There are particular memories of Thanksgiving dinner I carry with me. Turkey and stuffing, to be sure, though I have never been a great stuffing fan. Both of my children prefer the cranberry sauce, right out of the can. One tradition which seems to carry over from my childhood to now, despite the vegetarian/diabetic dynamic, is Reddi-Wip. Maybe real whipped cream is gastronomically preferable, but it will never be sprayed out of the can into one*s mouth in quite so satisfactory a way.
How do you make Thanksgiving dinner
For a vegetarian and a diabetic?
It sounds like the beginning
Of a bad joke.
The standard menu:
Turkey and stuffing,
Mashed potatoes and gravy,
Pumpkin pie with loads and loads
Of Reddi-Wip,
The kind we used to decant
In our mouths
When our parents weren*t looking.
Now I know
They were.
Thanksgiving dinner plans this year
Include
Cranberry sauce,
Cylindrical,
Marked with lines
From the can.
Tofurky which never ran on two feet.
Sweet potatoes mashed
With orange juice and cinnamon.
Green salad with cucumber and pomegranate.
Pie of some sort (yes)
But definitely Reddi-Wip.
It will disappear faster
Than traditionally
Expected.
Perhaps two cans
Of Reddi-Wip.
Thanksgiving dinner for all involved
Has to include
Enough Reddi-Wip.
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