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This was Nini and Angel Face's second Thanksgiving in the US. The first was the day after they flew in on their first visit, we were stuck in a hotel room in Minneapolis and Angel Face was six weeks old. We went to an Old Country Buffet to get a "traditional" meal.
This year, as their first T-day since they started living here (and that Angel Face can remember), I thought we'd have a traditional meal. Which meant going and grabbing the last Tofurkey Thanksgiving meal box from the freezer at the store.
Now let me start off by saying that even before I became a vegetarian I thought that turkey was loathsome. It is bland and boring and I believe the only reason it is used over the holidays is that it is the only bird large enough (and cheap enough per pound) to feed the masses.
The Tofurkey, even though they managed to get a decent texture, is distinguished only by the fact that it is almost as bland and boring as real turkey. The fresh vegetables I roasted with it, despite their dull appearance, was just about the best thing in the meal, competing with the orange-ginger-soy-chili basting sauce I made. The gravy (part of the box) was ok with a nice consistency, the dumplings were weird, stuffed with some fruity sour things - nice idea but lacking in execution.
My summary of the experience? Probably the cardinal thing most families are thankful for at Thanksgiving dinner is that they only need to eat this kind of food once (maybe twice) a year.