The Farmhouse Kitchen: Gathering Together
The Farmhouse Kitchen: Gathering Together
We’ve made it to November. I know it seems childish, but in my mind’s eye I see pilgrim hats, headdress feathers, baskets of apples, Snoopy popping popcorn, and Charlie Brown being chased down by Peppermint Pattie for a Thanksgiving dinner invitation. I just adore this month because it is the harborer of my favorite holiday. By this time of the year, we hopefully have pulled out a few of our warmest and coziest sweaters and bought at least one gallon of apple cider. All of nature has been speaking to the changing season by dropping leaves, acorns, and in my yard, pecans. They are everywhere (and so are the squirrels).
If you’re anything like me, as we inch closer to that most favored holiday you start pulling out ALL the recipes — every one of them. It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without mom’s pecan pie, mamaw’s pound cake, the green bean casserole from the back of that French fried onion container, and slews of others from times and places and people that have come before us.
A few years ago, one of my grandkids, in cahoots with my youngest daughter, asked why there was never anything chocolate on our dessert table at Thanksgiving. After some serious discussions about busted traditions and my hard-headedness, I gave in and threw in a few chocolate options they could bring to the table. The caveat was that THEY got to be the ones doing the bringing. Now they come into my kitchen, do their creating (with my recipes), and I get to be here to watch the fun. Win-win as far as I’m concerned, and new traditions are as special as the old ones. Can I share a couple of ours with you?
Whether you celebrate with your family or your friends, or some combination of the two, may your gathering be filled with bountiful harvests, your table be filled with turkey and dressing, and your life be filled with sweet blessings.
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