Frugal In Florida

Confession ... we aren't frying a turkey, or six, this year. Our friend is roasting a 21 pound bird and we will eat it at our house ... WHAT!? I remember last year our usual partners in crime spent the holiday back at their home states, Princess was in California visiting her fiance's (now her husband) father who has been there for a year receiving chemo treatments (who passed away that December), my dad had the flu and the boy and his girlfriend were vegetarian (still are) and doing something Veggie Like. And then I got the text message from my best friend in Bethany Beach that her mom was admitted to Hospice End Stage (which has just broken my heart for both her and her mom) ... which left me and Hubby ... WHO, by the way, was wearing a boot and waiting on x ray results on his foot ... this year, thankfully doesn't have all that drama ... a few things, but nothing like that! This year's only excitement will be the pregnant lady (Princess), only one partner in ...

Have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving ... and don't forget to make yourself a Hot Brown with the leftover turkey (recipe will be reposted) ...  Count your blessing, an remember how many things there really are in life to be thankful for. We forget on a day to day basis how blessed we really are. 

I'm not a big Thanksgiving fan ... and every year, Hubby and I will lay in bed one night leding up to the big feast and discuss my 'issues' and what memories we have. Him? He LOVES Thanksgiving ... and it's a big deal when it comes down to it. My only real vivid memory is the scolding, ridiculing and just plain misery as I wouldn't eat any of 'that' food when I was a kid. Picky? You bet. Which is why I can sympathize with the Boy and why I always make sure to make a large tray of mac and cheese ... just one of those things that I can so relate to .... I like turkey nowadays ... thankfully, but after 2 full days of breakfast, lunch AND dinner, I get a little fed up with it ... so after we had this at the Brown Hotel a few years back, I had kept it tucked away in the back of my mind ... I made it a few times ... but never really after Thanksgiving ... and then it became a Saturday or Sunday night tradition ...  So if  you are like ME and get...

I laugh now when I think back on all the Thanksgiving meals as a kid. I was so picky and would NOT eat any of that stuff, with the exception of the dinner rolls and corn and some desserts (get the pies away from me, ick!). Now look at me. Almost everything, except the stuffing and green bean casserole, and the pumpkin pie, and the pecan pie ... and oh, I suppose there are a few things still that I bypass. Sonny Boy is just like me when I was that age. It's infuriating and now I realize what my mother went through. Ha. History DOES repeat itself. Anyways ... as an adult, I've learned to go with the flow of things much more smoothly! We fry our turkeys. Yes, more than one. Generally 3 or 4 and then our friends do theirs.  We rotate our dinner location between our home and our best friends who live about 10 blocks up the street. This year will be at John & Kathy's. They've put a lot of work into redoing their home and I can't wait to cook in the new kit...