Day 257: Quitting cold turkey

It’s Food and Drink Day!

Today’s Activity: Plan to make something other than turkey for Thanksgiving.

This is a year like no other. Why not break from tradition and skip the turkey entirely? It’s a big bird for a smaller gathering. And let’s be honest: there’s a reason we don’t eat it year-round.

The NYT has a great collection of non-turkey centerpiece ideas. And the author of this CNN recipe rundown is planning brisket mac-and-cheese for their own table, which is a very good idea.

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Catch up on earlier Food & Drink days!

• Learn formal place settings

• Hack a box of cake mix

• Cook in quantity

• Try a totally new kind of cuisine

• Have a cup of tea

• Create a new meal time

• Arrange a soup swap

• Cook with scraps

• Declare your official food and drink of lockdown

• Do a taste test

• Plate your food like a chef

• Plan your meals for the week

• Attempt homemade takeout

• Make fun frozen treats

• Make something tasty but cheap

• Start something time-consuming

• Play Chopped at home

• Swap snacks with a far-off friend through the mail

• Get creative with leftovers

• Create some cute food art

• Assemble a picnic kit

• Make ice cream

• Cook something you ate on vacation

• Be a barista

• Make your favorite food from when you were a kid

• Pickle something

• Add sprinkles. To everything

• Cook a vintage recipe

• Have a cozy candlelight dinner

• Bake dessert

• Make something from scratch that you’d normally buy

• Break out the frilly cocktail umbrellas

• Make breakfast for dinner

• Eat the weirdest thing in your pantry

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Got ideas for things to do with the stuff you already have in your house? We’d love to hear your suggestions.

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