A tradition in my family has always been centered around the turkey we have on Thanksgiving.  As a matter of fact we are very traditional!  There is always turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, homemade rolls, and even green bean casserole.  The pumpkin pies always shine at our holiday table along with many different kinds of cookies.  We gradually started to add new dishes – still having the usual but adding different pies and sides in addition to the regular. Sausage stuffing and creamed corn casserole has been popular or adding pecan and apple pies to the dessert table.

I have to admit I did try a wild turkey once, and only once.  I did not care for it as there was an occasional buckshot in the meat!  My son-in-law is an avid hunter and so is his Dad.  I think his Dad contributed the wild…