* mince. *BANG* sweet potato. *BANG* something blood related. A dangerous game is Thanksgiving dessert. MAN, I'm missing Thanksgiving like CRAZY reading threads like this! Wish I weren't stuck in Japan over the holidays (I always get a tad melancholy when Halloween rolls around, and particularly this year since we were home in Boston for all the holidays LAST year *sniff*). Everyone enjoy! ECDC, choke down some turkey for me! Think of those of us who are less fortunate (I think you'd like Japan..no turkey to be found ANYWHERE except at Subway sandwich shops lol), and have to settle for... Chicken. <--bursts into tears j/k (kinda)...happy thanksgiving everyone.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I'll force myself to eat extra of everything in your honor Mr X. I'm always up for taking one for the LP team You know you all have us curious about those Asian vegetables now >8
Originally Posted By wendebird Tinkeroon, Rutabagas are a cross between a turnip & a cabbage. I like cabbage, but not the mixed combo & certainly not boiled, mashed with butter & cream. It never really gets quite as smooth as mashed potatoes either. It's always chunky & super slimy at the same time.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter <<<chunky & super slimy at the same time>>> If that isn't something to avoid in a food item at all costs, I don't know what is. <gag>
Originally Posted By LadyKluck I like rutabagas & turnips, but never had them mashed, only steamed. Don't know that I would like them mashed, 'specially after wendebird's description!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I already mentioned what my mom would do with the leftover turkey meat in the other thread but it bears repeating because it is the most disgusting thing ever. She would grind up the meat in the food processor and mix it with mayo, sometimes add a little mustard and relish. She didn't grind it into a paste but left it kind of chunky. Problem was, she sometimes would accidentally miss some cartilage and it would get ground up, too. I still get angry when I think of her taking perfectly good turkey and turning it into a puke-fest. Another thing she would do is cook the onions for the stuffing in 7-Up. Apparently that was supposed to make them less "gassy". (Is this a huge stuffing problem?) One year she bought particularly potent onions and when she boiled them in 7-Up, we all had to leave the house because our eyes were burning. What the heck kind of witchcraft is this? Her stuffing was always weird and gray-colored because she loves powdered sage. Yuck. Anyway, she'd make tons of stuffing but only put in one small package of brown and serve sausage links. I have a friend who LOVES to eat the turkey tail. I pretty much want to barf when I think about it. No giblets for me. I just make a big batch of chicken stock and use it instead. I sometimes cook the giblets and give them to the dog(my cat won't touch them). Most of the time, I just toss them in the trash. I have enough stuff to do.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Your cat clearly has a refined pallet. Turkey tail is called The Pope's Nose in our house, no clue why.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 ^^ I was going to call it the Pope's Nose too but then I changed it to "tail" as I wasn't sure anyone else would know what I was talking about
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Gah! My dad insists on eating the Popes Nose too... and always right in front of me because he knows it grosses me out. Ahhh... Dads. ~Beth
Originally Posted By Mr X ***You know you all have us curious about those Asian vegetables now >8*** You don't want to know. Trust me.
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow...I guess there's always one in every family that likes the Turkey Butt. I thought we were the only weird ones! Never heard it called Pope anything though. Just "wow, Auntie Connie wants the turkey rear end again".."okay, give it to her". BTW...the turkey NECK, on the other hand...Mmm good. (Japanese comparably really love "pork cheek"...if you haven't tried it, you haven't tried pork!)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I wonder which Pope they named the turkey's butt after. Poor guy... Must have been a real looker.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Seriously...we could all take lessons from Charlie Brown: popcorn, toast and jelly beans!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 LOL! you all are cracking me up this morning The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special is on TV tonight. Maybe we all can get some tips. I love the different toasters
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Here are a couple of answers from funtrivia.com >The Pope's Nose, sometimes called the Parson's Nose (in northern Africa, it's the Sultan's Nose) is the fleshy tail of a fowl, particularly a turkey. It was used as a derogatory term by Protestants. Interestingly, though, Italians, who are mostly Catholic, value the fatty appendage in soup making. >The phrase Pope's nose/parson's nose (depending on your religious orientation) was used by Longfellow in 'Hyperion' in 1839 referring the the rump of a fowl, goose, duck, or other gamebird and has been around since.
