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A Brief Tale of Two Thanksgivings
Nov. 28th, 2018 03:28 pmI have a gihugic Arisia-related post that I've been working on for a while but I also have some light things to say so let's try doing both, bwahahaha. Did I mention that the amount of typing and editing I'm doing has been hurting my wrist? Yeah, that's not troubling at all.
So OK, Thanksgiving. We went for the actual day with the relatives we have been going out with these past few years. Unfortunately, my aunt's condition has deteriorated to the point where going out to an elaborate meal would be more ordeal than pleasure so we planned to have Turkey Day with aunt/uncle at the facility she's living in. Found out that it's actually a lunchtime meal and knowing what the quality of food was likely to be I had a bright idea.
Y'see most turkey is white meat, which I find to be bland, uninteresting and often (despite gravy and cranberry sauce) too dry. I, and the family, prefer dark meat to the point where we'll pay silly amounts to get roasted turkey legs at places like King Richard's Faire. So I suggested to Pygment that she get a couple turkey legs and we could roast them in the evening when we got hungry again. She... um, yeah. Went to the butcher near her and got four entire legs.
That's FOURTEEN POUNDS of turkey leg. Yes, they're that big. She brined them and I put them up with some herbs (mostly dill and parsley thanks to MizA's garden) to marinate overnight. Throw that in the oven with some chopped up sweet potatoes, scallions, and a few more herbs. A-MAY-ZING, if I do say so myself. We've had three meals for three of us and we're not quite done with them yet, nor tired of leftovers as I usually get.
It doesn't entirely make up for how depressed I got seeing my aunt in such difficult shape - next month will be their 50th wedding anniversary - but it's rare that I like my own cooking this much.
So OK, Thanksgiving. We went for the actual day with the relatives we have been going out with these past few years. Unfortunately, my aunt's condition has deteriorated to the point where going out to an elaborate meal would be more ordeal than pleasure so we planned to have Turkey Day with aunt/uncle at the facility she's living in. Found out that it's actually a lunchtime meal and knowing what the quality of food was likely to be I had a bright idea.
Y'see most turkey is white meat, which I find to be bland, uninteresting and often (despite gravy and cranberry sauce) too dry. I, and the family, prefer dark meat to the point where we'll pay silly amounts to get roasted turkey legs at places like King Richard's Faire. So I suggested to Pygment that she get a couple turkey legs and we could roast them in the evening when we got hungry again. She... um, yeah. Went to the butcher near her and got four entire legs.
That's FOURTEEN POUNDS of turkey leg. Yes, they're that big. She brined them and I put them up with some herbs (mostly dill and parsley thanks to MizA's garden) to marinate overnight. Throw that in the oven with some chopped up sweet potatoes, scallions, and a few more herbs. A-MAY-ZING, if I do say so myself. We've had three meals for three of us and we're not quite done with them yet, nor tired of leftovers as I usually get.
It doesn't entirely make up for how depressed I got seeing my aunt in such difficult shape - next month will be their 50th wedding anniversary - but it's rare that I like my own cooking this much.
