I know it is early, but we’re already starting to think about Thanksgiving.
Though it probably goes without saying, it is worth saying out loud, in public.
John and I will have a nearly 100% local Thanksgiving.
Our menu is subject to change depending on what we find at the farmers markets, but it will look something like this.
Appetizers
Oysters from Taylor Shellfish
A selection of local cheeses with homemade apple pepper butter and homemade crackers
Main Courses
A Skagit River Ranch Turkey with homemade gravy
Emmer bread stuffing with local hazelnuts and Olsen Farms Sausage
Merme’s Sausage Stuffing
Side Dishes
Sweet Potato Souffle
Pureed local mashed potatoes
Homemade rolls with Shephard’s Grain flour
Dessert
Homemade pumpkin pie from a Local Roots Farm Winter Luxury pumpkin
Drinks
Washington Wine and Grappa
Now, by looking at that menu, do you see any sort of deprivation going on here? Of course not. That’s a fantastic Thanksgiving meal and we’re not sacrificing anything by choosing to serve local products instead of those flown from around the country. That said, there are a couple of items that won’t be local. We will use salt, that’s a given. And John’s Merme’s stuffing requires Old Bay Seasoning. Beyond that, there might be a little baking powder or yeast that we can’t get locally, and there will be sugar and cinnamon for the pie.
We’ll follow a similar menu plan for Christmas.
We hope you’ll eat local for Thanksgiving this year. We’ll have one holiday appropriate recipe each week through the end of the year. Just check out our Holiday category for ideas.
Sounds delicious!
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This sounds great. Love to know where you’re getting the sweet potatoes from! They’re a fave of mine, but a couple people at the U District Farmers Market told me they didn’t think anyone grew them in Washington.
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There are just a couple of people who have them this year. This is not a normal year, so they can be found this year. Alm Hill Gardens at U-District has them as well as Lyall Farms at Ballard.
There are also sweet potatoes on Bainbridge Island at their farmers market.
I really wish that Skagit River sold turkey parts, instead of just whole turkeys. We generally do a dark-meat-only braised turkey; we’ll be picking up our turkey pieces from Madison Market (where I’m sure they’re delighted to have someone using up some of the extraneous dark meat!).
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