A Feast in the Making

A Feast in the Making -- Every year, our family comes together to create a huge feast for Thanksgiving. Every few years each side of the family switches off and creates a special meal to share. We’ll eat either at my grandparents’ house or take the long drive to Ohio to spend time and enjoy a fabulous meal with the family over there. This year, we’re going to be enjoying the meal at my grandparents’ house. Our task for the feast? Making the turkey, a sweet potato dish, and of course, the pumpkin pie. My mom is usually always in charge of the pie because the recipe she uses to make it has been in her family for god knows how long. Years and years of trial, error, and attempts has created a rather fabulous pie. The sweet potato dish is another recipe that’s had its time to be perfected. It consists of, of course, sweet potatoes that fill a square dish about half way, with a topping of brown sugar, oats (don’t worry, they get nice and glazed by the brown sugar when baking in the oven), granulated sugar, and walnuts. Usually we serve this dish with butter, just for an even richer, sweeter taste, if you’re of course, willing enough to eat something as sweet. As for the turkey, you ask? Its thawing out (in of course, the safest way it can, we don’t need people getting sick the day after quite the grand feast!), awaiting its date with the stuffing. Mikaela S.