Tasty AND Stylish

Photo courtesy of North Dakota Department of Game and Fish

We have not been made aware of any other bird that sports a beard.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Comments

[John Kasaian]

And a Happy Thanksgiving to all from the Kasaian clan!

A bearded bird? Tasty and stylish!
Gobble-gobble!

I wonder if there's a way to sneak some bacon onto the menu?

[Darin]

Green beans laced with bacon is a family favorite around here. Of course, this means the bacon is a bit floppy and there will be no opportunity for bacon grease with which to smooth our beards. Of course, I'm sure eating the drum stick from the bone pilgrim style will result in a very greasy beard. It may well be, however, this line of thinking that caused beards to fall out of favor with the lovely women of the world as noted by Lewis. While my beloved loves the Thanksgiving turkey, I can't imagine that my smelling of turkey grease will make me any more appealing to her - appalling yes, appealing not so much.

On another note, since our patriarchs were English, one wonders what they would have thought of Thanksgiving. I'm told the closest thing to it was the Harvest Festival. Living in Wisconsin though, the mention of a harvest festival sends my mind to October Fest with brats, sour kraut and steins of beer - not exactly the same as turkey and pumpkin pie.

[Tim J.]

I like to save the bacon grease for my biscuits and use bear grease to keep my hair looking spiffy.

I have heard it said that the English also celebrate Thanksgiving. We celebrate the Pilgrims coming to America, and they celebrate them leaving England.

I wish we had some kind of real Harvest festival, here, but most families aren't that attached to agrarian cycles anymore, which give such festivals meaning.

We live in s dry county (it still makes me shudder a little to say that) and a community nearby held an Octoberfest on their town square last month. With no beer. They had - I kid you not - a ROOTbeergarden.

I love the South, generally, but life here has its challenges. There also aren't that many Catholics compared to more northern climes.

[John Kasaian]

I was overjoyed when the greenbeans arrived, with (drum roll) BACON!
A wonderful Thanksgiving made even more wonderfuller!

Actually the best part about this Thanksgiving was that my father-in-law was with us. A year ago we almost lost him (well we did loose him, but a paramedic was able to get his heart beating)

It is one more thing to be thankful for.

[Del]

A ROOT-BEERGARTEN! :D

The human spirit will not be defeated, in spite of dying culture and bad theology!

Oh... and the bearded turkey cracks me up, every time I see it -- :D

[Seth]

I do believe George Washington had a hearty internal beard. They sure don't write Thanksgiving proclamations like that anymore:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/nov/09112701.html