A THANKSGIVING FEAST
TALKING TURKEY
LET'S HAVE LEFTOVERS
A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING
THE MACY'S PARADE: BEHIND THE SCENES
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In cold water, changed often, turkey takes about 30 minutes per pound to do this (not drown)
thaw
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Female turkeys are called hens; males are called toms or this voracious word from the sound they make
gobblers
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Have leftover bread? Perfect for breadcrumbs, or cube it to make these, which give your salad crunch
croutons
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A traditional folk song finds it "in the straw" & "in the hay"
turkey
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The first Macy's parade in 1924 included live bears--they scared the children, so in 1927 balloon animals debuted, including this silent cartoon cat
Felix the Cat
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The pineapple in this salad must be canned, not fresh, or the salad's main ingredient won't set
Jell-O (gelatin) salad
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This founding father wrote that the eagle was a coward but the turkey was respectable & a Native American
Benjamin Franklin
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It's the French-derived name of both the baking dish & a layered type of food item, a perfect way to serve leftovers
casserole
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The song "Zombie" by this group is about the blood shed over Irish freedom
The Cranberries
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The Macy's parade did not take place for three years during this decade--since rubber was in short supply, the balloons were donated to the war effort
1940s
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You can make dessert the easy way by combining Libby's pumpkin pie mix with evaporated milk & these
eggs
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This ragtime dance step resembles the wing & foot movement of the bird
the turkey trot
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Thanksgiving leftovers? Make a rich cream sauce containing mushrooms for turkey a la this--it's fit for one
king
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A 1933 Popeye short is called "I ____ What I ____"
yam
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A new version of Snoopy debuted in 2006--when he first appeared in 1968, he was dressed up as this, the way he often was atop his doghouse
WWI flying ace
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Breadcrumbs are often the basis of this Thanksgiving staple food
stuffing
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Seen here, the turkey symbolizes Freedom from Want in this illustrator's Four Freedoms series
Norman Rockwell
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Right after Easter comes a national week for this dish, made from leftover items decorated for Easter
egg salad
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Justin Theroux starred in this HBO series in which 2% of the world's population had disappeared--was it the rapture?
The Leftovers
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Macy's parade floats must fold up to be just eight feet wide and twelve and a half feet high to fit through this tunnel for the trip from New Jersey to Manhattan
Lincoln Tunnel
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A simple method of doing this to sweet potatoes is to bake them with a mixture of butter & brown sugar
candying
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Though this amino acid in turkey is reputed to make you doze off on Thanksgiving, carbs & booze do at least as much
tryptophan
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What to do with leftover mashed potatoes & cooked cabbage? Make the British dish called bubble & this
squeak
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Gangly banjo player David Akeman, a star of the Grand Ole Opry & "Hee Haw", had this nickname
Stringbean
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This 1947 movie which used footage of actual floats gave many Americans a love for the Macy's parade
Miracle on 34th Street