Holiday Detox
My wife and I were among the 40 million Americans that travel more than 50 miles to visit family during the past couple days. Luckily, our families are within about an hour drive, making them close but just far enough away. We left Erie on Thursday morning and arrived back in Erie Friday evening.
The Thanksgiving menu:
Appetizers consisted of a pepperoni/cheese platter, hot sausage dip (that is still giving me heartburn) with crackers and Fritos, shrimp with cocktail sauce and enough beer and wine for a platoon. For the actual dinner we each had a part of a 22-pound turkey (roasted for seven hours and baked for one), inside and outside-the-turkey stuffing, two different kinds of potatoes, crescent rolls, cranberries, green bean casserole (my fave), acorn squash and two different kinds of pies with Cool Whip of course.
After our trip and eating like a king and queen, my wife and I are in need of a massive food detoxification. We’ve been eating nothing but gravy-covered, potatoed, salty turkey and it’s regular accomplices. I know that’s what this of time year is all about but I’m ready to eat nothing but salads and water for the next week to get myself back on track.
All in all, I can’t wait to do it next year as we visit the nearby relatives again!
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