Since I don't have any Thanksgiving photos laying around, how about a sunset shot along Lake Superior.
Thanksgiving was fun, especially the joining with friends for the big meal. This way we don’t have left-over turkey which I really miss. But instead of baking a turkey, I got to make sweet potato casserole (which is always a big hit) and creamed spinach (which enough folks liked to go through two pounds of spinach), and a few other odds and ends. The day was beautiful. Last year it was a blizzard and there were white-outs. This year, I sported a short-sleeve shirt (after all, it’s warm enough with 15 people crowded into a small space). And we ate our fill. I still miss not having a turkey, but I’m probably the only one. I’m Scots enough not to throw any of it away. I slice up the meat so that there is turkey to eat, and then turkey sandwiches made with sliced turkey and turkey sandwiches made with turkey salad followed by casseroles with turkey in it. And if that’s not enough, I take the bones and boil it for a couple hours making great broth. Adding onions and carrots and maybe celery, I turn the broth into turkey soup with rice or turkey and noodles. Nothing is wasted and I can get well into December without having to buy meat. As I said, I’m the only one not upset about not having a turkey. Tonight we had pizza.
Are you sure they didn't eat the creamed spinach because they didn't want to hurt your feelings? ;) Share your sweet potato casserole recipe. I too miss the leftover turkey. I loved a hot turkey sandwich the next day. Have you ever fried a turkey?
ReplyDeleteI've had fried turkey, but have never done them myself. I have smoked them, cooked them on a webber grill, cooked them in the back of a bread over and cooked them in the ground in a fire pit. I'll post my sweet potato recipe soon, I promise.
ReplyDeleteNot to gloat, but yesterday I had turkey sandwiches for both lunch and dinner (and pecan pie for breakfast . . .) sage - I think you should cook a turkey on your own. During the holidays they are amazingly cheap, and you sure put it all to good use!
ReplyDeleteMy brother has everyone bring over containers to take things home.
ReplyDeleteI actually bought a small (9 pound) turkey and made it so I'd have food until the new year.
The weather is so weird this year, isn't it? It's *not* November weather.
Love love love creamed spinach. Always have since I was a baby. My parents thought that weird but cute
ReplyDeleteHowever, I feel so sorry for you :-) You really do miss the turkey---and thanks--I'm starving now. The only thing I wanted to bring home was the chestnut stuffing but forgot on purpose
It sounds like it was wonderful! We went to friends house as well so we don't have the leftovers either. Which can be both good and bad.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo. It's so peaceful.
Here via Michele's. Have a wonderful Saturday!
Glad you had a good holiday, Sage.
ReplyDeleteWe had a turkey and a ham. The only thing I brought home was leftover ham.
I see lots of sandwiches in my future.
I love leftover turkey too, and I always make soup from the bones. This year we went to our daughter's home - so no bones for soup and no sandwiches. :-/
ReplyDeleteI don't have leftover turkey either though I love it. I did bring home some ring bologna and cheese from our evening meal on Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear your Turkey Day went well. Though I guess you're a tad bit sad that Turkey Day didn't turn into Turkey Month as it has done in the past for you. Lol.
ReplyDeleteWe ate an 'organic' turkey that had been shot and killed on our farm by a hunting friend who is trying to kill a turkey in all 50 states. Now that he has bagged one in Iowa, I think he is somewhere in the upper 30's for number of states completed. I quoted the organic part because I suspect the turkey had its fill of BT corn and Roundup Ready soybeans for at least a couple years before he met his demise. It still tasted good to me and I was the only one in the family that didn't find any steel shot in my portions.
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