We’d hoped to host Alex’s parents and brother for Thanksgiving this year. They’d drive up from Atlanta and stay at a friend’s condo in Silver Spring. Unfortunately with the upsurge of Covid cases everyone agreed that it was best for them to stay in Atlanta.
Andrew, Alex, Dean and I agreed to quarantine for over a week so the four of us could feel safe having a smaller Thanksgiving together.
Our plans for smoked turkey were put on hold since Andrew and Alex are vegetarians-who-eat-fish-when-pressed. I ordered good salmon from the Fish Guys (I cannot believe I have not written about the Fish Guys!!!) and started thinking about vegetarian side dishes.
Meanwhile…
A friend on Facebook posted a photo of his meal and called it a Higgidy Chicken Pie. I assumed it was a type of Yorkshire dish and , but it turned out that Higgidy is a brand of prepared meals in the UK. I then went down a brief but satisfying Internet rabbit hole after which I was the proud owner of two Higgidy (Kindle) cookbooks, one of which was a vegetarian cookbook. In it I found recipes for a Christmassy nut loaf and a miso, chard and squash pie.
I sent Andrew and Alex the menu and they approved.
- Salmon (Smoked on Big Green Egg) — Dean’s job
- Miso Squash & Chard Pie
- Cranberry & Porcini Nut Roast with onion gravy
- Mashed Potatoes
- Green Beans
- Bread (probably sourdough or dinner rolls) — Andrew’s task
- Stuffing
- Dessert — Alex’s surprise
When I'm Sixty-four 
It all sounds delicious. Though I want to know what the Big Green Egg is that the salmon was smoked on. I may have to go down a “brief but satisfying internet rabbit hole” to find out. Yours is the perfect description of fun internet surfing!
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