Recipes for Thanksgiving from City Tavern
Roasted turkey with goblet gravy; Virginia ham and oysters; and how to carve a turkey
Adding a bit of variety to Thanksgiving dinner can bring both angst and anticipation to a family. Depending on the group, a cook’s attempt at putting something new on the table may be met with groans of departing from tradition. However, the meal that most Montgomery Countians eat today only resembles the one early Americans dined on. By going back in history a bit, cooks will realize that they can serve up true American tradition, and they might just be putting a few new ingredients onto the menu this year. “We recall President George Washington, who proclaimed our first national day of public thanksgiving to be observed ‘by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God,’ and President Abraham Lincoln, …
