Consider this permission to go ham on that cheese plate
, or a plate of fried kielbasa from the Polish butcher around the corner. There’s always a Honey Baked Ham sitting on the table long before the meal is served, cousins ripping bits off to dip in mustard as everyone vies for oven space, or yells that someone needs to go out for more ice, more lemons, more wine.
Embracing holiday snacking is practical. No one wants to fill up precious stomach space before the meal that everyone spent hours, sometimes days, making, but no one wants a hangry dinner table either. You need to be strategic, eating just enough to keep your stomach expanded and ready for dinner. But more than that, snacks are a different kind of comfort food from what’s served for the main meal. It’s more casual, less fussed over, and often extremely familiar — as opposed to the once-a-year enjoyments of the dinner table. Warm stuffing is a comfort, but so is a bagel platter brought over that morning or a tray of fudgy. And it’s a place where family members can experiment.
When I think of my favorite Thanksgiving moments, it’s always over the pre-meal snacks, when all hands are on deck to cut vegetables, but there’s a tray of brownies or a plate of samosas out. It’s in this time, anticipating the meal but also beginning to partake, where memories are made. Family members catch up and gossip, people putter through old photo albums, everyone is just bustling. It makes it feel like a party, rather than an obligatory holiday.
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