Do you celebration the US Thanksgiving Day?
Do you dine on roasted poultry? Turkey is the most popular. Don’t forget chicken for a smaller group of people. Or perhaps a duck or goose to stand out from the crowd.
Many years I’ve fixed a Cornish game hen for this small household.
If I’d omitted the six-inch ruler from the photo — this could pass for a larger bird.
I’m grateful for the farmers who raise the poultry and the meatpacker people who do the killing, plucking, dressing (cleaning), and freezing.
As a child, and for a short time as an adult, I was involved in all of the above steps for chickens. (My parents got involved with a duck once. I understand they are difficult to pluck (defeather).)
In the year the sweet historical romance, Stitching a Dream, is set — the Thanksgiving Holiday was not as set or established. It was a full decade later when President Abraham Lincoln fixed the date as the final Thursday in November. Many areas celebrated a day of Thanksgiving after the harvest, and sometimes a national day was proclaimed, but the date varied.
What do you think Illinois residents would have feasted on in the 1850’s? A goose? Venison? Fish?
Whatever your answer — sit down with a good book after the feast to aid your digestion. I suggest a sweet romance. Here’s a link to a sweet historical: https://amzn.to/3VwoeFh
