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[RedRose]

Today I watched an english-teaching TV program: Studio-Classroom in which the host said that today's thanksgiving------The fouth Thursday of Nov.

First of all, happy Thanksgiving! guys! second of all, I got some questions for you guys! here you go!

1. What do you most thank for on the feast?

2. what's the most impressive thanksgiving memory you've got ever?

3. Do you like to eat Turkey? is it delicious? (I have never eaten it. there is no turkey in my city, at least I didn't find it yet)

You are welcome to post your reply here!

[CP]

Dear Red Rose,

Turkey is a game bird, sort of like a large chicken. In the U.S., we stuff it with dressing / stuffing made of bread and herbs, with just about anything else you like -- nuts, sausage, apple, anything -- and roast it and serve it with mashed potatoes and gravy, candied yams, salad, vegetables, and anything else you may want, on Thanksgiving and Christmas. These are the only two real feast days in the U.S., so the poor turkey is not safe in the months of November and December, though he is not in much danger the rest of the year.

A properly prepared turkey is very nice, again, a lot like chicken, but it is easy to end up with a dry bird. When that is the main course, a bad turkey makes for a less-than-perfect Thanksgiving. A smart cook also prepares a ham or roast beef to serve along with the turkey, just in case. And if it is a particularly large gathering, sometimes the cook will prepare two turkeys, or a turkey and a duck.

Usually we have a lot of people over, eat in the afternoon, and socialize and watch American football on TV, then eat again in the evening. Everyone takes home some leftovers. A turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving is really the best lunch.

One of my most memorable Thanksgivings was the first one I can recall, when I was 4. It was at my grandmother's, and she cooked everything, including three pies for dessert. Her guests included two or three of her siblings, both her daughters and their families, and her cousin. The old folks, other than Grandma, were mostly strangers to me -- they lived 2,000 miles away -- and I don't think I ever saw them again. They were nice and friendly, and it was eerie to talk to my grandmother's older brother, who was a lot like her but of course very different. He had old-fashioned glasses and false teeth. And Grandma's pumpkin pie with whipped cream was out of this world.
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[RedRose]

thank you so much CP!!

WOW!! the thanksgiving dinner sounds soooo delicious and sweet that I wish I was one of those American people who was enjoying the dinner! God, I feel very hungry after reading your wonderful post. that thanksgiving turkey keeps staying in my imagination, I have a hard time to get rid of it from my brain!!

I once wached one episode of FRIENDS in which the gang was telling the most memorable thanksgiving they had even had before. Joey said:"on some Christmas day I was at the bus-stop and this lovely fall breeze came in out of nowhere and blew this chick's skirt right up!!which reminds me, I am also thankful for thongs! it's not so much an underpant as it is a feat of engineering. I mean, it's amazing how much they can do with so little material! And the way they play with your mind! Is it there? Is it not there?"

That's really a funny thanksgiving thing!

[ad-miral]

I like eating turkey. Turkey is a bit like a mix of a big chicken and a big duck.
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If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love

[RedRose]

[ad-miral]

you know I meaned it in another way...
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If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love

[RedRose]

[Bob S.]

[CP]

More on turkey. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, citing U.S. government statistics, in this country of 300 million, 250 million turkeys will be produced this year. Some 45 million were eaten this Thanksgiving, and another 22 million will be eaten this Christmas.

Also, every year at Thanksgiving, a nice, big turkey is chosen for the White House, and the president gives it a pardon, allowing it to escape the fate of so many of its kind.
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[beancurdturtle]

[RedRose]

[CP]

Red Rose,

You are the funniest person posting on Dave's, by a long shot. Your daughter must laugh 100 times a day. I never know what to expect when you post something. Just don't quit!
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You live a new life for every new language you speak. -Czech proverb

[Anuradha Chepur]

Redrose, I second CP's opinion.
I stumbled on to this forum per chance, but surely I see some of
the best people in the world here.

[beancurdturtle]

I'll join the chorus of adulation.

Redrose should run for President. Now wouldn't that confuse the turkey?
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Daniel

�Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.�
--Dr. Seuss

[RedRose]

God! it's not until I read you guys' compliments that I knew I am so popular! actually, I very appreciate the chorus of adulation from these gorgeous people.

It seems that erotic topics are always popular among people.

Thanks again, guys.