| Thirteen Holiday Secrets Revealed
I wonder how many people will be reading TT lists today? I suppose while the turkey is roasting and the football game is on and it's going slowly there will be moments to sneak a peak at all of the lists.
Mine this week is about those things I have never revealed about my holidays—the stuff that is mildly embarrassing.
- I had a rectal abscess burst the day after Thanksgiving in 1999.
- I once left a fake Christmas tree up until May. I was in college at the time and had very little time other than to eat, sleep, and go to school.
- Our first Thanksgiving in the Pearl House, Pooky and I thought we'd make homemade stuffing. Somehow we got messed up with the recipe ratios of bread cubes to water and we ended up having enough stuffing for 12 turkeys.
- I know the secret to the wishbone. It's all how you hold it.
- The pie crust for my pecan pie is not made from scratch.
- We rotisserie our turkey and I think it comes out a lot better than oven roasting.
- My favorite side dish is the green bean casserole with crunchies.
- I often cheat and make turkey gravy from a packet. However, I am inclined to make real mashed potatoes.
- If a turducken wasn't so expensive, I might try it, but after seeing that guy on Monday night football tear into one and make a pig of himself, my creep and gross factor kicked in and I still can't erase the memory of it.
- I can't stand to look at the turkey neck inside of the giblets package. I think it looks like a skinned penis.
- I won't be getting up extra early on Black Friday to go shopping for great holiday bargains.
- I don't care to watch the parades or football games. In my mind I associate Thanksgiving entertainment with the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which means I should probably go rent it today.
- Cranberry sauce won't be found on my holiday dining table.
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