Monday, November 24, 2008

Thanksgiving

Amy already blogged about the "thanks" part of thanksgiving... I thought I'd blog about the other part - the FOOD! This year, my family is having a change of plans. Usually, my mom's side of the family gets together and eats at mom's house. This year, though, mom and dad and kate are going to KY jelly to be with the fairels' (sans rob who is at training for this month in CA), so nathaniel, kendal, and i are "on our own" as far as tradition goes. its actually worked out pretty good because this year, his side of the family doesn't have to arrange their schedules for me... and we're going there for thanksgiving! yay! now here is the "funny" part... nathaniel's dad mentioned he wanted to have a "traditional" thanksgiving meal. well... i'm the only one in the family from the south (with a grandfather that grew up on the Chesapeake bay)... and i do believe what i call a traditional thanksgiving meal is a little different than from what the midwesterners think is a traditional thanksgiving meal. (i certainly don't mean this in a bad way, no way is better, they are just different.) i mean... no oyster stuffing? i suppose we haven't had any either since my grandfather died years ago... but i still crave it. my mom makes stuffing from cornbread, cornbread that she fries before she makes the stuffing (fries it just for the stuffing). i'm not even sure if stuffing is on the menu for this year, but i'll be ok without it. cranberry sauce: right out of the can. thanksgiving is just another meal unless you have some of this nasty stuff. i'm sure a can of cranberry sauce won't be on the table on thursday (again, i won't miss it). sweet potato casserole: i'm in charge of bring a sweet potato dish and for the 32 years i've been alive for thanksgiving, i've been forced to eat sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top of it. this year, i'm not making it (again, i don't even like marshmallows unless they are blackened on a fire or mixed in with rice krispy treats). now one thing i will miss is angela's eclair dessert thing. oh, and grandma jones's chocolate pie (even though i scrape off the meringue). and now that i start really thinking about it, i wanted to mention the BEST TURKEY i've ever eaten...(especially since i'm not much of a turkey fan). it was maybe 4 thanksgivings ago, and melissa cooked it. they lived in the "big" house in MO (radcliff? i can't even remember the name of the town) - and she stuffed it with all sorts of wonderful herbs. it was her first turkey, and it was the best one i've ever eaten. by the way, the best pork loin goes to Dad T! And it is on the menu for Thanksgiving! yay! so here's to all that i'm thankful for, and here's to the turkey that mom, dad, and kate will get to eat (i'm sure melissa will make one just as good this year), and here's to all the "new" stuff i'll eat this thanksgiving (like butternut squash soup)!

4 comments:

  1. St. Roberts. the yellow house with the big basement. that was when grace was little and you and chris went out for thanksgiving (something about chris flopping like a fish everytime grace hit her leg or something)

    i am excited about the turkey, i'm sure melissa will do a great job! i'm sad about no tradition this year though. no normal thanksgiving and no christmas...

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  2. it was the year after that... that year (the year chris went) was when they lived in dixon. it was just grace at that time.

    the year i'm talking about was when faith was little (too little to walk) - she was in the bouncy or in the jumper the whole time - so i'm guessing it was the thanksgiving after she was born. it was just me that went, i think. maybe you too, kate, but not mom and dad.

    your thanksgiving will be "normal" - you'll be with most of your family, and you'll have stuffing and collards and sweet sweet tea. :)

    it is your christmas that will be vastly different. however, if i had a chance to go to lake tahoe for christmas... you guys would be on your own!!!

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  3. Ummm... sorry, no collards at my house either. Unless somebody else makes them. I don't know how to cook those. I have a new turkey recipe, though. Hope it's good :-)

    Yea... St Robert. I loved that house. We peaked too early in our house buying. Oh well... so is life. I think it was just you that came. Not sure why it was just you, but it was fun. I have pictures of you and Grace (with her crazy curly hair) making something -- not sure what.

    Looks like we will be home next year -- if I brave the trip with four kids alone :-p

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  4. You're gonna love Turkey Day with us, Ana!
    :-)

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