# 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:** 7
**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 25, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/121 "2020-11-25T22:34:17Z")
How was the gravy @ThelmaLou? That’s the most important part. The challah and gelt were a nice touch, though. How utterly civilized. * * * Now that I gushed about my ratties, can I bitch for a sec? Cuz one of the groups (there’s seven, plus a quad of bachelors, eight tubs total) has babies … and they’re HIDING them from me. I hear the pups squeak periodically _(“week! weeeek!”)_ but I cannot figure out who had 'em. Every time I sneak, as stealthily as possible, around the corner from my chair into their room. Every time, Mama hushes her babies. It’s not the bachelor crew. It’s not the group I moved this morning into clean digs. {_squints at remaining tubs_} Dammit. Which of you has clandestine bebehs? ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/122 "2020-11-25T22:43:30Z")
Oh! I forgot the whole reason I came back in here … to share a link with y’all. It’s a tradition in DFW to listen on Thanksgiving day (92.5 KZPS has played this at noon and at 5 p.m. every T-Day for decades) and in case I forgot tomorrow, I gave it a listen & singalong today. Now you all shall, too. Sing it with me, people! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m57gzA2JCcM/hqdefault.jpg "Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM) ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/123 "2020-11-25T22:45:06Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Now you all shall, too. Sing it with me, people! 🎶🎵 you can get anything you want…🎵🎶 ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/124 "2020-11-25T22:45:44Z")
That was terrible. You wanna end war and stuff, ya gotta sing LOUD. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/125 "2020-11-25T22:53:07Z")
I love cooking Thanksgiving dinner, but this year I am just not up to it. I am making progress, but I just do not have the stamina for a long day in the kitchen. Tomorrow I am going to make a family favorite comfort food. I am postponing Thanksgiving dinner for a couple of weeks until I am a bit stronger. ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/126 "2020-11-25T23:21:00Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > You wanna end war and stuff, ya gotta sing LOUD. 🎵🎶 YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT AT ALICE’S RESTAURANT…🎶🎵 ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/127 "2020-11-25T23:32:36Z")
( … exceptin’ Alice.) Eating begets appetite. I’m pullin’ out all the stops tonight. That extra Popeye’s biscuit? (_pulls jar of caviar from pantry_) ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/128 "2020-11-25T23:37:40Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > > You wanna end war and stuff, ya gotta sing LOUD. > > 🎵🎶 YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT AT ALICE’S RESTAURANT…🎶🎵 Thanks for playing along, by the way. That was precisely the punchline I’d set up for, and frankly, I’d have been disappointed if nobody ran with it. * * * OMG these duck-fat-soaked potatoes are proof god loves us & wants us to be happy. ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/129 "2020-11-25T23:37:59Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > How was the gravy @ThelmaLou? That’s the most important part. > The challah and gelt were a nice touch, though. How utterly civilized. The gravy was excellent. Everything was good. This agency brings me (and other old Jewish people) a challah and another dish every month. It’s a very lovely thing to do. I already ate the gelt. 😋 ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/130 "2020-11-25T23:41:45Z")
I’m going to hell(\*) for this, but I always read “challah” in my mind as “_HOLLLAHHH!!_” Arms raised, of course. Grew up with the stuff, but it’s _chalka_ to me. (L pronounced as W, of course. Polish is teh weirdz.) (\*) lapsed Catholic hell. Whole place is probably painted beige. ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/131 "2020-11-25T23:43:48Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Tomorrow I am going to make a family favorite comfort food. I was having so much fun, I forgot to ask: what’s the special dish? (I heartily endorse your postponement, by the way. No need to be enslaved to the calendar.) ---
**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, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/132 "2020-11-26T00:05:16Z")
We had ribs and baked russets and cabbage and fresh bakery bread… and we’s all stuffded. Chillage shall ensue. One more day then we can head north again. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/133 "2020-11-26T00:20:39Z")
@purplehorseshoe > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I was having so much fun, I forgot to ask: what’s the special dish? It is really nothing special. For an unknown reason, my family calls this “Spanish Hamburger” 1 1/2 lbs lean ground chuck 1 medium sweet onion coarsely chopped 1 medium bell pepper also coarsely chopped 3 cloves minces garlic 1 28oz can chopped Italian tomatoes 1 46 oz can tomato juice 1 lb dry pasta 1 envelope Williams chili seasoning 2 TBS ancho chili powder 2 TBS ground cumin Saute the veggies in a little olive oil until soft. Add the ground beef and lightly brown it with about a third of the chili seasoning. The hamburger will finish cooking in the simmer stage. Add the tomatoes, tomato juice and spices, stir and simmer. Start the pasta water, and cook pasta as usual. By the time the pasta is al dente it is ready to add to the pot. I generally serve this with garlic bread nothing really fancy but it is tasty ---
**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, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/134 "2020-11-26T00:33:02Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Thanks for playing along, by the way. That was precisely the punchline I’d set up for, and frankly, I’d have been disappointed if nobody ran with it. You can almost always count on me for smart ass playing along. I just have to be careful so I don’t get sent to the Mumper principal’s office. Wouldn’t be the first time. ---
**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, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/135 "2020-11-26T00:36:01Z")
**shoe** , I couldn’t participate in tune that name because I was walking to the post office, where a homeless woman asked me for…a pen. She was drawing beautiful flowers on a sheet of paper, but her pen had run dry. I offered a Flair marker (which I can see better than regular pens), but someone else gave her the ballpoint she wanted. Anyway, from memory, I can contribute, “Walk right in, it’s around the back, just a half a mile from the railroad track.” When I was 13, my brother gave me the album for Christmas. I listened to it again on Spotify a few months back. Still great. And from the songs on the B side: > I don’t want a pickle. > Just wanna ride on my motor-sickle. 🙂 Such good memories. I stopped at the likker store on the way home. I didn’t need anything–still have that full liquor cart trying to remind me wine doesn’t keep forever–I just like browsing. Then I remembered I’m out of limoncello, and while I really regard it as a summer drink, I decided to get some. I got beguiled by a bottle of creamy limoncello, though, and ended up getting that. Maybe I’ll try a glass later on. **OW** sorry I missed your post yesterday.I’ll toast **Rubles** in something…not creamy limoncello, which I suspect he’d abhor, but something. In the meantime, {{{{{OW}}}}} **Thel** , that looks like a delicious dinner, and kudos to any group spreading joy and challah. Glad you enjoyed the gelt without guilt. **Hippie** , glad you’re giving yourself time and not trying to attempt the impossible, which would not have been fun. I hope the comfort dish was comforting. ---
**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, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/136 "2020-11-26T00:36:13Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > lapsed Catholic hell. Whole place is probably painted beige. Multi-colored shag carpeting, the furniture has clear vinyl coverings and elevator music is playing 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/137 "2020-11-26T00:36:26Z")
The rest of the prep stuff is done. OK, been done for a while. Now we chill. 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 **I said walk right in it’s around the back Just a half a mile from the railroad track And you can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant Da da da da da da da dum At Alice’s Restaurant** 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 ---
**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, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/138 "2020-11-26T00:37:08Z")
USDA Prime filets mignon. I seasoned one side of mine with Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, and one side of Mrs. L.A.'s with garlic powder. I wrapped them in bacon and slapped them onto a preheated cast-iron pan under the broiler. I cooked them rare – raw, but not cold. The middle of mine almost literally melted in my mouth. Really good beef. I squeezed the liquid out of a bag of thawed frozen spinach, and heated it up with cream, some milk, half a block of feta cheese (cubed), kosher salt, and pepper. I had two helpings. Mrs. L.A. drinks white wine, no matter what; and I drink red wine, no matter what. So she had Chardonnay with dinner, and I had Cabernet Sauvignon. TL;DR: Mrs. L.A.'s delayed birthday dinner was a success. Mrs. L.A. reminded me we didn’t buy pumpkin pie for tomorrow. She wanted it from a particular store, so I made a 45-minute round-trip to get it. She’ll have some tonight. After two glasses of wine, an hour and a half after ‘dinner’ (we finished eating at 15:00), I’m having a Vieux Carré cocktail. ---
**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, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/139 "2020-11-26T00:38:53Z")
Maybe if we play\* our cards right we can get @Spoons to make a video of himself playing it with his spoons, post it and we sing along. \*feeling rascally-the ‘play’ was on purpose ---
**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, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243/140 "2020-11-26T00:47:32Z")
Shag carpeting? What is this, Seventies Swingers Hell? 🙂 I see flooring in Lapsed Catholic Hell as something much harder to kneel on, like asphalt (which we had to kneel on one year when the cardinal visited and Mass was outside) or green linoleum that smelled of votive candles and, faintly, vomit. Whatever it is, it’s gotta hurt. And “Seasons in the Sun” played on kazoos would be on a loop–or if not kazoos, Terry Jacks on helium. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-trots-to-water-a-holiday-mmp/926243.md?page=8)