Happy Thanksgiving!

Well Happy Thanksgiving everyone! You know, Thanksgiving is the most magical of all food holidays, filled with savory stuffing and crusted carbohydrates, the likes of which cannot in good conscience be consumed any other day of the year without subsequent vomiting. Yes, Thanksgiving is the treasured family holiday filled with distant relatives and awkward in-laws, which those of us with large broods look forward to with the trepidation that only years of family humiliation can bring. Fortunately, I have found a way to remain relatively sane, whatever that means....alcohol, my friends, was invented for the "family holiday." Here is my beverage plan of attack, or survival rather:
1)I start with my morning coffee with cream, Bailey's Irish Cream that is.

2)As soon as I am fully caffeinated I naturally begin on the Mimosas, which if consumed steadily over ice, are sure to produce the desired haze effect for the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon.

3)With the beginning of the meal I switch to a nice red wine (it doesn't matter much what type, as at this point it's more for buzz continuity than for taste)
** Also acceptable here is the mixed drink, I have found bourbon and vodka to be the most effective liquors for family friendliness. If you are mainly a holiday drinker and have not corrupted your liver to the point of border-line cirrhosis, you might want to stay away from the hard stuff, but that's a judgment call.

4)After the meal, I return to a snifter of Bailey's or depending on how many secrets have been revealed I might just have an Irish coffee with Bailey's and whiskey.

Now, be sure to include alcohol at all possibly intervals within the food itself. We've got Kaluha in the cheesecake and champagne in the turkey (however, I do not recommend this if there is any chance you will not have enough champagne for all the mimosas...rookie mistake).

Between the tryptophan putting you to sleep and the booze giving you the warm-and-friendlys, you might just escape with your sanity, though probably not your dignity as referenced in my October 16th blog 'A Word of Caution.' Be mindful of the fact that try as you might, you cannot actually get rid of your family, so whatever stupid acts you commit in front of them will live in infamy.

So, Happy Thanksgiving everyone and Bottoms Up!!!