Any Thanksgiving traditions?

[Baglady]

We just do the usual. Turkey, stuffing, mashed taters with gravy, veggies, rolls and cranberry sauce. (and pumpkin pie)

Hubby goes hunting.

Anyone here do anything different?

[BucketBack]

Eat, then walk around the back 1000 with a high powered rifle

Just like any other day, except Bullwinkle is legal

Bambii is too on Private Land

[hawgrider]

These days son in law deep frys the turkey in peanut oil. Friday the Wimmen folk go shopping the boys go back to hunting deer.

[Sparkyprep]

Traditional Thanksgiving dinner, for 50!:shocked:

Then football on TV, some target shooting out back, and usually, a 1000+ piece puzzle for the family to work on.

[Infidel]

Traditional Thanksgiving dinner, for 50!:shocked:

Then football on TV, some target shooting out back, and usually, a 1000+ piece puzzle for the family to work on.

50???? Good lord, I'd lose my mind.

Dad hunts in the morning, Mom and boys stay home and watch Macy's parade and the dog show (and make dinner).

-Infidel

[Slippy]

Folks start to arrive Tuesday or Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Thursday am we shoot, guns put up around noonish so Slippy and Slippy's Brother can begin sampling the bourbon. Eat at around 2pm. Turkey, Beer Can Chicken, Dressing, Mashed and Sweet Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Sister Shubert's Rolls and various deserts.

We watch some football and like Sparky, usually someone starts a puzzle on the dining room table. Those not drinking ride the 4 wheelers and the tractor. About 5 pm I start the fire in the fire pit area and by sundown most everyone is at the pit.

Various Nephews who had other obligations for dinner start to show up, often with their girlfriends. Wake up the next morning and count the number of bodies laying on the floors or in the basement. My brother goes to the nearest Walmart EARLY as possible, not to shop but to take pics of the natives. This is usually pretty damn funny... :)

Then we'll shoot again and people start leaving Friday afternoon. By Saturday me and Mrs Slippy relax.

[rice paddy daddy]

It's been just the wife and me for many years. All 5 kids, plus grandkids, live multiple hundreds of miles away in several directions. The last time any of them bothered to come here was maybe 10 years ago.
Wife has a nice fat broiler chicken for the oven, and some sweet taters she just dug up last week. She knows I like those little green peas in cream sauce, and we'll probably keep things simple and just whip up some stove-top stuffing. I did notice a pumpkin pie.
Everything in the two nearby towns will be closed, and we'll just spend a quiet day at home. I might take my binoculars out back into the woodlot and sit and commune with nature. Wife saw three does right out on the edge yesterday.

We are at the age where this type of Thanksgiving is much more enjoyable than the big family get togethers of decades past.

[Arklatex]

We used to have traditions. Not so much anymore now that the grandparents are in Heaven. This year I will fry the turkey for the first time ever. Maybe a new tradition? Wife, sisters and aunts will fix the sides. All are coming to casa de Arklatex! I have even invited my grandmother in laws two best friends from the old folks home and a man that lives there whom I've befriended. He's a ww2 veteran. I got him a bottle of jack too! *don't tell the home* Gonna be around 15 or so people coming. Movies and games for entertainment. Me and my cousin may go looking for deer. NO BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING! Maybe another new tradition? All in all I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving!

[Sarge7402]

I make a killer meat stuffing with about 3 lbs o hamburger, a pound or two of taters and half a pound of onions for the basic ingrediants

[S.....P......]

We are in south GA. This is Mrs SP's family. We missed the 4th of July so there are plans for fireworks tonight or tomorrow night. Sitting in the truck with one of the cuzz-in-laws on a cotton field waiting on a deer right now.

[Baglady]

No Black Friday shopping for me! Once was enough.

[OSFG]

For me and mine we have Thanksgiving dinner with a small group of 5 families. These are also the very ones that think they are coming with me in a SHTF scenario. Of course I will take them and get them situated for long term survival....But then I'm striking out for any truly long term survival situation once they are settled in. I tease them that I'm only taking the women who feed me the best foods....so I get some really good meals each year. And all the kids just Love me...Like I'm their best uncle or something...And every year I get to play the guitar and sing songs to the kids. Other than that its a fairly typical Thanksgiving meal.

[Slippy]

My nephews and son1 arrived last night, we had a few adult beverages, sat by the firepit and shot the shat.

This am (no neighbors were hunting) so we had the .22LR shootout. Son 1 had his old Mossy .22, Nephew 1 had his Henry (sweet rifle), I had my S&W MP 15-22 and Nephew 2 borrowed my old Winchester 67. Good time was had by all and 650 rounds left the bidness ends of our barrels. It is evident that age has finally caught up with me as their young eyes and steady hands slightly bettered my efforts...(baton being passed I guess...)

This evening more knuckleheads, Son 2, Brother and other in laws, arrive and tomorrow am we bring out the bigger guns. (Again, my neighboring land owners have already confirmed they are not hunting this year so we are good to go to light up Slippy's Range!)

[rice paddy daddy]

Someone a mile or so north of us was firing something full auto this afternoon. Whoever it was he was an amateur -- very poor trigger discipline.
I only heard one burst shorter than 8 or 9, and THAT one was 4.

[OSFG]

Someone a mile or so north of us was firing something full auto this afternoon. Whoever it was he was an amateur -- very poor trigger discipline.
I only heard one burst shorter than 8 or 9, and THAT one was 4.

This is good news... an idiot full auto guy has two things you need...one...lots of ammo for a caliber you like...either 9mm...5.56...0r 7.62...and secondly...a full auto weapon. simply plan to kill him and take all he has and ...winner...winner...chicken dinner...

goes to my general logic...you save and horde gold....silver...food....and my lead will take it all from you...why? because I can...and will.

[OSFG]

Yep...I`m that asshole....or worse...

[Sparkyprep]

This is good news... an idiot full auto guy has two things you need...one...lots of ammo for a caliber you like...either 9mm...5.56...0r 7.62...and secondly...a full auto weapon. simply plan to kill him and take all he has and ...winner...winner...chicken dinner...

goes to my general logic...you save and horde gold....silver...food....and my lead will take it all from you...why? because I can...and will.

Careful, OSFG. Some of us are smarter than the average bear. There are lots of things that can kill you, besides guns.....

[Sparkyprep]

A very happy Thanksgiving to all at the OTP.

[hawgrider]

Cold smoked for 3 hours

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_142956_zpsbmcpzquu.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_142956_zpsbmcpzquu.jpg.html)




In the deep fryer

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_151040_zpsui11ardf.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_151040_zpsui11ardf.jpg.html)


Bubbling peanut oil

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_151056_zpsnegdnfvk.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_151056_zpsnegdnfvk.jpg.html)

Done. Took 1 hour

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_161225_zpsjoedfivj.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_161225_zpsjoedfivj.jpg.html)


Juicy goodness

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_161926_zpsmxpjsrdo.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_161926_zpsmxpjsrdo.jpg.html)


Followed by a turkey coma.

[Old_SF_Guy]

Careful, OSFG. Some of us are smarter than the average bear. There are lots of things that can kill you, besides guns.....
You know I wouldn't target you...I've a good sense of scumbaggery...I'm gonna be way to busy taking from them to ever take time to go after good god fearing folk...LOL...happy Thanksgiving Day.

[Slippy]

Slippy Like!!!


Cold smoked for 3 hours

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_142956_zpsbmcpzquu.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_142956_zpsbmcpzquu.jpg.html)




In the deep fryer

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_151040_zpsui11ardf.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_151040_zpsui11ardf.jpg.html)


Bubbling peanut oil

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_151056_zpsnegdnfvk.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_151056_zpsnegdnfvk.jpg.html)

Done. Took 1 hour

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_161225_zpsjoedfivj.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_161225_zpsjoedfivj.jpg.html)


Juicy goodness

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q761/hawgrider97/stuff/20151126_161926_zpsmxpjsrdo.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/hawgrider97/media/stuff/20151126_161926_zpsmxpjsrdo.jpg.html)


Followed by a turkey coma.