a picture is worth a thousand words, or at least a sentence or two
November 28, 2006
I was uploading my Thanksgiving photos last night and came across this one which made me laugh out loud. The way that my seven year old is looking at that dried out turkey. And also the fact that the only thing he has on his plate for dinner is a circle of cranberry sauce fresh from the can.
Posted by Chris @ 3:02 pm
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That poor kid! He looks so disgusted. When we were kids and went over someones house for dinner (usually a holiday or party) and the food was B-A-D, my parents would stop off at a McDonalds or Taco Bell on the way home so that we wouldn’t starve to death.
November 28th, 2006 at 3:13 pmThat is why I love to host the dinners. I love leftovers and abhor dried out turkey. He looks so sad. Hopefully he found something else to eat besides cranberry sauce. Too cute!
November 28th, 2006 at 3:55 pmhaha
They love Momma’s cooking.
My daughters only ate ham.
November 28th, 2006 at 3:56 pmHe’s not liking that dried turkey much… heh If the food is bad, I usually just don’t eat and wait til I get home to cook my own food.
BTW: Your boys are so nicely dressed! Very handsome! (:
November 28th, 2006 at 3:56 pmWow! Your oldest is getting really tall!
I’m a side dish person, myself. Stuffing, mashed potatoes, and rolls. A perfect starchfest!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:28 pmBeats my picky son’s dinner … he ate egg noodles and *a* chicken nugget for Thanksgiving Dinner. Turkey has never touched his lips, even as a toddler. He’s almost 5!
Poor kid. Maybe you can host Thanksgiving next year when you kitchen is done!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:29 pmIt’s really too bad that people who can not cook, feel they must do so anyway. Real cranberry sauce is SO easy. And it’s also too bad that people don’t realize that it does not take that much more time to make things from scratch and do it right. How sad that their taste buds think otherwise!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:34 pmI know exactly how he feels. the face is so expressive you can feel the pain. Your boys are gonna be absolute heartbreakers in a few years. So cute!!!
November 28th, 2006 at 5:10 pmDoes anyone else feel really sorry for the sister-in-law?? God willing, she’s not a NFTT reader. Talk about hurt feelings!
November 28th, 2006 at 5:45 pmI can’t really tell what stuff is the turkey and guess what the other stuff is.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:50 pmI laughed out loud too. Love that expression-and what kid likes cranberry???
November 28th, 2006 at 6:30 pmNow I don’t feel so bad about serving my little ones Lunchables for Thanksgiving! They wouldn’t have even eaten the cranberry, picky, picky eaters.
November 28th, 2006 at 6:57 pmLT, I was thinking the same thing about the comments in regard to the SIL! I’m sure she is a fine cook! Everything looks delicious, actually.
For some reason, (what would normally be) our very tasty & juicy turkey turned out dry this year, as well. We couldn’t believe it! If only I’d thought to put ice cubes on everyone’s plates.
Darling pictures, as always, Chris.
November 28th, 2006 at 7:32 pmAww, poor thing. At least yours will eat cranberry sauce.
November 28th, 2006 at 7:39 pmVery good looking boys, by the way!
That is priceless, maybe he’s going to grow up and become a famous chef! He’s already keen to great food!
It looks like it was a wonderful gathering.
November 28th, 2006 at 8:19 pmI don’t have a single Thanksgiving memory that doesn’t involve round disks of cranberry sauce! I love the stuff, even if you can see the ridges from the can!
I went to a fancy restaurant with a boyfriend for Thanksgiving once and the cranberry sauce looked fresh until I noticed a lump of it that had can ridges on it. We paid $40 dollars a plate (or rather my boyfriend did) so that the chef could crack open a can of cranberry sauce and smash it up to look homemade!
November 29th, 2006 at 12:15 amI think it was nice of SIL to bother at all. Lori - what do you suggest the culinary challenged do then? Shun social gatherings involving food and huddle up with a stockpile of canned goods? Are we only gracious and thankful when everything is to our liking?
November 29th, 2006 at 6:15 amI feel bad for SIL, too. I’m sure the turkey was fine. And if a little dry, isn’t that what gravy is for?!
November 29th, 2006 at 8:50 amIt is just a joke, people!
Is it sad that I have never even see fresh cranberry sauce? We always have the stuff out of a can, and we don’t even try to make it look fancy. But I’m there for the mashed potatoes anyway.
November 29th, 2006 at 11:00 amAwesome!That’s hilarious…
November 29th, 2006 at 11:30 amWow, he was NOT digging that bird. Who could blame him.
Althought the ice cube trick is ingenious!
November 29th, 2006 at 11:33 amHysterical! That’s the face Lady-A made at the faux turkey we cooked.
Not a fan. At all.
November 29th, 2006 at 1:46 pmI agree with those who think you’re being a bit harsh on the SIL. Her feelings would be really hurt if she found your website…which of course, she won’t, since the internet is so good at keeping secrets…
November 29th, 2006 at 2:42 pmWell didn’t you know that Chris is the BEST cook ever?
[Ed note: Why yes I am the best cook ever. I am sure I mention my stellar cooking skills all the time. Surprisingly, you didn't leave a valid email address or website link so I could email you to thank you personally.]
November 29th, 2006 at 4:03 pmMy 8yo dd pretty much ate cranberry sauce for three days straight. I’m putting a can in her stocking!
November 29th, 2006 at 6:48 pmMy entire family still makes fun of the turkey that I undercooked one year - and it’s been 10 years!!! I still laugh about it too!
November 29th, 2006 at 7:19 pmWhat a great face he’s making!!! LOL!!
November 29th, 2006 at 9:11 pmYou made fun of someone’s dry turkey without first proving that you are a perfect cook! You … you … you … MONSTER. LOL!
Some people take life way too seriously.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:13 amClearly, you need to buy your SIL a roaster oven for Christmas. You just stick the turkey in and it comes out perfect and juicy in just a few hours. No cooking involved!
November 30th, 2006 at 9:59 amLucky for kids that they can say the things us adults can only think - and it comes out cute…kind of like farts…
November 30th, 2006 at 1:11 pmMy mother used to cook roast chicken every fortnight for Sunday lunch when I was growing up. When I started cooking roasts for my family last year (after spending most of my adult life as a vegetarian), I initially thought there was something wrong with my chickens because they were so moist and juicy. I thought they were undercooked. It took my husband several chickens’ worth of persuasion to convince me that that’s how a roast chook is *supposed* to taste like! I never knew *g*
I don’t know what I do differently to my mother, anyway. I think I just take it out of the oven earlier than she does.
Erm. Sorry for hijacking your comments section. The photo is adorable and the story made me giggle.
And LOL at Gwen’s comment…
November 30th, 2006 at 7:31 pmGeez, people need to lighten up. lol
Once when I was a kid we went to my mom’s friends house for Thanksgiving ….the friend was from Germany.
Imagine my horror when we found out that instead of turkey there was ….yep boiled bunnyrabbit with gravy!!!
I COULD no way…eat it! But she did try and make her own daughter eat it .
Her daughter yelled “would YOU eat the sewer???”
my sister and I still say to each other sometimes….”would YOU eat the sewer?”
and we crack up every time.
get a sence of humor people!!!
November 30th, 2006 at 11:12 pmHmm, are some of these commenters sent BY your SIL?
Hilarious picture and story, at least to me!
December 1st, 2006 at 3:27 pmIsn’t is sorta tradition to screw up the turkey? Is that just my family? Whoops.
I know I’m a bit late, but to those that pooh-pooh’d this post…ya might need to re-adjust your sense of humor. Heh.
December 4th, 2006 at 10:28 pm