I ordered a turkey for Thanksgiving from
Whole Foods yesterday. I was conflicted: on the one hand, I don't feel like dealing with the schlepping to the Star Market (and I know it's Shaw's now, but I like to say it with an exaggerated Boston accent "Staaahhh Maaahhhket"), finding one the right size, finding space in the freezer, hauling it out and finding space in the fridge and doing the whole debate: "is it defrosted?" can I put it back in the fridge? If I leave it out will we all get trichinosis? If I put it back in will it still be frozen in the middle and then it will never cook on time? Or end up trying to thaw it in the sink with cold water, which always makes a huge mess. So I said screw it, I'm just going to order one, and the one from Whole Foods will probably taste better anyway.
But then, on the other hand, what, you're too good for the Star Market? You're some kind of
David Brooks-hating snobby hippie (Although does Brooks like the bobo people or not like them? His writing is so opaque sometimes. He confuses me -- you're Jewish, and you're conservative? what? no. Didn't you read the handouts?)
But anyway I did it. We're only having my parents and my mother-in-law this year, and the girls' don't actually eat anything (I have the skinniest children ever, like there's a good Jewish mother's nightmare.) So then I have the side dish dilemma. LawyerMan is ridiculously picky and my father and my mother-in-law are diabetic and there's not that many people coming. So do I make all the traditional stuff if no one is going to eat it? My mom and I can't eat a whole dish of cranberry sauce. But I like cranberry sauce, and it seems wrong to have Thanksgiving without it. It's like having Passover with no matzoh ball soup.
