sweetmelissa31: CitizenTed: The way I see it, if I can quietly accept the bland, nasty gluten-free cous-cous and tempeh crap that vegans serve when I visit them,

Gluten free is for celiacs. Maybe you've never visited a vegan or a celiac?

Spoken like someone who has never been to California.

legion_of_doo: Praise Cheesus: A teetotaler at a St. Patrick's Day party is not likely to get up in arms about folks drinking. Hell, I don't drink alcohol, but I'm just fine at a party as long as the host has extra mixers. Hell, even if there's only tap water available, I can have something to drink. Bonus: you can always ask the teetotaler to be the designated driver.

Are you alcoholic? We have a family member who is. It sucks to not have a drink when too much family is around, but it would suck worse to wave a drink in an alcoholic family member's face, so we just abstain.

I come from a long line of alcoholics. I had my first beer while still in diapers. I went through grade school with a hangover because I shared a room with my grandmother, who absolutely loved to while away the night playing gin and drinking whiskey. I would get blackout drunk in my teens, which is how I ended up pregnant after being sexually assaulted while drunk at 15.

I've been sober for 31 years. I do not refer to myself as an alcoholic. I just don't drink. However, I do keep a full bar in my house for guests.

mgshamster
: Can I have that recipe?
Sure thing. We call them "Aunt Jo's Meat Rolls."

Dough:
2 large potatoes, peeled, cooked and mashed- save 1 1/2 cups of potato water for dough
1 tsp yeast
2/3 c sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 c oil
7-7 1/2 c flour
1 1/2 tsp salt

Place 1 1/2 c potato water in bowl. add yeast, stir until dissolved. Stir in sugar and salt, add mashed potatoes, egg and oil. Mix well. add flour. Let stand 10 min. Knead until smooth. Refrigerate for 24 hours in greased bowl, covered in plastic wrap. Remove and let stand at room temperature for 1 hour.
Divide dough into 3 parts. Roll 1/4" thick and cut into 4" squares. Pat 1 tsp (or more) of filling onto each square. Pull corners together and pinch. Place rolls pinched side down on a greased cookie sheet. Let raise 15-20 minutes. Brush with egg yolk and water mixture or butter. Bake 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Filling:
1 1/2 lb ground beef, browned
1 16 oz can sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
1 package dry onion soup mix
a dash of cayenne pepper

In case that isn't clear, in CA, Gluten is the new MSG. Everyone shuns it, and no one actually knows why.

It's kinda funny. Kinda.

Too bad she is crazy because she is not unattractive


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Leslie Sarna is Veggie Dreamgirl
"No you're not dreaming. Southern California native, Actress, Chef, Vegetarian Personality Leslie Sarna represents the younger, chicer vegetarian movement that isn't sacrificing style for sustainability."

Because I am a kind daughter-in-law, when I made my first Thanksgiving dinner for my kosher in-laws I made every possible attempt to avoid dairy and pork products in the side dishes. And I promptly discovered just how farking impossible it is to do that and still have a gluttonously delicious Thanksgiving Day meal. So I made two of every dish -- one without the forbidden products and one with. total PITA. This year they're in Florida, and I've three pounds of bacon ready to go.

TheDumbBlonde: Praise Cheesus: legion_of_doo: Praise Cheesus: A teetotaler at a St. Patrick's Day party is not likely to get up in arms about folks drinking. Hell, I don't drink alcohol, but I'm just fine at a party as long as the host has extra mixers. Hell, even if there's only tap water available, I can have something to drink. Bonus: you can always ask the teetotaler to be the designated driver.

Are you alcoholic? We have a family member who is. It sucks to not have a drink when too much family is around, but it would suck worse to wave a drink in an alcoholic family member's face, so we just abstain.

I come from a long line of alcoholics. I had my first beer while still in diapers. I went through grade school with a hangover because I shared a room with my grandmother, who absolutely loved to while away the night playing gin and drinking whiskey. I would get blackout drunk in my teens, which is how I ended up pregnant after being sexually assaulted while drunk at 15.

I've been sober for 31 years. I do not refer to myself as an alcoholic. I just don't drink. However, I do keep a full bar in my house for guests.

Sounds like a story there.

I'm Irish.

hasty ambush: Too bad she is crazy because she is not unattractive


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Leslie Sarna is Veggie Dreamgirl
"No you're not dreaming. Southern California native, Actress, Chef, Vegetarian Personality Leslie Sarna represents the younger, chicer vegetarian movement that isn't sacrificing style for sustainability."

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She is also airbrushed TO HELL AND BACK, and there is something disconcerting about her eyes. Maybe they are too far apart, I don't know, but the picture that you posted is firmly at the bottom of the Uncanny Valley.

2wolves: gunther_bumpass:
Anyway, when people ask me "hey Gunther, why do you hate the holidays?"
I just have to point them to threads like this. The entitlement, the whining,
the tough guy 'you're eating MEAT in MY house' horseshiat.. God I hate people.

So the next time I'm invited over to my non-meat eating friends house it's ok if I bring along a haunch of elk? Done rare.

Try elk steak with a good BBQ dry rub

Protricity: why is this thread 9 pages?

Because if we stop posting, we may never find out the answer to the "daughter-in-law and her partner" mystery.

jagec: hasty ambush: Too bad she is crazy because she is not unattractive


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Leslie Sarna is Veggie Dreamgirl
"No you're not dreaming. Southern California native, Actress, Chef, Vegetarian Personality Leslie Sarna represents the younger, chicer vegetarian movement that isn't sacrificing style for sustainability."

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She is also airbrushed TO HELL AND BACK, and there is something disconcerting about her eyes. Maybe they are too far apart, I don't know, but the picture that you posted is firmly at the bottom of the Uncanny Valley.

"like a doll's eyes"

There is not a single large land animal(in its natural habitat) that does not ingest animal protein of some kind. If you think herbivores don't get a few insects with each mouthful of grass or leaves, then you're just retarded. I've seen cows eat those tiny field mice that hide in tufts of grass. They're not seeking them out but they're not avoiding them either. A hippo is cretainly not gonna be all like, "Oh fark, a tadpole. *spit*" Wildebeests aren't gonna be all like, "Shait. Grasshoppers. Keep going."

Razzed: As a celiac with multiple allergies I'd like to see fake allergy people, or those that think it's funny to give people something they're allergic to to 'test' them, rounded up and shot out of a cannon into a flaming pile of sh*t - head first of course.

Pretty much this. I really hate the fake allergy people, because they are the reason that many people do not take allergies seriously.
Although I think that justice would be better served by letting these people drown in a vat that contains the byproduct of reactions from celiacs who ate contaminated food.

YES SO MUCH THIS!!!

I also hate fake allergy people. Yes, I can tell there is a small amount of milk in bread by the way my stomach churns in less than 20 minutes and the rash the grows across my chest and face. Don't say you are allergic if you don't like it, say you don't like it.

girl6: There is not a single large land animal(in its natural habitat) that does not ingest animal protein of some kind. If you think herbivores don't get a few insects with each mouthful of grass or leaves, then you're just retarded. I've seen cows eat those tiny field mice that hide in tufts of grass. They're not seeking them out but they're not avoiding them either.

...

What does this have to do with... anything?

girl6: "Shait. Grasshoppers. Keep going."



Ya hear that, Randy? shiat grasshoppers.


What's a shiat grasshopper, Mr. Lahey?

hasty ambush: Try elk steak with a good BBQ dry rub

Can you tell me how elk compares to deer?

BroVinny: Can you tell me how elk compares to deer?

Way more antlers.

Dang, I was hoping to have an answer by the time I got back, but I guess darkhorse23 is just going to leave us hanging! I see some of you have come up with good possible scenarios, at least.

hasty ambush: Too bad she is crazy because she is not unattractive


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Leslie Sarna is Veggie Dreamgirl
"No you're not dreaming. Southern California native, Actress, Chef, Vegetarian Personality Leslie Sarna represents the younger, chicer vegetarian movement that isn't sacrificing style for sustainability."

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There is nothing in that string of words that does not make me want to strangle her.

/think califoniacation
///hate farking

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Until you have the newly-vegan-and-lesbian college student make a tearful prayer for the soul of the murdered turkey, you haven't really had an awkward Thanksgiving.

Reminds me of this -

EXTREME tree hugging. (new window)

U8D1EyedSnake: Sure thing. We call them "Aunt Jo's Meat Rolls."

Thank you!

U8D1EyedSnake: Magnificent! Where can I find more of this?

It's from an abandoned website called fugly.net. Last time I saw it around was in 2004. Admittedly, I haven't checked since then, so it could have been abandoned last month, for all I know. Regardless, all the wonderful goodness that was that site is no more. It took me a bit of time to even find that little gem; fortunately someone else had posted it on a forum, so I was able to snatch it. Also, it was fortunate that I was able to remember enough of it to find it. :)

mgshamster: Regardless, all the wonderful goodness that was that site is no more.

http://web.archive.org/web/20041230083119/http://www.fugly.net/galle ry .html^

All yours.

Dudes and dudettes: meat for thanks is traditional human food. So is planties. Combined, they form a bond undivided by protein. They are one.

We are one.

Let us not divide.

Let us honor one: us.

Word.

I don't need to adapt my dinner to you. 1 out of 17 diners. You are welcome to come and enjoy yourself and our company. Laugh at our family squabbles and be thankful that its not your family. If you are serious about adaptation pack a lunch. Bring enough for others to sample you might get a convert. And just remember not everything we serve is meat based.

You know what I think would be good (but have never had the courage to try)? Bacon-wrapped peanut butter bites.

My idea would be as follows:

Roll creamy peanut butter into 1/2-inch balls.

Wrap each ball in bacon.

Coat exterior of bacon-wrapped balls with parmesean cheese.

Deep fry.

Does anyone else think this would work?

freetomato: Are you sure that combo of flavors is tasty together, first of all? I like them all, so I'd be willing to try it, but I think the cheese might melt off. It gets gooey if it's added to food that is too hot. Maybe roll the peanut butter balls in parm cheese, then bacon wrap them?

I'm pretty sure bacon and peanut butter go together, as I've seen people eat PB&B on toast; the flavor of the parm is pretty muted, so I don't think it'll detract (add a bit of saltiness, though). Parmesan is good to act as a fry coat if you want to avoid breading.

My main concern is that the peanut butter would melt during frying. Maybe the balls should be frozen first. . ..

freetomato: Does anyone else think this would work?

I'd say precook the bacon, cut it into smallish lumps, mix the cheese with the peanut butter and use the bacon as a core. Chill, then batter and fry, so when the pb starts to melt in the oil it'll be contained.

And maybe sub coconut flakes in for cheese. Bacon and coconut go together amazingly well.

Lawn Maintenance Professional: Mr. Coffee Nerves: Until you have the newly-vegan-and-lesbian college student make a tearful prayer for the soul of the murdered turkey, you haven't really had an awkward Thanksgiving.

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/ Hotter than buttered rolls

Oh, that brought back so many memories. I need to get the collections again.

/ack!

My wife been a vegetarian for more than 20 years. My family makes lots of sides that are veggietarian and we do not put the gravy spoon in to the potatoes. Its simple... She has sweet potatoes, mashed taters, green bean casserole, salad, pie w/ ice cream , biscuits, mom makes enchiladas for her and various chips. There is plenty to go around..

precia: freetomato: Does anyone else think this would work?

I'd say precook the bacon, cut it into smallish lumps, mix the cheese with the peanut butter and use the bacon as a core. Chill, then batter and fry, so when the pb starts to melt in the oil it'll be contained.

precia: And maybe sub coconut flakes in for cheese. Bacon and coconut go together amazingly well.

Thanks for the ideas. I don't know when I'll summon up the courage to do this, but I'll try to let you know.

I'm not making an entire second menu for ONE farkin' person who is a new lesbian-turned-vegan dumbfark.

Bring your own shiat to eat, you prissy, snotty biatch. Say ONE thing about the meal I will have spent hours cooking and your arse can GTFO.

SquiggelyGrounders: [www.eatcooklive.com image 612x480]

Love this.

freetomato: Indubitably: Dudes and dudettes: meat for thanks is traditional human food. So is planties. Combined, they form a bond undivided by protein. They are one.

We are one.

Let us not divide.

Let us honor one: us.

Word.

And Meat Jesus hath spake. And it was good.

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And the light was shone about.

All-lighty-like.

;)