Thanksgiving dinner was very successful here- 18 guests, and the house was left standing afterwards, even. My uncle showed up and was a gracious guest, not even once condemning any of the fags around to eternal hellfire. I had forgotten his penchant for stereotyping tho, and his diatribe about the nefarious ways of Italian baggage handlers was a ( Read more... )

Ok, i like salted and cured meat ripped right off the pig as much as the next fella, but this bacon craze, it's just going a little too far, in places ( Read more... )

Sp the parents did show up this time around, complete with two desserts, Willie Beans, but no smoked turkey as promised: the fella who makes 'em so well back there in east texas managed to deliver only one of several promised, and dad being dad gave that to his foreman, as had been promised. We found a last minute fresh turkey locally and made ( Read more... )