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November 20, 2004
Turkey musings -- cranberry wars
I braved the market earlier today to pickup those things I always forget when I'm trying to shop without a list and gather the ingredients for pie baking for Thanksgiving (I've been on pie detail for years. This year I'll be making at least five - 2 pumpkin, pecan, apple and lemon meringue.) My Albertson's loves to have huge seasonal shopping areas set up and at this time of year the middle of the store has a pyramid made up of stuffing mix, canned pumpkin, Karo syrup, evaporated milk, foil roasting pans, gravy mix ... well, you get the picture.
Also prominent are the cans of cranberry sauce. I love this stuff! What more can evoke the memories of childhood than when the can is opened at both ends and the jellied contents slide out whole into a dish and set on the table as is?
Ok...maybe the memories of sticking the pitted black olives on my fingers and waving them in the face of my little sister is a bit more prominent, but I digress ...
There are those, and that includes my mom, who look a tad disdainfully upon this canned and non-textured creation. Oh, each year it is served up, usually in a humble bowl brought late to the table. The pretty glass turkey dishes are reserved for real cranberry relish. It's a tense standoff every year, as the fancy stuff gets top billing while most of us still reach for the old jellied workhorse, quivering on a dish, ready to be sliced and spread.
And let's face it. Half the fun of Thanksgiving dinner is the next day, when you make turkey sandwiches. Nothing substitutes for the jellied stuff when spread on bread with mayo!
Yum!
Posted by Darleen at November 20, 2004 04:43 PM
Comments
I LOVE THE JELLIED STUFF! Don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Mieke at November 22, 2004 08:25 PM
Huh, so people actually do enjoy that stuff. Good to know!
Posted by: Sunidesus at November 23, 2004 11:29 AM