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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by annie in Notebook

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. It’s a time where I get to eat delicious food with my hilarious family. Well, most of the food is delicious. I thought I’d take a moment to acknowledge the phenomenon of that one rogue dish which tradition dictates that each family make every year despite the fact that most of it remains untouched on the dining room table, except perhaps by the dish’s one enthusiast/maker. 

In our family, this dish is called “Bing Cherry Salad.” Also known as “The Dreaded Bing-er.” My sister has another nickname for this salad which I won’t write here as this is a family-friendly blog. 

Here’s the recipe for the Dreaded Bing-er.

Strike one: It’s a Jello salad. Like, nobody makes gelatin salads these days. They’ve had their rise and fall in popular culture and it’s now generally known that they are gross.

Strike two: Bing cherries. Have you ever even heard of a Bing cherry? This dish is so outdated that the fruit it calls for has practically disappeared from existence. It’s like making a Dodo bird salad. They don’t really exist anymore. In fact, mom couldn’t even find a can of bing cherries at the grocery store this year. We thought we were off the hook until she found a lone can of them at the back of our pantry. No telling how long it’d been there…

Strike three: Cream Cheese. What? Cream cheese and jello? And coca cola? What? 

Here is the Dreaded Bing-er in all its glory:

Terrifying! I always have a tiny spoonful just to carry on the family tradition but I have a feeling that this dish will inevitably disappear from our Thanksgiving line-up unless mom can find Bing cherries for sale on the internet. 

To add insult to injury, my little brothers have begun growing, harvesting, and juicing their own wheatgrass. It’s packed with immune boosters and antioxidants but it’s also just gross. Even when mixed with apple juice.

The boys are ready to serve the healthy juice to the entire family. Also, Tyler photo-bombed this picture. He’s on the left. 

I give it a try. Even mixed with 2 parts apple juice, it’s still a tough thing to swallow. 

Those brothers of mine never cease to amaze me. So anyway, I’d love to get feedback from everyone on their family’s one random dish that no one seems to really like but gets served every year. Maybe I could put together a cookbook?!? Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

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