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What I want to do here, is start a post of your favorite recipe or dish that you like to serve on Thanks Giving.

Do you have a certain way that you prepare and cook your bird?

Have you got an award winning dish that your Thanks Giving meal wouldnt be complete without it?

I am looking for ideas and new dishes to try on Thanks Giving.

As for me, I have a certain way of coooking my bird. I tried this many years ago and it really turned out great.

After cleaning the bird and giving it a good bath, I take a Orange, Grapefruit, Lemon, and a Lime. I quarter each of these other than the Grapefruit. That one I cut into eights.

I preheat my oven to 450 degrees and start shoving  (stuffing) the pieces of fruit, alternating each piece. Now that the bird is stuffed with fruit, I will take a pound of butter (soft) and mix some spices in it such Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Allspice, Salt & Pepper. Not a lot...just pinches at time. I will then take the skin of the Turkey and pull it from the meat and coat the underside of the skin with my butter mix. Once that is done, I will close up the opening where fruit stuffing went in and then using Extra Virgin Olive Oil, I will give the bird a good massage (lol) so that the Olive Oil is throughly coated all over the bird. 

By now my oven has preheated and I put my bird in for twenty minutes. Just long enough to brown the outside and keep the juices inside. I then lower the heat to 300 degrees and cook the bird for one hour for every pound that it weighs.

So how do you prepare your bird or dish?   

This has gone beyond absurd! How dare these people laugh at us for helping them out!

Yeah, we are paying for that 85 billion that they just got from Uncle Sam...our Uncle...and another 35 billion after spending $500,000.oo in a California spa last week. and they are doing it again and laughing at us!

I just saw it on the news this evening. They had posted: "PARTY PARTY PARTY HA HA HA"

I would give a months salary to be able to see these rich (insert your own adjective here) behind a wall of steel bars and to have the opertunity to laugh at them.

Now, why isnt out government doing anything about it? Who is it that keeps giving them the money? (I want names). Why are we sitting back in our chairs and allowing this carp to happen?

Thi nation is on the brink of monetary collapse and someone is allowing these rich "JUNKS" to enjoy what our "stupid" government gave to them. I feel that it was a stupid thing for our government to do. Let AIG collapse and put all $120 billion to a much better use!

One more question; has anyone got a picture of these AIG people? I need a different picture for my dart board, Obama is full of holes. 

...whats it going to take to stop these people from driving while intoxicated? How many innocent people have to suffer the tragedy of one persons stupid, mindless act?

 My prayers go out to that family that has lost a grandmother and a one year old daughter due to one man that decided to drive after drinking.

I have yet to see anything about on the news websites, but its all over the TV.

I wish there was an easier way to stop these incidents of sheer stupidity!

YES! Its stupid to drive after one has been drinking! Bottom line......

....dont be stupid!

...I am pleased to inform you that it was a hoax! Sorry bout that.

And the two guys that got paid a lot of $$$$....they split!

Read it for yourself:

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And this lady worked at a medical facility?

And "forgot" to drop her 3 year old off at the day care??

Jesus Christ; STOP BAKING THE KIDS!!!!

Its about time!  So now, I can imagine that AA is going to raise their prices again to accomadate the 7mil fine...ya think people will quit flying AA when they see the price jump and realize how much they are putting their own lives in jeporady by flying AA?

I ;  will never fly AA!

So some say Labs are Vicious? Wrong breed of dog there. Take this thought into accord. Your dog, be it a lab, Shepard, retriever, or a pit, knows only what you teach them. (my apologies, but I am back on my pedestal). I ran across some pics today that just stole my heart.!

Now when a dog is not trained, then survival instincts kick in. But a well trained or just a trained dog follows its commands and teaching.

I call this one Peace

And this one is love

So why cant we all just get along, its a message for the world!

I have posted pictures of my Labs, Please feel free to go have a looksee.

I bought gas this morning at a Race Trac and the price was $3.69 per gallon.

Now just for a test, I stop the pump at $3.70 and I should have had 1 gallon of gas...correct?

The pum showed 0.999 gallon.

I say that is inaccurate...TRUE?

So I take a picture of the pump displaying all the numbers (I always carry a loaded camera with me).

Then I pumped $50.00 into my truck and took the receipt into the manager and told her (loudly) that their pumps are inaccurate and that at $3.70, I should have at least one gallon of gas.

The manager argued with me and then said she owed me a penny. I told her I wasnt wanting the penny, I wanted the pumps to read accurately. Thjen she said she would turn it in and turned her back on ome and I left.

Now my final question to all of you bloggers is: Who do I report inaccurate prices too?

Its not often that I go tootin my horn, in fact, its a pretty rare thing for me to be bosting about myself. Well, this is one day of the year that I feel that I am allowed to do so. This day has aged me one more year.

In my past 52 years, I have seen a whole lot of things come and go. Things like a 78 RPM record to a MP3 for a small example. I have been to more concerets than I can remember (*hummm*) and can only count them by the ticket stubs that I have in a tin somewhere around here. I have never missed a Texxas Jam, but remember very few of them.

I have watched my daughter grow and age to a beautiful young lady that now has her heart set on a prety nice young man that seems to really have together.

I share my life with a wonderful lady that has become my partner for life. She has been been very wonderful to me and we celebrate our anniversay tomorrow. Now who says internet relationships dont work? We met off the internet and were married with in three months of meeting. I wouldnt trade it for anything!

But in the onset, I turned 52 today. I have met a lot of people throughout my life...some good, some not so good. Since I have joined this site, I have grown accustomed to seeing certain peoples names and enjoy reading their comments. I like what I have read.

So to all of you, I thank you for saying what you have had to say. Now if I can just make it another 42 years to see what changes will happen then.

Have a wonderful day people!

fvsmith

I have three words that I try to live my life by.

Consideration, Respect, & Courtesy.

I call it CRC and it applies to everything.

Can you imagine what this world would be like if everyone practised CRC?

I value your oppinion!