“…I prefer to make what is known as a double stockโin culinary-school terms, a fortified stock, or, Frenchily, aย consommรฉ, which classically refers to a clarification of the broth, and perhaps also the meat of more than one species. Whatever name you assign to it, the preparation can be summed up like this: when making stock, use stock as a base instead of water. The result is the most magnificently rich liquid, a concentrated essence of the sort that makes people sink, at first slurp, into a sighing surrender.”
-Helen Rosner, “Thanksgiving Double Stock.” The New Yorker. November 11, 2018.
Tag: Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving Prayer by William S. Burroughs
“What I learned from [Burroughs] was to try to follow any important idea to its true source no matter how difficult, unpleasant, or revolting that journey might become.”
-Anonymous [because I don’t know if the source would wish to be identified publicly.]
Garbage Day
“I ๐ actually ๐ณ decided ๐ฏ to ๐ฆ go ๐ to ๐ฆ Thanksgiving ๐ dinner ๐ this ๐ year ๐ in ๐ my ๐จ fursuit. When ๐ I ๐ walked ๐ถ in ๐ the ๐ door ๐ช my ๐จ step ๐ daddy ๐จ gave ๐ me ๐ญ a ๐ weird look ๐ but ๐ I ๐ ignored ๐ him. ๐ด Then ๐ฎ my ๐จ stupid ๐ฉ step-cousin started ๐ข laughing ๐ that ๐ I ๐ was ๐ wearing ๐ a ๐ diaper ๐ฉ over ๐ my ๐จ suit and ๐ I ๐ screamed ๐ซ at ๐ him ๐ด that ๐ he ๐จ was ๐ being ๐ furryphobic as ๐ fuck ๐ towards me ๐ญ , and ๐ that ๐ I ๐ identify ๐ฌ as ๐ a ๐ crinkler both ๐ in ๐ body ๐ and ๐ in ๐ pronoun. So ๐ฏ anyway ๐ when ๐ they ๐ฅ started ๐ข serving the ๐ Turkey ๐ every ๐ person ๐ซ who ๐ took ๐ซ the ๐ meat ๐ I ๐ whispered ๐ฎ “You’re ๐ dead” under ๐ก my ๐จ breath ๐ท as ๐ they ๐ฅ didn’t ๐ซ recognize ๐ the ๐ sacrific of ๐ฆ the ๐ 6 ๐ million ๐ Algonkin Indians ๐ฉ who ๐ died ๐ so ๐ฏ they ๐ฅ can ๐ฆ eat ๐ that ๐ meat. ๐ When ๐ they ๐ฅ were ๐ถ about ๐ฆ to ๐ฆ eat ๐ I ๐ started ๐ข making ๐ง my ๐จ best ๐ Rick Sanchez impersonations but ๐ they ๐ฅ didn’t ๐ซ get ๐ it ๐ฏ due to ๐ฆ them ๐ฆ being ๐ ignorant ๐ as ๐ fuck. ๐ Finally ๐ when ๐ they ๐ฅ started ๐ข talking ๐ฃ about ๐ฆ how ๐ฏ my ๐จ step-cousin got ๐ธ his ๐ฆ first ๐ job ๐ I ๐ laughed ๐ that ๐ he ๐จ was ๐ some ๐จ wage-cuck and ๐ that ๐ when ๐ the ๐ communist ๐ revolution ๐ฅ comes ๐ฆ he ๐จ will ๐ be ๐ sorry. ๐ Suddenly my ๐จ step ๐ daddies ๐จ dad ๐ด bursts into ๐ anger ๐ก and ๐ he ๐จ started ๐ข calling ๐ฒ me ๐ญ a ๐ freak ๐ and ๐ I ๐ just ๐ picked up ๐บ the ๐ mash potatoes and ๐ threw it ๐ฏ in ๐ his ๐ฆ face ๐ and ๐ scream ๐ฑ “Bash the ๐ Fash”. I ๐ was ๐ then ๐ฎ put ๐ in ๐ a ๐ headlock but ๐ my ๐จ fursuit protected me ๐ญ because ๐ the ๐ mouth ๐ piece ๐ is ๐ฆ operated with ๐ my ๐จ hand. ๐ So ๐ฏ I ๐ was ๐ able ๐ช to ๐ฆ flee like ๐ in ๐ my ๐จ favorite ๐ episode of ๐ฆ Ricky and ๐ Morty. ๐ I ๐ hid in ๐ the ๐ bushes and ๐ when ๐ he ๐จ was ๐ being ๐ wheeled away ๐ by ๐ the ๐ paramedics I ๐ cheered as ๐ he ๐จ was ๐ a ๐ WW2 vet so ๐ฏ that’s ๐ฆ like ๐ a ๐ 50% ๐ chance ๐ซ he ๐จ was ๐ a ๐ nazi. ๐
โyayayamie quoted in Ryan Broderick, “tfw your parents find your Thanksgiving homemade fleshlight.” Garbage Day. November 29, 2019.
Garbage Day is a once a week dose of artisanal Internet garbage for people who aren’t looking for click trauma. Still not something for work, people raging at the world for going downhill, or the innocent.
Thanksgiving Olive Sourdough Cheese Bread

Basic olive bread recipe baked in the Kubaneh style (see a typical Kubaneh bread recipe) with grated Asiago cheese on top. It looks nice, but I’m not sure I’d recommend this bread.
Ingredients
- 3 & 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1 & 1/3 cups of whole milk
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 3 tablespoons of honey
- 1 envelope of yeast
- 1-2 cups of olives, halved with pits removed
- 1 cup (or more) cheese (anything you can grate)
- 1 head of roasted garlic
Preparation
- Roast garlic by removing outer paper and leaving paper around each clove. Put head in an oven safe container, sprinkle sea salt and olive oil, and cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 425 degrees for 1 hour. Take 30 minutes to prep olives and cheese. When garlic is done, squeeze garlic paste into bowl to add to flour.
- Mix milk, butter and honey and cook on medium-low heat until mixture reaches 110 degrees.
- Add yeast and wait 10 minutes.
- Put flour and salt into a large bowl.
- Fold in milk, butter and honey mixture – by hand or electric mixer.
- Fold in olives, cheese and garlic – by hand or electric mixer.
- Dough should be sticky but not stick to your hands if you touch it, if it sticks to your hands add a teaspoon of flour and work in until it stops.
- Cover dough with plastic and let rise in relatively warm location,
at least 2 hours but preferably more (up to 36 hours). - Before rolling dough, boil 6 cups or more of water in a kettle and
preheat oven to 350 degrees. - Scoop dough from bowl, roll it out until it is 8 inches by 8
inches, then roll it into a log. - Press and smooth seam so that dough looks like one whole piece.
- Grease bread pan with butter.
- Place loaf in loaf pan.
- Pour boiling water into long glass pan, place on bottom rack in
oven and wait 10 minutes for oven to get humid. - Place loaf pan above water and bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.
- Remove from oven when bread’s internal temperature is above 190
degrees (use a thermometer from the side to the center of the bread). - Remove from oven when done and let cool for 15 minutes.
Kubaneh-style
- Two hours before going to sleep for the night, start preparing the bread.
- Separate dough into pieces small enough to fit in your hand.
- Roll each out with a rolling pin, make into a log, then roll out again in the opposite direction, creating a 4″ wide, +12″ long strip.
- Roll strip that into a 4″ round loaf, seal the seam, and place in a Dutch oven, squashing down the top. Fill up Dutch oven leaving room in between each so they can expand.
- Brush the top of the bread with olive oil.
- Grate cheese over the top of the loaf.
- Let sit for an hour or two for dough to rise again.
- Before bed, turn the oven on to 200 degrees, and let cook overnight.
- Loaf is done when internal temperature is above 190 degrees.
Over the Edge:ย An Islamic Thanksgiving
Be thankful that you do not have to listen to “An Islamic Thanksgiving” this Thanksgiving.