Turkey Day

The chefs from Harvey Rd Cafe hit the highway for Thanksgiving in Fortine, MT. And as one would expect from a road trip, you can't always plan everything. Due to some fierce and unyielding belief in what traditions to support we ended up with two different types of dressing (stuffing) and two different types of sweet-potatoes. But it all turned out well in the end. Everyone had a good time and there was plenty of wine on hand.

Roasted Turkey - Not stuffed, but the cavity was filled with aromatics

Mom's Classic Sweet Potatoes - equal parts boiled yams, butter and brown sugar topped with pecans

Chipotle sweet potato mash - This stuff was awesome , unfortunately no leftovers

Mom's Stuffing - made with white bread, giblets, and raisins

Cornbread sourdough stuffing - a happy medium between the crunchy and soft, this had some great flavors including tequila soaked raisins and roasted green chilis

Trad Mashies - mom's traditional Mashed white potatoes served up with some turking dripping wondra assisted flour.

Cranberry sauce - I love this stuff with turkey and 4 days after T-day, I'm still eating it as dressing on my salads.

The neighborly assist was provided with green jello "salad" which was actually made with a packet of Pistatio pudding mix, a can of pineapple and a container of cool whip. Additionally, our neighbor brought out the big guns with a heaping platter of "green-bean" casserole.

Mom went nuts on the dessert and bought a pie and a chocolate tort from COSTCO that must have clocked in at about 7 lbs each.