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Thanks +
Giving
Play With Your
Food Have you ever read any of those personal ads on AOL? Everyone sounds like they're in training for the 2000 Olympics. "I love skydiving and barefoot water skiing." "I'm really into swimming, biking, running and designing my mountaintop estate in my spare time." "I never watch TV. Except the Discovery Channel, sometimes." Yea, right. Whatever. Well, my personal ad would say that I liked sitting in front of the TV watching ESPN, laptop in front of me, and the menu for "Takeout Taxi" just a few feet away. (For those of you who wonder why I need a new boyfriend for Christmas, perhaps this will give you a clue.) This week's column is devoted to the rest of us real people who think about food and sports and are inherently a bit lazy. Face it, Thanksgiving is our holiday. Don't let anyone make you feel guilty for watching football today or eating third helpings. Pull up a chair and your laptop and check out my favorite places online devoted to food. You might even learn how to save some money too. Butterball University -- The folks who bring us our favorite November sandwich meat give tips on how to prepare it. Professor Tom Turkey is in charge of your lessons, which seems a little bizarre somehow. If your wife or girlfriend hasn't cooked the turkey yet, be sure and show her this site. (I don't want to get any flame mail about being sexist here. We all know that you men would starve to death if it wasn't for us.) Butterball's Greatest Hits -- This site collects the most outrageous stories from Butterball's turkey helpline. My favorite involves a call from woman who took her turkey out of the oven and while she turned her back her pet Chihuahua jumped into the cavity of the bird. Alas, the little adventurer couldn't get out and the caller wanted to know how to save her dog without ruining her dinner. (They didn't print her name for obvious reasons.) 4Thanksgiving.com -- This is the mother of all turkey sites. (And TMF Edible's personal favorite.) Find links to "Adopt-A-Turkey," "Spin the Turkey," and "Letterman's Top 10 Signs You've Eaten Too Much." The Thanksgiving Survival Guide -- Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens. Click on the foods you want in your holiday spread and they'll come back with a shopping list, a cooking "plan of attack," an approximation of how much it's gonna cost, and the recipes you'll need to make any mom proud. They also have some great money saving tips on this site. Bon Appetit -- Leave it to the hoity-toity set to give us lessons on how to carve a turkey. It starts out, "The glistening bird is reclining on the platter..." Guess what? They even do a good job. The Kid's Cooking Club is devoted to turning your little pumpkin into a miniature Paul Prudhomme. Or maybe he'll "make a rous" instead and turn into Justin Wilson. (That's Zhuuus-teeen Weel-suuun, to the uninitiated.) And if going to Boston Market for a turkey dinner is more your speed, make sure and read TMF Edible's report in this week's Stock-In-Trade. Then come back here and send your favorite honey a free online postcard from Mail-A-Meal. With hundreds and hundreds of cyber-yummy treats to choose from, you'll be reaching for that whipped cream in no time.
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