Sam and I will dine alone this year, as always, because we have zero family here in Dallas. We also have no friends whatsoever and we can’t even go to a restaurant. But those are moot points, anyway, as I’m housebound and bedridden, and Sam does all the cooking (i.e., operating the microwave or our toaster oven) because I’m confined to a hospital bed in the family room. In addition, I have almost no appetite most of the time so we’ll probably have enough leftover food to last a week. For your possible interest, however, here’s the Thanksgiving menu at Howdygram headquarters today. Send me an EMAIL if you want to join us. I’ll make sure Sam saves you a comfortable spot on the sofa when he’s done using the microwave.
• Pre-sliced refrigerated “Carving Board” turkey breast from Oscar Mayer
• One can of Glory brand sweet potato casserole (maybe)
• Stove Top chicken stuffing
• Campbell’s canned chicken gravy
• Bob Evans mashed potatoes
• Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce
• No pie
• One can of Glory brand sweet potato casserole (maybe)
• Stove Top chicken stuffing
• Campbell’s canned chicken gravy
• Bob Evans mashed potatoes
• Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce
• No pie
The previous paragraph notwithstanding, I had a surprising (and tasty) experience yesterday with a McDonald’s QUARTER POUNDER … probably the first time I’ve eaten one of these things in 40 years. No kidding, it was TERRIFIC! Their current packaging (hard little boxes) really protects the food from looking like Donald Trump sat on it, and therefore my Quarter Pounder looked exactly like this (see below). Picture perfect. MAZEL TOV, McDONALD’S!
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| McDonald's Quarter Pounder. Picture perfect. |
Incidentally, Sam woke up this morning — on Thanksgiving! — with a RAGING TOOTHACHE. It’s one of his far back molars. There’s not much he can do about it today, of course, but tomorrow he’ll call his dentist early in the morning for an emergency referral to an oral surgeon … and then get this goddamn tooth yanked already. It’s been bothering him for quite a while, on and off. This time I think Sam has finally had enough. And we’ve also decided to postpone Thanksgiving for a day or two, until Sam can get that tooth pulled and he’s out of pain (and wants to eat again).
Three more iPhone cases just in case you’re interested. The center design comes in all kinds of colors; the green background art is textured metal.
In case this interests you, I’ve decided to post two samples from each collection plus a few gemstone hearts. Thank you.
And … now there’s another GROUND BEEF HOO-HAH as well! The nation’s largest beef processor, JBS USA, is recalling nearly 100,000 pounds of ground beef — FIFTY TONS! — for potential E. coli contamination. The ground beef was shipped to retail distributors for further processing and to food service distributors for institutional use in California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
This is just the latest beef recall involving JBS. Last month they recalled more than SIX MILLION POUNDS processed at its facillity in Arizona for salmonella contamination that sickened 57 people in 16 states between August 5 and September 6. Holy shit. These clowns need to find something else to do. Meat packing obviously is NOT their strong point!
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| The “dynamic duo” of food poisoning … romaine lettuce and ground beef. |
And so … I guess that’s all for now! It’s 2:45 in the afternoon, I’ve got a pounding headache going on, and Sam’s asleep on the sofa. (He took one of my Norco tablets for his toothache pain and it knocked him out.) I think I’ll watch a couple of holiday movies now and try to fall asleep like Sam!
Thank you for reading this. Happy Thanksgiving!
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