http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/22/sam-sifton-lays-down-the-thanksgiving-law Comments On: Sam Sifton Lays Down the Thanksgiving Law by Bethany Jean Clement en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/histo…

Then go back to 1565, in Florida: http://www.voxxi.com/mendez-aviles-first…

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "Cortez and his ilk"; if you just mean "Spanish", see above. They're white. Indians partook. I think the conditions are satisfied.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:09:19 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by crone]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:26:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by COMTE]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:46:01 -0800 The Stranger
Chocolate is necessary on any festive day. There was a wonderful chocolate cheesecake at my dinner today which outshone the pies. Not too sweet, not too heavy, fluffy-ishly delicious.
Posted by sarah70]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:21:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ipso Facto]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:19:20 -0800 The Stranger
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are essentially identical, so sure throw in a few tamales with your herb roasted Tofurkey.

Here, have some pumpkin tamales.
Posted by Ipso Facto]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:34:00 -0800 The Stranger
The schedule is determined by Dinner, but the meals of the day should work something like:

Early Prep (morning) - "tastes" of all the food safe to eat while cooking with caffeine and breakfast drinks (mimosa, Irish coffee, greyhounds, etc.)

Appetizers (football to about 90 minutes prior to dinner) - Snacks and dishes auditioning for future holiday dinner.

Dinner - Enough food that people can avoid the turkey, although mine is great.

Dessert (90 to 210 minutes after dinner) - Pies and ice cream featured, but there is nothing wrong with a major spread.

Leftovers (if dinner was early) - Favorites and things that don't keep well.
Posted by Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:38:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:17:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Purocuyu]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:04:12 -0800 The Stranger
I'm down; I love tamales. I finally made some decent ones the other day. The secret: wetter masa than tortillas, stretched with broth, and coarser if you can get it.

Turkey Day appetizers? Nah. Pretzel sticks or Chex Mix is all you need. The main appetizer should be booze, to assist in the creation of memorable emotional meltdowns later.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:17:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by msmoneybags]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:00:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:37:33 -0800 The Stranger