Dear Thanksgiving Leftovers,
One Thursday morning in November you wake up to the rowdiness of your family members starting Thanksgiving dinner at 8 a.m. Then you think about all the delicious and savory food you will be devouring in just a few hours. It is so close that you an almost taste it. The holidays are about family and food, especially food. It’s the time of the year to totally throw out those diets and just pig out. Let’s be honest home cooking is the best cooking there is, so we deserve to pig out on all that food. Of course, we can’t forget about the leftovers.
My mom always makes a turkey for my family. We always have leftovers, and they are the best leftovers. Thanksgiving leftovers guarantee you a great meal until the last piece. To the stuffing, thank you for filling that hole in the turkey and tasting oh so good.
To the mashed potatoes, thank you for being the great base for the gravy.
To the gravy, thank you for turning the mashed potatoes into something so fabulous.
To the cranberry sauce, thank you for giving that already delicious turkey into something sweet and savory.
To the green bean casserole, for making those nasty green beans taste like the greatest thing ever eaten.
To the sweet potatoes, that hardly get touched and the one thing I don’t have on my plate.
To the pumpkin pie, the one excuse I have to pile the whipped cream and not eat the crust.
To all the rest of the Thanksgiving foods that make it onto our plates, thank you.
Sincerely,
My Hunger
