On Thanksgiving I think back to a dinner I was making for my entire family in my small condo I had just bought in Des Moines.  I was a fairly new single Mom and my son, who was in kindergarten, was watching me prepare the feast.  One of the dishes was sauteed pearl onions which called for frozen onions; Birds Eye brand to be exact.  Well after my son watched in horror as I made the turkey dance around the kitchen trying to be funny, he was pretty much transfixed to what I was doing in the kitchen.

Dinner was very cozy in my small dining-living room.  Everything really turned out nice when suddenly my son let out a huge yelp, “nobody eat the onions, they’re bird’s eyes!”

Every time this year I remember that dinner and just get a huge chuckle.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!