Thanksgiving and Christmas are singularly the worst times to be a turkey. It’s not that long ago that cooking a turkey for the holidays was the reserve of only the very wealthy as turkey was considered very much a luxury item. I am not completely sure where the tradition of cooking turkey originated, but I do know that in the majority of households the bird will be served as a simple roast meal (with all the trimmings).

I found a document on the internet the other day that pokes fun at restaurant menu descriptions, and if you click on today’s picture you might just be able to make out how it works. It made me laugh, and, also made me ponder some alternative ways to prepare the traditional turkey dinner….. for example, how about ‘Carpaccio of water-bathed turkey injected with slow-poached cranberry’? Or maybe ‘Whisper of flame-roasted turkey dappled with marinated purple flowering broccoli’.

If you get bored this Thanksgiving evening you should play this as a game – to see who can come up with the most original (and amusing) turkey dinner description. Oh! And by the way, every depiction has to be suffixed with the phrase ‘accompanied by a glass of refreshing, zesty, chilled albariño’.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving and Christmas are singularly the worst times to be a turkey. It’s not that long ago that cooking a turkey for the holidays was the reserve of only the very wealthy as turkey was considered very much a luxury item. I am not completely sure where the tradition of cooking turkey originated, but I do know that in the majority of households the bird will be served as a simple roast meal (with all the trimmings).

I found a document on the internet the other day that pokes fun at restaurant menu descriptions, and if you click on today’s picture you might just be able to make out how it works. It made me laugh, and, also made me ponder some alternative ways to prepare the traditional turkey dinner….. for example, how about ‘Carpaccio of water-bathed turkey injected with slow-poached cranberry’? Or maybe ‘Whisper of flame-roasted turkey dappled with marinated purple flowering broccoli’.

If you get bored this Thanksgiving evening you should play this as a game – to see who can come up with the most original (and amusing) turkey dinner description. Oh! And by the way, every depiction has to be suffixed with the phrase ‘accompanied by a glass of refreshing, zesty, chilled albariño’.

Happy Thanksgiving!