Talk:One-hour Thanksgiving dinner

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Is this REALLY an encyclopedia article? I mean, c'mon. This isn't knowledge, it's advertising, and wikimedia is where things like recipes go. Stubbs supper 19:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I really dislike the use of brand names for all of these ingredients. Is this copied from the back of a package?

Place the vegetables on the stove under low heat. - under the heat? RickK 06:11, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)


Not copied from any package. The brands dont match anyhow and compete against one another.

The mention of Pillsburry instant frozen biscuits was intentional as they have a flufier and better consitincey than other brands and do not burn in the time frame.

The HoneySuckle White turkey breast is the only precooked cook and serve breast consitently available across stores. Stove Top Stuffing is specifically mentioned becuase it is a quick cooking instant range stuffing that is available across supermarkets.

Stove Top works in this case where as other brands would not becuase it is specifically designed for the range and "quick cooking instant range stuffing" will confuse people.

Fixed the grammer a bit
And perhaps the spelling... what exactly is a convince food? Is it something you convince your family to eat? ;-) --Lexor 15:48, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

This is very parochial - if it's purpose is to educate readers how to cook a turkey dinner within one hour, then so be it, however, as it stands it's merely a list of processed food items available in the USA only. The use of the word biscuit is very confusing! --Markb


I did some research on it. These products should be availble in Brazil, Canada, and the US (Although not at US prices except in the US). The Turkey most certainly is. Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated more like Erntedankfest, Certainly celebrated in the US in areas with very high levels of German imigration such as the Missouri Rhineland and St. Louis and in in certain other states, along with Oktoberfest (Celebrated throughout the US often times state-wide as is the case with Missouri) and Halloween (All Harvest end festivals).

It is dubios practice to link American (US, Brazil, Argentina- all observed on the same day) Thanksgiving to the Harvest festivals, except Canada's, since;

1.) It is celebrated in Dec-Nov in all countries except Canada and at first in the US only in New England, where the harvest actually ends by October,

2.) In Brazil(since 1949) and Argentina (Since 1997) it is the end of spring.

3.) Also not noted is that the 2'nd American Thanksgiving, in 1641, was also called "Scalp Day" and it was held becuase the colonist were thankfull for finding suitable Native Americans to sell into slavery and one of the festivities was kicking decaptated heads around. These "Thanksgivings" were often held by each community after each time they defeated the indiginous population. It was Washington who decided that all these "Celebrations" should be held on one day "Thanksgiving". Even when Lincoln established "Thanksgiving" as an official holiday he sent the army against the Sioux.

Cookbook section moved to Wikibooks. May currently be found here. -Smack 00:16, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

most Americans, especially youths, rely almost entirely on convenience foods. - Really? Mark Richards 22:08, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

  • As a general rule, this is believed to be a major reason for the outsized proportion of obesity among Americans. Haikupoet 05:20, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I have added a commentary on Rachael Ray's "Thanksgiving in 60" special from last year on the Food Network (US version -- I don't know if it was shown in Canada or not). I'd like to think that this addition gives the article just a bit more substance and perhaps encyclopedicity, since the existence of the special indicates that the one-hour Thanksgiving is a phenomenon worth paying attention to. I've also added some justification for the existence of such a beast, particularly the fact that many people find a whole roast turkey an intimidating proposition. Haikupoet 05:20, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • On further thought, this page does need some work. I'm not sure whether it's POV or original research that is twigging my wikisense. It's definitely an encyclopedic, if impressively fringe and overly American, so the article should stay, but there's something... iffy... about it. Haikupoet 21:02, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge to Convenience food

Someone proposed a merger of this article into Convenience foods. I don't see the sense of this; this article is full enough to stand on its own, and convenience foods has plenty of other content. Any objections to the removal of the merge tags? | Klaw ¡digame! 22:54, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

  • None here. Haikupoet 05:13, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I was surfing the merge lists to see if I could help and found this. Agree that merge is unnecessary. Has been proposed since 2004 and apparently no comments until now. Thatcher131 14:46, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
If you merge, also go to Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers#January_2005 and delete the entry for this merge, please. Thatcher131 14:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
I removed the request for merge, since its widely disagreed -- Steven 00:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality Plz

While I agree that North America's (and to an extent the entire English-speaking world's) rapidly increasing dependence on convenience foods is an abomination, I find the tone of much of this article to be downright scathing, and certainly not neutral. Perhaps express your condemnation by making a Criticism section, or remove it altogether.

last section is a mess

[edit] editorial

This is a lame anti-establishment editorial. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.137.223.153 (talk) 04:51, 7 January 2007 (UTC).

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