I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I’ve always found that it’s not just the turkey that got stuffed on Thanksgiving… This holiday is about families coming together and really spending time together, catching up, and finding out what’s been going one with each other. Whether they live near or far, this is the holiday that brings them together… it’s that way for Sarah and her family each year.
The next section of Brigham Tea I’m sharing with you is the Wild Desert. It’s all about the western desert, the places, plant life, and the critters. Hope you enjoy the slide show…
New Parish Coming Soon! Summer of 2018! Excerpt from New Parish:
“Everyone went into Thanksgiving mode … and food prep was the main activity consuming everyone’s time, down to the smallest three year old who was transporting fruit to the salad area. After so many years of working together on Thanksgiving dinner they all knew what to do and did it with almost perfect precision. Christmas music was playing and children were happily giggling about the mess that was all over. This was the one time everyone was happy to make a huge mess – the rewards were always worth it.
The menu included:
The largest turkey they could find
Two hams crusted over with honey, brown sugar and pineapple
Green beans with butter, sea salt, and sprinkled slightly with sugar
Candied yams with cinnamon
Potato salad
Cranberry sauce from a can
Southern dressing which was made out of biscuit bread and cornbread with sage, sweet onion, chicken broth and shredded chicken
Giblet gravy to go over the dressing made with chicken broth, cornstarch to thicken, salt, pepper, and bits of boiled egg and chicken
Corn prepared in a skillet with butter, sea salt, and pepper
Yeast rolls which they never did from scratch the frozen ones were fine
The deserts always included:
Chocolate pies
Cheesecakes
Chocolate chip cookies
Sugar cookies decorated with Christmas icing
Fruit salad which always had pineapple, cherries, bananas, grapes, nuts, cream cheese, and whipped topping
This menu took the whole family two days to prepare and everyone had leftovers to take home with them after the dinner. Because leftovers are a necessity after Thanksgiving, or at least that was their family philosophy.”
