Belly's Belly

A PondeRusso Thanksgiving December 2, 2009

Thanksgiving at my parents’ house is much the same every year and I like it that way. Several trips to the market, days of preparation, a turkey from the Goffle Road Turkey Farm, and pie!

My dad has officially corned the market on apple pie. The crust is so crispy and tender it practically falls apart. He swears by winesap apples and he has to taste them to figure out how much sugar he needs, a little vanilla ice cream on top and voila! Awesome, apple pie. I promise to post the recipe this month but it’s too late already tonight. But it was the perfect end to Thanksgiving day. My sister made some pumpkin pie so they both duked it out on most plates while we watched the newish Star Trek movie. 

Two slices of heaven and a movie!

The sci-fi geek in me thought it was a great movie. Lots of action, great reference to the original TV series, and the promise of a sequel…all things I like. But this isn’t a blog about movies, this is probably the third one I’ve seen all year!

So back to Thanksgiving: Belly’s almost 23 months old now. She doesn’t have a full complement of teeth yet  (most toddlers will by the age of two). Without any molars some things are still a little hard for her to chew. But she was pretty happy to try everything we offered. Her favorites were on the sweet-side, sweet potatoes and cranberry-orange compote, but we worked in some turkey and peas too.

I tested out this recipe for cranberry burbon truffles. To be frank, I wouldn’t bother with them. They’re sort of pretty if you get the consistency right but they are so sour and nothing like a truffle at all. If you want something delicious try this excellent apple sauce courtesy of Honey and Jam.

And now for the Turkey, drum roll please:

Thanksgiving Turkey 2009

Photos courtesy of Sean Sime.