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forwardslash  ·  4389 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hater's guide to the Williams Sonoma catalog

    That's 40 bucks for a bowl of cranberry sauce that everyone will pass up because we all prefer the shit that costs two bucks and comes plopping out of the can in the shape of the can. The second ingredient is LEAD. For 40 bucks, you should get the bourbon on its own.
It had been quite a while since I had cranberry sauce from a can when I got one for the wife and I this thanksgiving. My family has a history of making their own cranberry sauces, and I forgot how much I liked the stuff that just comes out of can in a can shape. Not sure exactly why I like it so much, perhaps just nostalgia. I like to think that it's the can shape, though. My Oma used to make Paska for easter and used recycled cans to bake them in, and they were delicious.




kleinbl00  ·  4389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My family has a cranberry recipe for Thanksgiving. It came off the Ocean Spray bag.

My wife's family has a cranberry recipe for Thanksgiving. It came out of Wonkaville.

Mine involves throwing a bag of cranberries into a meat grinder along with a half-dozen tangerines. Sometimes I add cloves and cognac. They hate it so I get to eat all of it.

Theirs involves cranberries, marshmallows, crushed pineapple, whipped cream and toasted walnuts. Except her dad doesn't like walnuts so it takes up two bowls. They called it "cranberry salad." I started making airquotes whenever the word "salad" was said and eventually just referred to it as "airquotes salad." Joke's on them - fuckin Airquotes Salad is delicious on top of pecan pie.

steve  ·  4389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just woke up my wife laughing so hard at your air quotes. Thanks - I needed a good belly laugh today.