Random Thoughts of Mel–Thanksgiving

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I have nothing in particular to talk about today, so I’m just going to ramble on with a sprinkling of what’s inside my head.

Warning: Do not enter without proper neck gear. Whiplash has been known to occur to those unprepared for the Random Thoughts of Mel.

*a tumbleweed blows by*

Hmmm. Maybe my DSL connection to the thought box is broken. Let me try dial up.

*screech, squeal, screech, squeal, dong*

Please be patient while the thoughts are loading…

*another tumbleweed blows by*

Fine. I have nothing to talk about. Not really. I could talk about my sweet husband who tried to do me a favor by buying the turkey and ham for Thanksgiving. It was great…honestly. But I can’t help but give him a hard time. HE BOUGHT A 19 lb. TURKEY AND 9 lb. HAM.

Holy mother of meat. That’s alot-a food. He says a little assistance would’ve been great on my part. And he’s right, it probably would’ve been…except he had called 4 times from the store and I was trying to write, so by the 5th call, I didn’t care if he brought home a fully-feathered Tom. Hell, he could’ve brought home an armadillo at that point.

So, when he brought the meat home, I was completely grateful. (and I still am, though we’re gonna be eating a lot of flipping turkey and ham for a very long time) So, I pulled the turkey out of the bag and nearly threw my back out. 19.27 pounds at .89 a lb. Sure, it’s a great price. IT’S A BIG FUCKING BIRD.

Then comes the ham. Now, many of you know that my husband is quite frugal. He is. He doesn’t want to spend $50 on shoes he’ll wear for 5 years when I wouldn’t blink an eye at paying 3 times that for shoes I’ll wear twice. So, imagine my surprise when I pull the 9 lb pig from the bag. It’s a beautiful spriral cut bone in ham. It cost $35.

$35!

Now, he kept showing me the receipt “I saved us $30! look!”

You sure did, honey. You sure did.

He’s been getting a lot of flack at work for his love of meat. I decided I should share it with the cyberworld, too.

10 thoughts on “Random Thoughts of Mel–Thanksgiving”

  2. Wow, thems lots o’ meat. *grin*

    Mel, do either of you pack lunches? Ham and turkey sandwiches. For the next YEAR! LOL. My dh would probably bring back a can of spam though, so at least you’ll be able to feed everyone. 🙂

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  3. it is a LOT of meat.

    but we’ll survive. I’ll make turkey spaghetti and turkey soup and we’ll have ham and beans and cornbread and broccoli/ham crescents….

    We’ll survive the overabundance of food!

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  4. I have a lot of turkey recipes if you want me to send them along…turkey soup, turkey turnovers, turkey tetrazini…

    I’m not kidding! = )

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  6. Oh this is great!
    He beat me. My turkey is only 18 measley pounds.
    My DH’s favorite meal is “Shit on a Shingle”..doesn’t matter if its beef or turkey..he loves it, smothered in gravy.
    Talk about an easy meal!
    I freeeze my turkey and ham..
    ham goes great for ham & pickle sandwiches, and cream of potato soup and a meal I make that combines ham and chicken…cheese and noodles, yum.
    Oh yeah , I have a meat eating family too, and that amount you spoke of MIGHT last one month at my house.
    Tops.
    Love Big Birds, Big Thighs and legs…Fowl breasts don’t do it for me…Love that dark meat..but you knew that, LOL

    Hey, on his shopping list,,what?! No Jello????

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  9. Well, Mel, what can we men say? You know we love our meat 😉 Thanks for your comments on my blog–you were very insightful. (I responded to you there.) And a great pic of your husband–it says a lot about the true meaning of manhood, seeing this macho guy surrounded by kids.

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  10. Hey Judson!

    Thanks for popping in! I’m not sure how insightful I was…more like an endless rambler…

    You guys have a great T-giving. I’ll ship you some leftovers!

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