We Pardoned the Turkey This Thanksgiving
November 29, 2010
As has become tradition, we spent Thanksgiving with The Neighbors. What is also part of the tradition on most years, we pardoned a turkey and had a non-traditional Thanksgiving meal.
A few years ago for Thanksgiving we had three courses of fondue that included a cheese appetizer, hot oil with various veggies and meats main course and a chocolate dessert for the third course. Surprisingly, it was much easier to prepare the food for the fondue compared to the year we made our own turducken. This year it was prime rib, ranch potatoes, corn and garlic bread.
Earlier in the day, The Bob-Father, who was visiting from Kentucky, Tim and I took Troy to the neighborhood park to meet up with The Neighbors.
The Bob-Father with Tim at the park.
Neighbors Morgan and Ethan with Troy in the background.
Tim found a new recipe for blood mary's and assembled his own bloody mary toolkit to take with us.
After dinner we celebrated Caroline The Neighbor's "29th" birthday for the sixth time.
What is a "must have" on Thanksgiving in your family?
5 Comment:
I can get behind the "no turkey" as long as there's bloody mary's! What exactly does a "new" recipe for a bloody mary have that the old recipe didn't?? I am intrigued.
Must have's for us include: mashed potatoes, wine, sweet potatoes, turkey and gravy. All the other side dishes change every year, depending on what people make. This year I made Fennel Gratin(found the recipe in Bon Apetit), it was a huge hit!
I'm way more about the sides than I am about the turkey anyhow! I like your style.
The must have in our house seems to be the big traditional turkey dinner. I could do without, but Hubby likes it that way and since he cooks 95% of it I just go with the flow.
Di
OMG your dinner sounds heavenly. I think the traditional dried out turkey with boxed stuffing and that hideous green bean casserole is a travesty of a meal.
We had Turkey from HyVee. I'm good at getting everyone else to bring the food so i can make dessert or sweet potato pie. I must have DESSERT!
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