Oh the irony! I did all my Thanksgiving shopping yesterday with no list and miraculously remembered everything … except butter. oops. I'll never make it through the day with only half a pound of butter!
Ha! I want to be a member of this family. They look so happy. After I went quietly insane, I imagine it would be so peaceful, even strangly beautiful, to only talk about one thing: putting butter on our turkey.
This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and….kinda strange..aww.. pain in chest..difficulty breathing…I..uh …………… Don't trust Ed Prentice with your families health and wellbeing , give butter to your guests instead .
We did the Alton Brown turkey — brined overnight, then a quick half hour at 500 degrees with a foil breast shield over the white meat, and down to 350 for 90 – 120 more minutes. Juicy and delish!
I loved seeing this because I was born in 1955 and can remember those sorts of family ads in my wee youth. The daughter was channelling Shirley Temple, the mom Donna Reed. And the dad was just a shill.
Poor kid's going to come down with salmonella, trying to lick the raw buttered turkey like that! Shucks, I forgot our turkey! Oh well we'll just chomp sticks of butter, that'll do. Happy day all!
Someone should count the number of times they say the word butter 🙂 And Martha TOTALLY did this on the Today Show this morning… the dipping of the cloth in butter, it's real.
Thanksgiving was great, just forgot to put eggs in the dressing, but made up for it with the gravy. The only bad thing about the day was that the Cowboys lost so I ate an extra piece of pumpkin pie to make up for it. Somehow that made it all butter…..
Rhiannon says
I'm from the south. There's no such thing as enough butter…or too much.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Rhiannon
tanyavalentine says
Butter-baked is my new favorite term. Thanks for the video.
mt si dad says
Stealing this for my facebook update.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Gretchen says
Oh the irony! I did all my Thanksgiving shopping yesterday with no list and miraculously remembered everything … except butter. oops. I'll never make it through the day with only half a pound of butter!
Hillary Jacques says
The gravy from a butter-basted turkey must be >gag< delicious.
Elaine AM Smith says
What was the advert for? I don't think they mentioned. 😉
Happy Thanksgiving: do your family a favour hold back on the … turkey 😉
Chuck H. says
Butter Bake your Butterball!!!
Happy Thanksgiving, ya'll.
Elen Grey says
I love this video! Everything is better with butter. Forget investing in gold. Invest in butter. Can way say…butter!
Janet/Corn Dog says
LOL Fabulous!
Norma Beishir says
I wonder if the convenience store is open…must buy butter….
Happy T-Day to all!
Mira says
Ha! I want to be a member of this family. They look so happy. After I went quietly insane, I imagine it would be so peaceful, even strangly beautiful, to only talk about one thing: putting butter on our turkey.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
The Red Angel says
Thanks for sharing that video! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving, Nathan!!
~TRA
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Shaylon says
You do think that Nathan secretly has an interest in the butter industry?
I'm Scottish–while we don't do Thanksgiving over here, we *do* understand butter. 😀
Josin L. McQuein says
Butter…
Butter…
Butter…
Parkay!
D.G. Hudson says
Happy Thanksgiving to all those in the states!
I've never been a big fan of butter – a little goes a long way.
Quaint little video (in B&W too)showing early marketing methods (repeat, repeat, repeat three times so the listener will get it).
We've already had our Thanksgiving in October (Canada)so we can be ready to nosh again at Christmas.
Enjoy your holiday!
Bryan Russell (Ink) says
Oh My God! You're supposed to take it out and baste it with butter every 15 minutes, not every half an hour. What's wrong with those people?
lahn says
Hilarious! I'm with Rhiannon though — there's never enough butter (and I'm a northern girl, through and through).
swampfox says
Northern…Southern…I'm a California man. I'm not sure, because I don't do the cooking, but I think Californians are down for butter.
Aren't they? Sure. Right?
Other Lisa says
Oh, that was just weird…
But Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Rick Daley says
Happy Thanksgiving!
I used several recipes from cooksillustrated.com and just ate the best Thanksgiving dinner ever. Hope you all had a wonderful meal too.
Anonymous says
This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and….kinda strange..aww.. pain in chest..difficulty breathing…I..uh
……………
Don't trust Ed Prentice with your families health and wellbeing , give butter to your guests instead .
Funny vid Nathan . Happy Happy .
Simon Hay Soul Healer says
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jaden Terrell says
Is there ever enough butter? As a southern gal like Rhiannon, I don't think so.
Hope you're having a happy Thanksgiving, Nathan.
Patrice says
We did the Alton Brown turkey — brined overnight, then a quick half hour at 500 degrees with a foil breast shield over the white meat, and down to 350 for 90 – 120 more minutes. Juicy and delish!
I loved seeing this because I was born in 1955 and can remember those sorts of family ads in my wee youth. The daughter was channelling Shirley Temple, the mom Donna Reed. And the dad was just a shill.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jil says
Poor kid's going to come down with salmonella, trying to lick the raw buttered turkey like that!
Shucks, I forgot our turkey! Oh well we'll just chomp sticks of butter, that'll do.
Happy day all!
Megan Sayer says
Oh that's hilarious!!! So thanksgiving is about a family of three sharing a turkey that'd feed an army, with no vegetables.
Hmmm. One more thing about America that Stryans don't understand.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all anyway : )
Courtney Price ~ Vintage Ginger Peaches says
Someone should count the number of times they say the word butter 🙂 And Martha TOTALLY did this on the Today Show this morning… the dipping of the cloth in butter, it's real.
Savannah Chase says
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well.
Jan Markley says
Just what we all need – more butter!?
Anna says
Happy Thanksgiving! If you've never had a Greenberg Turkey, I suggest you order one for Festivus. Smokey and delicious!
heidi says
My dog's name is Butter.
Heidi says
mmmm butter
wendy says
Happy Thanksgiving, Nathan and everyone. 🙂
Travis Erwin says
There is never enough butter or bacon. It is simply impossible to have excess of either.
Terin Tashi Miller says
As Travis, Rhiannon and others said: You can never have enough butter.
But I hope Thanskgiving fun for everyone.
And that there's enough left-overs for sandwiches…
Allbest,
T
A Paperback Writer says
I love how dad has the whole freakin' turkey sitting in front of him. 🙂
And wow– the acting was awful.
LorieinTexas says
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Thanksgiving was great, just forgot to put eggs in the dressing, but made up for it with the gravy. The only bad thing about the day was that the Cowboys lost so I ate an extra piece of pumpkin pie to make up for it. Somehow that made it all butter…..
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vvdenman.com says
Gotta love Dad's apron. And how about the girl licking butter off the raw turkey? Nice.
Matthew Rush says
Is there such a thing? As enough butter?
Jovanna says
Made my day. Thanks.
Sheila Cull says
Yes. When you think about it, butter is essential for cooking, isn't it?
You can tell who doesn't cook.
Do you or your wife cook more Nathan?
I've noticed that you blog earlier without your lit agent hat. (Yeah!)