Now that all the Christmas and Thanksgiving turkeys have been consumed for yet another year… I think its time we faced facts America: Turkey is pretty terrible. To eat, that is.
I know…its blasphemy, right? The holiday Turkey is so American that eating it is almost a patriotic duty. But while we all grew up munching away on mounds of Turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas…why not put aside all the nostalgia and tradition for a second and ask yourself a question… do you actually like it? I mean, seriously, do you?
Cause I’m thinking without all that cranberry sauce, or gravy or stuffing… you might have a tough time choking down even one more bite of that otherwise bland and thirsty white meat.
I know what you’re thinking…. I just haven’t had it fixed the right way. Try it fried, or how about smoked? Or brined…or some other variation?
Look, all I know is with no other meat do you have to be so creative just to make it halfway edible. Take steak for example. There’s basically three ways to do it; fried, grilled or broiled …and they’re all fantastic.
And, as I love to point out, there’s a whole lot of steak places but as far as I know… not one turkey place. And how many of you actually eat turkey at any other time of year? or request it?
No, I think it is time to go with new American holiday meat…and I nominate…the burger. Sure, maybe it was invented somewhere else… but who could argue that Americans didn’t perfect it? And there’s no shortage of ways to fix it up…and make the lowly hamburger ‘holiday worthy’.
Yeah, its kinda radical. And a some of you may have trouble wrapping your minds around it. But while you ponder it…think on this: When was the last time you needed any gravy at all to wrap your mouth around a Five Guys Double?