Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. We re going to do it up right at my house. The turkey went into its brine this morning. Right now its soaking in a wonderful saline concoction infused with herbs and spices. In the morning it ll get thoroughly rinsed a number of times before its laid to rest breast down on a bed of onions, celery and carrots. It ll roast for an hour at 450 F then it ll finish for a few hours at 300 F. It ll be pulled to rest in foil tent, the veggie bed will be discarded and a luscious gravy will be produced from the drippings that will be enriched with poultry broth.
Apples, onions, celery are already chopped for the dressing. The dried bread has been crumbled and mixed with sage, poultry seasoning, rosemary, tyme and garlic. In the morning they ll be mixed together with sausage meat, bacon drippings, oysters, eggs and milk to be baked in the other oven. The sticky gooey pumpkin cake has filled the house with the wonderous aromas of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Its crispy cashew nut topping is baked to a mouth watering golden brown. Its waiting for the rum seasoned whipped cream to top it.
The potatoes are peeled and diced, sitting in salt water waiting for their turn to cook. The yams have been pared and chopped. They ll be boiled and mashed in the morning. Then they ll be casseroled and topped with brown sugar and chopped walnuts before a brief sojourn under the broiler. The lettuce, radishes, carrots and green onions are waiting in the crisper. Grammas sourcream/vinegar/sugar dressing will dress them once they re prepped at the last minute. Fluffy freshly baked buns are golden capped and ready to serve. A gallon jug of new apple cider is chilling. Newly made pickles are ready to be served and there ll be a bowl of hot banana pepper pickles waiting for those who crave a turkey bun later in the day.
My daughter Erin and her husband Dave will join Allan, Dexter and I around 1 pm. We ll have our traditional meal as we share around the table all the things we have to be thankful for and about. Erin will be thankful that their brand new baby will arrive anyday. Dave will be thankful that he had obtained a wonderful new job today. Allan will express his gratefullness for having two loving dogs to adore him. Dexter will be greatful that he has a new outlook on life because he has learned to control some of his OCD issues. And I will be thankful for these things......
FAMILY
FRIENDS
FOOD
FELLOWSHIP
&
FUN
YOU will be here with us. In my heart and in my mind. I wish each of you could be as physically present as you will be in my heart.
Tomorrow evening I ll drive to Flake. I wont be on for a few days because there is no internet there. I m taking turkey with me so mom and I can have a treat on Tuesday. See ya soon.........................
