The Turkey Man Cometh

There’s something about tryptophan that makes a person giddy. That’s right, I said giddy.

Forget about the well-known fact that tryptophan – found in turkey – makes one relaxed and prone to a horizontal position within a half hour of consuming said turkey.

I’m talking about the other side of tryptophan about which you probably didn’t know.

I experienced this giddiness just tonight.

Tonight? But it’s not even Thanksgiving!

Let me explain.

In a couple of days, my family is going to be hosting at our home – for the first time EVER – Thanksgiving dinner. In an effort to be prepared for the rest of the family, we decided to have a turkey run-through.

Huh?

Okay, okay. No run-through…just an excuse for Spider X to have his favorite food groups before the crowd arrives.

Oh, you want to know about my hubby’s faves? Well, he only recognizes three food groups. Yep, just three. Turkey, stuffing, and gravy. That’s it.

“What about side dishes?”you say. Uh, that’s where the stuffing and gravy come back into play again.

What about dessert?

Well okay, there’s the requisite slice of pumpkin pie. But my hubby really doesn’t see other foods other than the trio.

Anyway, as we were cleaning up the kitchen afterwards, that’s when the giddiness erupted.

We were decimating cutting up the carcass to make broth for future gravy, soups, and what-not. It was decided that after clean-up we’d watch “the Snoopy movie” we got from Netflix. Snoopy movie? Then someone said “You know…what’s it called? The Great Turkey?”

That’s when the hooting started with laughs and words like “he rose up from the butcher block” and other phrases along the same vein as another Snoopy autumn feature.

Tryptophan. Another one of God’s great designs to keep families together, laughing, and having fun.