Old World USA Thanksgiving
This year we will be having an Old World Thanksgiving.
(What do I mean by that??)
We are planning on being outdoors in a wilderness area in Northern Wisconsin near our Cathedral of the Pines location. We will have three or four Oak, Birch and Maple cooking fires going with cast iron cooking pot racks and holders along with a temporary firebrick oven that we construct for the day.
We will be cooking wild game turkeys harvested locally and already in the freezer, sweet potatoes, Russett potatoes, cranberries harvested about a mile from our location, freshly baked bread, fresh peas, turkey gravy, several pumpkin pies made from pumpkins grown by one of our volunteers and some freshly baked Granny Smith apples.
We do this every 5 years or so and have to dress warmly because the temperatures have been averaging 22 to 25 degrees F. It is a nice gathering of friends and family and we enjoy the crisp late autumn winds, the smells and crackling noises from the cooking fires, a little snow in the air, the sounds of the forest animals, and the friendly, happy voices of our group rejoicing in the location and rejoicing while we work in God's kitchen. It is reminiscent of some of the very first Thanksgiving celebrations held in the eastern US over 500 years ago.
The photo below our view is of the lake from our outdoor Cathedral location. This was taken in 2002. It was a cold day although no ice had formed on the lake as yet. There was snow in those clouds as we found out about an hour later...
This year we will be having an Old World Thanksgiving.
(What do I mean by that??)
We are planning on being outdoors in a wilderness area in Northern Wisconsin near our Cathedral of the Pines location. We will have three or four Oak, Birch and Maple cooking fires going with cast iron cooking pot racks and holders along with a temporary firebrick oven that we construct for the day.
We will be cooking wild game turkeys harvested locally and already in the freezer, sweet potatoes, Russett potatoes, cranberries harvested about a mile from our location, freshly baked bread, fresh peas, turkey gravy, several pumpkin pies made from pumpkins grown by one of our volunteers and some freshly baked Granny Smith apples.
We do this every 5 years or so and have to dress warmly because the temperatures have been averaging 22 to 25 degrees F. It is a nice gathering of friends and family and we enjoy the crisp late autumn winds, the smells and crackling noises from the cooking fires, a little snow in the air, the sounds of the forest animals, and the friendly, happy voices of our group rejoicing in the location and rejoicing while we work in God's kitchen. It is reminiscent of some of the very first Thanksgiving celebrations held in the eastern US over 500 years ago.
The photo below our view is of the lake from our outdoor Cathedral location. This was taken in 2002. It was a cold day although no ice had formed on the lake as yet. There was snow in those clouds as we found out about an hour later...