Happy Thanksgiving, already!

Nov 23, 2007 23:32

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Remember that from when we were kids? Ok, maybe you don't. I'm not that old though. And surely you've at least heard about the crying Indian thing, right?

That was Iron Eyes Cody in the "Keep America Beautiful" spot. He was an accomplished actor who appeared in everything from "The Big Trail" with John Wayne to "Ernest Goes to Camp" with...well...that Earnest guy. He worked tirelessly to promote the cause of the Native American people and became one of the most recognized icons in the world.

He was also born with the name Espera De Corti and was Sicilian, not a Native American.

I guess that explains a lot about yesterday--Thanksgiving. For some reason it was decided that our family would not be having the traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and the like. Instead...we were having pizza.

I'm guessing this was done to honor Iron Eyes Cody. That's the only plausible excuse I can come up with anyway.

So, if it's pizza we're having, then pizza I'll make!

I found this recipe on the net. You can find a lot of useful things on the net. There's a complete list of all Beanie Babies out there somewhere. There's also instructions on how to make bombs. Somewhere in the middle is Thanksgiving Pizza.

THANKSGIVING PIZZA

Ingredients:

Leftovers

Pre-made pizza crust

Tub of whipped cream cheese (or a brick you have softened and beaten for spreading)

Step one:

Spread the cream cheese evenly over the pizza crust.

Step two:

Over the cream cheese, apply a thick coating of your leftover cranberry sauce.

Step three:

Cover with diced leftover turkey and spoonfuls of leftover stuffing.

Step four:

Drizzle with leftover gravy.

Step five:

Bake according to the directions that came with the crust.

Thanksgiving pizza. Serve it up!

Since there was to be no leftover turkey, I went out the other day and rounded up all the necessary ingredients. I assembled them thusly:


I gotta admit, I had my doubts about the cream cheese and the cranberry sauce. And the stuffing And the gravy. Well....and the turkey too.

Let's just say I had my doubts. But like my buddy Chuck said, "Even if it's horrible, you made your point." Yes Chuck, you're right. This was to be my last great stand. This was my Waterloo, my Little Big Horn, my Wolf 359.

(That last reference was for the Trek geeks out there...you know who you are)

I popped the whole thing in the oven and about 15 minutes later I had this:


Here it is in slice form:


The verdict: Not overly terrible. It certainly has it's strong points. Ummm....uhh....

The crust was nice.

Actually, I think it would have been great with actual leftovers. The sliced turkey I was forced to buy didn't have the same texture or quality as the real thing. The cream cheese/cranberry sauce combo was--in itself--pretty good. There ought to be something useful for those two ingredients out there somewhere. The stuffing was a bit much to take.

Maybe if I used sweet potatoes instead of stuffing.

Anyway, I ate pretty much all of it (had leftovers today). Would I make it again? Probably not. But I'm counting on the fact that I never have to.

Pizza for Thanksgiving is about as American as an Italian Indian crying over some garbage.

Ok, I have no idea what that means. It sounded good in my head, but chances are it's the sort of thing that's just gonna tick off a bunch of Italians and Native Americans. I'm gonna get scalped and sleep with the fishes all on the same day!

Tomorrow we go to the in-laws for their Thanksgiving dinner. There better be turkey.

thanksgiving pizza

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