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Passing the turkey leg torch
Published: 11/25/2011 10:47 AM
Last Modified: 11/25/2011 10:47 AM




There are no kitchen horror stories to tell from my Thanksgiving dinner this year.

But there is news nonetheless.

A symbolic torch was passed, at least via verbal agreement. A turkey leg torch, if you will.

My parents offered us the opportunity to “take over” Thanksgiving.

And we accepted.

Now, it’s not that I haven’t ever had the feast of all feasts at my house before. We did it once a few of years ago when I was a police reporter. I was working that day and having the dinner at my house allowed me to run home, eat and then go back to work.

So, my husband cooked for the family and I ate with the police scanner sitting on the table.

It was lovely.

But this is different. This sounded a little more permanent.

It made me wonder when other families pass the host duties along to the next generation.

It certainly seems fair for parents to eventually get a chance to relax a little more and enjoy the holiday with out having to do most of the work.

Kinda like retirement.

My sister and I sat on the sofa last night and outlined next year’s Thanksgiving. We were thinking that it might have a New Mexican theme with luminaries and sage stuffing and chimineas.

My husband joked that it would be an excuse to get a double oven. That’s how he operates. Every new project deserves and new tool, gadget or electronic device.

I would say we are looking forward to the challenge.

And we have already begun training my 8-year-old niece in the kitchen.





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Food Writer Nicole Marshall Middleton joined the Tulsa World in May 1993 after graduating from Oklahoma State University. She has covered crime, city government and general assignment beats during that time - but mostly crime. But when she isn’t at work, Nicole is a devoted food hobbyist. She enjoys meal planning and cooking with her husband, Steve, every day of the week and on holidays it’s a family affair. When the opportunity to become the food writer at the Tulsa World presented itself in the summer of 2011, Nicole jumped at it. She is excited to explore a new side of Tulsa and make the transition from crime to cuisine. .

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