My sister had an issue with traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Said she did not like turkey.
So, our tradition was no tradition. Pizza, tacos, chinese, anything but a traditional turkey dinner.
Now, I have made a few traditional turkey dinners. But, as always, I put a gourmet twist to it.
The in-laws, FIL only likes the tried and true truest of truest traditional turkey dinner. In short, boring.
Since we have started Friendsgiving, I go all out! Really enjoy it too!
If things were to go badly? We have turkeys on our property. Last year an whole flock hung around all winter long. They found the wife’s bird feeders and would come up to the house, snowball throwing distance.
Shelf-stable? I think that is when I would have to go confit and pack whole breasts, leggs etc. in fat. This week will be an experiment to confit some pork in pork fat.
Herbs would be a big one. I do have sage, winter thyme, oregano and dill that comes back yearly. This year I was able to get cilantro to not only grow, but seed out as well. Saved those seeds!