European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Review thankful memories of meal Back East Chow line by sgt ret Clement Lounder ii   in let  l w so 1 my in her when jumbo pm Rry Lii Ink to 111? Jirar Turkey at inv  by ii mint county  fair ant Livi Stock show  managed to a till in let the winning Lickel through Nur or fivt1 helpings of ribs a Boxcar of Iviria incl torn and blah the Nofu Runmin ind evening shows of i believe in was  March. I was slightly smaller thar. A Shelby ul5 the Lurkey  is bul la Ink in ,1 Kcjr Rood Xvi the Lii Row and .1 liitle  flail l Lbw a piety. My to litre ind me  d Lort l nirl Tom in the front trunk of the  Tond and bundled off for we and him plucked  in i list Thun Quick freeze d in the walk in Timi Lur Over to Daniel s  4 shop & Hap. A Turbo Tont Niitme Short filling station and Jiller Bug tall run by Kusley Bill Daniels and his wife big Brandy. Clem we re going East Willi this old Guy jumbo announced Lalor alternately wiping Pearl of  off his forehead and sliding Back burgers from big Brandy s portable grease Grill. If anybody appreciates a real Lurkey in is my Uncle Elden and aunt Edna Over in Massachusetts that being where i hear this thanksgiving business started in the first  thanksgiving Back Easl. In seemed like � plan. My Burly buddy was less excited but no Tesi determined when we met up t he following Day to Lay final plan for the trek Back to where the pilgrims Marie Progress. We were going anyway Turnbo said but Here was danger thai his prize winning Bird might outsize the thanks the relatives seemed willing to give that year. For starters Lumbo had Lentner urn or Emden was experiencing Maiuu thing ill d flex ural , the ghost Trie week before and jumbo s aunt , a woman known for  Down during portions of the Cronkite broadcast was railing the world Over news that the garment Industry was about logo on strike. And who la Elress us she was asking anyone who wandered within earshot. Who la dress us people  just got in hive clothing do they nol it was to this Dingy Domestic Selling thai jumbo and me headed that year jammed inside a greyhound flee liner with our bags on the Nylon rope rack up above and the Turkey wedged in Down below wrapped in an old horse Blanket and packed inside .1 scraped and scarred and much dented Coleman cooler. An almost uneventful trip 1 Tuisl report with me Reading and napping and jumbo working slowly through a Kresge bog full of beef Jerky five cent pickles and some Al Mic fire , and generating so much Irish int at one Point when we drove through a "$500 for littering Tony the Driver ordered All the windows closed. My buddy was replenishing this exact mine bag in Raleigh n.c., when it happened. Ajer cd to the impending departure of our flee liner by Public address j jumbo and me dropped a $ 10 Bill on the station drugstore counter then raced out and piled on Board. A bus heading for Springfield 111. We got turned around in Charlotte i think bul old Tom and our Coleman were in Boston by then no doubt gracing the table of the very Man we had left do the driving for us. So ii was that j jumbo and me showed up in bean own empty handed feeling bad and then worse As we spent the evening watching Elden itch and Edna Bilon about the demise of gnarly Marley and the future of the world of dress. Thanksgiving a owned cold and Clear but by Hen jumbo and me had pooled our dwindling resources and scrounged reservations at the Wayside inn Over in South Sudbury a colonial looking place thai has been dispensing Cheek tightening if rather traditional by Texas lashes Chow for the last 300 years or so. They do thanksgiving Turkey Wilh ail the trimmings from the Louisiana shrimp cocktail and Tomato juice Down to the Lurkey and giblets and dressing. A a a 9 inn South sunni Jet mass qjtjank0giuittg bag 1363 fresh uses sad Sweet Apple cider fresh fruit cup with Maraschino Louisiana shrimp cocktail .73 Tomato juice cocktail Cranberry Shrub onion soup with Crouton Cream of Chicken soup celery hearts radishes olives cottage cheese and chives stuffed matk Hutti Turkey 4.00 Gubin Gravy Wayside bread stuffing Cranberry sauce  stuffed must Huyth do Dilly 4.50 Orange sauce Corn bread stuffing knit Prim ubi of of Yar inhere pad Dong 4.75 whipped potatoes candies Sweet potatoes Butternut Squash of teamed onions buttered Green peas Chiffon de salad folded fruit jello salad if a blotto Al Flat writ Wurfl your of flair hot mince Pic pumpkin pie Black Chosy Chiffon pie deep dish Apple pie spiced whipped Cream baked Indian pudding ind ice Cream chocolate cake with fudge sauce individual. Cheese and crackers ice Cream Shekht Coffee Tea Sanka milk fresh fruit mints tit Noti no Mhz fit in m4 a tiny in a ten Kytt atm fam fitter i mat turn Zmij a tin a sub Cria Milt to frail if  firm inc. Kill Imi Mif  4 Furr it Tittl hit Tefft few or a it to tit fsr gift of of Itai. Of Aht 1% Una tip 1.h open daily All year around then on to the Indian pudding and pumpkin pie. Along the Way onion soup and celery hearts whipped potatoes and bul Ernul Squash Cranberry sauce and candied ii Al potatoes. Creamed onions and buttered peas Coffee Tea or Sanka. Al 4 a head. All in All a meal Worth traversing to of the continuous United slates to Sample. But before All thai gathered Here around i he table with our plates and glasses full the four of us paused to consider Tor what we had o give thanks Marley was dead. Uncle elder could not Slop scratching. And jumbo s prize Tom had taken Wing. But hell. 1 Nnoli a we were together All of us. Alt Safe and with maybe one exception Alt sound. Plenty enough reason right Here to Lake Par in the Holiday spirit of giving thanks. Lord jumbo said softly you have Given us so much. But give us one More thing truly grateful  and aunt Edna murdered cod dress us every one honest. The Wayside inn still serves up the same traditional thanksgiving fare. This year the works will set you Back $15, although i Learned in a Short phone Call the other Day the place has been booked for months. Bui jumbo and me give the memory four and a half pointy fingers. A who Ull we in us Kunj parasite w � pie Here b b h it or do do new. Click Krvicic ind memorable food ind drink. So Lechot. Good food Csc no sphere or Vicc. Decent about equal o Pondero the Thoutt. 5 pm Huotu Crummy Chow to to a ervice Leml Runy int Erlo. 24 Tori part Migu int november is 1987