OK, clearly this was an in-joke between a group of old friends. Was it a contest to see who could bring the weirdest, most yech-inspiring dish?
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My favorite is the pumpkin pie with the keys baked into it.
āHey, has anybody seen my keys?ā
āYeah, check the pumpkin pie.ā
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ā¦ I hate you so so much.
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Is this not like the funniest pic ever?
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I thought it must have been a key lime pie. Had no idea how that linked to thanksgiving.
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A twist on the car keys in the punchbowl game?
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I am laughing so fuckinā hardā¦ Where did you find this???
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I sent this to my mom. She told me grandmother baked a green turkey one year. I am finding out details and will report back when the investigation concludes.
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Way back when I was much younger and did Cacophony Society things MrsTobinL and I hosted a regrettable food party. Nobody would touch the Spam, but the tuna noodle casserole I made was passable mostly cause I used the french fried onions stuff instead of potato chips.
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ok, fellow specimens, I heard back about the green turkey.
āGrandma always ordered her turkey at the meat market near the house but for some reason she bought a frozen turkey at Safeway. She thawed it baked it and then cut the thing open to serve it and it was GREEN inside! She was āfit to be tiedā to use her phrase!
Safeway compensated her in some way but it spoiled her dinner thatās for sure!ā
She was from Wisconsin, so Wisconsin-isms, aka āScansināā were always coming out of her, like āfit to be tiedā or ācome here onceā or āheās a real son of a gunā or āIāll call the police!ā I swear she said all those things, and more, when we were growing up. I will try to think of more. Such a dear lady and I miss her.
I just canāt believe the rotten turkey story. YUCK.
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The ultimate source is MaleChef
I think that it was from last year
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I love that tumblr.
I forget I follow it, and they donāt post that often, so thereāll Iāll be scrolling away through my Hiddles.gifs and Supernatural.gifs and then random gross food itemā¦ always jarring. 
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My mom sent me a ton more Scansin-isms from Grandma. I need to start a new thread on local flavors of languageā¦ the stuff she sent me was pure gold. Apparently AIDS-FREE TIGER BLOOD runs in my family, cuz my grandmotherās veins and arteries were overflowing with it.
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Needs a kielbasa cabin, but that is a wonderful holiday edible arrangement.
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Aww, but heās CUTE!!!
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I had to abandon this thread due to an unscheduled trip, but I think you should know that I just emailed your recipe to myself. Iām a fiend for pea soup, but I havenāt eaten a land animal since the early 80ās (I was 11, Iz old, but not that oldz). I should be able to try this even after the kitchen demo starts in about a week.
Iām not in the habit of photographing my food (bad at remembering to document projects, too), but Iām happy to report that the key lime cheesecake was a success. I will definitely make it again, and make some minor adjustments to intensify the lime flavor a bit. Also ended up making some muffin tin-sized pumpkin pies with the leftover pie filling, and they were more popular than the main pie. Yay! Used cinnamon graham crackers for the crusts. I never made a crust before last Thursday, but it worked. The smoked turkey was well eaten by those who eat bird, my silly green bean casserole came out as expected, mashed potatoes got parsley instead of cheese, and my SO made some cheesy serrano corn bread which was quite good with less heat than you might expect.
@awjt: Please produce that list because, I canāt say Iāve heard your grandmaās phrases before. What part of the state did she live in?
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Iāll be happy to get any feedback or suggestions on it.
If you want some specific proportions, I jotted them down when I made it over Thanksgiving and could add them, but youāre an enthusiastic cook and should be able to wing it perfectly well from what I wrote above. Itās not a terribly specific kind of recipe.
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Itās a great recipe and Iām going to try it.
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