The DC Traveler

The post-harvest celebration of food, feasting, and praising God held by the American Pilgrims colonists first occurred in October 1621 and was not called Thanksgiving. It was a combined solemn ceremony consisting of a full day of prayer, worship and thanks to God and a couple days of entertaining the Indians who taught the Pilgrims to catch eel and grow corn, who probably would have perished without their help.

More than three hundred years later, President Franklin Roosevelt set the fourth Thursday of November as the official date for Thanksgiving in the U.S.

I hope you enjoy some turkey with all the trimmings along with friends and family today.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

My recipe for the best post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwich follows:

Layer the following over two pieces of sour dough bread:

• breast of turkey, cold, sliced thin
• havarti cheese with dill, sliced thick
• mayonnaise (not the fake stuff)
• the crisp ends of a couple pieces of romaine lettuce
• salt and pepper to taste

Serve with a big mound of cold stuffing, cranberry sauce and sliced avocado on the side and dig in.

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