Knew it was close! I'm in Eastern Time.

Khajiit pretty much drinks coffee just so he doesn't get a headache. That's called addiction folks, lol

Oh how frustrating to try and deal with someone who is so totally technically void; where even a broken wire doesn't compute in their brain! Bless your heart! But I am so glad someone finally clued in to the problem, and that the cable guy was careful to make sure it didn't happen again! Awesome to have you back!

Anyone here from Texas? Hope you're ok

Apparently the hurricane didn't get the memo not to "mess with Texas". Stay safe y'all.

Bless their hearts, I hope everyone is okay!

My father, mother (now deceased) and sister are the only Texans in my family...I'm the only Okie. Anyway I have cousins who live in Texas, I've been in touch with them on FB.

So my sister bought a cheap coffee maker to feed her recent...appreciation for it, which is great because I was getting sick of the instant stuff myself.

Then I remembered that we had an old coffee maker somewhere in storage. She hung on to the new machine, though, because as I fished the old one out of it's hiding place I discovered that it was really grungy, with a few spiderwebs and the pot sticky from old old coffee splattered all over it. I tried scrubbing it as best as I could, but I found some scary things in the hard to reach areas so we'll most likely end up donating the old one to a thrift store and breaking in the new one.

It probably won't last more than a year compared to the old brand-name one but welp, at least we run a reduced risk of getting sick.

Just had my afternoon coffee.

Now I had my coffee I'm ready to watch radar. Where is it?

The machine is now as clean as I could get it. Apple cider vinegar honestly doesn't smell that bad but I'm glad to be done. Probably should have used white vinegar. My coffee goblin of a sister already bought a bag of "doughnut shop style" coffee so tomorrow I'll break it in.

I'll be honest I REALLY need coffee right now but it's mostly because I'm irritated. But it's 4pm so there's no helping it.

Nothing says a good breakfast then a cup of coffee and a bowl of ranch flavored potato chips.

Happy Thanksgiving Chorrol !!!! My thanks are for Starge for creating this site for us; and for all the wonderful friends I've met here!

This Thanksgiving feast is for all of us to share; from me to you:





Happy Thanksgiving!!!

That turkey looks good!

Did you know that pumpkin pie and pumpkin flavoring is not really pumpkin? It is squash. Real pumpkin tastes horrible, so everyone in the food industry uses squash instead.

I actually hand made every bit of that meal using Gimp!

Wow, I never knew that about the canned pumpkin for pie making!

Most interesting. I wonder how long this (about Pumpkin Pie) has been true? My mom made pumpkin pie for T-day, and possibly a few other times during the year, when I was a lad. My first thought is that she used real pumpkin back then (1950s/60s). But I might well be wrong. Also, what happened back before canned food was a thing? Did they use real fresh squash even then, and for some reason call it pumpkin?

Khajiit doesn’t consume anything with the word “pumpkin” in it. Pumpkins are for carving jack o’lanterns at Halloween, not for making pies or spicing and putting in your late. Subbie’s fun fact about squash standing in for pumpkin proves this!

It's probably been that way to some extent for some time. But with the way pumpkin spice has taken off in the last few years as the latest fad, I am sure they are using more squash than ever right now.

The big pumpkins that you carve up for Halloween are pretty much useless for cooking. The ones people actually cook (when they cook real pumpkin) with are small pumpkins. I had real pumpkin pie from one of those when I was young, and wanted to spit it out it was so awful. Of course that was just me, everyone else seemed to like it. I am a picky eater. I don't like onions either.

Of course technically pumpkins are squash. They are part of the same family. I think that is why they can get away with substituting butternut squash or whatever type they actually use for pumpkin flavor these days.

Another flavor horror: Vanilla flavoring is not made from vanilla beans anymore. It is beaver anal gland extract. Just remember that they next time you are eating vanilla ice cream. It is really beaver butt juice ice cream.


I love squash! It is great sliced thin and fried up in pan. I would totally be down for a squash pie, or a squash spice flavored drink.

Well, I'm enjoying a wonderful slice of pumpkin squash pie with coffee this morning. Just thankful I don't have any beaver butt ice cream in the freezer.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Like mALX, I'm very thankful for the wonderful friends that grace Chorrol.

Yes, Happy Thanksgiving to all of Khajiit’s American friends at Chorrol. For those not celebrating T-giving today, this one hopes you have a great day too!

So, speaking of squash and such... Americans tend to call those round orange jack o lantern things pumpkin and most everything else in the same family squash of one sort or another. Mrs Acadian, being an Australian, informs me that down under, there is a particular small vegetable they call pumpkin. Everything else in the same family there is generically called pumpkin. So when she buys acorn, butternut or various types of squash here, they are all pumpkin to her. Who knew pumpkinology was so vexing?

Pumpkin: the vegetable with an identity crisis.

It's all a conspiracy by Big Pumpkin. They don't want us to know The Truth...

Take back our desserts and overpriced coffee drinks!!

Viva la revolución!

No, they have a very small pumpkin known as a pie pumpkin (though I don't know its legitimate name) = you pull the seeds out, wash them/salt and garlic them/bake them in the oven. This makes a nice snack for hungry children waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven.

Scrape out the yuk from inside the pumpkin and throw it or feed it to the pigs. Then cut the pumpkin into pieces. Boil them till soft, (I use a touch of salt in the water). Mash them; season for pumpkin pie (add eggs and either Sweetened Condensed Milk (my choice) or milk and sugar. Fill crusts and bake. It makes an awesome pie; but is a lot of trouble. The canned Libby's is SO much easier, lol.

I have tasted pumpkin pies that were so bad I wanted to spit them out too. I think is is all in the recipe and care in properly prepping the pie to make it into pie filling. My personal homemade pumpkin pie is delicious; my sons and neighbors demanded several of them every year and scarfed them up like wolverines as quickly as they were made.

I agree with you on the vanilla extract. The fake stuff sucks; I won't use it either.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

mALX, what a beautiful feast you created!

I use Libby’s solid pack squash-pumpkin for my pies because the results are nearly identical to the one year I used local small “pie” pumpkins and it’s far less hassle. I roasted them cut in half like acorn squash, then scraped out the squishy part and mashed it, then squeezed out the extra juice so it wouldn’t be runny. I tried the steam/boil method one year with my mother-in-law using her family recipe, and the pies were disgusting. Probably because we started off with a non-pie pumpkin variety, then added a bunch of water to an already stringy and wet product, then boiled them which didn’t help the flavor. Also we used store-bought crust, which in my family is a hanging offense.

The Grits family has feasted, and in a moment of inspiration I directed everyone who was so inclined to make themselves an extra plate for dinner round 2, which usually occurs the minute I get the fridge closed on the last leftover container so I have to drag the whole lot out again. Now when they come sniffing around I can just raise my glass and shout. “Go get your plates, bitches!!”

In accordance with the American tradition I wanna say thanks to Starge and Alex for bringing this site to us and keeping it alive and screaming kicking!


Also; proper thanks to mALX for the dinner table!

Big Pumpkin...don't you mean the Great Pumpkin .

No, that's The Great Squash Charlie Brown...

Wah wah wah wahwah wah wah.

Remember that modding class we all took for Skyrim over there at the TESAlliance site? I made that feast for the tavern we all had to make for our class learning project, lol. It really looks delicious in game, like a real feast = but uses a whopping amount of resources, lol. The FPS drops as soon as you neared the spread, lol.







How did you find that,

Yes, thank you so much Starge and Alex!!!

Happy Thanksgiving folks. I've been away for a while but it's nice to see this place hasn't changed much.

KC!!! Happy Thanksgiving!! Welcome back, it’s so great to hear from you!!

I'm drinking instant coffee---but its decaff. Pretty nice if you need that fix but also wish to sleep eventually .

Wonderful to see you KC! You have many friends here and we love to see you!

KC !!!!!!!!!


*mALX weeps into hankie*






You have been SO missed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, nice to see you again, Coin the monarch

Are you criticizing the lack of progress on my mods?

Good ol' YouTube .

Definitely. Where are my bare bear women?


Thanks for the welcome everyone. I'm going to try to not disappear again for so long.

Hey everyone, it's been almost 2 years, and I think there's a few things I should let y'all know.

1. The last five years have been excruciating. We lost our apartment and had to move in with my husband's parents who, in turn, began housing literally the most racist, hateful, judgemental, and loud woman on the face of the earth. His aunt. We're currently trying to find our own place, but it's been really hard. Luckily our marriage is strong and we have outlets to vent our frustrations on.

2. I went and got help. I was diagnosed with bipolar depression, C-PTSD, agoraphobia, social and general anxiety, a panic disorder, and autism. I still suspect I have Borderline Personality Disorder. I'm now on several medications to even things out, and my life has changed for the better.

3. KOC and I still talk every day. Like...every single day. Still my bestie.

4. I'm starting a business with my in-person best friend. It's a new age store.

5. I wanna reconnect.

I apologize for the instability. It's taken me almost 2 years to even think about coming back. I know I'm not innocent. I was up and down and blamed this site for a lot of my mental issues when in reality, they had always been there. So if you're willing to talk to me again, I would like that. I've changed, but who hasn't?

If you want to, look me up on facebook. Elisabeth Hollow, with an s and not a z.

Well, a warm welcome back, Liz! We've missed you. Thank you very much for updating us on what's been going on. Sorry for the troubs you've been having but grateful for the bits of good news in there as well - seeking some help when needed and having a strong marriage can be a powerful combination. And best wishes with your new business!

Hello! Khajiit is fairly new here so this one is not familiar with what went down, but there are really good people here and Khajiit knows that they will understand and be glad to have you back!

Thanks, man. I hope things are going well for you as well. How's Buffy?

Welcome back Liz! I don't even remember what all the drama was about so it must have been very important. I'm sure there was immaturity on all sides.

Aw. I am so sorry to hear about all you have been through! I hope Snuggles made it through okay with all the issues at your in-law's house! Glad to hear how well you are doing, you deserve the best! By KOC, did you mean Kobby? King of Beasts? He is SO missed, but I do hear from him occasionally!

You are always welcome here, and very loved.