Hey kids, how ya been? I need some of your ideas for some meat to go with the gawd awful dried out tasteless sawdust better known as the Thanksgiving turkey. In all fairness, Jill does a great job...as long as she can keep her mother's fingers out of the mess. Please, don't get me started. No, I am not allowed to smoke the turkey or season it as MIL would have a pissy-hissy fit. So I told Jill, fine, you all can have that garbage again this year I will smoke/grill/burn my own protein...and I will reluctantly share with the rest of the fam, but it will be under protest.
So help a brother out here (@Huskee this is where you can substitute HBO
). I have thought about all of the regular cast of characters...ham, beef, lamb, etc...but nothing really gets my juices flowing thinking about the regular BBQ fare. Crown roast? We will have plenty of dressing since Jill kills it with the dressing (don't tell her, but it's better than my mother's) so that's a possibility, but the kitchen is not big enough for the two of us. Prime rib? No, we're already going to spend a thousand bucks or so on turkey this year for 8 people. My mind is mush, so I need some ideas. Dinner is at 2:00, so I would have plenty of time to babysit a smoker.
Maybe I need to come at this from a different angle. This will be my 58th, allegedly, Thanksgiving and I don't remember anything else being on the table for protein besides the aforementioned sawdust molded into a turkey. What are some your traditions for having other options besides that damn turkey?
I have droned on long enough. Please leave your comments below...or not. I will understand if you don't, but it might give me a complex.
~Craigar
So help a brother out here (@Huskee this is where you can substitute HBO

Maybe I need to come at this from a different angle. This will be my 58th, allegedly, Thanksgiving and I don't remember anything else being on the table for protein besides the aforementioned sawdust molded into a turkey. What are some your traditions for having other options besides that damn turkey?
I have droned on long enough. Please leave your comments below...or not. I will understand if you don't, but it might give me a complex.

~Craigar

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