What Will You Eat?

on Thanksgiving...

Mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy

roasted Brussels sprouts

What’ll I eat on “Turkey Day”?

Plenty ~ have no doubt!

Cranberry sauce and stuffing,

buttered, fresh green beans;

the only things my plate will lack

are poultry-based proteins

A glass of wine, some pumpkin pie,

perhaps a cordial shot

So many treats I will enjoy,

who cares about the “not”

Like yours, my table will be full

of blessings which abound

not in the serving platters,

but the loved ones all around. 

Author's Note

Every year, I get the question, "What do you eat on Thanksgiving?" The answer is simple: everything but the turkey! :)

Reviews

[Marie]

Your Thanksgiving feast sounds great even without the turkey (thous I would never pass that up myself.)

[Rita L. Sev]

My favorites were always those carbs, even in my meat-eating days... :)

[Dr. Wood ?]

got pasta tonight........Does that count as FOOD?

[Rita L. Sev]

Pasta ALWAYS counts! (I am Italian, after all...) ;)

[Dr. Wood ?]

Mama Mia.....I had no idea.....The pasta was scrummy

[Jack...]

You forgot asparagus...how can you forget asparagus. You know, i was just about to ask you that same question. :) Nicely done my friend and now I am hungry.

[Rita L. Sev]

Oh, yes! Sauteed asparagus - yum! Thanks, Jack - now go get something to eat!

[Cassie]

Like yours, my table will be full

of blessings which abound

not in the serving platters,

but the loved ones all around. those are my best lines, the love around us from our loved ones is all that counts when we have a celebration.

[Rita L. Sev]

Exactly - we could be eating peanut butter and jelly, and it would still be a great day! Thanks, Cassie!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like turkey sandwiches after thanksgiving...but will not have them, never do...i spend thanksgiving at the newman catholic center serving meals...and then eat afterwards...it is such a pleasure to do that..

i am the deviled egg man...every year since 1999...

love all of the foods you spoke of in this poem...made me hungry...

[Rita L. Sev]

I have a friend who takes his boys to a center each Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. Such a beautiful gesture - more "Christian" than most who show up at church on Sundays... My sister makes the deviled eggs that disappear as soon as they hit the table. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

only the last couple years have they made enough deviled eggs...we used to run out way too soon...

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Oh, I can't wait for Thanksgiving. I'm not a big eater in general, but on that day, I gourge myself until I feel sick. Now I'm hungry... Well done!

[Rita L. Sev]

It is a day of indulgence, and who are we to flout it? ;) Thanks, Sarah!

[Baby Ricochet]

Man those mashed potatos look good. I do what most Americans do on thanksgiving, Eat to much, drink to much and fall into a triptophan coma by 5 oclock

[Rita L. Sev]

Yep - my "coma" is carb-induced. Potatoes, stuffing and pie... Mmmm! :)