A Christmas Dinner I will Never Forget!

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Each year we rotated holidays that we spent with our families. We had Thanksgiving dinner with my husbands family so we had Christmas dinner with my family. We bundled the kids up and loaded up the chocolate cream pies that I made for dessert. It only took us 5 minutes to drive from our house to my mother's house. From the outside the place looked warm and inviting. The lights in the window were aglow and frost had formed around the panes of glass. We entered through the front door and were greeted by family members. The smell of peanut butter struck my sensitive sniffer. "Did someone have a peanut butter sandwich?", I asked my mother. She went on to say how she was reading in last months issue of Prevention magazine that if you spread peanut butter over the turkey breast it will keep it moist. Then she asked if I thought it would matter if she used crunchy instead of smooth. I looked at my husband and rolled my eyes. I knew he was going to have a great comment for that one. While my brothers and husband took the kids to the living room, the women stayed in the kitchen to help finish the dinner. Mother told us that she would take care of finishing the gravy, but someone would have to mash the potatoes and set the table. I took over the potatoes while my sister and cousin set the table. The turkey looked a little odd with the crunchy peanut butter spread over it. I told my mother to scrape the peanut butter off before she sliced it. She peeled the skin off the turkey, which took care of the peanut butter. But, the flavor of the peanut butter permiated the meat. My next thought was to drown the turkey in gravy to hide the peanut butter taste. She was definately on a health kick that year. She used the water she boiled the carrots in for the gravy. Carrot flavored gravy anyone??!! Time for pie! I made 2 chocolate cream pies. They no sooner hit the table and they were gone. Later that evening, after everything was cleared from the table, the dishes done and the traditional game of Monopoly began, my sister and cousin took me aside and told me that the best part of the meal was the chocolate cream pies. I agreed. This was one Christmas dinner I will never forget. Peanut butter flavored turkey with carrot gravy.