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Happy Thanksgiving!
"Since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace
and gusto."
--- MFK Fisher
Artist, Norman Rockwell, 1943
"Freedom
from Want"**
"Be
grateful for what you already have." --- Lily Tomlin
Save
the Foodie Stuff for the Rest of the Year
"The term 'Foodie' is said to have originated in 1977 in a small food
shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan." --- The New York Times,
1998
Famously, there was the Thanksgiving that as a new Bride I tried to
update the Miller Family's long traditions of lukewarm turkey , soggy
bland dressing, and white gravy with some of my own recipes.
My menu included:
Pate Maison ~ Salmon Mousse ~ Cheese Straws
Our
Favorite Way to Roast a Turkey (originally with 4 sticks of butter)
Cornbread Sausage Stuffing ~
Giblet Gravy ~ Cranberry Chutney
Broccoli Puree ~ Chestnut Puree ~ Sweet Potato & Banana Puree
Glazed Lady Apples & Onions
Mache & Roasted Pear Salad with a Red Wine Vinaigrette
Date Nut Pudding ~ Pumpkin Pie ~ Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Gobs of Whipped Cream
Larry Mawby's Sparling Sex ~ Wyncroft Chardonnay ~ Rombauer Zinfindell
A Walk Along Our Lakeshore
Needless to say, the Vegetable Purees were not a hit! Everyone missed
Betts' Candied Sweet Potatoes and Susie's Green Bean Casserole and most
of all Kay's White Gravy and her cooking with a Mom's love. And I
learned my lesson!!
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition which means no revising the family
recipes. Don't mess with the dressing. Don't tinker with the turkey.
Don't go heirloom if the plain old Butterball is your family's favorite.
You can be a Foodie during the rest of the year. But major family
holidays are not the time for drastic improvements. Because,
particularly on Thanksgiving, the food isn't just food --- it is about
memories. It's history in a gravy dish. The meal isn't only about what's
on the table, it's about the people sitting around it, and remembering
those who are not. It's about the origins of the family's favorites.
It's about tradition and being grateful which means there are things
that matter more than how it tastes. It's about the laughter and love
you put into the food. It's about those you have loved and love today.
Look to your left and to your right. Look all around the table, and just
be thankful.
"Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds.
And don't hate no body" --- Eubie Blake, Jazz Composer of the 1920s
We at Wickwood Inn are very thankful for you!!
Enjoy your Holiday and laugh alot!!
Thanksgiving
Day Walk Traditionally Wearing Only Cardigans
** With
grateful thanks to Norman Rockwell (one of the Four Freedom Collection
painted in Stockbridge Mass, inspired by FDR's 1941 State of the Union
Speech, Jennifer Weiner (NYT, 11/14/19), The
Silver Palate Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and
Julee's memory.
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Wickwood Inn | 510
Butler Street | Saugatuck, MI 49453
Tel 269.857.1465 |
www.wickwoodinn.com
| Bill and Julee Rosso Miller, Proprietors |
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