# I'm going to cook a penguin instead of a turkey for Thanksgiving **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/41 "2006-11-17T23:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] What are you serving this year? [/QUOTE] By the way, I promised to buy my grandson the DVD "[Happy Feet](http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/) " for his birthday. Which is on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. I have a serious ethical dilemma here. šŸ˜‰ Maybe Iā€™ll just have a Big Bird as\*\* Clothahump\*\* suggested. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/42 "2006-11-17T23:51:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cabin\_Fever] By the way, I promised to buy my grandson the DVD "[Happy Feet](http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/) " for his birthday. [/QUOTE] Oops, I meant to say take him to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/43 "2006-11-18T00:03:59Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] As a fellow Thanksgivingish birthday, Iā€™m going to request on her behalf that you have birthday cake as well as pumpkin pie. I frigginā€™ hate pumpkin pie, but for years my family stuck a candle in the damn pumpkin pie and called it my cake. Bastards. [/QUOTE] Donā€™t you worryā€¦[I havenā€™t forgotten](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6022268&postcount=25). And yeah, sheā€™ll be having cakeā€¦tomorrow, for the ā€œfriendsā€ b-day party; Tuesday, which is her actual birthday; and on Thanksgiving, for the family party. Spoiled little so-n-soā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/44 "2006-11-18T06:14:05Z")
Iā€™m having Michael J Fox over for thanksgiving. Iā€™ll be serving stem cells. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/45 "2006-11-18T07:24:55Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] (not that thereā€™s anything wrong with that) [/QUOTE] Yer FUNNY! [sub]This would be my attempt to avoid the standard ā€œyou made me spit Pepsi all over my keyboardā€ post whilst still telling you that you made me spit Pepsi all over my keyboard.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/46 "2006-11-18T07:33:14Z")
The good thing about penguin is that you donā€™t even need to dress the bird. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/47 "2006-11-18T08:25:57Z")
Organic Ostrich stuffed inside a camel stuffed inside an elephant stuffed inside a blue whale. We have a whole bunch of hungry buggers coming around for Christmas lunch šŸ˜ƒ God knows what Iā€™m gonna serve as dessert. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/48 "2006-11-18T08:36:49Z")
Pity our moas are all gone, theyā€™d have kept you guys going from Thanksgiving clear through to Christmas. With minced moa for New Years. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/49 "2006-11-18T08:42:27Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] Pity our moas are all gone [/QUOTE] Oh no, you donā€™t have any moa? Please donā€™t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/50 "2006-11-18T09:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Oh no, you donā€™t have any moa? Please donā€™t hurt me. [/QUOTE] šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/51 "2006-11-18T09:22:29Z")
If anyone needs recipes for how to prepare their penguin, camel, whale, or what have you, you might want to check out [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347708) Iā€™m thinking about having a couple of the stray cats hanging out by my front door. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/52 "2006-11-18T09:44:50Z")
Iā€™m thinking moa, dodo, ivory-billed woodpecker, and spotted owl pot pie. With cranberry sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/53 "2006-11-18T13:22:51Z")
This is a fowl thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/54 "2006-11-18T18:25:49Z")
We had pterodactyl, and it was delicious! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/55 "2006-11-18T18:37:01Z")
Iā€™m baking a [Coelacanth](http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/classification/coelacanth.htm) for the family. Theyā€™re best stuffed with minced nurse shark meat thatā€™s been marinated in apple cider vinegar and a mash of sweet plum and okra. :eek: Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/56 "2006-11-18T19:02:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Iā€™m baking a [Coelacanth](http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/classification/coelacanth.htm) for the family. Theyā€™re best stuffed with minced nurse shark meat thatā€™s been marinated in apple cider vinegar and a mash of sweet plum and okra. [/QUOTE] [reality hijack from coelacanth fanatic]Itā€™s possible that one of the reasons that the, uh, aliveness, of the coelacanth was unknown for so long is that itā€™s a singularly untasty sort of fish, very oily. The people in the Comoros always threw them back until they found out that stupid scientists would pay them good money for them. They call them _gombassa_, which means something like "disgusting nasty oily fish.[/rhfcf] Iā€™m not having anything for Thanksgiving. Someone forgot to let the Bulgarian school system know that Thursday is a holiday and they scheduled me to _work_! Foo. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/57 "2006-11-18T19:22:24Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Iā€™m thinking moa, dodo, ivory-billed woodpecker, and spotted owl pot pie. With cranberry sauce. [/QUOTE] Whatever you do, donā€™t make that cranberry sauce fresh. It makes you a snob. Weā€™re having Native American for Thanksgiving this year, if only I can find one. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/58 "2006-11-18T19:24:26Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Weā€™re having Native American for Thanksgiving this year, if only I can find one. [/QUOTE] I was born in this country - does that make meā€¦ dinner??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/59 "2006-11-18T20:25:16Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Weā€™re having Native American for Thanksgiving this year, if only I can find one. [/QUOTE] Iā€™m glad Iā€™m not the only one who keeps misreading the thread title. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874/60 "2006-11-18T20:37:54Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] I was born in this country - does that make meā€¦ dinner??? :eek: [/QUOTE] ā€”licks chops thoughtfullyā€“ Perhaps. Perhaps it does. šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ **Kyla** , Iā€™m not a coelacanth fanatic but Iā€™ve known about them since I was a small child. I wanted to see a photo of one, and eventually did- and bingo- larger more pronounced fore-fins. Missing Link indeedy. I wonder if the very oily texture of the flesh has anything to do with the development of the organism? Is it a dffense mechanism? Other predators would stay way because they taste bad? Or, is there something about the unique blend of organs and high oil content that assisted in their ascent onto land? At any rate, I promise I will not be eating the focus of your fanaticism. šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-cook-a-penguin-instead-of-a-turkey-for-thanksgiving/380874.md?page=4)