{"id":732,"date":"2014-11-12T17:58:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T17:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleychef.org\/?p=732"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:04:30","slug":"thanksgiving-dinner-with-friends-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleychef.org\/index.php\/thanksgiving-dinner-with-friends-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor each new morning with its light,
\nFor rest and shelter of the night,
\nFor health and food, for love and friends,
\nFor everything Thy goodness sends.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

We have a small family, (4 members to be exact!) so at Thanksgiving, it fills my heart with joy to invite friends to my table to fill the room with laughter and love. According to what traditionally is known as \u201cThe First Thanksgiving,\u201d the 1621 feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag indians consisted of turkey, waterfowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin and squash. Keeping with tradition, my menu this year includes roast turkey and stuffing (not to be confused with dressing),<\/p>\n

\"Turkey
Turkey stuffed with Italian Sausage Stuffing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

whipped potatoes and gravy (not to be confused with mashed), cranberry sauce<\/p>\n

\"Cranberry
Cranberry Sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(not to be confused with Cranberry jelly), scalloped oysters,<\/p>\n

\"Scalloped
Scalloped Oysters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

green bean casserole,<\/p>\n

\"green
green bean casserole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

apple pie with rosemary and thyme<\/p>\n

\"apple
apple pie with rosemary and thyme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and to wash it all down with, an ice-cold Gew\u00fcrztraminer to go with the turkey, champagne with the apple pie and some roasted chestnuts<\/p>\n

\"roasted
roasted chestnuts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

with sparkling apple cider to nibble on while waiting to sit down. This may sound like a huge undertaking to some, however, with a few little tricks, this meal can be accomplished stress-free. I start two days in advance to get the grocery shopping done. Then I peel the chestnuts, and make the cranberries.<\/p>\n