Writer's Block: Gobble Gobble
Heh; snagged this from zombiepuppy . XD
Me, I *like* to cook; always have. Hate to clean up afterwards (>_<) but I like to cook. This year I'm taking it easy and making a Key Lime Pie, fresh cranberry sauce and some pumpkin-bread-- nothing fancy.
I have a lot of good memories of my family getting together at holidays. A huge part of my perceptions (more than ever these days) are linked to scents; and one of my Thanksgiving memory-tags comes from the scent of slightly-overdone bread, because my mom would ALWAYS, ALWAYS burn the rolls or biscuits. They'd come out of the oven with their bottoms somewhat hockey-puck-like, but we'd eat them anyway.
I've never gone way out and done anything elaborate for Thanksgiving, it's mostly been the traditional stuff with a southern slant to it (I miss collards and turnip-greens), but I swear, gonna get me a smoker sometime soon; smoked turkey is not to be sneezed at, and that's what I grew up with. I'm not knocking the regular oven-roasted turkey; that's what lil_1337 will be making today, and it'll be gorgeous; but maybe for Christmas I can manage to smoke one. That'd be good.
Happy Big!Dead!Bird! Day to everyone, and may we all have something to be thankful for; I do. Wonderful family and friends, a job I can deal with, no illnesses too big to combat, a roof over my head-- all that. I'm good.
Me, I *like* to cook; always have. Hate to clean up afterwards (>_<) but I like to cook. This year I'm taking it easy and making a Key Lime Pie, fresh cranberry sauce and some pumpkin-bread-- nothing fancy.
I have a lot of good memories of my family getting together at holidays. A huge part of my perceptions (more than ever these days) are linked to scents; and one of my Thanksgiving memory-tags comes from the scent of slightly-overdone bread, because my mom would ALWAYS, ALWAYS burn the rolls or biscuits. They'd come out of the oven with their bottoms somewhat hockey-puck-like, but we'd eat them anyway.
I've never gone way out and done anything elaborate for Thanksgiving, it's mostly been the traditional stuff with a southern slant to it (I miss collards and turnip-greens), but I swear, gonna get me a smoker sometime soon; smoked turkey is not to be sneezed at, and that's what I grew up with. I'm not knocking the regular oven-roasted turkey; that's what lil_1337 will be making today, and it'll be gorgeous; but maybe for Christmas I can manage to smoke one. That'd be good.
Happy Big!Dead!Bird! Day to everyone, and may we all have something to be thankful for; I do. Wonderful family and friends, a job I can deal with, no illnesses too big to combat, a roof over my head-- all that. I'm good.