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back alley
10-09-2005, 21:08
happy turkeyday to all canadians!

while i skipped the big dinner this year i guess i have lots to be thankful for.

i have a hell of a group of friends here that have rallied round and keep checking in on me.

and i have an international group of cyber friends that have done the same, breaking the barrier and who have entered into my life.

and then there is g'man...who i believe in another life was a private investigator...;)

i am blessed.

joe
ChrisN
10-09-2005, 21:25
This is very affirming stuff. I wish I could store it up in a bottle to save for darker days.

Time you wrote some more poetry, Joe.
rover
10-10-2005, 01:54
Happy Thanksgiving aye!
Hektor
10-10-2005, 02:01
Diet tip Joe,..... eat some, and save some for the dog.

......then take her for a walk, and a P,... (camera that is !).... ;-)

JC.
taffer
10-10-2005, 02:45
Happy thanksgiving day Joe and all Canadians too !!! :)
nomade
10-10-2005, 02:59
Happy thanksgiving for all canadians...
dcsang
10-10-2005, 03:08
I had my turkey dinner last night with my folks, siblings, cousins and aunt & uncle.

mmmm... I'm stuffed still :)

And yes, we have a LOT to be thankful for in this land. Happy Turkey Day !!!

Dave
GeneW
10-10-2005, 04:04
Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians, and Happy Columbus Day to everyone in the States!

Gene
Nick R.
10-10-2005, 04:32
Happy holiday! And someone save me a wing, please.
iggers
10-10-2005, 05:27
We celebrate Thanksgiving much earlier here in Canada because there is so much more to be thankful for. :>
oftheherd
10-10-2005, 05:28
Happy Thanksgiving day to all Canadians and to us at RFF for Joe's getting through his heart attact and still being with us. God bless all.
oftheherd
10-10-2005, 05:34
Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians, and Happy Columbus Day to everyone in the States!

Gene

Yep, our Columbus day. The local schools have not honored the holiday though. Fearful of needing snow days later perhaps.
jan normandale
10-10-2005, 06:41
thanks to the rest of our Global Friends too. Wish you could be here. We'll hoist a glass for everyone I'm sure.

cheers, Jan
JoeFriday
10-10-2005, 06:47
happy Thanksgiving, you canucks!
FrankS
10-10-2005, 06:52
We celebrate Thanksgiving much earlier here in Canada because there is so much more to be thankful for. :>

Also, with our winters, we don't feel that thankful anymore by December.
rbiemer
10-10-2005, 08:25
Happy Thanksgiving Day folks! Not sure what I'll be cooking for everone next month at my family's turkeyday, it ends up being a busman's holiday for me: I take the Wednesday before off and spend the night at my Dad's so I can cook for the mob that shows up on Thursday--usually 18 or 20 of us. Lots of good mostly healthy food and then after dinner we sit and have coffe and Green Chartreuse.
It's always a fairly international group: before my stepmom retired, she would invite several of the overseas students to come share the holiday with us. Now that she's retired there not so many new faces at the table but still a very worldly group.
Rob
DougK
10-10-2005, 09:56
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
Trius
10-10-2005, 17:49
Rob: Chartreuse??? GREEN FIRE!!! I had it once, more than 30 years ago, and I remember it to this day... great stuff! Hmmm, I'll have to get some!

Trius
Scarpia
10-10-2005, 17:53
Rob: Chartreuse??? GREEN FIRE!!! I had it once, more than 30 years ago, and I remember it to this day... great stuff! Hmmm, I'll have to get some!

Trius
And made by monks if I remember correctly. :angel:
Kurt M.
jan normandale
10-10-2005, 18:07
there is green chartreuse and also a yelllow chartreuse (go figure) still it is a little like the Italian liqueur Millefiorit or Benedictine , all made with extracts from plants/herbs/flowers. After the first one, the second goes down more easily.

Sante

Jan
rbiemer
10-10-2005, 19:00
And made by monks if I remember correctly. :angel:
Kurt M.
Monks from mountains in France from what I've learned over the years. And only two of them know the secret recipe at any time. The monastery orders lots of ingredients that are NOT part of the formula so that no sneaky people can look through the trash and reverse engineer the elixir.
The stuff used to be 180 proof(90% alcohol) but, at least what's imported to the US, it's now abit less--120 or 130 proof IIRC[and there's no gaurantee of that as we only have it on Thanksgiving and while we aren't pounding shots--just sipping from some teeny little glasses--things are abit fuzzy by bed time].
Three more things about this lovely drink:
1)-The color Chartreuse is apparently named after the liquor
2)- I must slightly disagree with Jan: the first glass is something of a test, if you have a second then you have passed the test, and the third and later are simply a glow. :D
3)- As the oldest son, I get most of dad's share these days--he only has one since his heart attack.
One of our thanksgiving guests some years ago had been to France and had toured the monastery and town where this is made--she's my source for the above info.
Rob
Theo-Prof
10-11-2005, 13:55
I have always wondered--how many Canadian turkeys does it take to make one U.S. turkey?

Sorry, I just could not resist.

Kevin
Trius
10-11-2005, 14:42
Rob: I had the "real", green stuff available only in France, brought back by a dear friend when she returned from graduate studies in France. Warmed me then, the memory warms me now.

Kevin: Canada is currently working on population growth to get to that level.

Trius ... ducking and hiding ... couldn't resist