Tech Table Wednesday, November 20, 2013
November 20, 2013
Justin: Welcome to MPA’s Tech Table. I’m Justin.
Diana: And I’m Diana.
Justin: And we’re your hosts. We’ll be serving up a heaping spoonful of all things tech.
Diana: We promise it’ll be easy to digest.
Justin: It’s Wednesday.
Diana: That’s right!
Justin: We’re going to talk about one of my favorite days of the year today.
Diana: What, my birthday?
Justin: That would be Thanksgiving.
Diana: Oh.
Justin: Thanksgiving, sorry. Your birthday is like fourth on my list or something. I don’t know. No, Thanksgiving’s great. It’s a great time to get together with your family, you know, spend a couple days with them, maybe four days and yeah, by the end of that four days. Yeah, you know all about that. You know, family is a beautiful thing.
Diana: No, it is.
Justin: But we all know that sometimes they can get a bit unnerving. That’s why we have a big house, actually. That way we can hide in different locations. That’s the idea. So, anyway, back to Thanksgiving. It’s the food that I’m really excited about.
Diana: Aha!
Justin: Family’s great but food is better.
Diana: Oh!
Justin: Is that not…you’re giving me a dirty look.
Diana: I don’t know.
Justin: I don’t know, but the idea here is that on the Web, you can get all sorts of Thanksgiving help. And that would include things here, Diana, why don’t you talk about Allrecipes.com.
Diana: That’s right. Allrecipes.com is a great website for when you want to get on and get some recipes. You can bookmark those, you can print them off, however you want to use those recipes yourself. But if you search for Thanksgiving, the word Thanksgiving, there’s some highlights that come up, and one of the first videos that we see here is “How to Have a Stress Free Thanksgiving.”
Justin: Must be in a hotel somewhere near a beach.
Diana: Oh!
Justin: Just kidding.
Diana: No, I’m sure it talks a lot about planning ahead, preparedness, and thinking comfortable-
Justin: You’ve been planning ahead?
Diana: No!
Justin: Oh, I figured you and Ma had a plan, you know? Uh-oh.
Diana: No, well, she probably does.
Justin: She does. I expect any time to get that.
Diana: I plan to go there.
Justin: Right, exactly. We still go to my parents’ house so that makes Thanksgiving pretty easy. And I’m an only child so it’s easy.
Diana: Right, and a lot of times we decorate for Christmas after the Thanksgiving meal.
Justin: We do, and that’s a good tip. There’s a Thanksgiving tip for you right there.
Diana: Work off your calories you consumed.
Justin: Right. We put up what, like 200 feet of real evergreen garland on the outside of our house. So yeah, do that after you eat Thanksgiving dinner. That’ll keep you moving, that’ll keep things digesting properly.
Diana: And then you have more food after.
Justin: Absolutely.
Diana: Yeah, so again, on that Allrecipes.com, you’re going to find videos, you’re going to find recipes, obviously. “How to Cook a Perfect Turkey” I see is pretty cool.
Justin: I want to know what a perfect turkey really is. I mean, is it really juicy?
Diana: It’s really smart, really good-looking.
Justin: What?
Diana: Just kidding. Wrong list.
Justin: I don’t think that’s true. There are other things on there, too, like “Make Ahead Turkey Gravy,” so make turkey gravy ahead of time. Is that what that means? I’m very confused.
Diana: Yeah! Be prepared again.
Justin: Okay, and then, “Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes.” That’s a big hit. My dad, you know, he goes to a restaurant and he expects roasted garlic mashed potatoes, and if they don’t have it, he’s very angry. So, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, “Grandma’s Green Bean Casserole,” which I know, you’re a big fan of green bean casserole. Cranberry sauce, that’s something my grandma always liked to have.
Diana: Which, out of a can is good, but if you’ve ever had homemade.
Justin: The other place to go, I want to note, is BHG.com, and that’s Better Homes and Gardens, and search for Thanksgiving. There are some great things, too, about videos on cooking broccoli, roasting vegetables, cooking sweet potatoes, which I love. So, there’s so many things. Also, SouthernLiving.com.
Diana: Yeah.
Justin: So, there are a lot of places you can go online to find a lot of great information. Have a wonderful, stress-free Thanksgiving!
Diana: That’s right.
Justin: Until next time.
Diana: Take care.
Justin: Tech Table is brought to you by MPA of Bloomfield, Iowa, and God’s Country Radio. You can visit us online at AskMPA.com.
Diana: If you have questions or comments, please send them to questions@askmpa.com. That’s questions@askmpa.com.
Justin: And thanks for listening.
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