Thanksgiving day at the fire station can be hit or miss. I've managed to work 3 of the last 4 Thanksgivings. It's all about getting everything cooked before the tones go off. My first Thanksgiving with ACFR, we spent the entire day cooking and prepping, family members came to the station to eat with us. We all gathered around the table, someone blessed the food and no sooner than we said "Amen." the freaking pager goes off. So, we pretty much got to eat our dinner as leftovers. It sucked.
This year, we were more fortunate. We only had to run one call and there was nothing to it. Dinner was delicious, but it's just not the same when it's not your family. The lieutenant had his parents, sister and her husband, his wife and his two sons. The driver had his wife and baby, so that left me and AJ (the other firefighter) flying solo.
Dinner was good, we had fried turkey, roasted potatoes, broccoli casserole, yummy mac and cheese, parkerhouse rolls, stuffing, candied yams (yuk!) and more dessert than you could shake a stick at.
I think it's funny that people are so stuck on eating the same thing for Thanksgiving dinner. I really like finding non-traditional food for Thanksgiving dinner. Since Billy and I both had to work on Thanksgiving, we decided that we would have our own little dinner on Friday. Our first Thanksgiving as a married couple. I roasted to Cornish game hens, with orange balsamic glaze, we made roasted red potatoes, stuffing (OK, some traditional food is necessary) Broccoli with cheese sauce and crescent rolls. It was so yummy and nice for just the two of us.
I have eaten so much in the last three days though, that I think I need to fast for the next week, just to even out. :)
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Gobble, Gobble!!
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