Green grape salad

The heads all say that this was the coldest Thanksgiving Day in 25 years although not particularly in the running for coldest ever.  Apparently it was REALLY cold in 1872.

My position is that anything starting with a minus sign in November is too cold.

Right, right, I noticed that too, Will and Al, Shakespeare and Einstein.

And Kurt.

So the New York Times published a bit a few days ago on iconic Thanksgiving side dishes for every state in the union.  The Minnesota entry was the classic green grape salad.

We haven't had that every year but with the pub from the NYT I decided to get green grape salad back on the holiday table.

You of course start with green grapes.

Mix with sour cream.

After blending those two key ingredients you should find yourself approximately here.

A few more grapes.

And brown sugar to taste.

Some families prefer to cover the whole salad with a layer of canned french fried onion rings.

And that, my friends, is a truly iconic Minnesota Thanksgiving dish.

Here's a look at the sideboard.  I believe that's the stuffing still under the foil.

I know a couple of these people got a picture of the bird and I hope that at least one of them will publish it.  I was busy with the gravy.

The green grape salad received quite good reviews including a very positive review by consumption, they ate all of it.

The gravy ala JB was also highly praised.

It would be extremely difficult to hold a family holiday without the enthusiastic participation of family.  A good time was had by all, as nearly as I could tell.