Family Tradition

Okay so last year my great grandma died around thanksgiving. My family has a knack for not exactly being great at cooking, but grandma was the worst.... Growing up, I remember the holiday dinners at Avanti's because she could not cook to save her life. The years that she did cook for thanksgiving, she always bought a pre-cooked turkey. You can't ruin it right? It's already cooked, all you have to do is heat it up. Well grandma ALWAYS ruined the turkey. She would take the turkey and cook it. Not just heat it. Cook it. She would actually cook it. For about eight hours. A PRE-COOKED TURKEY. COOKED FOR EIGHT HOURS. It was always dry and stuck to the roof of your mouth. If you have ever seen Christmas Vacation, grandma's turkey was like the deflating turkey that the aunt makes in that movie... It was terrible. In honor of my grandmother however, my cousin Mary Beth made a turkey last year..Grandma style. None of us complained. We all missed grandma and it was a hard thanksgiving for all of us so we came together as a family to feel better. I think with that symbol of a double cooked turkey, grandma will always be with us. I bet we will have a grandma turkey every year in honor of her memory. Love you Grandma, you'll always be on my mind♡


the turkey in case you haven't seen Christmas Vacation