Thanksgiving is all right. But how important is it? If you were being executed in the morning, what would you want for dinner tonight?
You haven’t got this locked in? I thought everybody has spent time considering what they would choose for their final meal. Turkey and dressing would not be high on the list, I think.
As a matter of fact, I looked it up, and here are the ones that kept cropping up:
- Taco Bell
- KFC
- Cheeseburgers and Big Macs
- Cigarettes and Mountain Dew
- Fried eggs and bacon
- Steak
- If you can believe it, Twinkies.
So. I think Thanksgiving should be more akin to a final meal. What everybody there would want if they could not have another dinner. As far as I am concerned, my final dinner would be:
- Fried chicken.
- Mashed potatoes with plenty of chicken gravy.
- No need for a green vegetable; it’s my final meal.
- A baked potato, too, with sour cream and butter.
- French fries, right out of the fryer.
- Maybe some spaghetti with vodka sauce for a side.
- Soft rolls with butter.
- But here we go-chocolate cake with a thick layer of fudge frosting.
- Coffee ice cream.
- A chocolate milk shake
- Warm chocolate chip cookies
- I won’t sleep tonight, so a cappuccino.
- To top it all off, more mashed potatoes and gravy.
You haven’t thought about what yours would be? Would there be appetizers? Wine? Caviar (does anyone who doesn’t live in Russia really like caviar?)? Some of you would insist on cheese. Would you want pizza? I know many of you would want roast beef or a nice Pine Club steak. Ooh-lobster. I might add lobster to my list. How about shrimp? I bet Ohio criminals would want Skyline.
Let’s all focus on what our real hope for a Thanksgiving dinner would be. Tomorrow is not guaranteed!
Forget the turkey.
