My "family" recipes unfortunately are bespoke to a set of circumstances that are no longer replicated and quite honestly aren't that great, except for nostalgia...a turkey dressing from my grandmother (the mean one) that was notable in the 60s because it included raisins, a "scalloped" pineapple recipe my mom took from the back of a Para…
My "family" recipes unfortunately are bespoke to a set of circumstances that are no longer replicated and quite honestly aren't that great, except for nostalgia...a turkey dressing from my grandmother (the mean one) that was notable in the 60s because it included raisins, a "scalloped" pineapple recipe my mom took from the back of a Parade Magazine in the mid 90s, and my dad's dry rub for ribs and pork butt...
I am forced to work most Thanksgivings now (hospitals don't close for the holidays and I would rather have Christmas off) and so as the designated cook in our home I can't manage to pull together a Thanksgiving dinner. The scalloped pineapple is delicious but really only pairs with a honey baked ham, which my kids and wife refuse to eat, and the dry rub was overly complicated with pointless additions compounded by dad's insistence on using years old dry spices ("I don't think that dry mint that expired 5 years ago is doing much lifting, Dad"..."it's fine") that I have since well surpassed.
My "family" recipes unfortunately are bespoke to a set of circumstances that are no longer replicated and quite honestly aren't that great, except for nostalgia...a turkey dressing from my grandmother (the mean one) that was notable in the 60s because it included raisins, a "scalloped" pineapple recipe my mom took from the back of a Parade Magazine in the mid 90s, and my dad's dry rub for ribs and pork butt...
I am forced to work most Thanksgivings now (hospitals don't close for the holidays and I would rather have Christmas off) and so as the designated cook in our home I can't manage to pull together a Thanksgiving dinner. The scalloped pineapple is delicious but really only pairs with a honey baked ham, which my kids and wife refuse to eat, and the dry rub was overly complicated with pointless additions compounded by dad's insistence on using years old dry spices ("I don't think that dry mint that expired 5 years ago is doing much lifting, Dad"..."it's fine") that I have since well surpassed.