Thanksgiving
This year we almost had a strike on our hands. Amelia threatened to whine all the way through the holiday and Wiley…actually, Wiley didn’t seem to actually give a damn.
That’s my boy.
The problem? Our guest list for Thanksgiving. There isn’t one. A guest list, I mean. It’s just us. Us and Grandma and Roland but they don’t count as guests what with living under the same roof and all. To be honest, I just wasn’t feeling very Thanksgiving-y this year. Usually I can’t wait for November to roll around because:
A) Halloween is over!
and
B) I love Thanksgiving.
I love to think about menu possibilities, I love to look at glossy food porn magazines and imagine how delicious the stuffing will be this year and what I’ll do with sweet potatoes…yum. I love it. But this year I’m totally not into it.
That is, I wasn’t into it until we started cooking this morning. Then I got into it. It may be just the 7 of us, but we’re cooking like we’ve got a full house.
Thanksgiving 2007 menu
- Best Way Brined Turkey from the San Francisco Chronicle. In the past we have used Alton Brown’s recipe but I couldn’t find it right off the bat, so I used this one.
- Sausage Sourdough Stuffing
- Cranberry Sauce #1
- Cranberry Sauce #2
- Cranberry Sauce #3
- Mashed Potatoes
- Burbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Green Beans with Shallots
- Pumpkin Pie
Recipes will follow for anything worth repeating.