November 27, 2024 • 16 mins
Happy Thanksgiving! Chris and Lauren share their favorite things about Thanksgiving and share their plans and favorite foods.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.
Chris Harrison and Lauren Zema coming to you from the
home office in Austin, Texas. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. I hope
you are together with those that you love, and I
certainly am LZ your mom, my mom, the kids are here,
(00:25):
your brother's coming in, so we are hosting this year.
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Babe, Happy Thanksgiving. I'm so grateful for you.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
This is our first round of holidays as a married couple.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Not much has changed, but well, no, you know what,
something has changed.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think maybe this year, maybe it was last year,
was the first time or will be the first time
that we've spent both major holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas together.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah, we made a concerted effort early on to just
support each other of go be with your family. You
do your thing, I'll do my thing. We will try
to be together as much as possible. We've definitely learned
we don't want to be apart.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
So well, you know, we don't want to be apart.
But I will also say, I just think, like with
a lot of families, you know you're dealing with. I
think people tend to live all over the country more
now than they did decades ago. Our families are spread
out all over in different cities. You know. We have
divorce in our family, Like there are different things where
(01:30):
you end up having to split time and share time,
and so I think it's so important to have a
soft heart with that and to be empathetic and to
not make demands of the people you love, Like as
long as you're seeing effort from those people that they
want to see or that they're trying to or they're saying, well,
let's do Christmas on this day. But it's hard. It's
hard to not be with the ones you love on holidays.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
And we did that and I definitely was like, I
don't want to do that again. Where you and I
were apart, you don't ever well, I mean, if we look,
if we have to, I agree with what you just said.
We all got to just do the best we can. Yeah,
when you have kids and families, like you said, in
the family dynamics.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Grew up, they're dating people, they have partners, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And in this day and age, there's divorce in your
everybody and including having grace for our own kids. Of
everyone's just going to do the best they can and
you try to remove the guilt. And I guess that
gets me to my point of what's so wonderful about
Thanksgiving is it's the holiday where you really choose. You know,
Christmas is it's family. You know, it's it's such a
(02:34):
religious holiday. Typically it's that's with your family, period, full stop.
Thanksgiving has always been kind of that. Yes, it's definitely
with family, but it's also your friends, the people you
choose to have a holiday with.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Oh, I think this is a very La thing. You're
heading on. LA is the city of friendsgivings. Did you
ever notice that?
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah, well I did a few of those.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I think it's because it's a very transient place. Like
a lot of people are moving to LA to pursue
their dreams away from their family please. And then it's
like on this one end of the country and a
lot of people are struggling artists, like with not that
much money. So I noticed when I was in LA
in my twenties, so many people stay in LA for Thanksgiving,
do friends givings, and then like save their money to
go home for Christmas.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
And I tried to bring as many orphans, you know,
La orphans, you call them as I could into my
home because I was very traditionalist. You know, I would
fry the turkey and do the thing. And you know, look,
if you want to come, bring a dish if you can,
if not, just come and enjoy. Because you know, one
thing is you just don't want people to feel alone
in these holiday seasons, and try to be cognizant of that.
(03:36):
If you have friends or people that are alone, try
to give them a little extra attention or a call,
or invite them over, or take them some leftovers, even
just say hey, we made you a plate, and try
to make people feel a little seen and loved on
this holiday. But I'm excited for Thanksgiving, and I hope
everybody listening is getting a chance to settle in and
hopefully if you're traveling, you've made a twere you're getting
(03:58):
because I know travel is crazy this week. But I'm
excited for Thanksgiving. I love this holiday. Is there something
in particular you love the most other than the obvious
of families going to be here. Is there something you
look forward to on Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I've actually, very consciously in the last few years tried
to mentally drill in on being so grateful at Thanksgiving
and really thinking about truly what I'm thankful for, because
you know, when you're little, it's like the turkey and
I don't know what thinks. There's the playful side of
Thanksgiving and when you're a kid, you don't have the
(04:32):
capacity to be super grateful. And then in the past
couple of years, I know, you know, there's been some
controversy around it as a holiday. So to me, I've
just tried to focus on the meaning of Thanksgiving, like
what are you grateful for? Especially because I think with
Christmas there's a lot more pomp and circumstance, like gifts
and decorations, and Thanksgiving we just basically got food right
(04:53):
and people we love. So I think that like this year,
my brother wasn't necessarily like he was super busy with work,
and I'm like, dude, just come, you know, Like, to me,
it's so important, and it probably comes from a grief
place of knowing my dad's not with us anymore. The
older I get, the more I just think, let's just
(05:16):
try to move mountains to be together. And I think,
especially when you live apart these little weekends, it's kind
of like this concentrated experience where you can pack a
lot of gratefulness and quality time together. So I'm thankful
for that, and then I'm reminding myself to be thankful
and that's what I'm looking forward to about Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
What were your thanksgivings growing up? What was that?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Always either at our house or my grandmother's house. She
lived forty minutes away, so we kind of exchanged, like
who was hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
And is just like ten twenty thirty Yeah, like.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Twenty twenty five people. Yeah, I mean it was like
that was one thing. A lot of my family still
lived in Chicago, so we were able to be together
for a lot, which I had great times with my cousins,
Like we were all, you know, kids running around and
and I'm definitely grateful this year for my sister being
a new mom. It's like starting a new generation and
(06:13):
it'll be fun in the next couple of years and
we have holidays with little kids running around.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
It's going to get bigger and bigger.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, what about you? What were your Thanksgivings on?
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Mine were kind of sports for a while growing up.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
With sports was not a thing for us.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yeah, there was there was the like a football game
or so no, no no. For me, it was there
was a Thanksgiving soccer tournament every year in Houston, and
so we would go to the soccer tournament and you
know the turkey trot whatever you call them, and then
we would go I luckily I have relatives. My dad's
sister lived in Houston, so we would then go to
(06:45):
their house for Thanksgiving and kind of knock it all out.
So we did that for a lot of years, and
then after that it was kind of a hodgepodge of
being back home, you know, in college and all that.
So I love Thanksgiving. I think what I relish the
most is the days leading up to it. The first
(07:05):
like Wednesday, you know, Tuesday, really Wednesday and Thursday, of
getting everything prepped. I enjoy going to the store. I
know it can be crazy going to the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
You're so right about this. I think that the cooking
together is more fun than the eating together.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Yeah, hanging out in the kitchen. Your mom's going to
be there, I'll be there, Taylor, our daughter is going
to be there. Your brother's girlfriend, Casey's an amazing baker
and cooking.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Thank god Taylor and Casey are around to join on
the baker some sus chef. Your mom's going to cook
as well.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
My mom's coming in, So that to me to have
music going, have a game on in the background, have
the football game on. Oh you know, you'll be in
charge of opening wine and champagne and shakouderie. But we
like just all hanging out in that area, laughing, talking,
you know, debating whatever it is. That is everything to
(07:53):
me as much as diving in and actually eating on Thursdays.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I think you're totally right. And isn't it funny because
you actually spend so much more time on the prep
than the meal. Like I said, you do all this
work and then sit down to eat, and you forty
minutes later you're done and okay, now we're all cleaning up.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yeah, then you're just excited about the leftovers.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Well, you just sit on a really good metaphor? Is
it allegory?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
I got to READO my English education. But point of
that Thanksgiving shows us and the prep and all that
reminds us that you got to enjoy the journey. You know,
sometimes the destination you get there, but like the journeys
where you actually make the memories and you're totally right
(08:35):
now that I stop and think about it. My great
memories of especially recent years when I can remember more
from instead of being so young, but is helping my
mom in the kitchen and just hanging out and laughing
with her, because there's something very human about a joint
project and goal that you're working towards, like the creation
of the food, and doing that together is really bonding.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
But that's changed, right, I mean, I remember when I
was a kid, and I don't know if it was
different for you, but when I was a kid, I
dreamt of pecan pie and turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes.
It was just waiting all day smelling it, and you'd
sneak in and you know, the adults were in there
and I wasn't involved in the prep, and that the
moment of walking in just seeing this buffet because we
(09:18):
didn't eat like that all year, and so you know,
if you're your grandparents or whatever, just seeing all that food,
you're like, oh my gosh, that just bounty you're about
to dive into, and then two seconds later you're stuffed.
But it's definitely changed now. I relish everyone coming home
and the big hugs and the music and the laughter
and the house being full and the noise is what
(09:40):
I relish the most.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
But that's another good point. Probably when we're younger, we
so focus on the end results, yeah, and the toy
we get for Christmas, and then when we're older we
realize the fun is in like putting the dollhouse together, kids' faces.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, yeah, okay, But with that said, let's go shallow.
When you see the lineup on Thursday, what's that one
thing you're like that's my go to? Like? Is there
(10:17):
a thing where you're like? Is it turkey as it yams?
Is it the green bean casserout?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
We're the only ones who do this?
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Well.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
You and I feel differently. I love turkey, you're not.
I like turkey, turkey fair. Your mom makes an amazing turkey,
so I'm excited about that. And I fried a turkey
for a long time, which I did love a fried turkey.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
By the way, the Emerald Lagassi fried turkey recipe that's
been around for forever is spectacular. I used it for
for forever.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Why have you not made me this very because we
got to buy a friar, gotta get against and it's dangerous.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
You do it right. It's really not for you know,
probably a decade.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
It's my grandfather used to fry a turkey. He got
really into it for a while, and I just remember,
like my mom would tell him, Dad, take that out
on the deck and do it away from the kids,
and we'd like watch him through the glass window of
frying the turkey because we weren't allowed to beating ny.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
But yeah, okay, a couple of things. A check the water,
you know, put it in the trash bag.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And it wasn't a man who loved.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
So you definitely set you know, so you can set
the oil level. Uh, and then obviously don't let the
turkey be frozen at all when you put it in
the fryer.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Bad hot tip. Literally.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
But it's also just difficult because even if you do
it perfectly, it's messy and you have just a ton
of peanut oil or whatever that whatever oil you're using.
You have this vat of oil that you have to
dispose of. So it's just it's not a clean thing
to do. Like, it's just a bit of a pain,
but man, it's good. Once you have one like that,
it's hard to go.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
I did they were great? I think he stopped doing
it just because it was so much work. Exactly what
you're saying. My mom got me really into and I
don't know if other people do this, but at Thanksgiving
we have turkey with champagne, and like the flavor combination
of turkey and gravy with champagne is so good.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Like the way you're moving your shoulders round.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I'm getting excited about it. And we you know, it's
like there's also something so special about holiday food because
it's one c year, you know, when I'm never eating
turkey other than at Thanksgiving, so it really makes it.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
I'm a side fan, you know. I love to make
a tender loin, So I'm going to make us a
tender loin on the green Ada.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
If anyone else is doing this beautiful.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
I love a tender You make a great tenderline. I've
just never had the tender line of Thanksgiving until you.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
So instead of turkey and ham, we do turkey and tenderloin.
But I like, I'm excited for a little bit of everything,
like the green bean casserole, the candy jams. I'm not
gonna eat a lot of them, but you got to
have some mashed potatoes. I love your mom's gravy all
you know, I love all of that and a little bit.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Of dessert for sure. The sides are a major.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
So I'm a big sides person because it's I think
it's the one meal where I'm just so excited about
the sides.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
It is. I know some people, Oh, in the you
call it yams, It's called sweet potato casting.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
The same thing. But what about the cranberry sauce.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I need it out of the can me too.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, I know, I need to see the ribbed can.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Yeah, I don't want the real ones. It's probably the
only thing in my life where I want the less natural,
more processed version.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
I know, and I know we could just google this now,
but does anybody understand why the label is always upside
down on the cranberry sauce cans?
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Never even noticed that. Yeah, obviously I don't do the grocery.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Shopping, but oftentimes it's upside down. I've always wondered why
that is.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
It's just a reminder to be grateful.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, thanks, But yeah, I'm glad that we agree on
that because I need a couple of slices and it's
and then later I'll put that on.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Yeah, more than if anyone giving us that answer, I
would be interested to know. And I'm circling back to
what we said a minute ago. But if we are
the only ones who, up until so recently, because we've
been together for six years, but would separate on holidays
like this, does, I think it's a rare thing. I
guess my mindset with it was always, well, we're together
(13:58):
pretty much the rest of the year, right, and I
just don't ever want either of us to like not
be able to see our family. So in years past,
what we've done is, you know, you might go see
your dad a Thanksgiving and so I'll go be with
my mom, and but then like we'd have the kids
for Christmas, so we're going to come together. Maybe your
mom would come to that and we would just kind
of be like we would separate so that we could
(14:19):
see all the people we love. So I'm interested if
anybody else does that or if we're weird.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
There's no and just no, there's no right way to
do it. Yeah, there's no. However, you're pulling it off
and making it work. God bless you for it.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Well, some people get mad about it, like some people
when you do you know, a, oh, we're doing our
Christmas on this day. Some people get offended about that
and they're like, no, it's not that doesn't count. I'm
a big I'm okay with it not being on the
actual date, like let's just get together. But you know,
and I want to give a shout out, like a
lot of this probably comes from a grief place for me.
(14:55):
I know that, like losing my dad and then growing older.
It's just driven home from more the importance of appreciating
family and being together. And a shout out to anybody
who is missing someone this holiday season. I know that,
you know it's like this time of joy and gratefulness,
but sometimes it feels like a little a little stab
of pain when you think about the people you don't have.
(15:18):
So just sending love to you and know that our
thoughts are with you.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
And I echo that as we head into the holiday season,
obviously it kicks off for Thanksgiving. Wherever you are, Elsie
and I are thinking about you. We love you. We
love doing this podcast, and especially it always hits home
as we head into the holidays to be grateful, and
one of the things we're grateful for is that we've
had this conduit to you guys to be able to
(15:44):
talk to chat and The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever has
been a lot of things, a lot of great interviews,
a lot of great talks, a lot of great questions
from you guys. But at this time of year we
give thanks. And one of the things that Elsie and
I will definitely give thanks for is you always you
for allowing us to do what we love and now
we get to do it together. So Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
We love you, We're grateful for you, and we hope
that you are with people who appreciate you and that
you can send love to them and give it back,
because I really think at the end of the day,
that's what life is all about, the people in our lives.
We love you, guys, Thank you so so much, and
Happy Thanksgiving.
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This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.
Chris Harrison and Lauren Zema coming to you from the
home office in Austin, Texas. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. I hope
you are together with those that you love, and I
certainly am LZ your mom, my mom, the kids are here,
(00:25):
your brother's coming in, so we are hosting this year.
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Babe, Happy Thanksgiving. I'm so grateful for you.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
This is our first round of holidays as a married couple.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Not much has changed, but well, no, you know what,
something has changed.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think maybe this year, maybe it was last year,
was the first time or will be the first time
that we've spent both major holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas together.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah, we made a concerted effort early on to just
support each other of go be with your family. You
do your thing, I'll do my thing. We will try
to be together as much as possible. We've definitely learned
we don't want to be apart.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
So well, you know, we don't want to be apart.
But I will also say, I just think, like with
a lot of families, you know you're dealing with. I
think people tend to live all over the country more
now than they did decades ago. Our families are spread
out all over in different cities. You know. We have
divorce in our family, Like there are different things where
(01:30):
you end up having to split time and share time,
and so I think it's so important to have a
soft heart with that and to be empathetic and to
not make demands of the people you love, Like as
long as you're seeing effort from those people that they
want to see or that they're trying to or they're saying, well,
let's do Christmas on this day. But it's hard. It's
hard to not be with the ones you love on holidays.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
And we did that and I definitely was like, I
don't want to do that again. Where you and I
were apart, you don't ever well, I mean, if we look,
if we have to, I agree with what you just said.
We all got to just do the best we can. Yeah,
when you have kids and families, like you said, in
the family dynamics.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Grew up, they're dating people, they have partners, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And in this day and age, there's divorce in your
everybody and including having grace for our own kids. Of
everyone's just going to do the best they can and
you try to remove the guilt. And I guess that
gets me to my point of what's so wonderful about
Thanksgiving is it's the holiday where you really choose. You know,
Christmas is it's family. You know, it's it's such a
(02:34):
religious holiday. Typically it's that's with your family, period, full stop.
Thanksgiving has always been kind of that. Yes, it's definitely
with family, but it's also your friends, the people you
choose to have a holiday with.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Oh, I think this is a very La thing. You're
heading on. LA is the city of friendsgivings. Did you
ever notice that?
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah, well I did a few of those.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I think it's because it's a very transient place. Like
a lot of people are moving to LA to pursue
their dreams away from their family please. And then it's
like on this one end of the country and a
lot of people are struggling artists, like with not that
much money. So I noticed when I was in LA
in my twenties, so many people stay in LA for Thanksgiving,
do friends givings, and then like save their money to
go home for Christmas.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
And I tried to bring as many orphans, you know,
La orphans, you call them as I could into my
home because I was very traditionalist. You know, I would
fry the turkey and do the thing. And you know, look,
if you want to come, bring a dish if you can,
if not, just come and enjoy. Because you know, one
thing is you just don't want people to feel alone
in these holiday seasons, and try to be cognizant of that.
(03:36):
If you have friends or people that are alone, try
to give them a little extra attention or a call,
or invite them over, or take them some leftovers, even
just say hey, we made you a plate, and try
to make people feel a little seen and loved on
this holiday. But I'm excited for Thanksgiving, and I hope
everybody listening is getting a chance to settle in and
hopefully if you're traveling, you've made a twere you're getting
(03:58):
because I know travel is crazy this week. But I'm
excited for Thanksgiving. I love this holiday. Is there something
in particular you love the most other than the obvious
of families going to be here. Is there something you
look forward to on Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I've actually, very consciously in the last few years tried
to mentally drill in on being so grateful at Thanksgiving
and really thinking about truly what I'm thankful for, because
you know, when you're little, it's like the turkey and
I don't know what thinks. There's the playful side of
Thanksgiving and when you're a kid, you don't have the
(04:32):
capacity to be super grateful. And then in the past
couple of years, I know, you know, there's been some
controversy around it as a holiday. So to me, I've
just tried to focus on the meaning of Thanksgiving, like
what are you grateful for? Especially because I think with
Christmas there's a lot more pomp and circumstance, like gifts
and decorations, and Thanksgiving we just basically got food right
(04:53):
and people we love. So I think that like this year,
my brother wasn't necessarily like he was super busy with work,
and I'm like, dude, just come, you know, Like, to me,
it's so important, and it probably comes from a grief
place of knowing my dad's not with us anymore. The
older I get, the more I just think, let's just
(05:16):
try to move mountains to be together. And I think,
especially when you live apart these little weekends, it's kind
of like this concentrated experience where you can pack a
lot of gratefulness and quality time together. So I'm thankful
for that, and then I'm reminding myself to be thankful
and that's what I'm looking forward to about Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
What were your thanksgivings growing up? What was that?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Always either at our house or my grandmother's house. She
lived forty minutes away, so we kind of exchanged, like
who was hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
And is just like ten twenty thirty Yeah, like.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Twenty twenty five people. Yeah, I mean it was like
that was one thing. A lot of my family still
lived in Chicago, so we were able to be together
for a lot, which I had great times with my cousins,
Like we were all, you know, kids running around and
and I'm definitely grateful this year for my sister being
a new mom. It's like starting a new generation and
(06:13):
it'll be fun in the next couple of years and
we have holidays with little kids running around.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
It's going to get bigger and bigger.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, what about you? What were your Thanksgivings on?
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Mine were kind of sports for a while growing up.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
With sports was not a thing for us.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yeah, there was there was the like a football game
or so no, no no. For me, it was there
was a Thanksgiving soccer tournament every year in Houston, and
so we would go to the soccer tournament and you
know the turkey trot whatever you call them, and then
we would go I luckily I have relatives. My dad's
sister lived in Houston, so we would then go to
(06:45):
their house for Thanksgiving and kind of knock it all out.
So we did that for a lot of years, and
then after that it was kind of a hodgepodge of
being back home, you know, in college and all that.
So I love Thanksgiving. I think what I relish the
most is the days leading up to it. The first
(07:05):
like Wednesday, you know, Tuesday, really Wednesday and Thursday, of
getting everything prepped. I enjoy going to the store. I
know it can be crazy going to the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
You're so right about this. I think that the cooking
together is more fun than the eating together.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Yeah, hanging out in the kitchen. Your mom's going to
be there, I'll be there, Taylor, our daughter is going
to be there. Your brother's girlfriend, Casey's an amazing baker
and cooking.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Thank god Taylor and Casey are around to join on
the baker some sus chef. Your mom's going to cook
as well.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
My mom's coming in, So that to me to have
music going, have a game on in the background, have
the football game on. Oh you know, you'll be in
charge of opening wine and champagne and shakouderie. But we
like just all hanging out in that area, laughing, talking,
you know, debating whatever it is. That is everything to
(07:53):
me as much as diving in and actually eating on Thursdays.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I think you're totally right. And isn't it funny because
you actually spend so much more time on the prep
than the meal. Like I said, you do all this
work and then sit down to eat, and you forty
minutes later you're done and okay, now we're all cleaning up.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yeah, then you're just excited about the leftovers.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Well, you just sit on a really good metaphor? Is
it allegory?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
I got to READO my English education. But point of
that Thanksgiving shows us and the prep and all that
reminds us that you got to enjoy the journey. You know,
sometimes the destination you get there, but like the journeys
where you actually make the memories and you're totally right
(08:35):
now that I stop and think about it. My great
memories of especially recent years when I can remember more
from instead of being so young, but is helping my
mom in the kitchen and just hanging out and laughing
with her, because there's something very human about a joint
project and goal that you're working towards, like the creation
of the food, and doing that together is really bonding.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
But that's changed, right, I mean, I remember when I
was a kid, and I don't know if it was
different for you, but when I was a kid, I
dreamt of pecan pie and turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes.
It was just waiting all day smelling it, and you'd
sneak in and you know, the adults were in there
and I wasn't involved in the prep, and that the
moment of walking in just seeing this buffet because we
(09:18):
didn't eat like that all year, and so you know,
if you're your grandparents or whatever, just seeing all that food,
you're like, oh my gosh, that just bounty you're about
to dive into, and then two seconds later you're stuffed.
But it's definitely changed now. I relish everyone coming home
and the big hugs and the music and the laughter
and the house being full and the noise is what
(09:40):
I relish the most.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
But that's another good point. Probably when we're younger, we
so focus on the end results, yeah, and the toy
we get for Christmas, and then when we're older we
realize the fun is in like putting the dollhouse together, kids' faces.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, yeah, okay, But with that said, let's go shallow.
When you see the lineup on Thursday, what's that one
thing you're like that's my go to? Like? Is there
(10:17):
a thing where you're like? Is it turkey as it yams?
Is it the green bean casserout?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
We're the only ones who do this?
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Well.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
You and I feel differently. I love turkey, you're not.
I like turkey, turkey fair. Your mom makes an amazing turkey,
so I'm excited about that. And I fried a turkey
for a long time, which I did love a fried turkey.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
By the way, the Emerald Lagassi fried turkey recipe that's
been around for forever is spectacular. I used it for
for forever.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Why have you not made me this very because we
got to buy a friar, gotta get against and it's dangerous.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
You do it right. It's really not for you know,
probably a decade.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
It's my grandfather used to fry a turkey. He got
really into it for a while, and I just remember,
like my mom would tell him, Dad, take that out
on the deck and do it away from the kids,
and we'd like watch him through the glass window of
frying the turkey because we weren't allowed to beating ny.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
But yeah, okay, a couple of things. A check the water,
you know, put it in the trash bag.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And it wasn't a man who loved.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
So you definitely set you know, so you can set
the oil level. Uh, and then obviously don't let the
turkey be frozen at all when you put it in
the fryer.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Bad hot tip. Literally.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
But it's also just difficult because even if you do
it perfectly, it's messy and you have just a ton
of peanut oil or whatever that whatever oil you're using.
You have this vat of oil that you have to
dispose of. So it's just it's not a clean thing
to do. Like, it's just a bit of a pain,
but man, it's good. Once you have one like that,
it's hard to go.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
I did they were great? I think he stopped doing
it just because it was so much work. Exactly what
you're saying. My mom got me really into and I
don't know if other people do this, but at Thanksgiving
we have turkey with champagne, and like the flavor combination
of turkey and gravy with champagne is so good.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Like the way you're moving your shoulders round.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I'm getting excited about it. And we you know, it's
like there's also something so special about holiday food because
it's one c year, you know, when I'm never eating
turkey other than at Thanksgiving, so it really makes it.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
I'm a side fan, you know. I love to make
a tender loin, So I'm going to make us a
tender loin on the green Ada.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
If anyone else is doing this beautiful.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
I love a tender You make a great tenderline. I've
just never had the tender line of Thanksgiving until you.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
So instead of turkey and ham, we do turkey and tenderloin.
But I like, I'm excited for a little bit of everything,
like the green bean casserole, the candy jams. I'm not
gonna eat a lot of them, but you got to
have some mashed potatoes. I love your mom's gravy all
you know, I love all of that and a little bit.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Of dessert for sure. The sides are a major.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
So I'm a big sides person because it's I think
it's the one meal where I'm just so excited about
the sides.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
It is. I know some people, Oh, in the you
call it yams, It's called sweet potato casting.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
The same thing. But what about the cranberry sauce.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I need it out of the can me too.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, I know, I need to see the ribbed can.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Yeah, I don't want the real ones. It's probably the
only thing in my life where I want the less natural,
more processed version.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
I know, and I know we could just google this now,
but does anybody understand why the label is always upside
down on the cranberry sauce cans?
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Never even noticed that. Yeah, obviously I don't do the grocery.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Shopping, but oftentimes it's upside down. I've always wondered why
that is.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
It's just a reminder to be grateful.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, thanks, But yeah, I'm glad that we agree on
that because I need a couple of slices and it's
and then later I'll put that on.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Yeah, more than if anyone giving us that answer, I
would be interested to know. And I'm circling back to
what we said a minute ago. But if we are
the only ones who, up until so recently, because we've
been together for six years, but would separate on holidays
like this, does, I think it's a rare thing. I
guess my mindset with it was always, well, we're together
(13:58):
pretty much the rest of the year, right, and I
just don't ever want either of us to like not
be able to see our family. So in years past,
what we've done is, you know, you might go see
your dad a Thanksgiving and so I'll go be with
my mom, and but then like we'd have the kids
for Christmas, so we're going to come together. Maybe your
mom would come to that and we would just kind
of be like we would separate so that we could
(14:19):
see all the people we love. So I'm interested if
anybody else does that or if we're weird.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
There's no and just no, there's no right way to
do it. Yeah, there's no. However, you're pulling it off
and making it work. God bless you for it.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Well, some people get mad about it, like some people
when you do you know, a, oh, we're doing our
Christmas on this day. Some people get offended about that
and they're like, no, it's not that doesn't count. I'm
a big I'm okay with it not being on the
actual date, like let's just get together. But you know,
and I want to give a shout out, like a
lot of this probably comes from a grief place for me.
(14:55):
I know that, like losing my dad and then growing older.
It's just driven home from more the importance of appreciating
family and being together. And a shout out to anybody
who is missing someone this holiday season. I know that,
you know it's like this time of joy and gratefulness,
but sometimes it feels like a little a little stab
of pain when you think about the people you don't have.
(15:18):
So just sending love to you and know that our
thoughts are with you.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
And I echo that as we head into the holiday season,
obviously it kicks off for Thanksgiving. Wherever you are, Elsie
and I are thinking about you. We love you. We
love doing this podcast, and especially it always hits home
as we head into the holidays to be grateful, and
one of the things we're grateful for is that we've
had this conduit to you guys to be able to
(15:44):
talk to chat and The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever has
been a lot of things, a lot of great interviews,
a lot of great talks, a lot of great questions
from you guys. But at this time of year we
give thanks. And one of the things that Elsie and
I will definitely give thanks for is you always you
for allowing us to do what we love and now
we get to do it together. So Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
We love you, We're grateful for you, and we hope
that you are with people who appreciate you and that
you can send love to them and give it back,
because I really think at the end of the day,
that's what life is all about, the people in our lives.
We love you, guys, Thank you so so much, and
Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Thanks for listening. Follow us on Instagram at the Most
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