The Everything Drawer - Everyone has one, right? (post anything - within the rules)

Devil Doc said:
My wife and I went to Fredericksburg to enjoy the quaint downtown with the shops and eateries. If it weren't for the tourists we could have enjoyed that but instead played dodge the fast and furious drivers and cover the ears from cheap car speakers. I consider myself a local as I live not too many miles away and my daughter graduated from Mary Washington so I can be snobbish toward tourists. Today is our 36th wedding anniversary and being the classy guy I am treated her to a burger joint called Vivify. We sat outdoors and there's no way I could have ordered anything other than the Special-Chesty Puller. It was the most expensive item on the menu at 15 dollars and was spectacular.

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Happy Anniversary.... and did you get me one? Sounds awesome and the horseradish Dijon should give it a bite just like Chesty's.
 
kinnem said:
Happy Anniversary.... and did you get me one? Sounds awesome and the horseradish Dijon should give it a bite just like Chesty's.
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Thank you. I usually clean my plate but I also had “homemade” tater tots and we shared a big hunk of coconut cake. So I brought home half the sandwich and finished it a few minutes ago. It was good enough but added fresh onion and jellied pepper sauce which gave it even more kick.
 
Devil Doc said:
Thank you. I usually clean my plate but I also had “homemade” tater tots and we shared a big hunk of coconut cake. So I brought home half the sandwich and finished it a few minutes ago. It was good enough but added fresh onion and jellied pepper sauce which gave it even more kick.
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I’ve enjoyed these posts, and I hope your LSVBW (long-suffering veteran beloved wife?) enjoyed some good chow too.

That reminds me - I have a killer homemade tater tot recipe that gets wrapped in cheddar and bacon, dredged in brown sugar and baked. I may have to make that for Thanksgiving for Two this year. I’ve told my DH all rules are out the window. If we want to have massive veal chops on the grill or a saddle of lamb instead of turkey (which we eat year round quite often), stuffing/dressing, any kind of pie(s) he wants including my regular extra spicy pumpkin, we should just throw the ideas out there. Since the family pattern is broken this year, I figure why not go a bit nuts with the menu. I think we may have more desserts than there will be people.
I am already narrowing down a “it’s 2020, why not” wine purchase list. I don’t have to cater to anyone else’s taste this year. Am I crazy for trying to making it a memorable Thanksgiving by rolling with the adversity, with a mix of favorites and oh-he!!-why-not choices?
 
@Capt MJ she had a burger and fries. She’s easy to please and was happy we found an open table outdoors. Your 2020 Thanksgiving ideas sound amazing. Ours this year will be the same as usual. My daughter and family will drive the 30 miles to us and my son so far is planning to fly in. He got a ticket to leave from Vegas in case California shuts down.
 
Capt MJ said:
I’ve enjoyed these posts, and I hope your LSVBW (long-suffering veteran beloved wife?) enjoyed some good chow too.

That reminds me - I have a killer homemade tater tot recipe that gets wrapped in cheddar and bacon, dredged in brown sugar and baked. I may have to make that for Thanksgiving for Two this year. I’ve told my DH all rules are out the window. If we want to have massive veal chops on the grill or a saddle of lamb instead of turkey (which we eat year round quite often), stuffing/dressing, any kind of pie(s) he wants including my regular extra spicy pumpkin, we should just throw the ideas out there. Since the family pattern is broken this year, I figure why not go a bit nuts with the menu. I think we may have more desserts than there will be people.
I am already narrowing down a “it’s 2020, why not” wine purchase list. I don’t have to cater to anyone else’s taste this year. Am I crazy for trying to making it a memorable Thanksgiving by rolling with the adversity, with a mix of favorites and oh-he!!-why-not choices?
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We MIGHT get one out of the four kids in and three is a low number to do much so we're tending toward eating out at a nice place. If the weather's amenable, we might take a visit to the Jockey Hollow area (Washington's winter troop encampment) for post dinner meditation.
 
Capt MJ said:
That reminds me - I have a killer homemade tater tot recipe that gets wrapped in cheddar and bacon, dredged in brown sugar and baked. I may have to make that for Thanksgiving for Two this year. I’ve told my DH all rules are out the window. If we want to have massive veal chops on the grill or a saddle of lamb instead of turkey (which we eat year round quite often), stuffing/dressing, any kind of pie(s) he wants including my regular extra spicy pumpkin, we should just throw the ideas out there. Since the family pattern is broken this year, I figure why not go a bit nuts with the menu. I think we may have more desserts than there will be people.
I am already narrowing down a “it’s 2020, why not” wine purchase list. I don’t have to cater to anyone else’s taste this year. Am I crazy for trying to making it a memorable Thanksgiving by rolling with the adversity, with a mix of favorites and oh-he!!-why-not choices?
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@Capt MJ, I don’t think you’re crazy at all. Some of the best choices are made on "the fly". We owe it to ourselves to live a little. May serendipity be your friend this Thanksgiving. For your wine list, might I recommend Moscato di Pantelleria? It was one of my favorites in Italy. You and DH have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

PS: I see a great big scoop of vanilla ice cream on your DH's pumpkin pie.
 
WT Door said:
@Capt MJ, I don’t think you’re crazy at all. Some of the best choices are made on "the fly". We owe it to ourselves to live a little. May serendipity be your friend this Thanksgiving. For your wine list, might I recommend Moscato di Pantelleria? It was one of my favorites in Italy. You and DH have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

PS: I see a great big scoop of vanilla ice cream on your DH's pumpkin pie.
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Appreciate the support. Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday, and much of the pleasure comes from established family traditions. But then - it was not always that way when both of us were AD. Holidays far from home, often separated or deployed, eating unusual things in unusual places, more “Friendsgivings” than family events. The gathering of people we want to be with, that’s what we will miss. We are being very conservative, watching the stats, and the rising reports of infections arising from <10 people gathering who haven’t been “podding” together. Both of us have some health issues we don’t want to gamble with. I think putting together a break-all-the-rules menu and a superb bottle(s) of wine will be just the ticket. We’ll be zooming or face-timing non-stop.
Funny you mentioned an Italian, I have my eye on two special-occasion super Tuscans, a Sassicaia or a Tignanello, or, COVID-crazy, an Ornellaia.
 
Ok, here’s a contender to go along with the house pumpkin pie. I think we can stipulate upfront that you can tape these to your middle or butt to shorten the time to the inevitable result of eating them.
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Pecan Pie Brownies

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Devil Doc said:
Diamond Head, 1933. I was stationed on a ship out of Pearl Harbor in the age of color photography but found this old photo and thought it was worthy of sharing.

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So beautiful!
My mom was in the Army Air Corps civil service during WWII just after Pearl Harbor bombing. PH became an R&R hub. She had scrapbooks with photos of Waikiki and other islands before the post-war travel boom began. Hula lessons in front of the tiki bar on the beach where the Hale Koa is today, at Ft. DeRussy. Mule wagon rides to remote beaches for picnics, luaus, hikes to mountain waterfalls in road-free valleys, Navy boats to other islands, sunsets on the beach, longboard surfing. She and her “gal pals” looked like they were right out of the movies. She did comment that magically, “none of the Navy guys ever seemed to be married,” but she was too savvy to fall for it.
 
Oahu is very crowded and touristy of course but never seemed too small to handle the load. My ship did a dependents cruise to Kauai and the difference was huge. Fewer people and recognizing why it is called the Garden Isle are the top two reasons.
 
I was looking at Google Maps today and found BWI with not a single aircraft visible. None at gates, on runways, or in front of hangars.
Have a look for yourselves. Creepy!

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It's the "John Wayne" for K-rations. I kept the trusty can opener with dog tags. Airport security confiscated it from my shave kit at Heathrow after 9/11. I pleaded with security to let me keep because of sentimental value (I had it from my first MARG cruise). Some Briton is probably showing it off or using it.
 
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