What we’re looking for is not the thing you cook year in and year out, but the recipe you’re trying this year for the first time in order to give yourself the illusion that your Thanksgiving dinner this year is slightly different from your Thanksgiving dinner last year. This, in turn, is meant to make you believe that you are capable of change. Underlying all this is the implicit understanding that Thanksgiving should not be meddled with too much, and that even a small alteration in the basics can cause problems with children. Once we went to a Thanksgiving at my sister’s house, and the stuffing had porcini mushrooms in it, and my eight-year-old had a meltdown and I was in complete sympathy.
PSST: Don’t tell our gracious hosts, but this year, your RVP is finally going to try Mama Stamberg’s Cranberry Relish Recipe (above). What about you? What new dish will you be fixing this year? Share it with your neighbors!
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Yo, that looks a little like this hat my Mom knit for my kid…
We’re going out to brunch at Salty’s as our usual group is not getting together and our teenage child is going to Winthrop with a classmate’s family. So I’m not cooking anything!
I was thinking about doing a roasted California Condor.
I hear it tastes like a cross between a Bald Eagle and a Giant Panda.
I’ve been serving Mama Stamberg’s relish for at least 10 years if not longer – it is SO good, especially with Bob’s Meats smoked turkey. New recipe – purple mashed potatoes.
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