Happy Thanksgiving!

My favorite holiday is here! Unfortunately I did not get to take the whole week off, but in future years, I definitely will. It is lonely and sad at the office... I'd much rather be baking delicious foods in preparation for tomorrow. 

Instead of listing all of the things I am thankful for, which would be an extremely long entry, I leave you with this fun tidbit of Thanksgiving Myths and Facts.

The coolest ones? I knew you'd ask, so I pick'ed em:

"Minnesota is the United States' top turkey-producing state, followed by North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Indiana. These "big six" states produce two of every three U.S.-raised birds, according to U.S. Census Bureau data." (To which I say... we have Census data on turkeys?!)

"Much of what we consider traditional Thanksgiving fare was unknown at the first Thanksgiving. Potatoes and sweet potatoes hadn't yet become staples of the English diet, for example. And cranberry sauce requires sugar—an expensive delicacy in the 1600s. Likewise, pumpkin pie went missing due to a lack of crust ingredients." (No POTATOES or PIE?!)

"Each year at least two lucky turkeys avoid the dinner table, thanks to a presidential pardon—a longstanding Washington tradition of uncertain origin." (I wonder if they still call them lucky ducks...)

Tomorrow (as we should everyday), enjoy your food, your family, your friends - not necessarily in that order - and anything else on your "Thankful For" list.