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SpicySteve · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: Seoul

Just curious what everyone has planned for this Turkey Day. My buddy's blog post here , talks about a new food blog called, Deconstructing Korea that has a good little article about finding the perfect Roast Turkey Dinner.

The past few years, COSTCO has been a savior--PUMPKIN PIES and TURKEY...

But, does anyone have any other tips and info? Anymore restaurant/pub events hosting a party?

If you got one...let everyone else know too.

Post it here and then you can view it on the calendar here.

crusher_of_heads · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

The USA in being foreigner friendly has changed its Thanksgiving to the proper day, which is in October.

You are welcome.

lnomad60 · Joined: 18 Jun 2007

http://gopkorea.blogs.com/gop/2007/11/annual-republic.html

Evil Boweevil · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Ryst Helmut · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:40 am Post subject:

Friends of mine are hosting this:

Page
http://www.kotesol.org/?q=DaejeonChungnamSymposium2007

Brochure
http://www.kotesol.org/files/u27/DCK__Sym__Brochure.pdf

I'm sure to attend.

!shoosh,

Ryst

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Turkey Day.

LOL
Excellent. Love it.

I genuinely laughed my head-off when I read that. I shall, from this point on, always refer to it in that way.

So much more appropriate than 'whatshisname' birthday.

*EDIT*
Just realised that you're talking about Thanksgiving (does not compute) Turkey Day.

Still, I shall be using it on the other Turkey day.

Beej · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Location: Eungam Loop

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

^It just made me laugh.

Still am actually.

nateium · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Location: Seoul

Boodleheimer · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject:

Boodleheimer · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject:

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

^We don't all celebrate your 'Turkey Day' and when hearing the expression used, I assumed that the OP was talking about Christmas. I now understand that he was in fact talking about Thanksgiving (whatever that is)

capisca?

Samantha · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong

BS.Dos.~

Americans call it Turkey Day because that's what we eat in large quantities on the fourth Thursday in November. It's also a big decoration item used throughout a big chunk of the month as well.

Nateium~

Canadians celebrate their Thanksgiving day in October. Somewhere around the 20th I think.

Any idea about how to cook a turkey without an oven? I have a toaster oven and a crockpot. I want turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and a pie of some sort if I can get it. Any thoughts?

sojourner1 · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:49 am Post subject:

Many black people in America deep fat fry their turkey in a large cylinder shaped fryer ran off of propane. They also do the best BBQ on the grill.

You could fry it if you have no other options, but anything fried has no comparison to the good gourmet quality of oven baked foods.

I would like to know if there are any Thanksgiving day dinners in the Changwon area as I know most who have a house and a family do have ovens. Even my Korean co-teachers said they have ovens at home, but don't use them. My head foreign teacher is a roast and potatoes man at home himself with his gas oven. There are many gas ovens in Korea, but you just don't see anything more than pizza and bread baked and English teacher apartments don't usually have one.

I know in Seoul, there most likely will be baked turkey meals along with baked pumkin pie.

While in the states 2 months ago, I got a can of cranberry sauce and pumpkin just in case I don't get any. I will make the pumpkin up with brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice, have cranberry sauce cold, and fry chicken since there is no turkey in Changwon. It would joy me to be invited to a real Thanksgiving dinner with foreigners.

traxxe · Joined: 21 Feb 2007

Uh dude. Deep Frying your turkey is not an African-American thing. It's a southern thing. My family in Louisiana has been doing it for years. It takes significantly less time to deep fry a turkey and honestly... it does taste better.

I know. I was all about tradition and the oven for many many years. Then I had it... and it was amazing fried.

I've also had a turducken. Fried turkey is the way to go.

My co-workers and I are all American. We are using the schools kitchen to crank out a T-Day dinner of which God would have is blueberries in a knot for.