Happy Thanksgiving, media consumers. This is the press box, Brian Curtis and David Shoemaker

here. David, what is the most southern or Texan thing that's going to be on your dinner

table today?

Um, I don't even know which thing is qualified. Corn pudding, probably. It's corn pudding.

That's a, that's a southern delicacy. I introduced it to everybody I know up here. So, where

does your non-southern slash non- Texan family fall on pecan pie?

Uh, we, we actually had one last week. Uh, pro pecan pie, although I think it was determined

the one we had was too sweet, which is not, I don't, I, I've never uttered such words.

Uh huh.

I mean, listen, like so many other Thanksgiving time traditions, pecan pie is, um, to me,

sort of a vehicle for an experience. It's not that, I mean, I could have the world's

greatest pecan pie. I'm sure would appreciate it on its own, but I need whipped cream.

I need some vanilla ice cream. I need it and cheated to the right temperature. You know,

it's, and it's, and generally pecan pie more often than not. There's a sliver of pecan

pie next to a sliver of pumpkin pie next to something else, whatever. I mean, so,

notting, but, uh, but I, but I, the short version is I love pecan pie and, uh, my family

is earning the love as well.

Um, I'm glad you said that because I've been getting some pecan pie pushback in the

Curtis household as well.

Well, I was in this store last night looking for like, with the express purpose of buying

a pumpkin pie, my wife wanted some pumpkin pie. So I went to the store, but I was like,

maybe I'll get two pies, right? And I was just like, I don't even know what kind of pie

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