Or rather, the right people.Īnd of course, we'll enjoy some green bean casserole.Though it's considered a classic Midwestern dish, Green Bean Casserole was actually born in a Campbell's test kitchen in New Jersey 60 years ago. It's hard to imagine at all.īut I'm glad that the next time we do, no matter when that is, I'll be able to focus on the right things. I know we won't be the only family separated because of the pandemic. It will be the first time in my life we don't break bread together and take time to be thankful for everything in our lives. We'll be scattered over hundreds of miles celebrating in our own ways. This year, I likely won't get to sit down around a table with my family on Thanksgiving. Because it's not actually about how you celebrate, but with whom.ĬOMFORT FOOD: This is the soup I always make when times get tough I finally realized my family's holiday traditions - or lack thereof - are fine as they are, too. I never needed to make two versions of that Thanksgiving favorite because the Campbell's Soup version, with just six ingredients, two of which are canned soup and fried onions, is perfect as it is. Green bean casserole is the one side dish my whole family could always agree on. No matter what this year looks like, we'll make green bean casserole Something easy, like green bean casserole. The real focus is on something much simpler. The food isn't, in fact, the most important thing. It took me a few years of running myself ragged in the kitchen making nearly a dozen dishes for four people, but eventually I realized something. Sure, making two versions of almost every side dish was a pain, but at least everyone was getting what they wanted.
Both cranberry sauce from scratch, infused gently with cinnamon and orange, as well as the stuff out of a can, ridges and all. I complained about it but begrudgingly served both boxed and homemade stuffing. I attempted to force what I thought Thanksgiving should look like on my, frankly, very understanding family while also delivering the foods they actually wanted to eat. I'd tried to refuse to make the box stuff for him because I insisted I could make a better version he'd like much more anyway. Loves it so much that he was genuinely upset that year. Loves it so much that sometimes he makes it when it's not Thanksgiving. I should mention that my brother loves straight-out-of-the-cardboard box Stove Top stuffing. HOLIDAYS 2020: Should you host a Thanksgiving gathering? Here's what AZ experts say Even though the gravy was a mess, chunky and thin instead of smooth and rich. You had to drown the stuff in gravy just to choke it down, which to my family's credit, they did. My homemade bread crumbs were so dry you might have mistaken them for sawdust and the $30-per-pound pine nuts I roasted were slightly burnt, lending a distinctly bitter charcoal character to my dish. Well, the joke was on me: The stuffing sucked. I thought I could finally steer my loved ones into a Thanksgiving routine with a predictable menu and made-from-scratch dishes filling a table I would so lovingly lay like something out of a glossy magazine. I was at the - OK, maybe a - peak of my youthful pride. Why I wanted new Thanksgiving traditions for my family I'd make cranberry sauce and gravy from scratch four cheese potatoes au gratin and my favorite Thanksgiving side, green bean casserole, the only one I determined didn't need any gussying up to earn a spot on the table. I'd make the fancy stuffing from the book using homemade breadcrumbs, fresh herbs, toasted pine nuts and shallots. Feeling inspired, I decided my first Thanksgiving menu would be everything I'd ever dreamed Thanksgiving could be. One of the first years I took over the kitchen for Thanksgiving, I had recently received a new cookbook. Truly an ideal situation for a food editor and enthusiastic home cook.
When it came to Thanksgiving, this meant my family was more than happy to let me take the reins in the kitchen as I got older. Christmas in Hawaii? Sure! Salmon for Easter lunch instead of traditional ham? Fine by me. But mostly, the upsides far outweighed the down. On some level growing up it made me feel like I was missing out on part of the magic. At least, not in the sense that we celebrate holidays in the same way from year to year.
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