# Turkey Trots To Water- A Holiday MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 23, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243 "2020-11-23T07:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/181 "2020-11-26T18:28:11Z")
**BBBoo** , šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ Oh, and {{{{{{{ }}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/182 "2020-11-26T18:43:57Z")
Yaaaaaay on the coming blessed event, Boo! Soon youā€™ll be snuggling TWO grandadorables! Yippee! I raise my mug of tea (herbal cinnamon apple spice, with brown sugar and vanilla flavoring) in salute. Iā€™m also eating a cranberry-banana bran muffin I made the other day. Iā€™m not hungry, but I canā€™t take amoxicillin on an empty stomach. OK, people, I need an answer to a long-simmering question that Moooomā€™s post reminded me of: why do so many of us have big holiday meals in the middle of the afternoon instead of at a regular mealtime, like lunch or dinner? People are usually starving long before appetizers appear but canā€™t eat lest they spoil their appetites. Little kidsā€“heck, BIG kidsā€“canā€™t wait that long. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/183 "2020-11-26T18:44:57Z")
Thanks, yā€™all for all the kind words. This board is my main social outlet. Itā€™s the one bit of communicating with other humans that I do every day. Just finished the dinner that Jewish Senior Services delivered yesterday, and in about three hours, my neighbor is bringing me another dinner from a local Italian restaurant. Iā€™m sure thereā€™ll be enough for tomorrow, too. I stocked the neighborhood pantry yesterday and Iā€™ll do it again tomorrow morning. My new routine is to shop once a week and get three big bags of stuff, but put it out three times a week. Gives me sumptinā€™ to do. Besides hang out here. šŸ¤— ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/184 "2020-11-26T18:46:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Gives me sumptinā€™ to do. Besides hang out here. šŸ¤— And a fine job you do of both! {{{ back atcha }}} ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/185 "2020-11-26T18:53:43Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > why do so many of us have big holiday meals in the middle of the afternoon instead of at a regular mealtime, like Iā€™ve never figured that out either, unless the hosts/cooks are straddling the two big meals of the day and are hoping to have to only sweat over putting out one big spread instead of two. Me and mine? It was either 1pm, with fix your own plate of leftovers for supper, or in the case of holidays such as Christmas Eve, when many work at least part of the day and the sense of the day is the fall of sunset and the approaching next day, we gather at 5 for nibbles and eat about 6pm, thence lounging, kibitzing, playing games or doing jigsaw puzzles together. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/186 "2020-11-26T18:59:17Z")
Iā€™ve been given to understand the Thanksgiving football games create their own priorities, and meals are sometimes scheduled around them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/187 "2020-11-26T19:01:33Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > why do so many of us have big holiday meals in the middle of the afternoon instead of at a regular mealtime, like lunch or dinner? Turkey (or prime rib, for Christmas) takes a long time to cook. There tends to be a lot of side dishes, and a lot of prep. After eating, everything needs to be put away or cleaned up. That takes time, and who wants to clean up right before bed? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/188 "2020-11-26T19:01:43Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Iā€™ve been given to understand the Thanksgiving football games create their own priorities, and meals are sometimes scheduled around them. Good point. I forgot that entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/189 "2020-11-26T19:04:40Z")
4 or 5 pm is usually my familyā€™s preferred time. Earlier than a regular dinner, but we skip lunch so everybodyā€™s hungry. And more time for socializinā€™ after. Breakfast has been consumed: Scrambled eggs, pancakes, hash browns, and various meats. Simple yet eminently satisfying. Hours of slothage shall now commence. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/190 "2020-11-26T19:15:54Z")
Traditionally the turkey goes in the oven at oā€™dark early, followed by a big breakfast and then nibbling until 12:00, when the people arrive. Eat at 13:00 (1 pm for the rest of you), sit around drinking coffee and nibbling on pie. Maybe watch a football game or the Hobbit (it was always on on Thanksgiving it seems), go for a walk to the beach and now itā€™s about 18:00 or so. Time for some mix of leftoevers / desserts / alcoholic beverages. And cards. There will be card games. Some people leave before the walk, some people leave before the cards. And there are those who are serious about their card games. At least thatā€™s how it was growing up. My in-laws say they will eat at 15:00, and then eat about 1.5 hours later. And thereā€™s no card games. No walk to the beach. Which is good, because it would take more than 24 hours, according to google. Today? Not even pumpkin pie. Might make one this weekend. Or anise cookies, since all the Christmas markets are canceled. Have a safe Thanksgiving! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/191 "2020-11-26T19:16:59Z")
Iā€™m glad yā€™all are here, and are willing to put up with me. Daughter, son-in-law,a and one of the grandsons are here for the next 4 days. Weā€™re having roasted chickens and dressing, and I know there will be pies 'cause Iā€™ve seen them. Iā€™m hoping for mashed taters and gravy. There may be other stuffs, but thatā€™ll be up to someone else. I have no idea what time we will eat. Thereā€™s nothing in the oven at this time, (~11am). I expect itā€™ll be late afternoon. Nobody in this house cares about professional sports, so there prolly wonā€™t be any of that noise today. Works for me. Now if I can just convince **Wifey** not to turn on CNNā€¦ šŸ™„ Yā€™all have a wunnerful day and weekend. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/192 "2020-11-26T19:19:58Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > ā€¦ my hair is wet and Iā€™m not fully clothed. Me too, and ā€¦ me too. Iā€™m all cleaned up, though, I have my ā€œbringing overā€ packed (okay, laying on the floor next to my purse) and now I have, like, an hour to kill. OMG Iā€™m nervous! How silly is that? Iā€™m just ā€¦ completely out of practice on this whole ā€œsociable creatureā€ business. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/193 "2020-11-26T20:14:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Gives me sumptinā€™ to do. Besides hang out here. And we appreciate both things. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/194 "2020-11-26T20:15:28Z")
Happy turkey day, non-turkey Americans! Our shiny new restrictions have been announced- weā€™re getting away lightly here as the only mainland county on the lowest level, but it all seems very random whatā€™s allowed and how itā€™s supposed to work. Itā€™s making no difference to me anyway, as I have nowhere to go and no-one to meet up with anyway. Except at work, where of course Iā€™m still squished into small rooms with lots of people šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/195 "2020-11-26T20:20:46Z")
> [@It's A Shiny New MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shiny-new-mmp/925698/246): > > Sheesh, it was one date 17 years ago. We had scallops. We hugged. He told me I was a cheap date. _Thatā€™s it._ And here I thought yā€™all were just hot-rackingā€¦ > [@It's A Shiny New MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shiny-new-mmp/925698/258): > > šŸˆ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ šŸ¤¬ Thatā€™s how I feel about almost all ball games. That was one of the things I liked about working at the store after I retired from the Navy ā€“ there was more than one topic of conversation on the day after the Super Bowl. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Jewish Senior Services delivered my Old Folks T-Day dinner. ā€¦ They delivered 400 of them in town to other old people sheltering alone (or mostly alone). SubVets does that here ā€“ several hundred meals delivered to shut-ins, duty personnel at police and fire stations (here and in neighbouring towns), and others. They also serve meals for sailors, retirees and families who come to the clubhouse to eat. The goal was 150 turkeys this year; as of 11 Nov 110 had been donated. Slowly catching up on the last few daysā€™ postsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/196 "2020-11-26T20:38:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > we skip lunch so everybodyā€™s hungry. I had a LandjƤger and a slice of cheese earlier. Thatā€™s all Iā€™ve had in the six-and-a-half hours Iā€™ve been up. Iā€™m a little hungry. Mrs. L.A. had some pumpkin pie. Two slices, I think; but Iā€™m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/197 "2020-11-26T20:44:29Z")
We eat early because itā€™s a very heavy meal that need time to process so you donā€™t lie awake half the night. And weā€™re old. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/198 "2020-11-26T20:46:00Z")
Oh, crud, football. Donā€™t get me wrong. Iā€™m not against football; Iā€™m just against the dayā€™s schedule revolving around football, as **shoe** says. First of all, itā€™s supposed to revolve around family, am I right? And second of all, you have people who slave at prep, often for days, and shovel-chew-burp is not adequate appreciation. Johnny, I come from a long lineā€“OK, Mom wasnā€™t born here, so a short lineā€“of women who got up very early to get the turkey in the oven, so the long roasting time didnā€™t mean a late meal. Then when the leftovers were put away and the dishes washed, we were done for the day. The evening meal was yummy turkey sandwichesā€“usually on paper plates. I love turkey sandwiches. I had a WONDERFUL Zoom call with the kids. SO good to see their happy faces! We laughed a lot, as always. Iā€™m glad they both have a good sense of humor; itā€™s a real survival skill. I have a couple of calls to make and will then contemplate when Iā€™m eating dinner. Silly me! Iā€™ll eat it at dinner time. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 26, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/199 "2020-11-26T20:48:44Z")
Dinner has been inhaled. I need to make a couple of sammiches for the road tomorrow. Pie later, chillage now. MIL forgot to make the marshmallow covered casserole, so whew!! šŸ˜ I was nice and cleaned the stove and microwave. **FCD** did the dishes. Higgs is plastered to my right leg, snoozing. Quiet afternoonā€¦ _Hot-racking???_ The very idea! Iā€™m not that kind of girl and neither is **swampy**!!!šŸ˜›šŸ˜›šŸ˜› šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/200 "2020-11-26T21:15:28Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > And second of all, you have people who slave at prep, often for days, and shovel-chew-burp is not adequate appreciation. Thank you, we appreciate it. And dinner here will be 5:00, cocktails are being served now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243.md?page=11)