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Thanksgiving 2004
Thanksgiving. For those of us who love to cook, this is it! THE BIG DAY. It's like the Super Bowl of Cooking, except there's no cheerleaders and you don't have to wear a helmet (unless you're trying to sneak a little piece of something out of the kitchen, then a helmet helps). Even if your family demands that you cook a traditional New England dinner (you gotta problem with New England?), try one new recipe this year. It might be a Southwestern rub on the turkey or a spicy apricot cranberry sauce. Maybe instead of pumpkin pie, try pumpkin cheese cake (we did a couple weeks ago... two words: AMAZING!)
Because I've never done a Southwestern Rub (I take that back, I think I gave Karen a backrub in New Mexico... does that count?), my mom (Mom Johnson) recommended it and she apparently thinks it's great, so you'll have to take her word for it. And if you've known her for more than a minute or two, you probably know that you can never take her word, so use the Southwestern Rub at your own risk.
Ewwww? Don't like idea of rubbing your turkey? Switch it up a little with a different sauce. You could probably sneak some Spiced Apricot Cranberry Sauce by some of the relatives without them noticing. Imagine their little Thanksgiving taste buds awakening from a year of slumber to a new sauce! It would be like Christmas to them (only they can't celebrate Christmas since they are the THANKSGIVING TASTE BUDS and would probably be jealous of the CHRISTMAS TASTE BUDS, but that's another story). Again, recommended by Mom Johnson. Prepare at your own risk.
Cheesecake. Always a good choice. During the Red Sox - Yankees American League Championship series this fall, Karen whipped up a pumpkin cheesecake and then, just because you do things like this when you've gone to cooking school, whipped up some homemade whipping cream AND then she found some carmelized walnuts to put make it all pretty. Anyway, I remember all this because it was the night that the Red Sox lost 19 to 8. But get this... did you know that the the root of the word 'pumpkin' is the Greek word 'pepon' and that it means 'cooked by the sun; ripe'? (look it up!) Can it be a coincidence then that the Sox didn't lose another game the entire post season and went on to win the World Series for the first time since 1918? They were ripe for change! The pumpkin cheesecake did it! Karen broke the curse! GO SAWWWWXX!
Karen wanted everyone to know that our newest recipe this year isn't quite "cooked" yet. He will arrive just before Christmas and will definitely rub on our hearts and add extra spice to our lives, much to the delight of all family members. Have a wicked pissah holiday and keep on cooking!
Recipes in this feature:
Spiced Apricot Cranberry Sauce
Serve this slightly different sauce with your Thanksgiving turkey or a roast pork loin. I usually double or triple the recipe for a larger group.
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