Little Things: Smoked Turkey

The first time my wife and I went to WDW, on the first night we were there, we went to the River Roost Lounge at Port Orleans Riverside to grab a drink before heading over to the Magic kingdom to try to catch the Main Street Electrical Parade (we didn't make it in time, but walking through the gates at exactly the moment the narration started is a moment I'll never forget). That drink would be the first alcoholic beverage I ever had at WDW; it was a Smoked Turkey, which some enterprising fellows have the recipe for over here.

I've since learned that the Smoked Turkey is one of the standard issue Disney cocktails available in most bars and lounges on-property, but it's old-timey Americana name, dark tobacco-red appearance and hickory taste fit right in with the ambiance of Port Orleans, and the talkative, friendly bar-staff at River Roost made me feel right at home (and 15 years younger, after I got ID'd).

Here's to you WDW Smoked Turkey.

(image stolen from the Bar and Lounge overview at the excellent Disney Food Blog)