Thanksgiving 2012

Posting for Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

Finally Turkey day arrived!  I love turkey, real turkey, not lunch meat turkey, once a year at Thanksgiving.  Our turkey did not turn out last year so we decided that we were either going to New Harmony to eat our Thanksgiving meal or cook at home and find some store to prepare the turkey for us. 

We had made our reservations at New Harmony and had been there a few times, this year, however the Thanksgiving menu, wasn't as traditional as we would have liked it to be.  We toyed with the idea of having Marx BBQ do it, since that is where we have our ham from at Christmas (a tradition that my dad started many years ago and we carry on to this day), called and had even placed an order with them only to call a few hours later to cancel because of the great expense it would have been for so little turkey meat. 

Many frustrating hours later, Brittanee came up with the idea of ordering a rotisserie turkey breast from the Fresh Market.  I did just that, and Brittanee picked it up on Wednesday.  This whole thing was a fiasco, we got the "last" turkey breast in the display which is not what we ordered, and we were supposed to get 3 lbs which was going to be around $30-$40 but there was supposedly a glitch in their system and when Brittanee got there 3 hours early to pick up our bird, we only ended up with $12 worth of turkey.  Nasty too, I may add.  Oh yes, the Fresh Market will soon be hearing from me. 

Anyway, we cooked all of the other fixings to go along with our turkey we had stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, yams, cranberry sauce, greenbeans, rolls, wine, and plenty of pies and desserts to choose from. 

We ate late but it was yummy and we were all full.  Brittanee and I decided to venture out and find some bargains and that we did.  It was a success.  All and all a good Turkey day spent with loved ones.  :)