Day 5, Year 7: New England Thanksgiving a Little Early
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Weather: Windy but Unseasonably Warm; Temps in the low 60’s
Location: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina, N Falmouth, Massachusetts
Mark works with a woman named Sue at West Marine. She and her husband are die-hard Cape Coders. They have a boat that they keep on Martha’s Vineyard in the summer and they dig for clams in the summer, get oysters in the fall, and know friends who give them Vineyard venison. All summer long, Sue kept us supplied with little neck clams. This fall she gave us venison and now the oysters are coming. Today I had planned to fix a venison roast for dinner tonight at Heather and Jed’s. Late morning Mark called and said he would be bringing home oysters. In the early afternoon Heather picked salad greens mixed and young dill out of the garden. The result was a fantastic meal that was like an early traditional New England Thanksgiving Dinner. We had oysters on the half-shell with a garden salad for starters. That was followed by the venison roast and all the trimmings. The roast was so very tender and tasty and the oysters were delicious. Our thanks to Sue and her husband for sharing their bounty with us
