Its thanksgiving in US of A. how are our Americano fellas spending this holiday and weekend? Going anywhere?
Share the detail even if you see this thread after the weekend.
And happy thanksgiving to ya'all!
I'm a busy man, don't have time for holidays.
I have a wedding to attend. There will be lots of Thurkey boys and girls there :P
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Our Thanksgiving was a month ago.
It's always Family time, with food and relaxation :)
I love to cook during this time.
goray logon ki holiday hain
So what else ya'all are doing?
@aqua70 @mahool @Sajalina @redvelvet @Southie @Cashmere and allllllllllll others.
Just had the 1st dinner party of the weekend! Not much of the family enjoys turkey so chicken it was. Rest of the weekend will be spent shopping, studying and more dinners.
Happy Thanksgiving
We had friends over for dinner and had a good time. Some of us sang songs towards the end.
@SID_NY I had work! Got off at around 5:30 but came home to warm and delicious food. AH it was great.
I had Thursday and Friday off from work. My parents came over early Thursday. I had the turkey marinated and thawed waiting for them. Dad did the roasting and mom cooked all else. I did the dishes and the evening tea. Turkey is my favorite white meat and I looked forward to it! Last year was the most memorable, we experimented leaving turkey in the fireplace grill and it turned out amazing.
Our evening was spent catching up on each other's lives. It's been a cozy long holiday.
two question
- is it true thanksgiving is celebrated for getting rid of red indians?
- how does the turkey taste like? compared to chicken?
The puritans travelling from Europe (mostly English Puritans relocating for religious freedom) landed in Massachusetts and built a small town for themselves (Plymouth, MA). After a rough year, they had their first harvest. To celebrate this, the puritan pilgrims invited a neighboring American Indian tribe for a feast that lasted three days. Such hospitality established a mutual friendship and peace among the puritans and the Indians, leaving both sides to feel non threatened by the other’s presence alongside numerous other reciprocal concessions.
Turkey is sort of like chicken but the fibers are ticker and longer, and chicken is much softer and cooks easier than turkey.
@NomicCA @Cashmere there is a faction of native americans who believe that thanksgiving was the feast that the invaders (European) had after they sorrounded and burnt alive a big tribe of indians. Look up for NPR interview this thanksgiving with one of their chief.
However the established version is the same what Cashmere wrote. That it was the turkey dinner hosted by native americans for the "guests" (who later occupied their land in the most gruesome fashion).
Remember, history is always written by the winners. And in this case we know who they are.
LOL not to be rude but I had a good chuckle at that thanksgiving explanation of Cashmere's. SID's explanation is closer to the truth and it is not pretty one bit.
Most celebrations nowadays signify a celebration of family, friends, love and a spirit of giving and warmth and I don't like to knit pick and just celebrate. Most youngsters don't believe in religion and yet celebrate Christmas.
I think it is sacrilege to massalafy the Turkey, desis don’t eat food, they eat massala as whatever they eat is over powered by massala and you cannot taste the meat. Turkey can be much drier as it takes long to cook so stuffing with lemon/oranges and apples is a good thing to do. You need the awesome gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce etc to enjoy it. I pair my turkey with succulent prime rib roast.
Went to a hiking trip but it transformed into a picnic and by the time we finished lunch and tea, it was already sunset. So blamed zero hiking on short winter days and returned home.
Just to add to the history:
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George Washington was the first president to proclaim a day of thanksgiving in 1789, however his request for the holiday would not be made official until President Abraham Lincoln announced an official Thanksgiving holiday on November 26, 1863.
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We went to see the family for Thanksgiving, spent the whole week with them, flew back home, attended dinner at a friend's place on saturday. It all went really really fast, back to monday we are.
It’s a light weighted thread and I was trying to keep things subtly basic for freshers. What you are saying is very mundane; a thirteen year old would tell you this. A majority of people are well aware of the million dichotomies, analyses and events revolving around manifest destiny (trail of tears, Indian removal act) and the tension among American settlers and natives. Similarly, so much can be said about Christmas and Halloween. However, I personally like to tone things down as not everything requires unnecessary political talk. My take on such topics is very non repetitive. :k: