OK. So who can name 5 Thanksgiving songs we used to sing in school?
I can only think of Over the River and Thru the Woods to Grandmother's
House We Go. The horse was lean and dank and swaybacked to carry the
sleigh and away we go. The horse knew the way to get lost and dump the kids into the snow so he could stop and take a break. I think the horse was named Stormy or maybe Mr. Ed. What horse in his right mind
would agree to truck a bunch of obnoxious kids to Grandma's house anyways?
I don't recall ever taking a sleigh anywhere, let alone my Grandma's
house. Come to think of it, I didn't have any live Grandma's house
to go to since both of my Grandmas were long perished before I arrived
on the scene back in 1941. I imagine Grandma really would not have
looked forward to a bunch of screaming kids invading her space on T-Day.
After slinging hash in her dim-lighted crackerbox kitchen, the last
thing she needed was for a herd of crumbcrunchers to just mosey on in
to say "Happy Thanksgiving"!!!!
So where are you celebrating Thanksgiving this year?
We normally (if that's the right word choice) have our children and
their offspring at our home so I can cook the turkey on my Weber
charcoal grill. This year, to be different, our brood has arranged
for us to go primieval and celebrate T-Day at Inks Lake State Park in
Burnet, Tx. We do get to stay in a cabin with no heat and probably
no windows to shelter us from the bitter cold. At least the cabins
feature air conditioning which is a plus in the summer months.
To continue the tradition, I am taking my Weber charcoal grill to Ink
Lakes State Park so I can possibly overcook the turkey and then use
a chainsaw to carve the bird. Better that than a pink turkey which
refuses to cook no matter how long you cook that bird. I have memories
of one year that we bought a turkey and it never did get done. I hope
that wasn't one of those 40 cents a pound turkeys like I bought this year. I'll keep you posted about the outcome after the fact.
What are your plans for this year?
Just in case anyone is remotely interested.
May your mincemeat and ground cherry pies be outstanding this year.
Personally I prefer pumpkin pies and pecan pies.
Hoping that everyone has a relatively ok mundane T-Day,
Mr. Douglas--Pilgrim Extraordinaire
