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if you have to add topping, sausage and ricotta.

I am a vodka drinker and yes, in my opinion, Kettle One is a superior vodka. For the price it is hard to beat and anyone who is a vodka lover will tell you the same. They will also agree that GG is not and is one of my least favorite. My favorite is Belvedere if I have deep enough pockets that week (smooth). Surprisingly, a very good cheap vodka is Burnetts. Quadruple distilled and really smooth (even better than GG).

Roger Clemens is a man, not a vegan.

most of these sound good but i can't throw my "up to 3-4 days after thanksgiving day" staple under the bus. they are known as turkey rolls. my brother and i started making these bite sized morsels when we were in our early teens and could very easily throw back 5-10 a piece at any given time, thus wiping out thanksgiving leftovers. they are simple but amazing, here it is:
warm parker house roll buttered religously,
turkey (dark meat w/ skin),
salt/pepper,
and that's it!

Thanksgiving, man what a great holiday. What does thanksgiving mean to me? Well three things come to mind; the start of my favorite time of year (the holidays), the gathering of family and friends and FOOD.
I grew up in smalltown eastern nc and the holidays there were awesome. On thanksgiving day my entire extended family would gather at my grandparents house at around 11a until about 3-4p for dinner and comradery. All the grandchildren (6 of us) would be outside playing in the woods or football in the front yard, the men would be in the den with a bourbon drink (or syllabub made from my great grandads homeade wine) watching football and all the women would be in the kitchen working it out. By woking it out I mean cooking the most impressive spread of thanksgiving fare that you could ever imagine. The staples were turkey, ham, giblet gravy, oyster dressing, mashed potatoes, the best collard greens on the planet, dumplings, yeast rolls, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, chocolate pie, and pecan pie (pronounced pee-can), which were all homeade. After about an hour of eating we would all gather in the den and just hang out, talk and nodd off from happy bellies.
Now I live in Wilmington, NC with my wife and two kids (i'll have my third before this thanksgiving). I'm still Mr. Giddy when it comes to the holidays although I don't get to spend it with my grandparents and my extended fam. My only bro lives here in town, my folks come down and we have the same tradition we always have. Now, opposite as it may be from ealier years, the men do most of the cooking but my grandmother still sends her famous collard greens and dumplings. I've got the turkey and mashed potatoes perfected, my mom still can cook a mean oyster dressing and giblet gravy and we still nodd off watching The Christmas Story on TBS. Man what a great time and Christmas is right around the corner!