I love Thanksgiving. It is all about family, friends, and food with lots of tradition thrown in. It’s not as stressful as Christmas. There’s not a million parties to go to and the stress of finding all the perfect gifts. I pretty much took Thanksgiving for granted until Jonathan was in high school playing tennis. He played in Louisville, Kentucky on Thanksgiving Day. There were not too many places open and the restaurant we chose was filled with those like us that had no family or friends around. It was a sad sight and quite depressing. Since then I’m so thankful that I am lucky to have my family and friends to celebrate with. I hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving with all the ones that you care about.
If you want to impress someone with a great appetizer this is for you. It will get you rave reviews no matter where you take it. My friend Marilyn has served this many, many times and it is always a hit. In fact, if she doesn’t bring it she is really in trouble. The recipe has been shared with everyone and I have it somewhere, but when I wanted to make it last month for my tennis match in Newnan I could not find it. Syble of course had the recipe and sent it to me. So I’m in the grocery store buying everything and the recipe doesn’t say what size can of deviled ham to use. Thank goodness for phone cameras and text messaging. I took a picture of both sizes of ham and sent it to Syble and the small can was the winner. Speaking of using your phone camera in the store. I get the biggest kick watching husbands shopping for groceries. There will be some conversation followed by picture-taking and more conversation, ” Okay good I’ll get this.” What a help for husbands that don’t have a clue about shopping.
School started last Thursday and look at this I am already in the cooking mode. I could not wait. Schedule changes have not even been finalized and I just had to show this group of very interested teens what was in store for them. Anytime that I bake with cinnamon everyone appears at my door. MMM it smells so good. There is nothing like a little sensory blackmail to get them into my class and then there is no turning back! Some of them are so funny. They made comments like this, “ This class is just like being in the audience of a Food Network Show. Do you feel like your on TV, Mrs. Lupo?” I am telling you I had their undivided attention for the entire class period.
