Happy Turkey Day for all you American folk :)

Matt and I are going over to my parents' house for dinner. My sister-in-law is brining and roasting our turkey, so it should be moist and tasty. On Tuesday evening while Matt and I were grocery shopping, we noticed several people doing last minute turkey shopping. It seemed odd at first, but thinking about it most people don't have the freezer space for a turkey and if you buy a frozen one on Tuesday night it should be defrosted in your fridge by Thursday morning.

I don't trust myself to roast a turkey. It seems like too big of a thing to screw up. I figure I should start small with roasting a chicken or one of those little game hens and then work my way up.

One of my brother's friends grew up in vegetarian family. I remember him telling us that they ate tofu turkey at Thanksgiving. It's a tofu dish shaped to look like a roasted turkey. There's lots of recipes online, but I couldn't find a good picture of one. I think it's kind of amusing that people who are against eating animal flesh would mold their food into the shapes of animals. To me it gives the message: We don't like to eat animals, but it's fun to pretend to.

Well, meat eater, vegan, American, or not, I hope you enjoy your Thursday.