Does turkey dinner make you drowsy? Many people think eating turkey on Thanksgiving makes them sleepy. But, it turns out there is no magic ingredient in turkey itself that is causing people to feel sleepy. In fact, tryptophan -- the molecule blamed for making people feel...
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The New York Giants are squaring off against the Denver Broncos for a 2009 Thanksgiving football game. Here's what fans are saying about the Week 6 matchup on Twitter. Here is NowPublic's Scan of the Giants vs Broncos Thanksgiving Day game. Or you can check out the...
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" In a day and age when elected officials in Washington, D.C., seem to be treating the American people more like turkeys than bosses, I offer the Thanksgiving Day cartoon above as representative of how many Americans feel on this special day. Though I’m not advocating...
Some major stores are open on Thanksgiving for a pre-Black Friday sales boost. While most Black Friday deals and coupons won't be available until midnight at the earliest, several big-box retailers are hoping...
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My favorite turkey to memory was abut 4 years ago. We got are hands juiced in Mayo and massaged it into an 18 pounder. After 4 hours on 425 degrees it had a perfect brown glaze, made a nice gravy, and kept the Turkey Moist. We were more thankful it looked...
Thanksgiving is a time for cooking your turkey and getting all your side dishes ready, but it's also time to make your stuffing, which can be the best part of the meal. Here we will list our top five stuffing...
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The 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is set to take place on November 26. The parade is considered one of the biggest and most colorful parades in the US with countless balloons and floats filled with celebrities...
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The Thanksgiving period is even busier for traveling than the Christmas period, and at this time of year everyone who is driving or flying wants to know what the weather is going to be like for their journey. In the northeast more snow is expected to fall, while California...
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This Thanksgiving, it's not just about brining the turkey. The second annual Tweetsgiving is gearing up to raise some cash for Epic Change, which wants to build new facilities for a school in Tanzania. What do we...
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“Virginians know that Captain John Smith was one of the first American heroes. But because he was a proud and boastful man, it is difficult to know which parts of his life are fact and which...
It is the turkey time of year. When the cook's in the family bring out the baster and think of giblets and cranberry sauce. But first the the basics, buy your bird NOW (especially if it is frozen -...
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Hours before Thanksgiving arrives, President Obama is still deliberating whether or not to spare the male turkey being held in a pen outside the White House kitchen. This year, the turkey’s name is Harry, after...
President Obama will give a presidential pardon to Thanksgiving turkey "Courage" on Wednesday November 25, 2009. This will be Obama's first turkey pardon. Courage will head to Disneyland in California after the pardon, to join the annual Thanksgiving Day parade. UPDATE (Nov....
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In the video above, Cajun Chef Chef Paul Prudhomme of K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen gives you the details you will need to begin to cook Turducken, a Cajun Thanksgiving specialty made of juicy boneless layers of...
When it comes to Thanksgiving, everyone knows that the #1 enemy of a perfect holiday is the dreaded Dry Turkey Syndrome. Has this ever happened to you? You’ve spent hours on Thanksgiving making the perfect...