Some Thanksgiving ideas

 With the American Thanksgiving only a few days away, I thought I would share some ideas from our previous Canadian Thanksgiving, enjoyed long ago back in October. 

For a pot luck Thanksgiving this year, I prepared these candied yams, (now a little dismayed to find that they are ever so unfashionable - not that that's ever bothered me before).

I also prepared these Gruyere and Parmesan scones / biscuits which were fluffy, light and very cheesy.

From one year ago, I prepared the ultimate turkey, brined before cooking and slathered with a flavoured butter and spicy glaze.

A post about the inevitable leftovers and some possible ideas as to what to do with them.

Finally, instead of pumpkin pie, how about a pumpkin and persimmon cheesecake.

A pot luck Thanksgiving

As a Brit, it seems strange that I've so fully embraced Thanksgiving. In Britain we have the harvest festival, usually just at school where everyone would bring in fruit or vegetables to eat. My dad would always make a wheat sheaf from bread dough which would be a big hit. When I got older he started to let me make it myself. I always loved the little mouse that he would include, running through the wheat. (I know mum and dad have a picture somewhere...) Thanksgiving is an excuse for a big turkey meal, that's the truth of it. Apart from Thanksgiving and Christmas, I wonder how many people actually roast a whole turkey on a regular basis, turkey farmers maybe? Or, maybe the turkeys are too busy with the process of being fattened up for these two particular days.