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Thanksgiving 2020
5 years ago
Dragonwuff Musings
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Wuff been feeling rather down recently, with all the recent drama, Covid, and various other things. Folks may have noticed that Vrghr's rather steady stream of recipe/food posts have diminished significantly. Regarding those, attentive furs may notice that nearly all of them result from wuffy cooking for friends or folks at his workplace.
With "stay at home" and other Covid fears, wuff is working from home and most friends are afraid to gather or have wuff come over to cook for them. And Vrghr really doesn't feel much like making the effort to cook something special just for himself. So folks here aren't seeing the "mac & cheese + hot dogs or "burger", "ramen w/leftovers", or "beanie weenie" kinds of bachelor dishes wuff's been throwing together.
And wuff just discovered that his most favorite holiday meal of the year has effectively been cancelled for 2020: For the first time in over 30 years, there will be no Vrghr-extravaganza Thanksgiving Feast this year. State has severely reduced gatherings, and while not completely forbidding folks to leave the house in this particular county as they are elsewhere, having a holiday meal with anyone other than immediate family is "strongly discouraged".
So the friend and their friends and families that wuff usually cooks for this time of year have all cancelled.
And heading out to enjoy a restaurant feast with at least that social setting is also out; restaurants are limited to 25% or 25 people, whichever is smaller. So all the very limited reservations are gone already for those few places even managing to stay open on that day.
Panic buying is already emptying the shelves in the markets, and they are also forced to limit shoppers and shopping hours. Wuff just hasn't got the gumption to face that hurdle to try to find the leftovers to make a meal for himself. Any turkey small enough for 1 is already gone, thanks to all the smaller gatherings. And Vrghr isn't going to stick a 30 pound bird in a bachelor-wuffy's oven.
At least this isn't going to end up a "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" style meal. Marie Calendar makes a decent TV turkey dinner, after all. *smile*
There's still a bright spot - - wuff has managed to arrange a Wolfenoot meal for a friend. So Vrghr will be trying to create a special kitchen experiment for them in a few days.
Going to try to produce a very unusual meatloaf: A layered creation, with layers of meat made tender and juicy with a milk & bread panade, mushroom duxelles, and cheesy garlic mashed taters. Topped with strips of bacon. And painted with a home made spicy bourbon BBQ sauce. Going to possibly side this with roasted carrots finished with honey ginger glaze.
IF this turns out to be successful (and tasty), wuff will post the recipe results.
In the mean time, Vrghr hopes your Thanksgiving is pleasant this year and you find at least a few good things to reflect on and be thankful for in the last year.
Peace and joy be with you!
With "stay at home" and other Covid fears, wuff is working from home and most friends are afraid to gather or have wuff come over to cook for them. And Vrghr really doesn't feel much like making the effort to cook something special just for himself. So folks here aren't seeing the "mac & cheese + hot dogs or "burger", "ramen w/leftovers", or "beanie weenie" kinds of bachelor dishes wuff's been throwing together.
And wuff just discovered that his most favorite holiday meal of the year has effectively been cancelled for 2020: For the first time in over 30 years, there will be no Vrghr-extravaganza Thanksgiving Feast this year. State has severely reduced gatherings, and while not completely forbidding folks to leave the house in this particular county as they are elsewhere, having a holiday meal with anyone other than immediate family is "strongly discouraged".
So the friend and their friends and families that wuff usually cooks for this time of year have all cancelled.
And heading out to enjoy a restaurant feast with at least that social setting is also out; restaurants are limited to 25% or 25 people, whichever is smaller. So all the very limited reservations are gone already for those few places even managing to stay open on that day.
Panic buying is already emptying the shelves in the markets, and they are also forced to limit shoppers and shopping hours. Wuff just hasn't got the gumption to face that hurdle to try to find the leftovers to make a meal for himself. Any turkey small enough for 1 is already gone, thanks to all the smaller gatherings. And Vrghr isn't going to stick a 30 pound bird in a bachelor-wuffy's oven.
At least this isn't going to end up a "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" style meal. Marie Calendar makes a decent TV turkey dinner, after all. *smile*
There's still a bright spot - - wuff has managed to arrange a Wolfenoot meal for a friend. So Vrghr will be trying to create a special kitchen experiment for them in a few days.
Going to try to produce a very unusual meatloaf: A layered creation, with layers of meat made tender and juicy with a milk & bread panade, mushroom duxelles, and cheesy garlic mashed taters. Topped with strips of bacon. And painted with a home made spicy bourbon BBQ sauce. Going to possibly side this with roasted carrots finished with honey ginger glaze.
IF this turns out to be successful (and tasty), wuff will post the recipe results.
In the mean time, Vrghr hopes your Thanksgiving is pleasant this year and you find at least a few good things to reflect on and be thankful for in the last year.
Peace and joy be with you!
I'm sorry you're missing all these social gatherings though. I do miss seeing the things you post on here ^^
My plans for Wolfenoot and Thanksgiving are facilitated by the fact that I have some of the ingredients already on hand in the freezer and in the pantry.
*gives him such a hug...
all of what is going on is just wrong on so many levels... I have been struggling to keep a brave face on things too. I at least have Gloria to hang with, and we do nice things for each other which helps a lot...
did I mention that one of those nice things I did was make my famous French Onion soup? It was good, but this little voice in the back of my heads kept saying, 'You forgot something.' It hit me later - I never added the garlic, and I use a lot of garlic. Chalk it off to old age and forgetfulness I suppose...
V.
Here's hoping that your meals go well, despite everything.
I am blessed that I keep a goodly stock of tucker and makings etc so I don't have to deal with the panic buying. Seen it all and was told off by younger family members that I hoard stuff like basic cleaning, food, what I consider the essentials. Who is laughing now. I buy a steady supply that keeps me two to three items ahead of the need.
I wouldn't mind you posting 'beanie weenies' and other stuff like that cause I need good ideas for simple batch meals, I don't what beanie weenies are anyhow.
*big big hugs and cuddles*
Thanksgiving will be different for us as well. We'll be using Cornish game hens instead of turkey this year.
Keep up the good work!
I'll just spend that day with the people I live with, and possibly talking to other members of the family over the phone. Probably bake a few dishes and the like, should be enough.
Hope it'll go pleasantly on your end as well, Vrghr.