{"id":3284,"date":"2010-11-24T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T16:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2010-11-29T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T15:37:34","slug":"ill-pass-on-the-turkey-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/11\/24\/ill-pass-on-the-turkey-please\/","title":{"rendered":"(I’ll) Pass (on) the turkey, please!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s my Thanksgiving day confession:\u00a0 I’m so<\/em> off turkey.\u00a0 I know, I know.\u00a0 Blasphemy.\u00a0 I might as well knock the hat off a pilgrim, or stuff cranberries up my nose at the dinner table.<\/p>\n

But I’m not just being a contrarian.\u00a0 The truth is that I hated turkey (dry white meat, chewy dark) for years without quite noticing that my zeal for the sacrificial bird was waning.<\/p>\n

Still, there it is.\u00a0 When I think about settling in for a big feast — and trust me, no one loves a big feast more than me — I can’t think of a cut of meat I’d less rather have on the table.<\/p>\n

(Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but only a slight one.)<\/p>\n

For one thing, turkey is really hard to do well.\u00a0 It’s lean, but you don’t dare serve it pink, so the fine line between safe and dry is as thin as your mother-in-law’s arched eyebrow.<\/p>\n

Rebels have been trying to deep-fat-fry or pressure cook or barbecue their way to an easier, tastier turkey for years.<\/p>\n

But even a Michigan-loving fool like me can’t quite swallow the idea of deep-fat-frying an entire turkey.<\/p>\n

There’s something about marrying the puritanical paleness of turkey with the end-times excess of sizzling lard that just won’t square in my head.<\/p>\n

So we’ve begun looking further afield for our Thanksgiving dinner.\u00a0 We throw in some ham, just so the traditionalists have something to cling to.<\/p>\n

But we’re also opt for lamb some years and beef briskets and venison.\u00a0 Why not a big steak or a plate of Beef Wellington?<\/p>\n

So as to avoid the notion that this is some sort of elitist, culture-war, anti-turkey manifesto, I will point out that my family will be eating founding-father style out of our garden tomorrow.<\/p>\n

We’ll fill the table (and ourselves) to the groaning point with squash, carrots, canned applesauce.<\/p>\n

And when the wild turkeys wander past in the field outside, we’ll tip our glasses in solidarity.\u00a0 Turkey libre!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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