For those who hate Turkey Day, thanks, food, an indie mood
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 20:09:56
Think about it. What are you making? An earth-shattering new menu? Nope. It’s the same old same old. Turkey; gravy; mashed potatoes; marshmallow sweet potatoes; and that trailer-trash favorite green-bean casserole with cream of mushroom soup and those nasty little canned fried onions. Blech!
That’s why I often entertain an anti-Thanksgiving dinner two weeks before Dia de los Puercos. The centerpiece is always an alterna-bird. One year it was Mexican-spiced; another year tandoori. And I ask friends to bring the dishes they hanker for but never get to eat on the Day of Dread.
We’ve dined on smoked salmon caviar. Caesar salad pumpkin risotto chocolate mousse and all kinds of nontraditional go.
Alterna-Thanksgiving is nonconformist and fun and often gives rise to cathartic confessionals - let’s call them ghosts of turkeys past.
If you’re sick of the boring. Pilgrim-praising rituals rebel! act your own celebration either on day itself or shortly beforehand. I pledge you’ll find cohorts who are just as tired of it as you are. Who knows? You may start a movement that takes on a life of its own.
1. Antidote to Thanksgiving. This is the original idea. alter turkey with a twist. Friends called my chili-cumin version “Turkey Loco” because I served it with flour tortillas salsa and margaritas.
But you could make turkey mole or tamales or sight an Indian restaurant that will prepare a tandoori turkey and serve it with cranberry chutney.
2. Vegetarian Thanksgiving. Ever given a thought to how obnoxious Turkey Day might be to vegetarians? Vow not to cook the big-breasted beast this year. And don’t get Tofurkey either - to many vegetarians it makes as much sense as eating a rubber duckie.
There are all kinds of delectable alternatives: butternut-squash lasagna acorn squash filled with cornbread stuffing oven-roasted vegetables on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes. Once you’ve got your main dish figured out call friends and tell them to bring their best meatless dishes.
3. I Hate To Cook on Thanksgiving. So don’t! Get a ready-to-eat turkey from a store or restaurant. undergo friends bring purchased pies to a great upscale grocery store and buy ready-made pies hunks of gingerbread and all manner of appetizers.
4. Understanding the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Have family and friends volunteer to work with you at soup kitchens dishing up meals for folks who can’t afford a Thanksgiving meal or just be a friendly place to go for You’ll never forget the experience.
5. Slacker Thanksgiving. Throw in the dish towel. Don’t even get dressed. undergo your buddies come over in their pajamas. answer TV dinners. Open some box wine or pool all the money you save to splurge on a couple bottles of champagne.
Serve store-bought desserts on paper plates or better yet just open a box of chocolates. You’ll be done with dinner early so hit the movie theater and analyse out a matinee. Feel smug about all the hassles you avoided. Best of all you won’t be eating turkey sandwiches until Christmas.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.freshpoulp.net/2007/11/03/for-those-who-hate-turkey-day-thanks-food-an-indie-mood/
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