Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving and you all be safe.
My busy baking wife the last couple days and I are traveling about 1 mile to our son and daughter-in-law house and the oldest daughter, son-in-law and 4 of our grandkids will be there. I’ll miss my 2 other daughters, son-in-laws and grandkids that live out of state but I’m sure they will FaceTime.
 
happy holiday everyone!

this vegetarian-"trying to save that delicious offal for super special occasions"-pseudo vegan is eating a meal based around a ginger-mace-squash soup (squash looks like a 1' diameter great big green saucer, no idea what kind it is)

with various other dishes of what I don't know (veggie Shepard's pie, jello mold, some sort of sweets for dessert (maybe pecan pie), vegetables)
 
Hijo de Luna said:
happy holiday everyone!

this vegetarian-"trying to save that delicious offal for super special occasions"-pseudo vegan is eating a meal based around a ginger-mace-squash soup (squash looks like a 1' diameter great big green saucer, no idea what kind it is)

with various other dishes of what I don't know (veggie Shepard's pie, jello mold, some sort of sweets for dessert (maybe pecan pie), vegetables)
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Sounds interesting. There are plenty of dishes that are usually around the meal that do not have meat. No eggs too because of the semi-vegan status? The ginger squash soup sounds good. Awhile ago, pre-Covid, I had some WAWA's Butternut squash soup with some ginger, it was very different but I did like it. Any To-Fur-key? Would you have to shape it like Play-Do to look like a turkey? :D The veggie Shephards pie sounds stood too, or veggie lasagna? Take a few pics please, really curious to see how it turns out. Happy Thanksgiving too. Now you do have to have iced tea!!
 
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I probably eat around 3-6 eggs every two weeks, whether hardboiled or baked into things or whatever

I'm not really a vegan, although I did come pretty close. I just can't bear giving up the dairy after giving up liver and onions and blood sausage and all that delicious stuff. it was all I could muster

I ate a lot of veggies and complex carbs before I stopped eating meat regularly a year or two ago, so it's not so different really.

We had this squash ginger mace soup thing last year and the year before, so that's why it's happening.

I used to make it when I made turkey and such for thanksgiving, and it reminds me of that meaty-sedation festive vibe. I'll probably add a little cayenne pepper again, which helps boost the ginger kick (it uses like 0.5lbs of ginger lol, and mace has a little kick to it as well).

And our having pecan pie, assuming I can find some good pecans laying around, well that's self-evident isn't it? :)

I'll try and remember to take some pics of the food!

Will anyone else be working tomorrow too?

I've been so down recently, the idea of being excited about working on a holiday feels strangely but positively awesome. even minor "everyday" accomplishments help chip away at the malaise...
 
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Hijo de Luna said:
I probably eat around 3-6 eggs every two weeks, whether hardboiled or baked into things or whatever

I'm not really a vegan, although I did come pretty close. I just can't bear giving up the dairy after giving up liver and onions and blood sausage and all that delicious stuff. it was all I could muster

I ate a lot of veggies and complex carbs before I stopped eating meat regularly a year or two ago, so it's not so different really.

We had this squash ginger mace soup thing last year and the year before, so that's why it's happening.

I used to make it when I made turkey and such for thanksgiving, and it reminds me of that meaty-sedation festive vibe. I'll probably add a little cayenne pepper again, which helps boost the ginger kick (it uses like 0.5lbs of ginger lol, and mace has a little kick to it as well).

And our having pecan pie, assuming I can find some good pecans laying around, well that's self-evident isn't it? :)

I'll try and remember to take some pics of the food!

Will anyone else be working tomorrow too?

I've been so down recently, the idea of being excited about working on a holiday feels strangely but positively awesome. even minor "everyday" accomplishments help chip away at the malaise...
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Sounds good about the working thing, can I ask if you had been ill? After you get off work, enjoy the time with family and look for the small blessings....or the small victories....that make our lives special. With all that is going on, there are things we can be thankful for too. I do feel sad that there are those who have passed because of the pandemic and loved ones could not be by their side. So we need to say some prayers for those this season. Thanks, Hijo for sharing in these threads. John has been asking us to help liven up the place. :D
 
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Sounds good about the working thing, can I ask if you had been ill? After you get off work, enjoy the time with family and look for the small blessings....or the small victories....that make our lives special. With all that is going on, there are things we can be thankful for too. I do feel sad that there are those who have passed because of the pandemic and loved ones could not be by their side. So we need to say some prayers for those this season. Thanks, Hijo for sharing in these threads. John has been asking us to help liven up the place. :D
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You are very welcome friend, it's a pleasure.

really I should be thanking JK for reaching out and being so welcoming when I discovered this place.

I probably have had some minor little bug (not like the flu, much less severe) but more being impact by dealing with depression/etc. It's been tough balancing studying and working and home and the malaise, but I'm hoping.

I've been thinking about gratitude recently, while aligns very much with what you say about prayer (and for those who have unpleasant experience with "prayer" try replacing the word prayer with "practice of appreciation," or something like that - there are many ways of approaching this).

Such as, reflecting on the gratitude that helps and the gratitude that hurts. I think we can agree gratitude, like prayer, has certain power (I'm not sure how to phrase this, but these things do affect us, for better and worse, even if we aren't always aware how - or even whether it's for better or worse lol). But if it has the power to help, which I know from experience it does, it has the power to hurt too...

So I'm thinking about what maybe I'll call fruitful gratitude, as distinguished from the kind of gratitude that stinks, so I'll call it stinky gratitude, that just ends up binding the fetters of doubt, thinly veiled (self)hatred, self-righteousness, conceit, sentimental inattentiveness, defensiveness, and greed.

And I'm thinking about what differentiates the two. I think this would be very personal, or I mean depends on one's specifics. So, for me, my expression of gratitude tomorrow will be having a very difficult conversation, but will be very helpful. And this is also were it begins to get circular, and I am reminded I am up past my bedtime.

So maybe true, fruitful gratitude's easiest to understand in the reverse - it's not really gratitude if it doesn't help. What helps isn't always a function of gratitude, but true gratitude is always a function of what helps.

So then the real question, as in any moment, regardless of holiday, is what's going to be helpful given the pain and disappointments, challenges and resources, of one's own particular life and those shared with it.

Hahaha, I need to go to sleep!!!!

tl;dr
the idea of contemplation and prayer for those unable to spend time with loved ones, it's a good one :) :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

and I'm not going to worry too much about the meaning of gratitude and just continue focusing on the simplicity of whatever help.

open minds have their benefits ;)
 
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True, honest, and worthwhile gratitude, comes from the heart, and the kind that is not just a mere nod of the head, but that is meant. And that kind of worthwhile, fruitful gratitude is a result of receiving true, worthwhile and genuine kindness from good people....and I believe they are still around, despite the times, and maybe even seen because of the times. :D My wife's grandfather used to call them "just good folks." The ones who are not always mentioned in the news, but behind scenes make a huge difference. The kind you just wanted to spend time with simply because you are drawn to their kindness and love, whose smile just warms your heart. Where "Bless your heart" really means what it says. :D
 
I forget who, maybe David Mary, has something good in their sig about that...

An interesting thought experiment for us:

If people went around exchanging blessings instead of cursing one another, what would it be like to live in their households?

:)
 
I am thankful today for my family, especially my grandmother on my dad's side, and her brother and his wife , my great uncle Russy and Aunt Vye, some of the people I was thinking of in the previous post. I am also glad we can come here to the JK forum to have good, honest friendships and conversations, just a place to hang around the porch. A true friend is someone who likes you, even when they already know all your faults, and still likes you anyway, warts and all.
 
Hijo de Luna said:
I forget who, maybe David Mary, has something good in their sig about that...

An interesting thought experiment for us:

If people went around exchanging blessings instead of cursing one another, what would it be like to live in their households?

:)
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I saw this at a store the other day which really puts what you are saying into context, it was a sign about pets, but very appropriate to people: "Wag more, bark less." Our pets are just glad to see us when we get home!! WOW!
 
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Just my wife and I today grilling a couple of fat Delmonicos and loaded baked potatoes.

Jeff
 
Maggie and I drove up to Peoria and we are at my daughter's house for dinner.
I am stuffed!
We'll head back early on Saturday

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Best

mqqn
 
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