Thanksgiving stuff

[vettecat]

Well, we're home from lunch/dinner at my aunt and uncle's. It was nice to see everyone (it's amazing how fast my cousins' kids are growing), and, of course, there was more food than we could reasonably eat.

Knishes (made by my uncle)
Hot dogs in blankets
Eggrolls
Vegetables and dip

Salad
Pumpkin bread
Mini corn muffins

Turkey
Stuffing
Marshmallow yams
Stuffed potatoes
Cranberry mold
Pasta with vegetables
Acorn squash
Bean salad (made by sdavido)

Strawberry shortcake
Lemon meringue pie
Pecan pie
Apple pie
Chocolate chip cookies
Oatmeal cookies
Chocolate spice cookies (made by me)
Fried wonton cookies (made by my mother)
Blueberry cheesecake (pareve)
Tofutti
Assorted fruit

Somehow, I'm still feeling pretty full...

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday!

On the subject of Thanksgiving, some of you may have seen this before, but it's still very well done. Check out the Is Thanksgiving Kosher? analysis...

On another topic, my computer is acting weird again. None of my shortcuts are working. Not from the desktop, not from the program menu... not at all, as far as I can figure out. I have been able to launch programs by clicking on the .exe icons in Windows Explorer so thankfully I can still do some things. But we might take it to MicroCenter tomorrow in hopes that they can fix it before it gets worse. (It also needs a new CD drive, and we've been meaning to get that taken care of before the warranty expires.) If we do take it in, I'm hoping I won't be without it for very long... but if you don't hear from me for a couple days, that's probably why.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That should be titled Thanksgiving Stuffing, not Thanksgiving Stuff!

There were more desserts than main courses!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's how my family tends to operate... :-) (Do I know you, BTW?)

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Check out the Is Thanksgiving Kosher? analysis...

Interesting analysis, but it doesn't appear to address issue of where the name "turkey" comes from.

http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=267#12
1492 : Louis de Torres , a Marrano, becomes the first white man to set foot in the Western Hemisphere. He discovered and introduced tobacco into Europe. He saw a bird he thought to be a peacock and called it a "tuki" (Hebrew for peacock - I Kings X22). Today that bird is known as a turkey.

Another theory is:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3775/is_200204/ai_n9082105
"The Hebrew word 'tukki', which means 'peacock', was applied to the turkey by the Jewish poultry merchants who helped introduce the bird to Europe." -Glenn Sapir

On another topic, my computer is acting weird again. None of my shortcuts are working.

Silly question: did you reboot? When my PC gets like that I reboot, and the problem goes away.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Interesting about the "tuki" - I don't think I'd heard that one. As for the weird problem, I tried rebooting, shutting down, all the usual "it's being weird" reactions... no improvement. I think I'm going to try delaying taking it in, though, and just pray it'll be manageable for a few more weeks, because with Arisia on the horizon this is a really bad time for me to be without it.

[pressburger.livejournal.com]

Is Thanksgiving Kosher

The only thing more goyish than Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving with a turkey basted in butter and milk in the gravy.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I think Christmas is more goyish...