Well the turkey will be landing in just a few days. My wife has already started preparing for the big meal. I’ve been doing my part by sacrificing my body and being a taste tester. This weekend the Food Network (one of my favorite channels) was all Thanksgiving themed. Giving tips on how to make your Turkey, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. Then the great debate broke out in the Miller household, to have mashed potatoes or no mashed potatoes?
Now I am a northern boy at heart, and there weren’t too many holiday dinners where we didn’t have mashed potatoes. So I’m all for it of course. But that is one of the differences between the north and the south. Since being down here, they have sweet potatoes and potato salad. But no mashed, at least in my wife’s family. So what is the gravy for? Everything else that is on the plate. The other difference is the stuffing or dressing. This Akron boy had stuffing on Thanksgiving, right from the turkey. It was perfect to mix in with the mashed potatoes and gravy. Down here they have cornbread dressing, just as good mixed in with the turkey and gravy. The big part of the debate came when we discussed the green bean casserole. Not that it was a north or south thing. My wife just doesn’t care for it. I however use it has the foundation on which to build the rest of my meal on, plus I add some of that green bean delight to my salad bowl so I can be sure I’ll have some when I go for seconds. What? Did you think I was going to use my salad bowl on salad? Salad is a waste of Thanksgiving time.
I finally said that since she was making the Thanksgiving meal it would be up to her if there were mashed potatoes or not. I figured if they were there along with the sweet potatoes, cranberries, bread, and turkey that would be a bonus. She decided she would make both stuffing and cornbread (BONUS!). But I had to put my foot down on the green bean casserole. If it came down to a matter of northern and southern peace I might have gave in. But, it was a matter of her taste and that is just not a good enough argument. Plus some traditions you just don’t mess around with.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
You are in the south now....sweet potato souffle is the ticket. By the way there will be no potato salad on the Thanksgiving table, that is reserved for summer gatherings. There will be one sweet yankee boy though!
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