Originally Posted By Sara Tonin In my (Baptist) family we always called it "the part of the turkey that goes over the fence last". And nobody EVER ate it. Yikes! Why would you?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan And why would anyone want to eat it more because it reminds them of a human nose? The ultimate Thanksgiving Menu Blech!
Originally Posted By wendebird I don't know why anyone one would eat it. Honestly, before this thread, I didn't know people even ate it. *shivers* Mele, you poor thing, that's so disgusting. Oh & maybe some cartlidge got mixed in. Egads! Barf!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 "the fatty appendage" just reading that is enough to make me barf <<is known to pick off every bit of fat from a piece of bacon and also leave enough fat and anything near it on the plate, after eating a steak, to feed a family of four.
Originally Posted By wendebird ^5 ammazed! Me Too! DH insists the fat is the best part. It's enough to make me barf just thinking about it!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^ Here, let me push you over the edge... ;-) When I was a kid and we had steak or pork chops, when I'd finished cutting it away, my dad would say, "Gimme that fat, Kimberly." Like the fat from his steak wasn't enough... he wanted to eat mine, too. So there ya go. Turkey butts for everyone! ;-)
Originally Posted By nevadarebel ok, I have composed myself from post#19 with the lettuce, bananas and miracle whip, YUCK... My mother was a jello freak too. I now have a phobia of jello and salads because fruit and vegetables do not go together. She always put some sort of veggie (carrots, celery, raisins, cottage cheese, I know that this is not veggies but still yucky). She also made a salad with canned fruit cocktail (mushy nasty gray colored things), cool whip, coconut, nuts and apples. I don't eat green bean casserole but make it because my husband and kids love it. I like gravy made with giblets (I strain them out before serving it) but I just like the taste of the gravy with it. I don't eat pumpkin pie or sweet potato anything, that is the worst for me. I think it is the texture. Deviled eggs are another tradition at our house that I do not touch but my kids more than make up for it.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl We never had these horrible Jello Concoctions that everyone is mentioning when I was a kid. Maybe I just missed the Era of Jello. But in order to make up for my lack of gelatin salads on the holiday dinner table I'm making Jello Shots for my Thanksgiving dinner! Its something we can all enjoy! ;o) ~Beth
Originally Posted By wendebird Especially the kiddos, they just love jello. It also makes for a nice quiet evening. ;D
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Maybe I just missed the Era of Jello.<< You are too young to have experienced the 1960s and 1970s, Jell-O's "Gilded Age." During this time period, people were always showing up to social gatherings with Jell-O salads, molded into all sorts of shapes and configurations. It's impossible to describe the majesty of these creations to a generation born too late to have been a part of it. Sad, really, like trying to imagine the splendor of the Great Pyramids when they were fully intact. In fact, I'm pretty sure you could get a Great Pyramid shaped Jell-O pan in the 1970s.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan And I blame Bill Cosby for knocking Jell-O from its once lofty perch of suburban sophistication. His TV commercials for Jell-O Pudding made it all kids stuff again. Then came Jell-O Jigglers, and who could ever take a Jell-O salad seriously again after that? The shame... oh, the shame....
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Is Wende feeding her children Jello Shots?! LOL! 2oony, I feel like my life is a little empty knowing I will never have the joy of a quivering green dome with bits of carrots and pineapple sprinkled throughout. Why was I born a decade to late!?! ~Beth
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan It is tragic, Tiggirl. I probably shouldn't even mention this, but you also missed fondue.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Psst 2noony - fondue is making a comeback... would this mean the jell-o molds will too??
Originally Posted By Tiggirl LOL! Maybe my parents were behind the times but there was plenty of Fondue in my childhood. ;o) I've been wanting to get one myself lately actually. Fondue parties sound fun! (I think I'll pass one the Jello still.... except for shooters.) ~Beth
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>fondue is making a comeback... would this mean the jell-o molds will too?<< We can only hope, gottaluv. We can only hope.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Tiggirl - if you want to do a fondue party I would look into this... My sister is into fondue and I am getting her this for Christmas.... <a href="http://www.target.com/Crock-Pot-Buffet-Cooker/dp/B001DIZ0H6/qid=1227653554/ref=br_1_6/176-9437508-2589628?ie=UTF8&node=1041766&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=1041766&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=4" target="_blank">http://www.target.com/Crock-Po...=&page=4</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Oh for Pete's sake, that is not a fondue pot! Is nothing sacred!??? TRADITION, people! The thing about the fondue was, it was a communal experience, see, and there were rules. Like, if your chunk of bread (or cocktail weiner or whatever) dropped off your fondue fork into the lava-like melted cheese, you had to kiss the person next to you. Kids... what's the matter with kids these days and their high tech fondue crock pots?
