Are we ready for the Thanksgiving Vent thread?

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Anonymous wrote:I will share the pettiest of my petty vents: my mom asked me not to put bourbon in my pumpkin pie bc she doesn't like the taste. So I made the pie without bourbon. She never even tried the now-bland pumpkin pie and had the key lime. Her comment: well, I guess you put some LIME in this.

Boomers...

Nah, we like bourbon. You should try my egg nog.

Haha I wish I could!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the double post. Obviously I have strong feelings about lack of seasoning!

When I was dating the guy I eventually married (we're divorced now); we had a Friendsgiving the weekend before Thanksgiving because we got a free turkey from the grocery store. I made the turkey, which involved adding some garlic to the compound butter and in the cavity. For some reason, boyfriend's dad was in town that weekend so ate with us and was gobsmacked at the idea of garlic being involved in roasting a turkey. I heard about it for the next 20 years. (we're divorced now, so I no longer have to hear about it.)

Honestly, I can't fathom roasting a chicken or turkey without garlic being involved...

This reminds me of my sister's MIL (silent gen). She didn't like garlic or onions. How does one cook for such a person? Blandsville.

Sounds like my parents. They used zero spices or herbs on the Turkey.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grow up, OP.

Who are you even talking to?

Just spitballing here, but I’m guessing…the OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am here for a steak tips update.

OP can’t update. The signal is terrible in the ER.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a petty vent. We were invited to a family friend's house for Thanksgiving. One of my favorite Thanksgiving foods is stuffing. These people put candied walnuts in their stuffing and I have a nut allergy. I may go buy some Stove Top tomorrow to have with my leftovers.

That's on you for not telling them about your nut allergy.

I don't expect people to change their menu because of my allergy. It's easy enough for me to avoid things with nuts. I was simply bummed I couldn't have the stuffing.

Nut allergy mom and aunt here, and also a hostess to someone who failed to tell me he was vegetarian because “he didn’t want to be a bother.”

Tell people. Offer to bring something. Tell them please make what you usually do, just let me know. And then they would be happy to accommodate you. What a dangerous game you are playing, one that is quite rude to your HOSTS.

I don't understand how it's rude to not tell them I can't eat nuts. My allergy is mild, not life threatening. I brought a side dish. My parents brought several. I had plenty to eat without eating stuffing. Again, it was just a petty vent that I didn't get any traditional stuffing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will share the pettiest of my petty vents: my mom asked me not to put bourbon in my pumpkin pie bc she doesn't like the taste. So I made the pie without bourbon. She never even tried the now-bland pumpkin pie and had the key lime. Her comment: well, I guess you put some LIME in this.

Boomers...

I'd be so annoyed!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will share the pettiest of my petty vents: my mom asked me not to put bourbon in my pumpkin pie bc she doesn't like the taste. So I made the pie without bourbon. She never even tried the now-bland pumpkin pie and had the key lime. Her comment: well, I guess you put some LIME in this.

Boomers...

My mom considers herself a gourmet chef because she started making recipes with lemon juice in the 90s. Lemon chicken. Lemon pasta. Maybe a squeeze of lemon on green beans.

Her salt and pepper shakers are actually dusty. Eating at her house is whatever the opposite of an adventure is.

Oh how I feel this deep in my soul! My parents and my in-laws are the same way. My parents have become mildly more adventurous, but my in-laws are firmly on the rural Ohio bland meat and potatoes camp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will share the pettiest of my petty vents: my mom asked me not to put bourbon in my pumpkin pie bc she doesn't like the taste. So I made the pie without bourbon. She never even tried the now-bland pumpkin pie and had the key lime. Her comment: well, I guess you put some LIME in this.

Boomers...

I'd be so annoyed!!

Haha thank you! Like if I made a special request to change a recipe, I would be sure to try it and have seconds!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grow up, OP.

Who are you even talking to?

Just spitballing here, but I’m guessing…the OP?

The OP post is:
I don't have anything yet because my SIL is not here yet but I'll be back!!

[Anonymous]

What the hell is going on with the steak tips guy? I need to know!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Man I wish I found this thread before Thanksgiving. I needed it. I posted mine in off topic, not thinking of the Family forum.

[Anonymous]

Here’s mine.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1303355.page

[Anonymous]

I was so busy preparing for tons of people at my house that I didn’t get a picture of anything. One family member has a picture of all the kids attending that they took.
(They showed it to me on their phone the day of.)

I sent a text on Friday asking them to send it to me. (My kids are included).

No response. This is a person who routinely ignores my texts.

All I want was one freakin picture of the holiday we hosted! Kicking myself for not remembering to take one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was so busy preparing for tons of people at my house that I didn’t get a picture of anything. One family member has a picture of all the kids attending that they took.
(They showed it to me on their phone the day of.)

I sent a text on Friday asking them to send it to me. (My kids are included).

No response. This is a person who routinely ignores my texts.

All I want was one freakin picture of the holiday we hosted! Kicking myself for not remembering to take one.

Can you include them on a group text asking for any photos of the day? Hopefully someone else will have a photo, but if not, the group text may make your picture taker feel obligated to respond.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am single and childless and live far from family so I was really excited to spend the holiday with a friend and her extended family. They are all lovely people and I was happy to be surrounded by the joyful chaos of all the kids playing and everybody talking over one another at dinner.

I spent hours yesterday making my favorite Thanksgiving dish: pecan pie. We were all supposed to go to a different house to eat dessert after the football game they were watching ended. As I was carrying the pie to my car on their darkened driveway I tripped and fell flat on my face and ended up with a nasty bruise on my leg and a pie dish that shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.

They were all so lovely about it but I just wanted to cry. I was really excited for that pie and wanted to show it off and share it with all of them. Instead they had to help me clean up broken glass and I ended up going home right away partly to ice my leg and partly bc I didn’t want to cry and spoil their holiday. And I can’t afford to make myself another pie bc pecans are so expensive and I am too broke. It was a special splurge for the holiday.

That sounds disappointing and frustrating. I’m sorry that happened to you. Hope things get better.

Hug PP! That sounds awful. I’m glad it was a good Thanksgiving other than that.