# I dreamt I forgot to thaw the turkey! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723 "2019-10-13T17:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/1 "2019-10-13T17:15:17Z")
Woke up in a panic - is the turkey still in the freezer?!? Canadian Thanksgiving and we’re having The Meal today. Rushed downstairs - turkey thawing nicely in the fridge, where I put it a few days ago. Whew! Pumpkin pie in the oven. Toasting bread for the stuffing. Happy Thanskgiving, fellow Canucks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/2 "2019-10-13T18:56:05Z")
It’s interesting that Canadians and the US folks seem to have the same Thankgiving meal. Is this coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/3 "2019-10-13T19:03:55Z")
Remember we got a lot of loyalists in Ontario and New Brunswick, and before that Nova Scotia was sort of the northern most New England province. Lots of similarity in cooking, especially for autumn meals. Pumpkins and squashes are more North American than British, as are turkeys. Don’t know what the traditionmeal is in Quebec for Thanksgiving (“Action des grâces”). Different for Christmas, at least for desserts in my family. We’ve never had pumpkin pie at Christmas. More likely puddings or dumplings. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/4 "2019-10-13T19:06:07Z")
Tom Turkey is now in the oven and the pumpkin pie is done. Just made the cranberry sauce and am taking a break with a nice Risling. Potatoes, corn and roast Brussels sprouts yet to come. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/5 "2019-10-13T19:11:32Z")
Most of the traditional Thanksgiving dishes became traditional because they’re cheap and easy to prepare for a large number of people. That’s true in Canada and the US alike. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/6 "2019-10-13T20:19:43Z")
I did! I did! I did forget to thaw the bad ol’ thurkey! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/7 "2019-10-13T20:33:20Z")
It just now occurred to me to look up Canadian Thanksgiving; Nanaimo Bars sound scrumptious–haven’t heard of them before. Difficult to make? If I bring you some banana pudding, will you have some Nanaimoes laying around? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/8 "2019-10-13T20:44:20Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It just now occurred to me to look up Canadian Thanksgiving; Nanaimo Bars sound scrumptious–haven’t heard of them before. Difficult to make? If I bring you some banana pudding, will you have some Nanaimoes laying around? 🙂 Burpo! What way to talk about Nana Imoes. Oh…nm:) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/9 "2019-10-13T21:51:49Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Tom Turkey is now in the oven and the pumpkin pie is done. Just made the cranberry sauce and am taking a break with a nice Risling. Potatoes, corn and roast Brussels sprouts yet to come. Sounds yummy! My Thanksgiving dinners tend to be for small numbers. The main dinner was last night and was non-traditional – roast prime rib with homemade creamy mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, hunter gravy, and mixed veggies, and a couple of bottles of very fine Cabernet. Tonight leans to the slightly more traditional but is simplicity itself in terms of preparation – an exceptionally good store-made turkey and stuffing pie with cranberries which is only made for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and a very good freshly prepared turkey gravy. I’ve had it before and it’s delish. The pie tastes just like you would expect – like slices of turkey with flavourful stuffing in a pie shell, with cranberries. Last time I wasn’t able to get the magnificent turkey gravy, but this year I’ve got it. In contrast to last night which was labour-intensive and messy, all I have to do is pop the pie in the oven and pop a gravy boat of turkey gravy into the microwave! Also, a Caesar salad and New Zealand Chardonnay to accompany. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/10 "2019-10-13T22:21:02Z")
And Mrs P was giggling insanely over YouTube: "Turkeys are hitting the ground like bags of wet concrete!! Oh the humanity!!l ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/11 "2019-10-13T23:16:46Z")
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” Was your dream inspired by the Vinyl Cafe? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/12 "2019-10-14T00:13:10Z")
Huh. I can’t recall ever having a dream where I forgot something that I had actually remembered in real life. When I have this sort of dream, it’s the day that sneaks up on me. In other words, if I had a dream about not remembering to thaw the turkey, it would be because it was Thanskgiving in the dream, but not in real life. Dunno if that’s interesting to anyone else but me. But I find it interesting that we can completely forget things we’ve done in real life in our dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/13 "2019-10-14T02:21:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It just now occurred to me to look up Canadian Thanksgiving; Nanaimo Bars sound scrumptious–haven’t heard of them before. Difficult to make? If I bring you some banana pudding, will you have some Nanaimoes laying around? 🙂 I’ve never made them. I think there are mixes available. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/14 "2019-10-14T02:26:36Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” > > Was your dream inspired by the Vinyl Cafe? More general anxiety! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/15 "2019-10-14T04:58:41Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I’ve never made them. I think there are mixes available. For Nanaimo bars? Just looked, and indeed there are mixes. They don’t even have to be cooked, and the most exotic ingredient (in North America) is the Bird’s custard powder. Outside the U.S., the graham crackers are the exotic ingredient. Still easy to make from scratch, imho. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/16 "2019-10-16T13:39:35Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Sounds yummy! > > My Thanksgiving dinners tend to be for small numbers. The main dinner was last night and was non-traditional – roast prime rib with homemade creamy mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, hunter gravy, and mixed veggies, and a couple of bottles of very fine Cabernet. > > Tonight leans to the slightly more traditional but is simplicity itself in terms of preparation – an exceptionally good store-made turkey and stuffing pie with cranberries which is only made for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and a very good freshly prepared turkey gravy. I’ve had it before and it’s delish. The pie tastes just like you would expect – like slices of turkey with flavourful stuffing in a pie shell, with cranberries. Last time I wasn’t able to get the magnificent turkey gravy, but this year I’ve got it. In contrast to last night which was labour-intensive and messy, all I have to do is pop the pie in the oven and pop a gravy boat of turkey gravy into the microwave! Also, a Caesar salad and New Zealand Chardonnay to accompany. 🙂 That sounds good! Can I ask at which store did you get this? Our Thanksgiving dinner was Homemade chicken pot pie and apple crumble at our daughter’s. Very good, and no work for us! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/17 "2019-10-16T19:56:20Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Woke up in a panic - is the turkey still in the freezer?!? Canadian Thanksgiving and we’re having The Meal today. > > Rushed downstairs - turkey thawing nicely in the fridge, where I put it a few days ago. Whew! > > Pumpkin pie in the oven. > > Toasting bread for the stuffing. > > Happy Thanskgiving, fellow Canucks! Is your name Dave? Is your wife’s name Morley? Do you own a small record store? Did you go to a local hotel to get the turkey cooked? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/18 "2019-10-16T20:17:01Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” > > Was your dream inspired by the Vinyl Cafe? Poor Dave. I guess we will never hear that show again since Stuart McLean died. For us, since it was Sukkos or something, my wife made a Tsimmes: Pot roast of beef with carrots, sweet potatoes and a giant matzoh ball. Delicious. Had the leftovers yesterday and finished it all for lunch today. We will go to our son’s in Boston for US Thanksgiving and then to our daughter’s in Brooklyn for leftovers and turkey soup. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dreamt-i-forgot-to-thaw-the-turkey/841723/19 "2019-10-20T04:02:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Is your name Dave? > Is your wife’s name Morley? > Do you own a small record store? > Did you go to a local hotel to get the turkey cooked? None of the above. But I just had a nice turkey soup, washed down with some Oyster Bay Sauvignon.