Thanksgiving

[jb]

bbernard

Just donated $50.00! Thanks KenC...

I was pissed too, just not $50.00 's worth....:cool:

[KenC]

Wassup with RW and pumpkin pie?  Or maybe it is, wassup with RW and cinnamon?  Lena hates cinnamon (except on hot cinnamon rolls).

KenC

[catzenmouse]

[size="3"]Wassup  with RW and pumpkin pie?  Or maybe it is, wassup with RW and  cinnamon?  Lena hates cinnamon (except on hot cinnamon rolls).[/size]

[size="3"]KenC[/size]

Must be just your RW. Elena absolutely LOVES cinnamon. Cinnamon candy,  cinnamon gum, cinnamon toast, anything cinnamon. I tease her about  being my Cinnamon Girl!

Ken

[Ste]

Wassup with RW and pumpkin pie?  Or maybe it is, wassup with RW and cinnamon?  Lena hates cinnamon (except on hot cinnamon rolls).

KenC

Must be just your RW. Elena absolutely LOVES cinnamon. Cinnamon candy, cinnamon gum, cinnamon toast, anything cinnamon. I tease her about being my Cinnamon Girl!

Ken
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Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young and Crazy Horse is one of my fave songs. Dropped D tuning too.....

Ste

 

 

[Bruce]

Cinnamon and almond flavor is anathema with Russians in general.   If you put enough baked products with this flavor into them over time  they will come around.  Pumkin pie is just loaded with cinamon so  that is just about a guarantee of food revolt.  Turkey with  gravey, vegetables, mashed potatoes with butter / cream, onions in  cream sauce - you know, more mayonaise etc.,  Russians will love  that.  Yams - take it or leave  it.  

I used to always bring over "Big Red" gum for them to chew.  Most  hated it, knowing nothing about the politics over the name. 

Thanksgiving is really the only unique American holiday and I would  hate to see the PC police ruin it as well.  So far, I do not see  that happening. 

You Brit's better watch out or you will soon have a France like  situation.  Hopefully, there will actually be some good out of the  London bombings in that Britain will clean up and ship out a large  population of actual and potential terrorists.  Unfortunately, I  tend to think you will just "give in" to their demands and the cycle of  "demand for their rights" and home grown terroristic acts will increase  in your "poor oppressed Muslim populations."  Maybe if all  the  "poor oppressed Muslims" got  a year or two sentence in  their  home countries they would learn to   conform.   Unfortunately,  it is  all a   planned invasion by them - using their ultimate weapon...........the  uterus.

[aikorob]

As we enter the "Festive" season; let me be among the first to offer grretings to all. (I believe Conner originally posted this a few years ago)

 

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[Son of Clyde]

Every Russian person I have met hates root beer. I don't understand why.

[Jet]

[user=130]Son of Clyde[/user] wrote:

They don't care for turkey......

 

Just have 'em drown it with an industrial size jug of ketchup

They'll like it just fine, trust me...

 

Lil's not much into the yams, but loves the rest including the pie.

[dostogirl]

I looove Thanksgiving so much!! I love turkey and all the stuff that comes with it. We usually go to my mother-in-law's house, she is a great cook and a wonderful lady. I'm not good at cooking a turkey, so my husband is the one who smokes it (usually for 7 hours).  I love Xmas too..Why wasn't I born ine the US in the first place?

P.S. I was scolded at work last week. I sent out flyers saying "Christmas Party" instead of "Holiday Party"

[START2]

Val has asked many questions about Thanksgiving and 2 weeks ago asked if we could prepare dinner here.  She's excited about cooking for all her new in-laws but asks that I help. You know I will:D:P. She likes turkey and pumpkin. And she wants to prepare all those Ukr. style salads that I know all the family will love.  As far as cinnamon, she slowly is developing a taste for that.

Soooooooooooooooooo......... Happy Thanksgiving to all and think about just how much we have to be thankful for!!!!

One thing about Christmas.  That is our holiday. It belongs to Christians and those that aren't. If the  freaking athiests and muslims(sheetheads) find it offensive then that's their problem. Why allow them to take it from us? God, is the whole world going french?

[jb]

Well, today's the day~!

For you men who have a RW in your homes for the first time for a set of  holidays, you may get the impression that your woman is pretty helpless  in the kitchen.   These typical foods we enjoy once or  twice a year are totally foreign to the Russian cook, so don't lose  your cool when you wind up doing almost everything  yourself.   And remember, if a Russian can't cook it with  mayonaise or sour cream, it may not be something in her repertoire[size="2"].  Don't get upset, these things take time~!

[/size]American style pies are generally considered too sweet for  the Russian taste, so unless your R/UW has a real sweet tooth, be  prepared to not get raves over grandma's receipe for pumpkin or apple  pies.  As stated before, yams are so strange to the R/UW they  might as well originate on Mars.   Unless you are also feeding a few Americans  today, I wouldn't even bother with making Aunt Mildred's candied yam  dish.  I can tell you from experience that such an item on a  Russian's plate will be viewed with great suspicion.  Probably the  best thing is let her cook the side dishes, (she will most likely go  for the salads that are common for Russian holidays), a Russian style  apple pie, which is more like an apple flavored cake than what we think  of as a pie, and a few other items.  You should probably take care  of cooking the turkey if you want something that resembles a  tradiitional Thanksgiving meal. (hint to any AM without culinary gifts:  for a perfect turkey, think Reynolds Oven Bags.  You can do a 14  lb. stuffed bird in about 3-3.5 hours that would make your grandmother  weep)  Also, Russians traditionally toast holidays with frozen  vodka before the dinner, and enjoy a nice wine with the meal

Good luck to all you guys facing a first time mixed American/Russian holiday seasson, and a Happy Thanksgiving to all.

[START2]

I'm going to jump in real quick here while there is some time before the turkey is done. That's the easy part. Thaw, pop in the oven and roast away. The rest we shared together. She did make the traditional salads, which BTW I love. While she was doing that I made the deviled eggs,MMMMMMMM, some cheese balls, and a few more appetizers.  Mom is doing the pies and the rest of the family will come to enjoy. Val is a whiz in the kitchen and she has really gotten into this holiday. Only thing is, Val always eats dessert before the main meal. Her and my mom made a New York style cheese cake yesterday. I tried it when I got home last night and it was excellent. Val had tried this at Sams club and wanted to make one so when they got home they made one. 

Fot those of you jb is right. Go with the flow. Add those traditional FSU side dishes and it just enhances the Thanksgiving feast.  Happy Thanksgiving to all and have a good holiday.

[KenC]

Being a traditionalist, I insist on doing the cooking for Thanksgiving.  What's a RW know about traditional Thanksgiving any way?  Lena has aquired a taste for my TG dishes over the years.  At first she thought she would hate the dressing made to my family's receipe, but now she craves it at this time of the year!  She also insists on our green bean casarole, but as jb said, she shies away from the yams.

I do like the "apple pie" cake that they make, but Lena loves my cheese cake that were made yesterday.  She loves pies too, except for fruit pies.  Whatever.

I had a thought this morning as I was cooking.  The next time Lena's parents visit, I will prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for them regardless of the season.  I usually show off some of my best receipes while they are here.  They actually smuggled a frozen pan of my lasagna back home for the Babushka to try.

Happy Thanksgiving guys!

KenC

[Jet]

I had a thought this morning as I was cooking.  The next time Lena's parents visit, I will prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for them regardless of the season. 

 

HIGHLY recommended! We did this for Lil's Babushka while she was here last winter/spring and she was overwhelmed - still talks about it :cool:.

Excellent post JB, very good advice. Hey, why didn't you write this 3 yrs ago? It would have saved me from the "ketchup incident" (as it's come to be known in our house) .

Happy Thanksgiving all!

[Vaughn]

My wife handled the turkey preparation this year, and did an excellent job - she's been a devout student of The Food Channel. Like jb mentioned, I usually resort to the friendly Reynolds oven bag, but Elvira took the more purist approach sans bag.

This year we shelved the candied yams & pumpkin pie, but I added in a pecan pie which was a real hit.

BTW, Thanksgiving weekend is special in another way for
us - we arrived in the USA three years ago Friday.

A Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Vaughn  

[jb]

It would have saved me from the "ketchup incident"

That sounds like a story in it's own catagory.  Care to share?

All in all, Thanksgiving is an exclusively American holiday, no holiday  exists in the FSU to compare it with.  Depending on your woman's  adaptability, she may, or may not get into the season.  My wife is  pretty tolerant of my holiday spirit and kinda just goes with the flow,  but in reality, for her, it's just an excuse to get a week off from  school teaching.  It's up to the individual man to set the tone  for American holidays within his own household.  Likewise, don't  expect your woman to get too excited about Super Bowl Sunday.

[KenC]

Post Thanksgiving Reort

Well, things do change over time.  After 6 years here, Lena has aquired the taste for the full Turkey Day meal including the yams and cranberries.  Her comment was "it just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without them."

KenC

[BC]

guess what.. T-Day with linguini and clam sauce

[Son of Clyde]

They both hate my favorite soda Root Beer and favorite candy Atomic Fireballs

I found out they both like turkey, sauerkraut and cranberry.

[TigerPaws]

Super Bowl Sunday?

 I can not get excited about most sports, overpaid babies if you ask me, hopefully by Super Bowl Sunday we will be basking on a beach somewhere in the Exuma Islands and I will not have to hear the idiots shouting at their TV's (like they can hear you?).