Happy Thanksgiving Open Thread
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy this video from the American Chemical Society on the chemistry of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving and Chemistry: What’s the connection? from ACS Pressroom on Vimeo.
The video focuses on traditional Thanksgiving foods, including topics such as:
• How does the pop-up timer in a turkey work?
• Why do muffins rise, even when made without yeast?
• Which antacids neutralize the most stomach acid?
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And a very Happy Birthday to Governor Jack Markell.
Things I’m thankful for:
– My husband
– My family, even the wingnut ones
– My friends
– Jason330, for creating this space for us to play
– My fellow contributors for giving me a chance to contribute here
– All our commenters and readers, you make this place worthwhile. Thanks for indulging me in my hobby!
– Not being a Republican – I don’t have to argue the complete opposite of something I argued just last year. I’m happy to be a member of the reality-based community.
Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Things I’m thankful for:
-My family (I don’t have any wingnut ones — yay!)
-My friends, even the wingnut ones
-Being able to hangout here with all of the great contributors and (mostly) great commenters
-Having a pretty great job and (mostly) great co-workers and owners
-No one having particularly high expectations of me on either Facebook or Twitter
-Having the chance to showoff my awesome cooking skills today!
And Happy Birthday to Governor Markell! Our birthdays are in the same month, so now I know why I think so highly of him! 😉
What are you making Cassandra?
Wow, Palin is also an expert in Canadian policy:
I should have added a wink emoticon to that post.
Making:
Butter lettuce and Pumpkin Seed salad with roasted garlic vinaigrette
Turkey brined with apples and honey stuffed with fresh herbs cooked on the grill
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Oyster stuffing
Apple and sage stuffing
Green beans with almonds
Roasted Brussel sprouts and chestnuts
Cranberry Port Sauce
Cranberry Orange Sauce
Apple Pie
Pumpkin pie
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Oooh cassandra, sounds wonderful!
We went out for the big meal. Hartefeld put on a very nice buffet and everything was delicious. Good news, nothing to clean up. Bad news, no leftovers. But I’m doing a TG feast on Saturday for family and a few friends.
Now I’m going to couch potato with True Compass, Ted Kennedy’s memoir. It’s good reading, especially if you like stories about the Kennedy clan, and I do.
Happy Thanksgiving one and all, and ditto the thanks above to Jason330 for creating this community.
I’ve never tried oyster stuffing.
Oyster stuffing is really traditional in my family and my non-Maryland friends are pretty addicted to it. I use a recipe that my grandmother used. Unfortunately, I can’t eat it — allergies to the oysters.
Rebecca, I hear that Hartefield is a very nice place for dinner. It is neat that you choose to do your own cooking a couple of days later — that way your family and friends get multiple Thanksgivings this week!
Sitting in rainy, foggy, chilly, Portland Maine, but eating lobster. Kitchen still demo’d. Next year…..