The leaves are trickling down from the trees, and you know what that means: The food glossies are putting out their annual bacchanal of Thanksgiving issues.
Food & Wine has three separate and lovely sounding menus, one influenced by India with dishes like toasted-coconut basmati rice and Indian-spiced turkey breast; one highly traditional but easy to make; and one deluxe, with roasted capon with fig-and-prosciutto stuffing standing in for turkey.
Now, the F&W editor, looking at these fab menus, could have just let them stand on their own merits, but instead decided to impose a theme, and that theme is: Thanksgiving through your ages. Yes, the Indian menu gets assigned to people in their 20s, because they’re, like, so groovy and “irreverent.” The traditional but simple-to-make menu goes to people in their 40s, because, well, with your 10 kids running around underfoot, there’s no way you have time for anything more complex. And the luxurious menu goes to empty-nesters in their 60s.
What do you eat when you’re in your 30s or 50s? Food & Wine gives us no guidance. Perhaps next year the publication could print menu suggestions for Thanksgiving in Your 80s, with dishes like creamed corn, instant mashed potatoes, and other nursing-home favorites.
I think that an India Indian Thankgiving is so not for me. I like the traditional, or even the fancy one. Its just me (26) and my husband(27) this year.
That seems kind of silly! Most people only eat “traditional” Thanksgiving foods at Thanksgiving — for many of us they’re much more “exotic” than Indian food!
One year when it was just my parents and myself for Thanksgiving, we did a “gourmet” Thanksgiving (with smoked Turkey breast and brandied chestnut soup), but I missed the traditional favorites!
I’ve always wanteed to try the “Asian Style” thanksgiving pre made dinners sold at 99Ranch Markets in LA. A highlight-the Turkey is stuffed with sweet sticky rice!