Drabble by Kevin Fagan for November 24, 2024

Go on over to Baby Blues. They’re going to have plenty.

I’ll take the pizza. I don’t care about the turkey and don’t eat ribs.

There’s no making the bird happy

I’ve preparing hot dogs on my charcoal grill and mashed spuds

Pizza sounds good, but I’m not sure they’ll be open on Thanksgiving, so I’ll put about a pound of additives on a frozen one. Pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, black olives, and lots more cheese should do it.

Do many men do this? buying things different from what their wife asked?

Sicilian pizza!!!!

I tell my husband he’s lucky he made it home safe, the big turkey! LOL!

Fewer people are having turkey which means fewer turkeys are being raised. Which means they will be more expensive in the future.

Most cooks know enough to get their own supplies instead of relying on those who lack knowledge. Or, he could be saying the turkey has come straight off Christmas Vacation the last 20 years and its time to try something different.

Any meat product is better than a turkey.

I grill all year long. YEs even in the snow. This year is my turn to cook the turkey. Bourbon and Maple glazed rotisserie Turkey. I also bake the dinner rolls and pecan pie. Costco bakes the pumpkin pie.

I’m with him on this one. I’m so tired of having to have the same old dried out turkey that nobody actually likes all that much just to keep a tradition nobody remembers why we started.

“You’re not supposed to” says who??? Show me the law in print.

Totally agree with Ralph.

You expect him to be a cannibal?

I’m surprised he didn’t bring home 150 lbs. of candy corn to BBQ.

I’m making turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, green bean bake, peas in butter sauce, cheese cake, apple pie and pumpkin pie. Nobody in my family likes cranberries so they aren’t part of our traditional family meal.

I usually work long overnight shifts at my hospital the night before thanksgiving. I just buy frozen half baked lasagna or pizza from my favorite pizza place. Pop one of those in the oven when I wake up that afternoon and enjoy while watching the cowboys get beat. Very little clean up, very little mess. Plus I’d much rather have pizza or lasagna instead of turkey anyday. I will make my dogs something special, maybe Liver with grarlic.

Start a new tradition. Ribs & pizza for Thanksgiving. I’m in

The writer Calvin Trillin used to campaign for spaghetti carbonara to replace the traditional turkey. I’d be very happy with lasagna.

You’re gonna need more ribs than that!

My caregiver is bringing her kids for Thanksgiving and making both ham and lasagna

Tradition for its own sake is always ridiculous. If you actually want turkey, great. Otherwise, why not have something else that you’ll enjoy more? Burgers, pizza, ham, chicken, vegan – you do you!

A turkey pizza?

ALWAY turkey because of the leftovers! Sandwiches, pot pies, etc for weeks!

Even then he only bought enough for himself.

Traditionalist here, turkey for Thanksgiving, Ham for Christmas.

Turkey is actually one of my least favorite meats. Chicken’s better but won’t feed a crowd. We at least we started having roast pork on Christmas instead of two turkeys in the space of a month (and none for the rest of the year).

Thanksgiving is about gathering with family and/or friends to celebrate your blessings in a way that is meaningful to you. Whether it’s turkey, ham, seafood, ribs, brisket or tofu, it’s the fellowship and appreciation for what you have – no matter how little or how abundant – and that you have others with whom to share that fellowship. We do our version of “traditional”; please enjoy your tradition, too, whatever it is.

She’s not thinking clearly. Girl, let him cook for you or buy you dinner! That way, you don’t have to stay in a steamy kitchen night and day!

Or a Turkey to buy a Turkey!

When I was going up, one Thanksgiving we had spaghetti and pizza….yummmmm!!!

or a ham for Chriatmas.

If you don’t like how he shops, don’t send him. Do it yourself. He got what he wants for dinner…

We are doing Lasagna for thanksgiving. We all are not big on Turkey.