# I'm going to cook a penguin instead of a turkey for Thanksgiving
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874 "2006-11-17T19:51:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/1 "2006-11-17T19:51:58Z")
What are you serving this year?
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### Author:  [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/2 "2006-11-17T19:52:54Z")
Puffin.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/3 "2006-11-17T19:54:56Z")
Do penguins have giblets? Cause if they don’t and you don’t have any giblets to make gravy then there’s no use in having a Thanksgiving dinner. Everybody knows the whole thing is all about the gravy. If the gravy ain’t right then it’s not Thanksgiving.
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### Author:  [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/4 "2006-11-17T19:57:36Z")
We’ve got an egret nesting in the drainage canal behind my house. I’m thinking that bird better fly away before Monday, or he’s dinner.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/5 "2006-11-17T19:58:21Z")
[QUOTE=phall0106]
Puffin.
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Emperor. (I’ve got a big family)
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/6 "2006-11-17T20:05:48Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear]
Do penguins have giblets? Cause if they don’t and you don’t have any giblets to make gravy then there’s no use in having a Thanksgiving dinner. Everybody knows the whole thing is all about the gravy. If the gravy ain’t right then it’s not Thanksgiving.
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I think the gizzards will be a little fishy, so I’m going to stuff it with a smaller penguin.
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### Author:  [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/7 "2006-11-17T20:18:51Z")
Albatross!
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/8 "2006-11-17T20:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]
We’ve got an egret nesting in the drainage canal behind my house. I’m thinking that bird better fly away before Monday, or he’s dinner.
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Why wait? Egret under glass would make a delightful Saturday evening repast.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/9 "2006-11-17T20:24:01Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I think the gizzards will be a little fishy, so I’m going to stuff it with a smaller penguin.
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Pufduckguin?
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/10 "2006-11-17T20:32:01Z")
[QUOTE=h.sapiens]
Albatross!
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Dodo!
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### Author:  [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/11 "2006-11-17T20:36:12Z")
[QUOTE=h.sapiens]
Albatross!
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What flavor?
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/12 "2006-11-17T20:38:05Z")
Phoenix. Great for leftovers.
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/13 "2006-11-17T20:44:09Z")
Not so great for the toilet.
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/14 "2006-11-17T20:45:34Z")
Not so great for the toilet.
Also, it tastes like burning.
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### Author:  [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/15 "2006-11-17T20:54:43Z")
Is this a _gay_ penguin, or one of the other ones?
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/16 "2006-11-17T20:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray]
Is this a _gay_ penguin, or one of the other ones?
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(not that there’s anything wrong with that)
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/17 "2006-11-17T21:06:40Z")
My daughter’s first birthday is just before Thanksgiving, so both families are getting together to combine the two celebrations. That means twice the standard number of dinner guests.
I’m thinking Roc.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/18 "2006-11-17T21:12:57Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston]
My daughter’s first birthday is just before Thanksgiving, so both families are getting together to combine the two celebrations. That means twice the standard number of dinner guests.
I’m thinking Roc.
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As a fellow Thanksgivingish birthday, I’m going to request on her behalf that you have birthday cake as well as pumpkin pie. I friggin’ hate pumpkin pie, but for years my family stuck a candle in the damn pumpkin pie and called it my cake. Bastards.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/19 "2006-11-17T21:13:56Z")
[QUOTE=h.sapiens]
Albatross!
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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb…
[QUOTE=phall0106]
Puffin.
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I watch “The Girls Next Door” and unfortunately now I hear that in Holly’s voice. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/20 "2006-11-17T21:19:27Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
As a fellow Thanksgivingish birthday, I’m going to request on her behalf that you have birthday cake as well as pumpkin pie. I friggin’ hate pumpkin pie, but for years my family stuck a candle in the damn pumpkin pie and called it my cake. Bastards.
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That’s unconscionable.
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