I have did the turkey thing for years; up to the point my nose said - nope; baking a turkey is not a fun thing. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy turkey; just not the smell of turkey fat...

After my sensitivity to baking turkey happened, I went with the route of baked / fried chicken....

So now I think it is a time to shake things up, I keep going back and forth between my home made from dried beans - Western / spicy baked beans...or...split pea with ham.

I have sort of new Instant Pot do-hickey which I have used once for red beans....and see if what I can see. Because I have 100% of the fixings for split pea with ham, that is the route I will take.

Ham bone with chunks of meat on it
baby carrots, pealed
celery
good quality chicken broth
bay leaf
onion
a random amount of organic split pea - not sure how much - but more than enuff to do the job

I will do the classic glaze the carrots, celery, and onion before tossing it into the pot with real butter and go higgly piggly on any additional spices that look good.

As a side or alt main dish some white rice with equal amounts of stir fried veggies along with a roll of some sort. If desert is calling my name after that meal I will enjoy a baked apple pie.

I have not really figured out how sensitive the Instant Pot (ultra series) is, I will plug in about 60 mins for cooking at pressure and let it cool down for 60 mins before releasing the pressure.

So is anyone else having a non-standard thanks giving?