It’s the Tuesday before (American) Thanksgiving, and as we slide into the holiday prep and frenzy or lack thereof, it raises a lot for a lot of people.
Not everyone, of course, and if you are one of not everyone, please continue to enjoy this week to its very fullest, however it looks for you. I hope it is the perfection and charm of old Saturday Evening Post covers.
For me and my dad, it is the second official Thanksgiving without my mom, though the one before that we sat in a hospital cafeteria and ate a meal that could have been our feelings expressed in food. It was awful enough to border on comical. Still, people were away from their families to make it and serve it to others who would be there anyway, the day only distinguished by the offering of turkey as a main and stuffing as a side.
We planned to go to a restaurant we both like with a pre fixe menu, but then my dad got COVID. He’s feeling better, and we realized his congestion wasn’t clearing because of a sinus infection (that can happen so please be aware, I sometimes get them after colds too). So now he’s feeling completely well and though we figured out a menu and plan, we considered going to the restaurant.
We took another look at their offerings, and as amazing as they sound, it seemed like just…too much. Way too much food, too much butter and cream, too much of a dining room filled with people.
Just too much.
So I think we’re going with Plan A which used to be Plan B but got a promotion. I won’t cook turkey, neither of us is that into it, I’ll make a turkey meatloaf instead, which is still technically turkey. Corn casserole, probably mashed potatoes, though I’m not entirely sure, and we got some frozen sweet potato fries that are fantastic.
I’ll bake some cranberry crumble pie bars tomorrow, and that will be that. Simple, not complicated.
Not too much.
Somewhere, underneath it all, I wonder if it’s not the food that’s too much (although, it is) or the price tag, which is hefty if you’re not going to fully enjoy it, but really being in that room with all those other people who are having a very different experience.
But when you think about it, the only experience you can have is your own.
And that’s all for today, have a great Tuesday. I am going to try to post this week, including the #ThursdayTen, so hopefully we’ll have some fun or a little break if you need one.
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