We will be heading over to Mary Milan’s colleagues’ for Thanksgiving and for the second year in a row, I will not be in charge of the bird.  Last year, we had the pleasure of having our bird cooked by the son of a turkey farmer.  This year, we are looking forward to the culinary magic of a grad student.

I was originally just slated to make cranberry sauce which meant a whole lot of kicking back and wine drinking because cranberry sauce is the easiest damn thing to make really, really good:

Cranberries + water + freshly squeeze orange juice + orange zest + sugar = delicious.

We might fancy it up a bit with port and roasted sweet onions but the basic recipe is the same.

But as it turned out, the person who volunteered cooking the turkey got a 10 pound bird for 11 people and now the hosts are a little worried about the amount of meat for the feast. 

So I offered to do a turducken roulade wrapped in caul fat or since the turkey to guest disparity was so close, just bring a few extra side dishes.

Having had the experience of making a turducken napolean a some years ago, I’m kind of excited to reattack the turducken challenge without actually having to debone three birds. 

However, sourcing caul fat with 1.5 days left might be difficult.  And taking a look at the side dishes currently on the menu, it seems like they might be in more dire need of side dishes:

Mashed potatoes
Green bean casserole
Stuffing
Sweet potatoes

So, side dishes then.

Just sit with it for a minute: Turducken roulade wrapped in caul fat.

My mouth waters a little bit just thinking about it.  Oh well, it’s probably all for the best anyway.  It is Thanksgiving after all and like a bride at a wedding, the turkey is the star of the show.  Nobody wants a sassy turducken at the ceremony in a better dress screaming, “look at me, look at me.”  That’s a no-no in Miss Manners’ book. 

Did you know that the average Thanksgiving meal is 5,000 calories? And that’s not having anything wrapped in caul fat.  It’s not the L-Tryptophan that makes you tired, it’s eating 1.5 days of food that makes you tired.

My hair stylist, who is going to Cabo for Thanksgiving with his family to have enchiladas and tacos, recommends very small portions for Thursday.

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