Monday, November 30, 2020

It was a Covid-19 Thanksgiving!

For most of us, Thanksgiving 2020 was much different than usual…and not in a good way.  Normally we would have been off to St. Louis and then to Omaha, spending time with Laurie’s family and having Thanksgiving with our son and his family before heading back home.

Covid-19 and the pandemic crushed those plans and, like many others who would be at risk out among the non-compliant public, we opted to stay at home for the holiday.


Yes indeed!  Here are the folks who celebrated Thanksgiving at our house this year…just Laurie and me.  I took the first selfie ‘blind’ with my usual camera while Laurie took the superior photo centering the two of us using her smart phone.

We did do the traditional Thanksgiving meal… We had a 13.5 lb. Butterball turkey to work with.  It was a bit of a challenge since we hadn’t roasted a turkey at home in last several years.  We coated the bird with Costco’s poultry seasoning and Laurie put 2 orange halves in the bird’s cavity.  As you can see, visually the effort turned out to be very photogenic. 

Laurie’s plate is always more presentable (photographical) than mine.  She organizes her food much better than I do with little overlap.  As you can see, we had our very moist and flavorful Butterball turkey with asparagus (Fresh Market), mashed potatoes (Bob Evans), sage sausage stuffing (Jimmy Dean and Stove Top) and store made turkey gravy (Fresh Market).  It was an excellent meal with minimal effort involved!

Later on Thanksgiving eve we did indulge in some terrific pumpkin pie direct from Fresh Market topped of course with whipped cream. (Reddi Wip Extra Creamy)

Pumpkin pie has a good shelf life so we were able to spread this treat out for three more evenings!


For me, the best thing about the two of us having Thanksgiving at home (with a 13.5 lb. turkey) and a vat of sausage stuffing, is that there are plenty of leftovers!  The night following Thanksgiving we decided that we’d make turkey sandwiches for dinner.

Both our son and I love to layer mayonnaise, stuffing and turkey on our post-Thanksgiving traditional sandwiches.  This year I used rye bread as my base and before I put the second slice of bread on top, I liberally sprinkled Tabasco on my creation!  Despite the way it may look to you, it was a great sandwich!

Laurie of course created a more compact and orderly turkey sandwich using rosemary salt bread from Fresh Market.  No stuffing or Tabasco on her sandwich…just mayonnaise.  She made her sandwich with the dark meat as that’s her preference… Love those dark russet potato chips!

So, as the sun set over the horizon, yet another family-less holiday faded into history.  Laurie and I enjoyed our Thanksgiving but it just didn’t measure up to past celebrations with family and friends.  Hopefully, we are on track for Covid-19 control and a much more healthy and positive 2021.

We still do have to deal with the latest pandemic surge and self-isolation for the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.  However, our son David II has improved the Holiday outlook for us by sending us a Zoom camera.  We’re now installed and ready to celebrate!

Just click on any of the photos to enlarge them…

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Stay Safe and Take Care, Big Daddy Dave  

5 comments:

  1. Looks like you did very well for Thanksgiving and Laurie's plate looks delicious, especially the potatoes and dressing with gravy. I'm just so-so on turkey but really enjoy leftovers made into pot pie or turkey salad.

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  2. We all missed you guys for Thanksgiving, but looks like you ate well! Like the bread variety for the post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches, but it would be hard for me to give up basic white bread for those!

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  3. many can't celebrate Thanksgiving together with close families this year... hope, we back to normal by next thanksgiving.

    Happy thanksgiving to you and yours

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  4. Greetings again out of Alberta, friend David. Lovely food choices minus the bread ... smiles ... go Keto ... smiles ... Anyway ... for Thanks Day I had smoked salmon and 2 servings of
    tomatoe/ cucumber/ onion/ celery/ and every thing else salad with vinegar and olive oil dressing ... Still have to buy and try Tabasco sauce ... smiles ... Sending love. cat.

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  5. Your just two of us turkey day dinner sounded like our own with a few changes. We had mashed sweet potatoes and green bean casserole for sides along with stuffing and gravy and homemade cranberry relish. Our turkey was a similar size, about 12.5 lbs, and we enjoyed leftover meals in the form of soup, pot pie, sandwiches and some was frozen for a future pot pie. Now, we have to resume regular meal cooking. We also had pumpkin pie (homemade) for dessert topped with whipped cream.

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