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Thanksgiving Special with Jennifer and Cam! · Coffee In The Park with Jennifer and Cam

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Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to another edition of the ABA Coffee In The Park Podcast.
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My name is Cam Milliken, and I am here with my co-host extraordinaire, Jennifer Herrick, the executive director of the Acheson Business Association.
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Good morning, Jennifer.
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Good morning, Cam, how are you today?
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I'm doing great, it's a great day today.
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I am really excited about today.
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Well, looking outside, the leaves are falling.
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For those that live in Alberta, that live in Edmonton, fall is definitely here.
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Although today is going to be a lovely 21 degrees, and I think this might be our last official nice day.
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Yes, so, you know, I'm wearing the short sleeves today because I'm figuring I may as well enjoy this last day, but it is going to be a beautiful day today.
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And by the way, we're coming to you from the Wall Coffee Roasters in the heart of beautiful downtown Acheson.
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That's right.
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So if you hear some noise in the background, people talking or those coffee machines working, that kind of stuff, it's because we are right in the Wall Coffee Roaster.
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And Cam, I want to say something.
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I know we talked about this on the podcast a little bit last week, but we have merch.
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That's right.
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I'm so excited about our merch.
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I know.
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We have our beautiful downtown Acheson t-shirts, which are amazing.
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And we've always had our Coffee In The Park coffee mugs, which are awesome.
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And we introduced our merch at our gala.
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We did.
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And it flew off the shelf.
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Literally flew off the shelf.
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And we sold a whole bunch of it.
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And so how can people get our merch?
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Well, we are currently in the process of setting up an account on the ABA website.
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So people will be able to order it online.
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Yeah.
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And it's really awesome.
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Our t-shirts, I think, are awesome.
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Who wouldn't want a beautiful downtown Acheson t-shirt?
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I know.
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And so they did a good job of them.
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And they're nice to wear around.
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They're good quality, made in Canada, produced right here in Edmonton.
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So we're really excited about it.
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And so we'll let you know when that site is up and running.
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Should be soon.
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It should be soon.
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And then you can go and buy some of our merch.
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And the way it's selling right now, we're going to have to put another order pretty quick.
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And we have a little surprise.
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Well, we have t-shirts and mugs.
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Stay tuned for something else.
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That's right.
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For our merch department coming soon.
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That's right.
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We'll give you a little hint.
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It has to do with cold weather.
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That's all we're going to say.
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That's right.
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That's right.
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That's all we're going to say.
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We're not going to say anymore.
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So anyway, we're excited about that too.
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So hey, Jennifer, tell us about some people that make this happen.
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We would like to thank our gold corporate sponsors, which include the MyShak group of companies, Genics and Parkland County.
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These individual businesses do so much for the Acheson Business Association, and we really want to thank them for all their continued support.
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Yeah.
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Thank you so much.
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They do a great job.
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And like Jennifer said, we get to do this because of you.
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And you know, our numbers just keep growing.
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I really actually can't believe it.
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I know.
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It's kind of incredible, isn't it?
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Like we've said it before.
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I think when we started, we thought maybe like a few people would listen.
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Our families.
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Yeah, that's right.
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And now we got literally people all over the world.
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All over the world.
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We should tell them what we did at the gala for how we got people to engage in our podcast.
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Well, we did a tutorial.
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That's right, because a lot of people didn't know how to get a podcast.
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Well, we asked the people in the audience if they had listened to Coffee In The Park, and I'm sad to say the results were a little disappointing, Cam.
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I know, they were.
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But it's because they didn't know how to get a podcast.
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Honestly, they didn't know how to download the podcast.
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So we walked through that with them.
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We did.
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And we thank you, Mike Myshak, for bringing it to our attention, thinking that you could listen to this on CFCW.
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No, you can't listen to it on the radio, Mike.
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But everybody downloaded it, so now everybody knows how to listen to it.
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And speaking of the gala, what an event it was.
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Fantastic.
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And you know what?
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I actually just want to give a shout out to all of the nominees, but also the winners.
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Can I share who the winners were?
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Please do, because it was a great night.
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It was so much fun, and we have some great winners.
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Tell us who they are.
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So we had a number of categories, so bear with me everyone as I run through these categories.
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So we had Large Business Of The Year, which was the winner, Standard General here in Acheson.
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Yay, Standard General.
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Great business, great supporters of the ABA.
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Happy they one.
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Medium Business Of The Year was Nucor Environmental Solutions.
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Go Nucor.
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Small Business Of The Year was Rimex Supply Limited.
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Yeah, Rimex.
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Great people.
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Associate member of the year, ScotiaBank.
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ScotiaBank.
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They're good supporters of the ABA.
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They are great supporters of the ABA.
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The Innovation Award went to Northgate Modular.
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Yes.
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The Community Award.
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Now, we had these two individuals on our podcast.
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That's right.
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Mprint sign and printSolutions, Jan and Don.
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Yep, fantastic.
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And they are so deserving of that Community Award.
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They sure are.
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They do so much.
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They really do.
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We announced a new award.
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We did Podcast Guest Of The Year, Cam.
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That's right.
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It was so much fun.
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Podcast Guest Of The Year, and this year the winner was...
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Felix the Cat.
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Felix the Cat.
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Bushell Transport.
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Listen, if you have not listened to the Felix the Cat podcast, you need to download it because it's awesome, but we gave Felix the award.
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We did.
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Unfortunately, he was double booked.
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He was.
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So his social media manager, Cheryl Glattacker, aka owner of Bushnell Transport, accepted on his behalf.
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I think Felix was at another cat convention or something like that.
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He travels and does cat things.
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So yeah.
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So that's kind of cool.
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That was that was another very well deserving award.
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It was.
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This next one was, I know when the committee met to make the decision, it was so tough.
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And that's the Women in Leadership Award.
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You know, that is such a great award.
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And I love that the ABA, we are so connected in promoting and encouraging women in leadership.
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It's fantastic.
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And the winner is?
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Tamara Sanderson, RST.
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Another podcast guest.
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That's right.
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Funny how that happened.
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It was not, full disclosure, the ABA does not pick the winners.
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You're right.
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It's an independent panel.
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Independent panel.
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That's right.
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But I mean, it's just so cool that we've had them on as guests and they won and that's really awesome.
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And to top off the evening, the Lifetime Achievement Award to Mr.
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Wes Wall.
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Wes Wall.
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And it was great.
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That was a great evening.
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We had lots of fun, lots of people thanking Wes, lots of people paying tribute to Wes.
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Even the Premier of Alberta sent a great video for Wes.
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And so it was a great night.
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Jennifer, you did an amazing job of the gala and you always do an amazing job of our awards.
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And so folks, next year, you won't want to miss this event.
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You won't.
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And Cam, we even had some international guests join us at this gala.
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That's right.
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Crockett, Texas, the mayor of Crockett, Texas.
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That's right.
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We had a delegation from Crockett, Texas, led by their mayor, and they presented Wes with the key of the city, which was really cool.
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Do you think Wes is going to let me borrow that key when I want to go down to Crockett? To get into Crockett?
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I think he will.
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I think he's probably getting it cut right now to hand out to a bunch of people.
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But that was such an amazing event and a lot of fun.
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So that was cool.
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That was a lot of fun.
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Jennifer, we need to get into it today.
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And you know what?
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We don't have a guest.
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So, don't turn us off.
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No, don't turn us off.
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Because today is going to be our Thanksgiving show.
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Because this weekend, coming up, is Thanksgiving in Canada.
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That's right.
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That's right.
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And so, there's lots of things that build up to Thanksgiving.
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That's right.
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It is different than American Thanksgiving.
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And we're going to talk a little bit about that.
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Yeah.
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So, why don't we just talk about that for a second?
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Because most of us know about Plymouth Rock and, you know, that guy that came.
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What's that guy's name?
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Christopher Columbus came, and, you know, the people met him on the shore, and they had turkey and all that kind of stuff.
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And people often say, well, where did Thanksgiving start in Canada?
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I want to know.
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Okay.
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So, I'm going to tell you.
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I'll give you a brief history lesson here.
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The story goes that in 1758, an English explorer named Martin Frobisher.
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Now, that may sound familiar if you know your Canada junk.
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That's right.
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He landed, came in to the bay there, Frobisher Bay, and they wanted to celebrate.
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So, they had a really big celebration and a really big dinner, and they had salted beef and biscuits and mushy peas, and they gave thanks for arriving in what was now Canada safely.
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And that was considered sort of to be the first Thanksgiving in Canada.
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But then that wasn't the end of it.
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In 1606, Samuel Champlain, he held a huge Thanksgiving feast between the Mi'kmaq and the French in Eastern Canada.
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And they had a great big feast, just like we do now.
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And you know what the number one food was?
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Cranberries.
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Cranberries?
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That's right, because they used cranberries in those days that were rich in vitamin C, or are rich in vitamin C to help to avoid scurvy.
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And so to celebrate Thanksgiving, they had cranberries and turkey and all kinds of things.
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And it became this big thing that they did year after year after year.
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But here's the interesting part, Jennifer.
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In Canada, the Thanksgiving that we know, the Thanksgiving Monday that we know today in October, Parliament declared it to be a holiday on January 31, 1957.
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Wait a minute, 1957?
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I know.
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We went all the way from the 1750s to 1957.
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That seems a little late in my opinion.
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I know.
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We came to the table a little late on that one.
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So anyway, that's the history of Thanksgiving in Canada.
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And I don't know what your family does on Thanksgiving.
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I know our family gets together and we have a big celebration and we eat.
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That's what we do.
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You know what?
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I always say that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.
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Yeah, me too.
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And there's a number of reasons, I think, because it's really the first big holiday.
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That's right.
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After the summer is done.
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Yeah.
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Family always gets together.
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And it's just a time to kind of reflect and take a break and give thanks for everything.
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Yeah.
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Because there's so much going on today in people's lives, in the world today, that I think it's good to pause and reflect and be thankful for what you have.
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Yep, I agree with that.
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But you know what?
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You know why I like Thanksgiving?
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Because it's the first official holiday of the year we get to eat turkey.
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And gravy and stuffing and mashed potatoes and all the stuff that goes with that.
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And man, I can hardly wait actually till Monday because that's when my family is getting together.
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Let's talk about turkey for a minute.
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Have you noticed the price of turkey has like...
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Turkeys have skyrocketed.
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Inflation in turkey is ridiculous.
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What's the deal with that?
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Because the turkey is eating the same thing he did like 20 years ago.
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I don't know what's going on.
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I don't understand.
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My turkeys have skyrocketed in cost.
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I say my turkeys because I usually buy my turkey for our family.
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But it's unbelievable what's happened.
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It really is.
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I mean, I remember going last year and buying the turkey thinking, I just spent what on a turkey?
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I know.
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It's incredible.
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I mean, turkey, everything's gone up.
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I mean, everything's gone up.
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Potatoes have gone up, all that kind of stuff.
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But the turkey, for some reason, I mean, that's becoming an expensive bird.
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Sure is.
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Yeah.
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I didn't know it would cost a lot to raise a turkey, but I guess it does.
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I don't even know what they, I mean, they feed them stuff, but I don't know what they feed.
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Any turkey farmers out there, send us an email.
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No kidding.
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What are you feeding them?
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You must be feeding them pretty expensive stuff.
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But anyway, I don't care.
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I'm going to pay it because it's good and I love turkey.
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And so there's a lot of things, there's a lot of issues around the Thanksgiving dinner that families have.
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For example, do you put the stuffing in the bird or do you make it out of the bird?
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Oh, that's controversial.
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I know.
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Yeah.
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It could cause- What does your family do?
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Debates.
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Oh, it's in the bird.
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Yeah, we're in the bird too.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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No, stuffing in the bird.
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Stuffing in the bird.
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I know.
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And there's a lot of people who say, no, no, they make it outside the bird.
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But I'm telling you right now, folks, stuffing in the bird is the way to go.
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I agree.
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It's the way to go.
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So, you know, that can become a family issue.
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Well, it could.
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Yeah, I know.
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Sometimes in family, and they change up.
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That's the other thing.
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When families start changing up traditional recipes.
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Leave it alone.
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No, I know.
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The new generation comes in, we're going to try something new.
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Don't do anything new.
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The way it was is the way it was.
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That's the way it's to be.
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It's written in the Thanksgiving law book.
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Stay with it.
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Stay with it.
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Try something new another holiday season.
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Make up a holiday.
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National gopher day or something like that and have new food.
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But not on Thanksgiving.
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Stick with the traditional stuff.
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That's what I say.
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So your family, do they have all the big deal?
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Yeah, we have.
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Everybody comes together and of course, it's the big traditional turkey and stuffing and potatoes.
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Usually my mom makes homemade buns, which is the best.
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Homemade buns?
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Homemade buns.
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Come on.
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Serious.
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It's fantastic.
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I'm coming to your house.
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If I show up, don't be, I'll sit in the corner.
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I'll sit at the kids' table.
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I'll bring you some if there's any left.
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Usually there's none left.
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Yeah, I was gonna say, how can there be any?
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I mean, we're, you know, ours are cobs, but they're good too, but I'm telling you, homemade buns, that's incredible.
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And do you have a big, long table that you all sit at?
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Well, there's usually a big, long table plus a folding table to fit that many people.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Do you have a kids' table?
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Not really.
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No?
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Everybody kind of mish-mashes together, so it's okay.
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I mean, in our family, when I was little, we had a kids' table, but I had to sit at the kids' table, but it's okay.
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I didn't mind, as long as I got my food.
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And so let's talk about that for a minute, because our family too, we all get together.
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We got a whole bunch of us going a couple generations now.
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And you know, great conversation, but there's some things you should never talk about at the Thanksgiving table.
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Listen, folks, if you want to have a smooth Thanksgiving, you are right.
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So we're giving you a tip here, folks.
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This is our Thanksgiving tip to you for a successful Thanksgiving.
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What should you not talk about?
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Oh, number one, politics.
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Do not talk politics at the Thanksgiving table.
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I agree.
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Not the place to talk about politics.
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People get mad.
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It ends up in a food fight.
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It gets ugly.
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Potatoes going across the table.
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You know what I'm saying?
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People storm out of the room.
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Don't talk about it.
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No, no, there's lots of other stuff to talk about.
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You don't have to talk about politics.
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Anything else you shouldn't talk about at the table?
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Probably religion.
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Yeah, I agree with that.
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Yeah, these days, just avoid it.
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You know, you don't want to get into those kinds of arguments.
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And so you want to have fun.
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There's lots, and like I say, there's lots of good things to talk about.
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You don't have to talk about those kinds of things.
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No, no.
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But I love getting together with my family.
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It's always a blast.
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There's great conversation, great fun, and it's good to see everybody.
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And well, Jennifer, we have turkey, we have mashed potatoes, we have gravy, we have dressing, but then when that's all done...
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Pumpkin pie.
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Pumpkin pie.
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Pumpkin pie.
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And for our listeners today...
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All right.
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This is so exciting.
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We've never done this on our podcast.
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This is exciting.
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It is.
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Cam and I went out and sourced three different pumpkin pie.
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That's right.
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So we're going to do a pumpkin pie tasting.
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We are.
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We're going to tell you where we got these pumpkin pies from and share a little bit about, as we're eating the pumpkin pie, what we think.
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Right.
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So, okay, folks.
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So now I know we don't do a video.
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We just do a voice podcast.
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So you're going to have to use your imagination a little bit.
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So we're sitting here in the wall coffee roaster.
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We're sitting at our table where we always do our podcast.
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And in front of us, in front of Jennifer, and in front of myself, we have a plate with three pieces of pumpkin pie.
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Okay, now, and we've got whipped cream, Jennifer.
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So here, so we're going to put some whipped cream.
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So what we're going to do is we're going to taste the pie and give you our sort of impression of each piece of pie from each place.
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So we're just going to put a little whipped cream.
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Now hang in there.
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I don't know if you can hear that.
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We'll put a little bit on Jennifer's here.
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A little bit of what you got to have whipped cream on pumpkin pie.
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Of course you have to have whipped cream on pumpkin pie.
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There you go.
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Okay, there we go.
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Pumpkin pie.
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All right, so we're going to do a little bit of a critique here of the pumpkin pie.
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This is a taste test.
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Now, how do we want to do this, Cam?
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Because this is new for us.
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Do we want to go individually and then tell everybody where the pumpkin pie was from?
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Okay.
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Or do we just want to say, hey, here's where we got the pies from, and here we go?
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Well, you know what?
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Let's do that.
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Okay.
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So we got the pumpkin pies.
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Right.
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Number one, Costco.
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Costco.
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You can't go wrong.
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$6.99 is a deal for pie at Costco.
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I'm just telling you right now.
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And if you've got a giant family coming, Oh yeah.
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Seriously.
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I mean, really.
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I mean, $6.99, it's a giant pie.
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You can cut it into like 37 pieces, whatever you need.
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It's amazing.
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It really is.
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All right.
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Freson Brothers.
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Freson Brothers.
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Go to your grocery store and get a pumpkin pie.
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The cool thing about Freson's is you can get half pies.
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That's right.
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They have a deal.
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So say on your Thanksgiving, there's only like two of you or three of you, which is good, but you don't need the whole pie.
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You can get a half a pumpkin pie.
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Which is so cool.
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I know.
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So yeah.
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And for those who aren't in Alberta and aren't familiar, Freson Brothers is like a grocery store.
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Yeah, a locally owned grocery store.
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So yeah.
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And they do all Alberta products and stuff like that.
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They're really good.
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And they bake everything right there.
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It's really good.
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All right.
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The third one.
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The third one comes from our friends over at Gather Bakery.
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That's right.
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It's Spruce Grove.
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And were they not nominated for an award this year in our gala?
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They sure were.
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They were nominated for Associate Member of the Year.
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Now there's a story.
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We're going to have them on our podcast because they have a great story. We are.
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So yeah.
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So okay.
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So we've got a piece of pie from Costco.
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We've got a piece of pie from Freson Brothers, and we've got a piece of pie from Gather Bakery.
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So are we going to take a taste of each and give a little critique on each?
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Okay.
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Which one?
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Do we have to say which one we're doing first or no?
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No.
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Okay.
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Just go.
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Okay.
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I'm going to go with this one here.
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All right.
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All right.
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This one here.
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Here we go, folks.
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Now just imagine.
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All right.
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You're all getting really hungry.
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I know.
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Oh, man.
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That's good pie.
18:15
That's really good pie.
18:18
Oh, this one has a really nice creamy texture.
18:19
That is really good pie.
18:21
Which one did you have?
18:22
I had the Costco.
18:24
That, you know, silky smooth, you know, very good pumpkiny flavor.
18:29
You know, do I sound like Bobby Flay yet?
18:31
Silky smooth, very good pumpkiny flavor.
18:33
You know, it's really good.
18:34
Which one did you have?
18:38
Freson Brothers.
18:38
Freson Brothers.
18:39
How was that?
18:40
It's delicious.
18:41
Yeah.
18:41
Okay.
18:43
It's different than the Costco.
18:44
Yeah.
18:45
I don't know if it's nutmeg, but there's something really good.
18:49
I don't even know what they put in pumpkin pie.
18:52
So I don't know whether it's nutmeg or cinnamon or, okay, I'm going to try the Freson Brothers.
18:57
Outstanding.
18:58
Oh.
18:59
Oh yeah.
19:00
Nutmeg, yeah.
19:01
Oh yeah, nutmeg.
19:02
There's something.
19:03
It has hints of nutmeg roasted over an open fire.
19:07
I don't know.
19:09
It's really good though.
19:10
So I've had Costco.
19:11
I've had Freson's.
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Which one do you have?
19:15
I've also had Costco's.
19:16
Okay, so are we ready for the last one?
19:18
Ready for Gather.
19:18
This is Gather.
19:19
This is Gather.
19:20
Wait, I'm going to put more whipped cream on my Gather.
19:25
I'm going to just put a little more whipped cream.
19:27
Okay, there.
19:28
Okay.
19:29
All right.
19:30
Ready?
19:30
One, two, three.
19:31
Oh, hang on, hang on.
19:32
That's Gather, right?
19:33
Yeah.
19:33
Okay.
19:33
Ready?
19:34
One, two, three.
19:37
Oh, that's very good.
19:40
No, that's very good.
19:42
Gather Bakery, you've outdone yourself.
19:43
Yeah, pumpkin-y.
19:45
Very pumpkin-y.
19:46
Light.
19:47
Light.
19:47
refreshing.
19:48
Fluffy.
19:48
Fluffy.
19:50
No, it is really light and fluffy.
19:51
It honestly is.
19:52
Oh, it is.
19:53
I know that's silly for pie, but it is.
19:54
Folks, this is amazing.
19:55
I'm telling you right now, you would not go wrong with any of these.
19:59
Oh, I agree.
20:00
And so, you know, I'm just gonna, I just need another bite of this one here, if you don't mind.
20:03
Just.
20:05
Oh, my goodness.
20:07
Unbelievable.
20:08
That's incredible.
20:10
Jennifer, we didn't get napkins.
20:12
We did.
20:12
Oh, you did.
20:13
Good, good job.
20:13
I'm glad.
20:14
See, this is, man, this is why Jennifer's here.
20:16
Okay, folks, now there you go.
20:18
We had pumpkin pie from Gather Bakery, pumpkin pie from Costco, and pumpkin pie from Freson Brothers.
20:23
And I'm just going to say, Jennifer, I think you wouldn't go wrong with any of those.
20:26
I 100% agree with you, Cam.
20:28
They are all very good.
20:29
Fantastic pies all around.
20:31
Kudos to all the pie makers.
20:32
Absolutely.
20:33
Gather Bakery, you did an excellent job of your pie.
20:36
Folks, phone them up if you want one from there, because I think you have to order them ahead of time.
20:39
I think you have to pre-order.
20:40
Costco, you can just go down there.
20:42
They put out about 9,000 pies every day.
20:44
Because I think they're gone by the end of the day.
20:47
And Freson Brothers, probably you'll want to get your pie there.
20:51
And again, that's a good deal, because they do half pies.
20:53
That's right.
20:54
So if you need the half pie, you don't want the whole pie.
20:57
But I would say all of those pies were excellent.
20:59
Outstanding.
20:59
Yeah.
21:00
So a good way to end your Thanksgiving dinner.
21:02
It is.
21:03
Yeah.
21:03
Pumpkin pie, whipped cream, any of those places.
21:06
Support them.
21:07
And I think that's really great.
21:08
And you know what, and then you get to just, I don't know about you, Jennifer, but after I'm done eating, after I've had my turkey and my dessert and all that, I just need to find a place to crash.
21:18
Sit on a couch.
21:19
I know.
21:20
And hopefully you're wearing stretchy pants.
21:21
That's right.
21:22
Because like, it's really important, people.
21:25
Don't get dressed up for Thanksgiving dinner.
21:27
Come in your sweatpants.
21:28
That's totally acceptable.
21:29
Yeah, come as you are and just eat.
21:31
Yeah.
21:32
And you know that tryptophan in the turkey?
21:35
Man, oh man, oh man.
21:36
Makes you a little sleepy.
21:37
Knocks you out for a while.
21:38
And so I know at our house after dinner, you look around everywhere and there's people find their, their chair or their sofa or whatever, and they're out.
21:46
And that's Thanksgiving.
21:47
And it's great.
21:48
I absolutely love it.
21:49
It's fantastic.
21:50
No, I do too.
21:51
It's just again, it's a great time to get together.
21:54
And if you can't get together with family, that's OK, too.
21:58
Yeah, that's right.
22:00
If maybe your family is out of town or away and you're not able to get together with them, listen, you know what?
22:06
Hey, just spend a day, find some friends, lots of people like that.
22:11
That's right.
22:11
Hang out together, go to a restaurant, do whatever.
22:13
Lots of restaurants have Thanksgiving meals.
22:15
Absolutely.
22:16
And then go buy your pumpkin pie at one of these places and come back to your place and play a little cards and eat a little pumpkin pie.
22:22
Exactly.
22:23
It's fantastic.
22:24
It is fantastic.
22:24
You know, and it is.
22:26
Thanksgiving and holidays like this are about people just getting together and hanging out.
22:30
And maybe you know somebody who's doesn't have anywhere to go on Thanksgiving, why don't you invite them over and bring them over to your place?
22:38
And you say, I don't know if I'd want them to meet my family.
22:40
Hey, listen, it'll be the best time of their life.
22:42
So bring them over.
22:43
Bring them over.
22:43
And they'll have a good time.
22:45
And it's really cool.
22:47
Jennifer, we always ask our guests a question, a final question on our podcast.
22:54
And I think we have a good final question for you and me today.
22:57
I think so.
22:58
So I'm going to ask, can I ask you the final question first?
23:01
Sure.
23:01
And then you can ask me, but I'll ask you first.
23:03
Jennifer, what are you most thankful for?
23:06
Oh, what am I most thankful for?
23:08
I'm thankful for a lot of things, Cam.
23:10
But for me, I'm so thankful for my family.
23:15
And whether, you know, my husband, my son, my parents, my siblings, I'm so thankful that everybody's around and everybody's healthy.
23:25
I'm really, really thankful for that.
23:27
Yeah.
23:28
Yeah, you know, and that's the greatest answer you could ever give.
23:33
It really is.
23:34
And we are thankful for those people in our lives.
23:37
Fantastic.
23:38
And you?
23:39
Well, like you, you know, I'm thankful for many, many things.
23:43
And, you know, unfortunately, sometimes it takes Thanksgiving or holidays like this to actually take a step back and reflect.
23:54
I am extremely thankful for my wife who puts up with me.
23:58
That's amazing right there in itself.
24:01
I'm so thankful for my daughter, who is just absolutely incredible and the light of my life, for sure.
24:08
And I'm most amazingly thankful for my mom, who's 93 years old.
24:13
You got to meet my mom.
24:15
She came to the gala.
24:16
She did.
24:17
I love meeting your mom.
24:19
What a lady.
24:19
She had the best time.
24:20
She went shopping for an outfit for a whole day to find the right outfit for the gala.
24:26
And she's 93 years old and never really told the story.
24:30
Maybe one day we'll tell our stories.
24:32
But my mom is a single mom.
24:34
My father died when I was two years old, and my mom raised me on her own.
24:38
I'm an only child.
24:39
Well, that says it all right there.
24:41
But I'm an only child, and I'm so thankful for my mom.
24:45
And I'm thankful for my friends.
24:47
I'm thankful for my job.
24:49
And you know what else?
24:50
You know what I'm thankful for too?
24:52
I'm thankful for you, Jennifer, because you and I get to do this and work together.
24:56
And a year ago, I never ever would have dreamed that we were doing this.
25:02
And I'm really thankful for you and that you put up with me and some of my crazy, stupid ideas.
25:07
And so you know what?
25:09
I think it's a great year to be thankful for a lot of things.
25:12
I agree, yeah.
25:13
Yeah, absolutely.
25:13
We live in a great country.
25:15
We live in a great province.
25:17
We have family around us, thankful for our family, and never take them for granted ever.
25:22
And so folks, I know this is a different one.
25:24
We didn't have a guest.
25:26
I guess our guest was Pumpkin Pie.
25:27
Our guest was Pumpkin Pie.
25:28
That's right, we had Pumpkin Pie as our guest.
25:30
It was like a little food critique.
25:31
That's right, we should do this more often.
25:33
Maybe, so if you own a restaurant or something and you need somebody to do a critique.
25:37
Hey, we're happy to give you a shout out.
25:38
We'll come do a live, a live spot from your restaurant.
25:41
Of course we will.
25:41
And we would be happy.
25:43
I thought we did a pretty good job of critiquing the Pumpkin Pie.
25:45
I think so too.
25:47
And so, yeah, that was our guest today.
25:48
So everybody, thank you for listening.
25:51
And thanks for tuning us in to our Thanksgiving special.
25:56
It was great.
25:57
Hey, Jennifer, we're done.
26:00
We're done.
26:00
But don't worry folks, we'll be back with another guest next week.
26:03
We will have a guest next week.
26:04
We promise.
26:05
We're not going to make this a regular event of critiquing food.
26:09
But we have a great guest next week.
26:11
And so wherever you get your podcasts, we can download them.
26:14
Bye.
26:15
Oh, sorry, just saying, bye to some people walking out of the coffee shop here.
26:19
Wherever you get your podcasts, or you can go to www.Achesonbusiness.com and you can download it off of there as well.
26:27
And so thanks everybody.
26:29
I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
26:31
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
26:32
Thanks for listening.
26:33
See you next time.
26:34
See you next week.