Happy Thanksgiving Serious Eaters!
I just wanted to take a minute out of my Thanksgiving Eve festivities to wish each and everyone here on Serious Eats a Very Happy Thanksgiving.
Enjoy your family and friends. Savor the fruits of your labor in the kitchen. And, please don't sweat the small stuff!
I have had the most delightful experience on this site the past several months and I do feel like I know many of you through the words you post here.
So, I raise my glass (a delightful Logan Chardonnay) to you all and offer you this toast;
"To everyone out there to who takes the time to reach out and connect with others during this time; to those who choose to commemorate our human bonds in any way, their own way, at this time; to those who use food as the great equalizer ("never mind politics, have you tried this pie?"); to those who have much to grouse about, but choose not to, and to those who work their asses off making sure others feel a belonging that, really, is already there. Happy Thanksgiving!" *glasses clink here*
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29 Comments:
I second that! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Traveller at 8:05PM on 11/26/08
And to all a great meal. It's a great day to count your blessings!
I'll drink to that izatryt - CLINK!
PerkyMac at 8:10PM on 11/26/08
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, and many thanks for providing such a wise, wonderful, and funny online community!
Thanks and grace are the best seasonings of all!
And if your meal is lacking in those components to lubricate the proceedings, under the table with PerkyMac ain't bad either.
HeartofGlass at 8:17PM on 11/26/08
Thank you Izatryt for putting what is in our hearts so eloquently! I also extend warm wishes to all the SE family, I feel you are all a very welcoming loving family! So lets count our blessings and no matter what our circumstances be grateful that we have a virtual family here to enjoy, argue with, give and recieve support from, ask questions of and share our passion for food with! Thanks to all and especially to the wonderful staff of Serious Eats!
huneybumper at 9:10PM on 11/26/08
Clink-clink! Thanks, iz!
And Happy Thanksgiving (and tasty eating) to all!
brooke29 at 9:12PM on 11/26/08
Cheers! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Alaina Browne at 9:32PM on 11/26/08
Thanks Iz and thank you everyone for allowing me to be at this table. I too, have had a delightful time here. Moving to a new place and working on making new friends and exploring Completely Foreign territory has been quite an experience. Getting to know all of you has helped ease my transition, and the whole online community thing is totally new to me too.
I agree, don't sweat the small stuff. Let's enjoy the friends and family that we have, whether we get to be with them in person or not.
I am especially thankful for all of my friends and family right now. And I love how "close" we all are. It's so easy to not let your loved ones know, with words, how much you care when you know they'll be there everyday.
peace.
it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still BE CALM IN YOUR HEART.
CHEERS. CLINK CLINK
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 9:35PM on 11/26/08
As someone who is by her lonesome, waiting for an early morning flight back home for the festivities, thank you izatryt for the well wishes! I'm fairly new to the Serious Eats community, and it has been a joy reading all of your posts.
A happy and healthy (well, not necessarily the food...) Thanksgiving to you all, and safe travels to those (like me) who are trans versing the globe to be with your loved ones!
missvenuz at 10:18PM on 11/26/08
happy thanksgiving. clink...
dearrie at 10:45PM on 11/26/08
from my family to yours....a little irish toast.....
may your stuffing be tasty,
may your turkey plump,
may your potatoes and gravy never have a lump,
may you yams be delicious,
and your pies take the prize,
and may your thanksgiving dinner stay off your thighs.
dearrie at 10:49PM on 11/26/08
It is at this time of year that I again say to all in the SE staff and community thanks. Thanks for the daily bit of food porn and humor. Thanks for the funny stories and recipes. Thanks for making this community one of the best on the internet. I have been here at SE from the very beginning. Every year it gets better and every year all of you make it what it is.
Cheers!
JerzeeTomato at 10:53PM on 11/26/08
I keep tearing up!
And that's teeeer. not - to rip.
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 11:00PM on 11/26/08
clink!
Let the party begin!
dbcurrie at 11:55PM on 11/26/08
Aww, thanks izatryt. I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. Clink!
yankeesgal at 12:20AM on 11/27/08
Thanks izatryt. As I sit here, exhausted from prepping/cooking for tomorrow, it's nice to know I'm not alone in my obsessive yearning for good food, good laughs, and good drink!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
hungryinhouston at 1:19AM on 11/27/08
Clink... Thanks all for my daily doses of kitchen related gladness and madness provided by the community assembled here. I'm truly thankful that I happened into this site a couple of years ago. Haven't intentionally missed a day since.
Blessings to all...
@dearrie, love your toast. I'm going to steal it for my own use!
czken at 2:41AM on 11/27/08
Cheers to all of you. Hope you all will have alot of fun. clink.
pjracz10 at 3:39AM on 11/27/08
Clink, clink, clink! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
ErikaWaz at 9:12AM on 11/27/08
Yikes, thanks, izatryt, I almost forgot (nothing to remind me of the exact day, here)!
Happy Thanksgiving, all, and I hope everyone gets through the day with as little trauma (cooking-related and otherwise) as possible :)
mongoose at 10:15AM on 11/27/08
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
Markbb at 10:21AM on 11/27/08
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!! :]
caramel at 11:30AM on 11/27/08
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
mepolo at 12:18PM on 11/27/08
GOBBLE TIL Y'ALL WOBBLE!... now.... MORE GRAVY SHOTS!
Pavlov at 12:31PM on 11/27/08
fee fie foo fum i need some more rum.
dearrie at 1:20PM on 11/27/08
Cheers!
Thank you, SE, and Eaters, for helping me make this, my first real Thanksgiving dinner, a success. Best wishes to all on this most delightful of holidays!
Special heart out to Perky and Izzy.... wherever you two may be, may your hearts be thankful and full of laughter. My prayers are with all of you tonight.
nightowl at 9:51PM on 11/27/08
I am happy to raise my glass of Pellegrino to fellow SEers. People on whom I can always depend to discuss food and the culinary arts with as much fervor as I.
A big ((Hug)) to all of you. Wishing and hoping your T-Giving was as wonderful as all of you.
therealchiffonade at 10:52AM on 11/28/08
@Izzy: My sentiments exactly. :)
I wish everyone a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope everyone was able to enjoy good food with equally as good friends and family. It's times like this that you truly understand what's really important in life.
Drink in the delicious moments as well as the lovely wine (or whatever else you may be having)!
Cheers, everyone!!
Butrflygirly at 10:58AM on 11/28/08
cheers
praise the lard
gastronomeg at 11:09AM on 11/28/08
@meg haha I'll certainly NOT be praising it on my thighs, though :D
nightowl at 3:13PM on 11/28/08