I talked the wife into prime rib and baked potato for Thanksgiving. Today I had a great beef sandwich with the last if the leftovers. Now the budget limits us to just potato for Christmas……
Turkey tastes so much better than chicken, but given i have no family to have over for dinner, even a small turkey is too much for a single person to consume, and most restaurants these days don’t seem to serve turkey dinners so I rarely get to enjoy turkey unless I then eat turkey for a week and freeze most of the leftovers.
One who loves Turkey, can buy just a turkey breast or wings or drumsticks or thighs and cook just what you want and not get a 22 lb bird. I eat Gobbler all year. But Uncle Ted is right, 3 days and no Cold turkey not for me.
This begs the question, what is the origin of the term ‘cold turkey’? The most commonly accepted explanation is that the original cold turkey was a combination of cold (“straightforward, matter-of-fact”) and the talk turkey, which dates back to the early 1800s and refers to speaking plainly. Regardless of its ultimate origins, the phrase manages to vividly capture the initial dread and discomfort that comes from immediately quitting something that’s addictive, from drugs to dating apps.
The first documented use of the expression as we use it today — to describe withdrawal — appeared in the British Columbia newspaper ‘The Daily Columnist’ in 1921.
Alone for Thanksgiving, I had a frozen turkey dinner,(Great Value, with a fair amount of meat, for a frozen dinner. Sooo yesterday I bought 3 large slices of deli turkey, big enough to make a half-pound. Today I baked up big biscuits, one slice of the meat filled 2 biscuits, had my “left-over” sandwiches…(with Miracle Whip Lite) Delicious!….I told my deli guy that’s what I was going for.
C about 3 years ago
Calvin’s mom has some eggplant casserole if you’re really tired of turkey
oldpine52 about 3 years ago
Well, you can always put it in the microwave and heat it up.
angelolady Premium Member about 3 years ago
I love turkey sandwiches. Cold turkey, wheat bread, Miracle Whip, and pepper.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 3 years ago
Turmac were good cigarettes.
nosirrom about 3 years ago
Is it sad that I knew exactly what he meant after reading the second panel?
Wilde Bill about 3 years ago
I always warm mine up first.
LookingGlass Premium Member about 3 years ago
I feel his “pain!!” I only eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day and Turkey on Thanksgiving Day!! Other times of the year – no thank you!!
;-)
kingdiamond69 about 3 years ago
I love Turkey and eat it year round but even I was going through the fridge tossing everything Turkey related 3 days is more then enough for me.
wjones about 3 years ago
Microwave it, Then you can have warm dry turkey.
GROG Premium Member about 3 years ago
Let me see…turkey or green bean casserole? Turkey it is!
GiantShetlandPony about 3 years ago
Pretty much everyone at work brought turkey sandwiches for lunch Friday.
Zykoic about 3 years ago
I talked the wife into prime rib and baked potato for Thanksgiving. Today I had a great beef sandwich with the last if the leftovers. Now the budget limits us to just potato for Christmas……
theincrediblebulk about 3 years ago
Turkey tastes so much better than chicken, but given i have no family to have over for dinner, even a small turkey is too much for a single person to consume, and most restaurants these days don’t seem to serve turkey dinners so I rarely get to enjoy turkey unless I then eat turkey for a week and freeze most of the leftovers.
Darryl Heine about 3 years ago
And this is the first of 3 or 4 2019 Sunday reruns following 4 weeks of daily 2019 reruns.
Chris about 3 years ago
you could do what we do and make a shepherds pie with it. my family loves it, plus it’s warm. :d
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 3 years ago
Notice Brutus is not complaining.
CorkLock about 3 years ago
One who loves Turkey, can buy just a turkey breast or wings or drumsticks or thighs and cook just what you want and not get a 22 lb bird. I eat Gobbler all year. But Uncle Ted is right, 3 days and no Cold turkey not for me.
raybarb44 about 3 years ago
I’m with him. That’s why God created microwave ovens……
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member about 3 years ago
Cold turkey and cold pizza are among life’s treasures!
NoNameOntheBullet Premium Member about 3 years ago
Oh,Oh,OH! NOW I get it! Oh, my… ha ha ha ha ha ha hahahahahahahahaha! Oh my goodness! he he he he he whew! (tears in my eyes)
mistercatworks about 3 years ago
Harder than it sounds. Tastier than it looks.
Plods with ...™ about 3 years ago
I have no idea where it went. So, I guess I quit cold turkey too.
KEA about 3 years ago
Anyone else read the 1st panel as “uncleted” (i.e. sans cleats)?
kathleenhicks62 about 3 years ago
I am on Uncle Ted’s side.
paranormal about 3 years ago
I first read the second panel as ’What’s up, Uncleted’…
cuzinron47 about 3 years ago
I’m not going cold turkey, I finished mine off.
Lola85 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Cold turkey is fine as long as it’s in a salad.
Josieq about 3 years ago
I keep reading that as “uncleted”, as in taking your cletes off.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member about 3 years ago
This begs the question, what is the origin of the term ‘cold turkey’? The most commonly accepted explanation is that the original cold turkey was a combination of cold (“straightforward, matter-of-fact”) and the talk turkey, which dates back to the early 1800s and refers to speaking plainly. Regardless of its ultimate origins, the phrase manages to vividly capture the initial dread and discomfort that comes from immediately quitting something that’s addictive, from drugs to dating apps.
The first documented use of the expression as we use it today — to describe withdrawal — appeared in the British Columbia newspaper ‘The Daily Columnist’ in 1921.
walstib Premium Member about 3 years ago
John Lennon: ♪ “Cold Turkey” ♪ – depressing, but it’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it. It’s a scream!
heathcliff2 about 3 years ago
Remind Uncle Ted the wonder of microwave ovens.
christelisbetty about 3 years ago
Alone for Thanksgiving, I had a frozen turkey dinner,(Great Value, with a fair amount of meat, for a frozen dinner. Sooo yesterday I bought 3 large slices of deli turkey, big enough to make a half-pound. Today I baked up big biscuits, one slice of the meat filled 2 biscuits, had my “left-over” sandwiches…(with Miracle Whip Lite) Delicious!….I told my deli guy that’s what I was going for.