Whenever Santa Claus is Coming to Town by the Jackson 5 comes on, I skip it.
...sorry.

Yeah just like Gem, I almost fell out of my chair at “damn, you Niger, damn you.”
In my head, Niger was pronounced correctly and it just made it so...delicious in its ridiculousness.

All of the Tex-Mex restaurants here that serve breakfast serve them with refried beans. I have developed an affinity for them so I guess baked beans aren’t out of my realm.

Okay but beef neck bones are the ish.

One of our (many) local churches serves fried fish dinners as fund raisers sometimes. If you’re not a fish fan, they will also have chicken wings. Everything is seasoned and perfectly lovely. The sides are usually green beans and either potato or green salad (also lovely.)

...and spaghetti comes standard on the plate.…

OMG you weren’t kidding!

Okay...what? Does this judge think she is his mother or something? Etiquette classes? Check with me before you go anywhere? What is actually going on with her?! Somebody needs to check for big pots of boiling water and helpless rabbits...

Tramadol is lovely in that it doesn’t knock me out, but if you’re looking for an OTC I actually really like Midol Complete (or whatever off-brand your store carries.) I’m almost sure the effects are psychological, but whatever works, works I guess.

...but “conk-mullet” though.

Dead 😂

I think that’s still the case. I promise you, though daddy is gone now, I could go up to the barber shop right now and there’d be folks playing with money on the table.

Yessss! I played that with Mema!

I’m 42, so I don’t think I belong with the youngs, lol.

*buys a FISH plate from the church*
*looks at spaghetti*
*enjoys the hale out of it anyway*

True story: my daddy refused to teach me tonk. I STILL don’t know why, but that’s what daddy’nem played up at the barber shop so maybe he thought it wasn’t for the likes of me?

Same.

Curious: how do you make your green bean casserole?

That was a joke though...right?

Basting can take away that lovely crisp skin that you want. Also, every time you open your oven door, you’re losing heat so basting is also not recommended.

Literally almost every one of your responses here has been on point. I thought it was just my family that doesn’t do mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving, lol!