I clearly remember last years Canadian Thanksgiving, My husband invited His boss, his bosses wife, and a few other co-workers/friends to Canadian Thanksgiving, anyways I was still getting use to the idea of pounds and grams....
I had cooked many Thanksgiving Turkeys, so it was not like this was my first go at it, normally people would rave about how great my Turkey would turn out... juice and moist... falling right off the bone..... with full of flavor with out taking away from the natural flavors of the turkey.
Needless to say That Was One BIG Bird! and it was a total FLOP! I was so embarrassed and stressed out....so I went from being happy to having all these wonderful people over, to wanting to hide in a closet and wake up the next day.... Like it was all just some really bad dream.
I am sure they were thinking boy this lady sure can Not cook!
Lucky enough my husbands boss did save some of the bird and we were able to have some turkey on Thanksgiving.
We also had a second Thanksgiving that year at the bosses house, and that Turkey was delicious.
Thanksgiving is great like that bringing family and friends together....however when I lived back in North Carolina we stopped having Thanksgiving with Our Families and started having it with just friends. It became way to stressful, which family we were going to see first... how much time in between to visit ...etc. One year I even was brave enough to Have Both Families together.... which is how I always pictured my life... Two families coming together....That is Soooo not how it was going to be. Both sides said they didnt want to do that again. Now you would think that my husband and my family were totally different and to a degree they are...but they are alot a like in ways too.
This year for Canadian Thanksgiving we just had a small family of 5 (my 3 kids, my husband and myself) I made most things the day before and it was a stress free year with alot of leftovers.... of course the next day my husband flew out to Peru so I froze most of the leftovers.
Now its time for the US Thanksgiving, My Husband and I invited some Friends over however we are going to do the eating on Saturday ...due to I am actually working on Tomorrow...Which I am thankful for! I hope it turns out better then last years Canadian Thanksgiving.
I do miss my dads smoked turkey....I bet he is outside right now cleaning the smoker and getting it ready for his prized bird. While my mom is inside making sure she has all the fixin's ...possibly making that last trip to the food store...
Food Brings people Together, and even though we should remain Thankful everyday of the Year; atleast we have one day that reminds us to be Thankful for what we have....
And to all my US friends, please be safe out there on Black Friday... Tis the Season!
I was wondering if you were going to have a US Thanksgiving! Enjoy:)
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