I'm sure Thanksgiving is important and full of traditions no matter where you live in the US, however, I can't imagine that Thanksgiving is quite the same in the big city.
Here in the small town, families often still live around each other. Even those who move away, will often come back for the big holidays. I love Thanksgiving. It is full of tradition, family and food!
This year I decided to record through photos what goes into creating one of our family Thanksgivings.
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| Pumpkin pie in the making |
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| Testing the Pies |
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| Crumbling the cornbread for the stuffing |
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| Making the stuffing |
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| Prepping the bird |
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| Stuffing the bird |
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| Rolling out the dumplings |
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| Cutting the dumplings (using my great great grandmother's knife) |
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| Dumplings! |
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| Adding the dumplings to the chicken broth |
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| Thickening the dumplings |
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| Is the turkey done yet? |
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| How about now? |
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| Perfection! |
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| Carving the turkey |
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| Making the mashed potatoes |
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| Making mashed potatoes |
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| You can smell the rolls |
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| Sweet potatoes with marshmallows |
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| The food is all laid out |
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| It's a feast! |
1 comment:
I have to say, looking back on these photos 3+ years later, I am so glad I recorded them. My great grandmother is now, permanently, in a nursing home. We are having to move on with new Thanksgiving traditions while trying to keep as many old ones as possible. I am glad I recorded these moments through photography so I could always remember how it was when she was able to be the one orchestrating Thanksgiving for us.
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