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22 Nov 2024, 5:59 pm

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Mashed Potatoes, Chicken, and Peas! It tastes really good paired together, and uhh yea :bounce:


That does sound good. Of course, you need to make a pit in the mashed potatoes and put the peas in there and then cover it all with gravy. Right?


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22 Nov 2024, 7:02 pm

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Interestingly enough, the 2017 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine had to do with the neural scanning of people to study the neural basis for the disgust of cheese.

See Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Oct 17;10:511. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00511

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5065955/

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The study of food aversion in humans by the induction of illness is ethically unthinkable, and it is difficult to propose a type of food that is disgusting for everybody. However, although cheese is considered edible by most people, it can also be perceived as particularly disgusting to some individuals. As such, the perception of cheese constitutes a good model to study the cerebral processes of food disgust and aversion. In this study, we show that a higher percentage of people are disgusted by cheese than by other types of food.


I assume an ancient wizard has cursed these people and that if I slay the wizard it will free these poor souls from their woeful curse.


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22 Nov 2024, 8:58 pm

When I was living alone, I can have macaroni & cheese, I don't celebrate Thanksgiving & Christmas, I'm happy sitting at home eating one of my frozen meals & having my cat with me. I'm in a group home without my cat, I feel like I lost my child. I have NOTHING to be thankful for. I wish I was dead. I been getting more health problems.



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23 Nov 2024, 6:01 am

Well we had thanksgiving in Canada a while ago. But I don't mind having another reason for a feast. :D My ideal feast would feature a big hunk of meat, probably ham or turkey, plus some type of fish, crab legs, shrimps and tofu for veg guests, sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes, stuffing, two or three vegetables, a plate of assorted fruit, bowl of punch and my homemade cornbread. Dessert would probably involve cheesecake or some chocolate cake. If my mom is around I'd like to have her pot-stickers for appetizers. :)

I can hardly believe Americans haven't had thanksgiving yet. It's snowing here and everyone's getting ready for Christmas. :D Talk about that, what I listed above is probably what I'll serve for Christmas.


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23 Nov 2024, 1:34 pm

A wild game dinner could work.

Soup:
Wild rice and morel
Chili

Salad:
Local greens salad

Entrees: (one or more of)
Duck
Pheasant
Goose
Elk,
Rainbow Trout

Sides:
Roast potatoes (in goose fat)
Okra patties
Field peas

Bread:
Homemade bread cooked in a horno (New Mexico beehive style oven)

Dessert:
Locally picked apple, blueberry, raspberry, or blackberry crisp
Homemade ice cream or sherbet
Pecan pie


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23 Nov 2024, 2:49 pm

This looks like it ought to be a holiday feast. Apparently, though, it is a nightly feast at the Hobbit village in New Zealand:

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25 Nov 2024, 5:38 pm

From https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americas-favorite-thanksgiving-side-dish-000248769.html:

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Thirty-eight percent of Americans said they would be OK leaving the turkey out of Thanksgiving altogether and prefer just to eat side dishes.

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n the West, people are more likely to add smoky flavors and savory herbs to their sides.

Eleven percent of people in the Northeast prepare Italian dishes to go with their Thanksgiving spread.

In the Southwest, 22% of Americans incorporate Mexican side dishes on Turkey Day. And Midwesterners love to add savory herbs and cheesy sides to their Thanksgiving tables.


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27 Nov 2024, 3:33 am

I'm probably going to avoid eating any turkey at Thanksgiving dinner.

It's a big turkey and my younger brother didn't set it out to thaw until Monday afternoon. It was still frozen solid yesterday so he took it out and set on the counter. I have doubts about whether or not it will be safe to eat.


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