Thanksgiving in San Diego Means Cooking on the Beach

To those who have invited me to turkey dinner at their homes over the years, I thank you. But with all due respect, I must say I have never smelled turkey as good as I did today.

Coming to work on Thanksgiving Day – well, you know – but I was grateful to be assigned to cover the story of hot weather in San Diego!

Spencer, one of my favorite photographers, and I headed to Mission Bay to scope things out. We met a group cooking turkey dinner for 200 soccer friends. We’re talking about Dutch oven cooked turkeys, fried turkeys, salad, stuffing, yams and 120 pounds of potatoes.

“Who peeled all those potatoes?” I had to know.

“Well, we had six people here this morning cutting potatoes and Brussels sprouts,” said Ian Madsen, noting the group had arrived at six thirty this morning to save a spot for their gathering.

Did I mention? They are all from Utah!

“It's cold, and snow is coming and it’s gray, said Connor Spere, “This is nice for us, this is really hot, it’s nice to be out here in the sun and play some soccer.”

Yes, and cook for all those people?

“Yeah, but this makes it not hard, particularly when you're sitting out, cooking outside, near the water with your friends and stuff it makes it fun.

And it smelled so good!

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