We don't live near family, and we rarely enjoy a visit home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day -- any of those times traditionally spent with family. Instead, we find friends who quickly become a family to us, and we spend those important days with those friends.
I am very thankful for that, for them.
We aren't making our traditional trek to Tuscany this Thanksgiving, but we are spending it with our
For my girl, these kids are like her family . . . for this, we are all thankful.
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Here's a sneak at a couple of items on today's menu:
Aunt Cheryl's Candied Yams
This is not a dessert! I know it's difficult to comprehend, but technically it's a vegetable because buried deep in there are some yams ;)
Dana's Pecan Pie
I've made this often enough that I can attach my name to it, or so I tell myself.
The Menu
Shrimp Mold
Relish Tray
Peanut Butter Stuffed Celery Sticks
Crostini (Tuscan style)
Fresh Turkey
(yeah, like from the Italian butcher & not the frozen section)
Turkey with Mark's (To-Die-For) Stuffing
Debra's (How-Did-She-Do-That) Sweet Carrots
Butter-filled Mashed Potatoes
Drunken Cranberries
Aunt Cheryl's Candied Yams
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Classic Green Been Casserole
Cheryl's (This-is-Better-Than-the-Italians) Radicchio
Dana's Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Ms. Bishop's Pumpkin Roll
Clementines
The Good Wine from Mark's Collection
San Pellegrino
Malvasia
(Maybe I've left off something? I am not sure!)
The most beautiful thing about this strange and scattered menu is that it is about "us," about where we've been, who we are now, and, perhaps, where we are going. Each and every one of us values that greatly. That's a beautiful thing for which I am thankful.
7 comments:
What a great tradition. You are with family. And the only thing I could see missing was the list of 14 bottles of relish wine....
Does drunken cranberries have anything to do with alcohol? The candied yams look out of this world. Happy Thanksgiving!
Sounds like a wonderful day. Enjoy the time together (love all of the group shots of the kids from each year). Wish we lived close enough to eat at you house...our meal may be questionable!
Happy Turkey Day!
Beautiful post Dana. And what delicious treats are on the list!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family and Friends!
Un bacio,
Kasia
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wow! That's A LOT of food. I wish I could join you. I miss spending time with friends and family.
Leslie
By the way. I had the yams one year and I remember them being great!
Every time Dana makes those Yams I think of Leslie. I remember that Thanksgiving very well.
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