What's for Thanksgiving Dinner this year?

purelife · Oct 07 07 11:03

baking chicken, veggies, mashed turnips, rice....

Sportsdude · Oct 07 07 11:53

it has to do with harvest time being later in the year, plus its got cultural meaning, pilgrims first meal etc. So its used by the religious right now as "see the country is christian" lol.

harvest falls later and lincoln was big into parties so they did the thursday as the holiday, therefore people get friday off as well.

[a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29[/a]

P.C. · Oct 07 07 12:40

....and for the other half of the explanation....

The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been futilely attempting to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did, however, establish a settlement in Canada. In the year 1578, Frobisher held a formal ceremony in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This event is widely considered to be the first Canadian Thanksgiving, and the first official Thanksgiving to occur in North America.

It should be noted that the 1578 ceremony was not the first Thanksgiving as defined by First Nations tradition. Long before the time ofMartin Frobisher, it was traditional in many First Nations cultures to offer an official giving of thanks during autumnal gatherings.

49er · Oct 07 07 10:16

so serving turkey has no historical meaning in Canadian Thanksgiving?

Sportsdude · Oct 07 07 10:45

i had turkey.

GORDY GAMBINO · Oct 08 07 02:15

So why the turkey?
Where does this come into the equation.

I thought Thanksgiving was American not Canadian.
If it is Canuckian as you suggest why do the Americans celebrate it???.
Or is Canada really just the lackey of the USA?

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And why is USA not refered to as South Canada if you have the matter so much in control??.
And why are there so many Canuckians on this forum if Seattle is in the USA.??

purelife · Oct 08 07 03:35

Well Gordy, all I know is that it's about 14 bucks for a turkey down in the States and here, it's double or even triple that price!

Lise · Oct 08 07 03:42

Hey ja!! A turkey is so damn expensive here! I saw one at Superstore, mega huge bird that's selling for $99!! Uncooked!!

Sportsdude · Oct 08 07 03:47

how big? The turkey last night was huge, turkey's at home are just chickens on roids.

purelife · Oct 08 07 03:48

A hundred dollars?! For real, Lise?! It must've been WAY BIGGER than my oven. HOLY MOLY!

Russ · Oct 08 07 11:53

It depends what size of turkey lurkey you get and what type it is. I usually get around a 20+ pound turkey thats prestuffed for like 30-40 bucks. We do turkeys at least once a month. Its not so much the turkey dinner that Im after.. its the sandwiches and turkey soup thats made that I eat for a week afterwards!

There was no thanksgiving celebration where I was. Myself and the other canadian onboard forgot about it, and pretty much treated it as just another day.

Lil Me · Oct 09 07 07:28

I don't actually like roast turkey. I'd rather eat chicken. This year, my extended family went out for buffet and there was a choice of turkey or lamb. I ate lamb for Thanksgiving.

Gopher · Oct 10 07 11:45

Lamb? My favourite meat. As for thanksgiving, I ate 'everything' as it was combined with a 90th birthday party.

purelife · Oct 10 07 06:37

Me too Gophie.. me love lamb! I wish that it wasn't so expensive because otherwise, I'd have it more often. I only have my lamb when I head down to Stepho's. $10 for a huge roast lamb with greek potatoes, salad and rice and some mix of veggies. YUM! I gotta go down there again...

Lil Me · Oct 10 07 08:09

My grandmother buys some frozen lamb leg roasts that aren't too expensive. At T&T I think.