Disclosure: Butterball provided me with a turkey gift check, as well as two other turkey gift checks to giveaway, in exchange for a post. All opinions are 100% my own.
Y’all.
Thanksgiving is almost two weeks away. Yep…two weeks. I know I say this a lot, but holy cow…this year is FLYING.
I truly love this time of the year. Family gatherings mean so much to me, because as the years pass, it seems like we get busier and busier. Thanksgiving is just one of those times where we can all sit around the table and catch up on each other’s year. It’s so different from our Thanksgiving dinners from 15-20 years ago.
When we were younger, the adults would have their own table and the kids would have their own table. The adults would serve themselves on china, and the kids would eat on disposable plates. I mean, I totally understand why. I also understand why we didn’t get a tablecloth at the kid table. We sort of made a mess. 😛 Now, we all eat at the same table, and I nervously/carefully eat my meal on china (a clumsy person’s nightmare).
The food has changed as we’ve gotten older, too. Of course, there was (and still is) Butterball turkey and cornbread dressing as the main components of the meal. However, the picky kid palates are no more, so we’ve gone from mac & cheese (from a box) to cheesy cauliflower and sweet potato casserole to sweet potato souffle. While the general ideas are the same, it’s interesting to see how things have changed.
Even the topics of conversation have morphed from report card grades and what we’re asking Santa for this Christmas, to college/careers, sports and politics. With so many adults at one table now, the volume of conversation starts at a normal volume, and seemingly gets louder and louder until you can no longer hear the football game that is on TV in the background. It can be a bit overwhelming to an outsider, but I mean…that’s just how my family is. 🙂
Now, before any of the family conversations happen, Thanksgiving starts early in the morning simply with a turkey. Turkey for us is the heart of our Thanksgiving meal…it just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without the turkey. Butterball is all about being a part of your family’s Thanksgiving. From quality turkey to great recipes and helpful turkey advice/how-to articles (hello, turkey calculator!), Butterball is there to help you host an amazing Thanksgiving gathering.
This year, Butterball is embracing the throwback, made popular by Throwback Thursday (#TBT). Butterball is encouraging families and friends this year to throwback and recall favorite Thanksgiving moments by sharing Thanksgiving family photos, memories and favorite (or not-so-favorite) vintage dishes on their Facebook page. Butterball is also bringing past Thanksgivings into the present by opening the Butterball archives and sharing their favorite throwback recipes. And of course, there’s always the help from the Turkey Talk-Line experts, who have been around for 30+ years, offering home cooks turkey-related advice around the November/December holiday season.
To gear up for the upcoming holidays, the generous folks at Butterball are offering a $20 turkey gift check to TWO readers of The Nifty Foodie.
Enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter widget below (continental US readers only):
Note: This giveaway is supplied by Butterball, and is open to readers in the continental US only. Entries will be accepted until November 15th, 2015 at 11:59pm (central standard time). Winner will be emailed (make sure you leave an email address in the form), and will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.
My fave Thanksgiving memory is when we had a potluck at work and 5 different people brought Turkey I don’t know why its just always stuck with me as funny
My favorite thanksgiving memory was from last year when my entire extended family was able to get together to celebrate the holiday. Since then, we’ve lost 4 family members, so last year’s memories will always be special as it was our last time together.
Cooking and entertaining, with all my family and friends, making memories every holiday season
One of my most memorable Thanksgivings was the year my Uncle Keith was in Vietnam, the adult table had a tape recorder to record the conversations, so they could send it to him and he could feel the love, and in a way, be part of the celebration. I miss the large family get-togethers. Both my Great Grandparents, my Grandparents, on my mother’s side, both of my aunts with their spouses and children and an extra guest (date, neighbor) or two – the house was full of people, mountains of food, love, laughter, conversations and games. The great grandparents and grand parents, as well as my mother have all passed on….and the kids have grown up, gotten married, and had families of their own, and thus moved on and developed their own traditions. However, the memory lingers on…
My favorite Thanksgiving memories were during my college years. I didn’t live very close to home but only a few hours drive to my grandparents house. It was always just a small group of us, but I will always cherish those 4 Thanksgiving dinners that I got to have my with Grandpa and Grandma.
My favorite memory is Thanksgivings when I was a kid: all the cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all together. I can’t believe the table could hold it all!
My favorite thanksgiving memory was the first time I hosted the family and burnt the turkey and stuffing. My family still likes to tease me
My favorite Thanksgiving memory was in 1998 when all of my family members were here for Thanksgiving dinner.
i alwasy loved getting pizza the night before thanksgiving, when all our relatives arrived into town!
I used to like it when the older generation was still around.
I remember when my little nephew said he was thankful for chicken.
My favorite Thanksgiving was the last one that my dad had! He was an amazing dad and hosted the best Thanksgiving!
One of my most memorable thanksgiving moments was when I burnt the pumpkin pie!
I remember how great Thanksgiving was when I was a kid. All the deliscious food and lots of snow!
My favorite memories are when my kids were little and we had dinner at my parent’s house.
The first year my boyfriend (now hubby) joined us! It made the day even more fun.
My favorite memory is from the year our oven broke while we were trying to fix Thanksgiving dinner, so we packed up the whole family and went bowling, the only place open in those day. We ate hot dogs and hamburgers for Thanksgiving dinner. Seeing my elderly relatives bowling in dress clothes is a sight I’ll never forget! We all had so much fun.
My favorite memory was going to have a huge dinner with the whole family at my grandparents house