{"id":3158,"date":"2009-11-29T12:17:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T16:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2009-11-29T19:55:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T23:55:44","slug":"thanksgiving-easy-peasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/29\/thanksgiving-easy-peasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving &#8211; Easy Peasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knew that Thanksgiving dinner wouldn&#8217;t last more than 15-20 minutes, so I was loathe to put hours of work into a lovely gourmet Thanksgiving meal. When Ruth asked if she could fry a turkey for anyone, I jumped at the chance. I&#8217;ve always wanted to have a fried turkey but would never take the plunge. <\/p>\n<p>So, Thursday morning we dropped off our turkey and had a nice visit with <a href=\"http:\/\/babysuehle.livejournal.com\/\">Ruth<\/a>, Ruth&#8217;s Dad, Scott, Hannah and Ian. Not too long after we got home, we got the call to come pick up Tom Turkey in all his lovely, fried glory. <\/p>\n<p>My mom joined us for an early afternoon dinner and the menu was perfectly simple: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/alton-brown\/deep-fried-turkey-recipe\/index.html\">Fried Turkey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobevans.com\/products\/Mashed_Potatoes_and_Side_Dishes.aspx\">Bob Evan&#8217;s Mashed Potatoes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepperidgefarm.com\/ProductDetail.aspx?catID=770&#038;prdID=11836\">Pepperidge Farm Stuffing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traderjoes.com\/\">Turkey Gravy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaweekend.com\/06_issues\/061119\/061119joy_of_cooking.html\">Sweet Potato and Apple Stuffing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bread and butter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egri_Bikav%C3%A9r\">Hungarian Red Wine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dave made us a banana cream pie for dessert, which was luscious! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3162\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0500-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Gorgeous Turkey\" title=\"Gorgeous Turkey\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0500-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0500-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0500.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3160\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0504-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner is served\" title=\"Dinner is served\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0504-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0504-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0504.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3161\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3161\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0517-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Yummy pie\" title=\"Yummy pie\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0517-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0517-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0517.JPG 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3163\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0514-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Full Belly\" title=\"Full Belly\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0514-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0514-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_0514.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew that Thanksgiving dinner wouldn&#8217;t last more than 15-20 minutes, so I was loathe to put hours of work into a lovely gourmet Thanksgiving meal. When Ruth asked if she could fry a turkey for anyone, I jumped at the chance. 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