Thanksgiving dinner for two

For the last three or four years, me and my boyfriend have been avoiding turkey as much as possible. Not only because turkey is usually dry and rather tasteless,we are also not much of holiday traditionists. I was brought up in China, a land where Thanksgiving does not exist, and he just being generally fed up with holidays after suffering an apparent case of excessive holiday spirit from his childhood in Canada. Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's my sudden urge to nest, or that being 28 makes me particularly vunerable to sentiments of tradition, I decided that turkey sounds good this year. As usual, he gamely agreed to cook since Western food is his specialty.

The problem is that it is unreasonable to expect a two person team to cook up AND finish a whole turkey, so he decided to make stuff turkey drumstick. The turkey drustick is first boned, then the stuffing is made. We used ground pork, Crimini, Chantrelle and Shitake mushrooms, shallots, seasoned with l'herb de Provence, moisture is provided by eggs and Brandy. Then we stuffed the turkey drumsticks, wrapped bacon around them, then send them to the oven for one hours at 400C. The turkey was flavorful from the stuffing and the bacon kept the outside moist, great little dish! We supplemented the decadent meat with roasted yam, baked califlower and boiled string beans. A bottle of 97 Schlumberger Tokay Pinot Gris Grand Cru Kitterle was also present, wonderful, most delicious wine!