a timely warning

[princessofheart]

given the time of year and the recent influx of now wild turkeys, i think we should all take a moment to remember what the real menace of society is

[she links this video]

Comments

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Is that really a thing? I mean... Thanksgiving isn't really celebrated where I'm from, so I don't know the traditions and what people usually do with all that food afterwards, but that sounds... unfortunate. And gross.

[One of these days, Xiaolang is going to learn not to click videos people link him-- but today is not it!! It's a lot better than the meme videos May had sent him, but he can only get a minute into it before he clicks back out.]

... who even makes this stuff?

[princessofheart]

well its a waste thing, you don't wanna waste the gratuitous amount of turkey left from the like 20 pound turkey you buy that no one wants to finish
thanksgiving is all about the sides really, the stuffing and sweet potato pie and stuff
mmmm, stuffing

[heheheheheh]

good people, that's who

oh my god sorry this is so late CON STUFF ATE ME...

[cardcaptured]

More like people with too much time on their hands.

[Don't mind him, Marina, he's just......... Not Good with high quality videos, that's all, sobs]

But I suppose that's true... in that case, wouldn't it just be better to buy certain bits of it that people are guaranteed to eat instead of a whole bird? Like the legs or the white meat or something like that? Even if you have a large amount of people to feed, running out during dinner isn't always a bad thing. You can use the space you'd use for the whole turkey in the fridge for the things you actually DO like. Like... pie and stuffing, whatever that is. [Again, gotta love that cultural divide.]

youre fine dw!

[princessofheart]

[one day perhaps he'll mature enough to appreciate fine art.]

well i mean, people like dark meat, too.
there's not necessarily lots of pieces that people don't want, so much as there's just so much of it. usually you attempt to divide and conquer and send bits of it home with every person, but you still end up with days worth of food yourself.
but I get where you're coming from, turkeys are a pain to prepare on top of that, take hours.

also stuffing is the best it's basically just mushy seasoned bread. which now that i say that sounds very unappetizing but i swear it's good

[cardcaptured]

[SOME DAY HE WILL KNOW THE BEAUTY OF DANK MEMES... SOME DAY...]

Those were just examples, but I can sort of see what you mean. It just seems to make more sense to avoid the trouble of sending people home with stuff they might not want or eat if you just make smaller dishes or cook not so big birds. I mean, why is it that turkeys are traditionally eaten during this holiday, anyway? Because they're big and serve a lot of people? You could probably do a better job with roasted pork-- it's still big, but slow cooking usually doesn't turn it into a dry, gross disaster.

... but you're right, that does sound kind of unappetizing. [But he's going to take a quick google search of it anyway, to see what the possible appeal is.] It... kind of reminds me of some sticky rice dishes, though? Except with bread, of course.

[princessofheart]

something something what the first pilgrims ate, probably. keeping to tradition. even tho the tradition is a pretty bad tradition that is based on imperialism, but y'know. america.

yeah, that's a good way to think about it!