Yes, it is that time of year where Americans across the country have a feast of Turkey and all the fixings. Depending where you live depends on the details of this wondrous meal.
In our family we stuff the bird with a simple sausage stuffing. It has butter, liquid from cooking the neck and gizzards, onions, mushrooms, celery, bread cubes and 1/2 of the season packet that came with the bread cubes. Then there are the mashed potatoes made with Yukon Golds!, gravy made with Turkey juice, homemade cranberry sauce (the best kind, it is very easy to make also), dinner rolls, green beans (my boys don't like the "greenbean casserole" so just plain-Jane greenbeans in this house), Mom's Good Salad (it is a Pennsylvania Dutch or wilted salad), and last but not least the pies...Wild Oregon Blackberry and Pumpkin. I would post a picture here but for the life of me I could not find a picture of any of our Thanksgiving dinners. Later this week I will make sure I have one to post.
I do like to go to other families homes for Thanksgiving because you always get a little different meal than what you would fix at your own home. Unfortunately, you don't get leftovers. What's better than Thanksgiving Day leftovers? I can't think of anything! (maybe Godiva chocolate?) So, when we do go to another home for dinner on this feasting holiday I make another Turkey dinner sometime during the week so we have leftovers to enjoy. This year I am making dinner at home on Wednesday so I can relax all weekend with shopping and knitting :o)
