Isms: Views on life in rural America

“Thanksgiving: When the people who are the most thankful are the ones who didn’t have to cook.”

Author Melanie White nailed it with that line. By the end of most family gatherings, I’ve not only cooked and baked a majority of the dishes, but I’ve also drawn clean-up duty.

No rest for the wicked, er, cook.

Thankfully, Courtney has stepped up in recent years, and we now split the food prep. I don’t like turkey, so I leave that to Scott. He mans the deep fryer and somehow times it perfectly for a golden, picture-worthy bird.

Me? I’m all about the sides.

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