and if you look at the larger picture, from thanksgiving till christmas, it will be a month long of gorging, of eating till you're stuffed, and of wearing loose clothing to grow your fat belly as you make your rounds in the eating circuit, double fisting turkey and pumpkin pie. oh dear lord, it is a time to excercise restraint peoples! a time to say, "no more," rather than "yes, please." a time to look at your own thigh, rather than the turkey's thigh! one word of advice: put the mutherfuckin' slice of honey baked ham down, ya hear?!
did you excercise restraint this thanksgiving? did you? let me turn this question on myself, DID I? NOPE. CRAP. haha, i am a walking anomaly of conflicting messages...yes, no, maybe, ok! dang.
thanksgiving this year was spent with my fiance's clan, a boisterous group of folks that spilled out of the little house that it was held at. since i helped out with some of the prep work, i did not get the opportunity to snap a ton of pictures, but let me just say, asian gatherings always mean over the top, way too much food and a whole lot for you to take home.
there was a turkey getting fried. this huge tin pot was where it was entombed in. a greasy dead-bath of sorts.
here's my fiance, mixing a huge vat of mash potatoes. yes, it may look like he's getting ready for the salvation army, but in fact, this vat of mashies will feed all of us...all 40+ of us, bejeebus.
and one of the best thanksgiving items of them all, a WHOLE ROASTED PIG! it had the crispiest skin ever. this oinker was polished off in seconds. SECONDS.
so i'm THANKFUL. THANKFUL for all the usual things, fiance, family, friends, dawgs, my job, and writing blogs that actually have folks that read them...and i'm absolutely THANKFUL that i never have to worry about being hungry and that eating well, eating to the point of obesity, can be a possibility if i choose to...er, not that i would...just sayin'.
i will forgo stepping on the scale till new year's eve so i can then make my typical new year's resolution: i will lose weight.
till then, i am stuffing my face! holla.
