Week Twelve Thanksgiving Day Afternoon Game- Open Thread
by Brad Wells on Nov 26, 2009 4:00 PM EST
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PrintThe second game today is pretty vomit-inducing. So, if you need to purge BEFORE eating a big Thanksgiving dinner, maybe watch the first few minutes of the Cowboys v. Raiders contest.
Speaking of dinner, the menu in the BBS household this evening consists of:
Sea bass, pumpkin-encrusted
Salmon patties that are gluten-free, using corn flakes, egg, potato, and spinach to keep the patties together
Brussel sprouts
Sweet potato mash, with gravy
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie, also gluten free
My spouse and I don't eat red meat or poultry. We also can't eat dairy or wheat because of allergies and dietary restrictions. So, things like turkey, stuffing, and the like have been off our Thanksgiving menu for years. To be honest, I don't miss them. The only meat I truly miss is bacon. Sweet, sweet, beautiful bacon.
Please share your Thanksgiving menu, and your thoughts on the games, in this open thread.
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No red meat?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
No BBS……………..not you
Stuffing is my favorite
and Bacon broke my sister of her vegetarianism. So good.
I’m lucky with no allergies. I don’t think I could handle food restrictions. I’ve tried to cut pop out of my diet as part of my bid to get back into good shape after getting soft in the dorms and I’ve cut way back but I still crave it like hell.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
yep
I think my county is skewed to light blue by all the transplants at the Uni, everyone that grew up here says pop.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
my point is that Indy folks should be saying "coke"
I grew up there and that’s what I say.
So now we have an easy way to tell who rooted for Jack Trudeau and who didn’t. :)
So you are the authority?
I’m from Iowa but I live in Indianapolis, and I’ve never heard anybody refer to it as “coke” (unless they meant the drink made by Coca-Cola).
Everybody at work calls it “pop” or “soda.”
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
it's all a percentage game
but in Indy “coke” is the most popular. And in parts of southern Indiana, but northern Indiana and some other places—looks like Bloomington is included—prefer pop.
Only time I ever heard "coke" as a generic term was in Jacksonville FL
but I have not traveled extensively in the southeast. And Florida is by and large, a land of transplants like CA.
And I rooted for Jack Trudeau while drinking soda plenty of times.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Great map!
shoein, where can I see a larger version so I can actually read it.
And BTW, it’s soda, folks. nyah!
(what’s with that one county in N Nebraska? What, was it settled by displaced coastal folks?
And what the hell is “other?” There’s one co in northern MN that apparently calls carbonated soft drinks “moose juice” or something? Actually, Nevada is one messed-up state based on this map (and numerous other things I know about it).
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
go to view image in the
control click pop up thing
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
I'll paste the URL below
http://tastyresearch.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/popvssodamap.png
or google “generic names for soft drinks”
I have no idea what “other” is. I’d love to know.
I think there is some noise in the data and that’s why you get some random colors in some places.
Looks like small sample size is an issue as well
NV: 294 respondents. That means a really remote county might have one or two, who both say “snurgle fizzles” instead of something more normal, and as the only respondents, their word is law.
NM, which also looks scattered, had 457. AK: 275.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
here's a link
and everyone knows it’s “soda”
http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html
How can you not love a team that does this?
That's right
another bi-coastal one. (Though growing up in NJ I knew a lot of people from eastern PA who called it pop—in fact, that’s the only place I ever heard pop before college probably).
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Yep.
Soda.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Nov 26, 2009 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Always been pop/soft drink for me.
I’m from Bloomington, IN for the record.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
"northern MN that apparently calls carbonated soft drinks "moose juice" or something"
those far northers are odd people. We make fun of one of my buddies that grew up in Wisconsin for slipping into a bit of an upper midwest accent sometimes (most notably pronouncing fire “foyer”)
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
I say it and usually hear it with the R
think that’s another midwest thing
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
I've heard both.
Even from the same people.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
fire and foyer
or foyer and foy-yay
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
foy-yer and foy-yay. Hell, I think I've said both. Depends on who I'm talking to.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
We say
Foyer (pronounced “foy-YURR”). We only say Foy-yay when we are trying to be snooty.
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
Yea, that's pretty much what I use when I want to get a giggle out of a date.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
Same thing with vase and aunt.
My dad’s sister is my ANT (not “ONT”).
We put flowers in a Vase (long A), not a vahhs.
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
Sea Bass
Not to be a dick, BBS, but was it sustainably harvested? (See what a decade-plus in Seattle will do to a guy?). Usually sea bass, or more accurately Patagonian Toothfish (nasty name, eh?), is not.
I’ll suggest Black Cod (technically Sablefish) from the north pacific as a substitute. luscious and buttery, and part of a sustainable fishery. (I grill it with a diced olive/sun-dried tomato/pesto paste on top)
Happy Turkey Day all.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Sorry, BBS
But that menu is nass. Tay.
We’re having the traditional: Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato with marshmallows, rolls, pumpkin pie, apple pie, etc.
One thing we have that I think most families don’t is Watergate Salad. Mix the following in a bowl: 1 box of pistachio pudding mix, 1 can crushed pineapple, 1/2 bag of mini marshmallows, and 1 container of Cool Whip. Stir and serve cold. MMmmmmmmm.
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
Picky, how on earth does that qualify as a salad?
It’s not cooked, true, but aside from the pineapple, it’s entirely composed of processed foods.
dessert, maybe. Salad… not sure.
Can we find a map of the US broken down by what people call “watergate salad?”
(Okay, I confess, I guess I call Waldorf Salad, which is sort of the same thing with apples and raisins and some glutinous white stuff holding them together, a salad. Both must have been signature dishes at their respective hotels. Where a lot of guests died of heart disease.)
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Taco Salad.
Another thing that says “Salad” but has no nutritional value. Fatty McFat.
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
We call that Woldorf salad at my house.
and I’m having pretty much the same thing.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
We call it Ambrosia salad.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Nov 26, 2009 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
Don't you mean
Waldorf Salad?
/Grammar Nazi appears and sez Happy T-Day!
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
Awwwwww
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Nov 26, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Geez, folks, it's a holiday... family... traveling to grandma's house... that sort of thing
So what are the odds we get 100 comments based on food?
At this rate so far, pretty good.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
I'm heading out soon
so it’ll be up to someone else to call a food something “odd” to generate discussion
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
3.5 hours, just shy of 100 comments
Okay, time for some real debate like Manning/Brady (which we already know the answer to).
This one: Light meat or dark meat?
discuss among yourselves, attack, throttle, but please provide irrefutable proof.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Bacon
my sister-in-law pointed out that Bacon is not red meat, neither is it poultry. It’s white meat. Why can’t you have bacon?
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
In dietary circles it's classified as a fat serving.
Kind of makes one sit up and take notice. So is cream cheese.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Yea, my MMA fighter buddy is basically not allowed to have pork although he has to eat tons of protein.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
It's always on the menu when it's time for cheat day.
To his credit, he went from 320 to 240 in 12 months and has kept it off for almost a year.
by vintagephoenix on Nov 26, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
We're doing the traditional turkey-stuffing-pumpkin pie thing
oh shoot that reminds me… I have to bake the pies!
I like BBS’ menu, though – different and healthy!
How can you not love a team that does this?
Sweet potato pie
and peach cobbler here.
yum. yum.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Nov 26, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
Heyward-Bey has a catch rate under 20%
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
He's played 261 pass plays
has had only 35 passes thrown to him and has caught just 7 of them.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
Go Raidaz!
Im having
Ham and a bunch veggies around it (not turkey)
Cranberry sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Pumping pie.
Not alot of stuff, but more than enough to fill me up
Pumping pie?
Where are you pumping it from? I think we know where it’s being pumped TO.
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
WOW RaidersFAIL
pick 6 prevented by two defenders slamming into each other
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
there are other teams it could happen to
but only on the Raiders would both players get up glaring at their teammate like they cost them money.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Nov 26, 2009 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
Yay
I started Felix Jones in two leagues. I might not go 1-6 again
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
You're right.
You’ll go 2-5 instead.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: You've seen SNL's hilarious Dear Sister sketch before, right? You haven't? Well, watch it here. This right here is what the Dear Sister sketch was a parody of. Bet the writers of The OC wish they could redo that scene now.
wow over 12 yards a play for the cowboys
that’s worse than the Phins against Indy.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
Thought I'd share this snapshot:
Happy Thanksgiving!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
My parents have many cats, and all of them are doing this right now...
I think I’m going to watch a move and then prepare for the morning (Black Friday warrior here).
DOINK!
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
LUUUUUUUUUUUUKKEEEE!!!
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
damn Lechler's leg is crazy
that punt went high enough to just miss the board while traveling over 60 yards
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
I'm out
Happy Thanksgiving all.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
I suppose it's too much
to ask for…..to see a close game on Thanksgiving! The Raiders suck so bad it’s not even amusing anymore. Happy Thanksgiving anyway!
my parents decided to come up last minute, so the Spaz menu includes
Roasted Chicken (i don’t like turkkkey)
Garlic Cheddar Mashed Po-Tay-Toes w/gravy (homemade from the chicken, no fake stuff)
Sweet Potato Caserole (sweet taters, pecans, marshmallows cooked till they mash together)
Homemade Mac and Cheese (made with fontina, gruyere, parmesean, and cheddar cheese)
Corn Fritters
The best Pecan Pie ever (Thats not the official name, but we get it from one of the local farms, and its the bestest thing Ive ever eaten /grammar fail)
Two helpings of regret (followed by 2 days of purging)
Happy Thanksgiving to every one :)
Never doubt Peyton Manning, he’ll make you look silly
Im a douchebag, an asshole, and I'm rarely right.
homemade mac and cheese?!?!?!
I’m hopping a plane right now
How can you not love a team that does this?
yea
fresh pasta, make a bechamel sauce (flour, butter, cream) then add a bunch of fresh grated parm, cook the pasta, mix the pasta with about 70% of the sauce, get a big baking pan, one layer of macaroni, then (you should have grated all of the cheese before hand) you put a layer of grated cheese, then some extra sauce, then another layer of pasta, cheese, extra sauce, pasta, cheese, extra sauce, then mix the rest of the cheese and some bread crumbs together and put that on top, and bake.
Tastes great and fat free.
Never doubt Peyton Manning, he’ll make you look silly
Im a douchebag, an asshole, and I'm rarely right.
yummy
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Nov 26, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
spaz sounds like a wonderfull meal yumm
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Nov 27, 2009 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
Al Davis needs to die so this team can stop being run like its 1977. what a joke franchise
by torontocoltsfan on Nov 26, 2009 6:06 PM EST reply actions
Only if the Broncos stop sucking
Is that likely?
by eltharion_doa on Nov 26, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
eh
no
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Nov 26, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
So I guess everyone went away?
Just got done with dinner
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Wow
You poor poor man
I'd donate a kidney in exchange for Pdiddy and my colts to get 2 more Super Bowl rings...That's LUV
by Bama Blue on Nov 26, 2009 6:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions
It;s not just you
He hates us both. I also sat Felix Jones and started LeSean McCoy thanks to Yahoo’s projections
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Hmm
Got Mendenhall and Rock Cartwright (lulz) on my bench. Maybe Barber can get some garbage time.
Dallas defense is sucking too. Alowing a TD? Only two sacks and a fumble? Against the Raiders? Booo!
by eltharion_doa on Nov 26, 2009 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
You have Dallas D too?
I haven’t seen the points, but I was hoping for a couple more sacks and a pick 6.
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Looks like
I should have played GB’s D
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Yeah
Ummed and ahhed between them and the Chargers. Need turnovers…
by eltharion_doa on Nov 26, 2009 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
Well
That big run and those garbage time carries got him over 100 yards from scrimmage, so not a completely busted game. Would have liked a TD…
by eltharion_doa on Nov 26, 2009 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
As would have I.
But that’s better than the 5 – 7 points he has been getting me
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You sure he didn't just get hit by a Gradkowski pass?
by eltharion_doa on Nov 26, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
At 9 inches
It would have hit him right in the numbers though
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i don't think so...
if you call that thing on the tv a “game”…
Go Colts!
by Marked Hoosier on Nov 26, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
there is no third game.
i got no nfl network so it is DEAD TO ME!
Go Colts!
by Marked Hoosier on Nov 26, 2009 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
Well you aren't talking
So you are DEAD TO ME!
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'sniff...
you know words hurt.
Go Colts!
by Marked Hoosier on Nov 26, 2009 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
OK guys
Let’s pick him. Give me your scores for this game
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lets see...
Giants 45
Donkeys 6
:)
Go Colts!
by Marked Hoosier on Nov 26, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
oh my thanksgiving...
was turkey, stuffing with oysters, green bean casserole (why do people make this stuff?), cheesy potatoes, dinner rolls, gravy, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and a jello dessert.
snacks included shrimp platter, chips with nacho cheese…
drinks were wine, beer, and coke with cuervo dark. I went with plain coke.
now I am zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
Go Colts!
YOU
went with plain coke? Though, who the hell drinks coke with Cuervo? vomits
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dad brought Cuervo Dark..
to try it out. It mixes with coke, and is a pretty good drink.
Go Colts!
by Marked Hoosier on Nov 26, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
my bad...
it is named jose cuervo black medallion.
Black, dark… what’s the difference lol
Go Colts!
by Marked Hoosier on Nov 26, 2009 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
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