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Thanksgiving Turkey

Melensdad

Melensdad

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A game warden was driving down the road when he came upon a young boy carrying a wild turkey under his arm.

He stopped and asked the boy, 'Where did you get that turkey?'

The boy replied, 'What turkey?'

The game warden said, 'That turkey you're carrying under your arm.'

The boy looks down and said, 'Well, lookee here, a turkey done roosted under my arm!'

The game warden said, 'Now look, you know turkey season is closed, so whatever you do to that turkey, I'm going to do to you.

If you break his leg, I'm gonna break your leg. If you break his wing, I'll break your arm. Whatever you do to him, I'll do to you. So, what are you gonna do with him?'

The little boy said, 'I guess I'll just kiss his ass and let him go!'



May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have narry a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your butt & thighs!​



Happy Thanksgiving
 
B_Skurka said:
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have narry a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your butt & thighs!
​
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Oh, I sure hope so.... :bonk:
 
Ice Queen said:
What is a yam?
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It is a root vegetable. Some people confuse them with Sweet Potatoes. They are different but very similar. Basically its an orange tuber that is, when cooked, fairly soft. It can be easily mashed. Often baked. Sometimes mashed and baked with brown sugar and butter and topped with pecans and marshmallows (I dunno why).

We will serve you some form of it, or perhaps sweet potatoes (depending on what is in the market) during Thanksgiving dinner when you are here.

Sweet Potato and Yam Differences
Learn the difference between a sweet potato and a true yam
http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.htm
© 2006 Peggy Trowbridge

Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables.

Sweet Potatoes

Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.

Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.

Yams

The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato.

Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.

Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length.

The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.

The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content.​
 
Thank you for that, I have tasted sweet potatoes as my daughter introduced me to them.....nice! There was one left over and I left it in the vegetable basket, meaning to use it, but it sprouted in the meantime, so I planted it. It is very slow growing, but if it survives the frost (it is in the greenhouse, but that is not heated) we will see what happens.
 
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