Shit that you overheard during Thanksgiving (2021)

My folks decided to eschew making a Thanksgiving dinner and instead invited the usual gang of old farts (and me) to Thanksgiving brunch at a local restaurant. Sadly their Thanksgiving menu consists of a bunch hoity-toidy crap that looks like a bastardization of the usual Thanksgiving feast, the only thing I could probably eat without feeling like a jackass are their steak dish and their desserts (except pumpkin pie, all of October’s pumpkin spice nonsense has made me avoid it). I decided to dip out of it and make my own feast.

In it’s place I’m making oven-roasted beef brisket (my barbecue has sadly reached the end-of-life stage) because I’m not a fan of turkey and I kind of fucked up by not getting a ham while grocery shopping yesterday, macaroni and cheese (I’m contemplating putting bacon into it), and some potato dish. Dessert’s hasn’t been decided yet but I’m leaning on either prepping an apple blossom, making a chocolate lava cake, or saying “screw it” and brave the tides of grocery warfare and get some stuff to make a proper apple pie.
 
On Tofurkeys: when I volunteered at food pantries, you could not fucking give Tofurkeys away. Literally.

If you are ever actually legit near death starving, somehow, in the U.S., against all odds, and live in a city that has a health food store but not enough yuppies and degenerates to use all the weird extra shit they stock, ask the food bank if they have any meatless stuff they don't want. Soy and black bean products for fucking weeks, my friends.
 
but one thing I've noticed being around overseas families is that talking about politics is like talking about your bowel movements, in that even around family it's inappropriate
Honestly I would rather talk about Bowel Movements before politics with most people, if we talked about Bowel movements as much as politics in the US people might go see the doctor for problems sooner.

And don't forget Meat is evil so instead of Turkey for Thansgiving have a good old Protein Loaf

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I'm hosting this year and couldn't be happier. Dressing is in the oven right now, turkey coming up next. I made the cranberry sauce yesterday along with a few desserts, and the family is bringing over everything else.

Merry Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night!
 
I'm fortunate in that I generally have no problems with my family and this is probably because we are a TINY family with absolutely no new blood.

We are a dying clan... so no annoying new fiances sperging out and getting mad about politics, no teens getting mad about politics, no preteens getting mad about politics, no wine aunts and army pencil pushers LARPing as veterans getting mad about politics,, no children or toddlers being used as betting chips against other family members when they get mad about politics, no cousins boyfriends stepkids getting mad about politics. Good shit.

Just a lot of old people. Lots of old people chewing and having to yell for the newly near deaf and extra attention to the newly partial blind and suffering partial alzheimers. Lots of old people noises and old people conversations.

Fuuuuuck
Fuck, man. That's heavy. I unfortunately have an aunt that fits the "cool wine aunt" stereotype to a T but luckily she has her own Thanksgiving and doesn't visit here.
 
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