Flying Turkeys-- Raiffa S.

So Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. Mostly because, being Muslim, we don’t celebrate many holidays so there aren’t many contenders for that number one spot (I’m looking at you, Christmas lovers). Not to say the ones we do celebrate are incredibly boring but there’s just something about that freaking fantastic food that my parents have the ability to create that is just mind blowing.

I apologize to all vegetarians etc. but I can’t eat bacon so oh wait you can’t either. Yeah I’m not sure where I was going with that but yay tofu! (And if you ever want so kick ass tofu recipes or vegetable dish recipes, you know where to find me).

Wow that was really tangential. ANYWAYS. It’s not even like I “celebrate” Thanksgiving. I think my mom is against the “American” reason for the Holiday (which is also why I can’t “celebrate” Halloween or Valentine ’s Day. Do you know how pitiful it is for a tiny elementary school kid to have to sit at their desk and not pass out Valentines?? Well jokes on you cause now I can make cookies every year and just be like oh yeah I made cookies god where is the point in this post????)

So um yeah bottom line?

Hella good food. I mean like the best food you’ve ever tasted. Like brine the turkey for at least a day, you won’t regret it. Use at least 5 sticks of butter total (2 of them for the turkey, 2 for A WHOLE FRIKEN BAG OF POTATOES LIKE WOW MOM IS THAT LIKE 10 POUNDS WHAT WERE YOU THINKING). And surprisingly no leftovers (well except for those mashed potatoes (WHO IS EVEN GONNA EAT ALL OF THAT)). Also cook the stuffing last cause you get all the drippings and use that. And then all the veggies and apples and drippings from the turkey go into the food processor and become gravy.

Oh did I mention you put soda like all up in the turkey. We usually do coke but this time we used ale 8. Best. Idea. Ever.

Oh and then no school for the whole week cuz its Thanksgiving Break.

Now officially begins the Christmas Holiday season and the intense awkward of the inevitable Merry Christmas texts.

This post is a mess (like our kitchen AHAHAHAHAHAHAahah*creys*)