Turkey Empanadas

. On the Thanksgiving show, Jim had a coda on what to do with all that meat afterward. One of his suggestions was a quick and easy meal using all the leftovers in one wrapper.

Prep Work

I wish you all ( who celebrate it) a Happy Thanksgiving.

Turkey Lurkey Day

Most people in the States will refer to today as Thanksgiving. But the Teamsters local in our home refer to it fondly as Turkey LurkeyDay. It's when the dog and the cats supervise the preparation of the feast and, are given bonus servings of turkey. I've tried to point out to them that as Teamsters, …

Lotto

Thanksgiving has a pretty well-established routine around my house. There has been minimal variation in it for about thirty years.

The Great Turkey Piñata

Over the years, I've seen some funny stuff done to Thanksgiving turkeys. Big birds with extra legs "grafted" on, toy aliens breaking through the breasts of the turkey, and birds with potent marijuana rubs. Delivered to the table for carving, these holiday turkeys distract from anything that might have been done to side dishes.

Turkeylurky

My wife works nights, and it would be brutal to expect her to prep a feast right afterward. So I cook.

Thankful

There was no such thing as a typical holiday at the Folkie Palace.