here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy...and turkey legs.

If there is one underrated food in Disneyland, it is the turkey leg.  Located in Frontierland right by the Mark Twain River boat.  Probably not the best deal in the park and probably not one of Disney's most iconic, the turkey leg stands alone (pun intended).  I mean you can get Mickey chicken nuggs with fries and a drink so why get the turkey leg?  It is portable, to a certain point. It can get bony and pretty messy. They are also gigantic! Like unreal gigantic. It is also available in one location.  So if you have a craving for one, and you just got off the Autopia, you gotta haul ass all the way to Frontierland. Past all the strollers and all the churros. By the time you get the Main Street you end up in line for a corn dog with churros in hand. Yes, churros.

The funny thing is that I don't eat much turkey these days. But have you eaten a turkey leg from Disneyland? They are super juicy and they taste like ham.  It's so weird.  Turkey legs are best consumed with yellow mustard. Mustard that is not dispensed near the stand. You have to get at the restaurant across the way.

 On my most recent trip out the the magic land, I didn't get one.  But I do love the idea of turkey legs. So after Star Tours and exiting though the gift shop I stumbled across the food shaped magnet section.  In the basket was Mickey head shaped waffle, the Mickey head ice cream, a churro and the turkey leg.  Yes, the lonely turkey leg! It was like seeing the under dog win. So I bought one and parked it in my front overall pocket.

If you follow me on SnapChat, you might have seen the turkey leg adventures posted in my story but if you don't, I'm sorry.  It was a fantastic story. (username: log.lady)  It was a  like Girl Eat World, but with magnetic turkey leg and in Disneyland.

Hey there mister whale, you want a bite?

Tea Cup Ride gangster.

Turkey wanted front row at the submarine ride.

Stormtrooper, want a bite?

This might have been the first appearance of the turkey leg in California Adventure.

I know what would make this picture better. A turkey leg.

Turkey leg in nature.

It's so pretty. The turkey leg that is.

Home sweet microwave.

Cookbook Tuesday!

Aww schucks friends, it's Cookbook Tuesday!  Today I show you one of the only Disney cookbooks I have in my collection, Cooking with Mickey Around the World. It may look cute on the outside but there are some pretty advanced level recipes.  This book is not for the kiddies. Mickey is in chef's whites so you know he means business.

The book goes though all the Disney Parks as of 1987 and details the fan favorites from each park and separates them by section. As someone who has never really eaten a dinner in the park that is not Mickey head nuggets or a turkey leg, I don't have an emotional connection to any of the recipes.  But the pictures are pretty fun and a quick glance will reveal that these recipes are pretty legit and worth a try. The fun section is the beverage section most of them contain alcohol.

   

There isn't really anything special other than the the pictures on the dividers.  There are no photo examples for the recipes and Mickey only shows up at the divider section.  

I mean Mickey just caught this fish with his bare hands! But I think the best part about this page is the recipe for Scotch Eggs on the opposite side of the picture.

A strange addition to the book were the elusive Club 33 recipes.  Most people haven't eaten there at all and will probably go a lifetime without eating there. But I guess if you make said items, bring it to Disneyland and stand right outside the door, it is probably the same as eating at Club 33. Probably not, but one can dream! Right?

Sadly no recipe for churros or Wetzel's Pretzel.  What are your fav Disneyland foods?