(Garrett concentrating very hard...) Along with the turkey, we made stuffing (of course!), gravy, cranberry sauce (with plenty of leftovers to make cranberry muffins), broccoli, creamed corn (a la Chuck, and my favorite thing in the world).
Graham and Adam brought salad, Curtis brought buns, Kelley brought Tina fudge and homemade brownies, Peeps brought blondies, Liezl brought homemade pumpkin pie, Matt B brought apple crisp and Jesse rounded it off with a tray of cheese and meat for snacks.
Our oven runs a little hot, so we knew it probably wouldn't take as long as people recommended. We were a little concerned that the internal temperature was right even before people arrived, but an emergency phone call (thanks Sharon!) confirmed that tin foil is the greatest thing ever.
Solo celebrated Thanksgiving as well. For those who know Solo, you know he's old (15) and very thin. He got to munch on the giblets, which I think is the main reason that he's now a little bit hefty.
He also eats pumpkin regularly, so we gave him a little bit extra.
Giblet napsAll in all, Thanksgiving dinner went really well. We made a lot of turkey stock with the leftover bones and have some frozen turkey leftovers for future soup. My camera died just as people started eating, but as I type this I'm working on a roasted tomato basil soup for Sunday Night Football! Go Packers!
Is it true that you only have ONE cookbook. That's fabulous. So does it "do it" most of the time? I find that I use Joy of Cooking (1975 edition) and the New York Times Cookbook 80 per cent of the time. I only have about 40ish cookbooks, which seems excessive, but compared to some of my friends...
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. Nice to have you in class. We'll cover lots of blog stuff next Sat:)