Thanksgiving
Nov. 23rd, 2007 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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loree and tithonium. Last year we went to out with jeliza et al to Marie Calendar's. This year jeliza and her family were busy visiting relatives, and I decided that since I have a house this time I'd host the dinner. It was the first time I tried my hand at turkey and stuffing, but I had the pies and yeast rolls well practiced. Thanks to some recipes from my brother Todd and the advice of Alton Brown, I managed to pull off an excellent turkey. We only went with a 7# breast, and thanks to my convection oven it was done and done fast. loree and tithonium brought the sides. The stuffing didn't turn out quite right, but it was decent and everything's better with gravy. Because it was a small bird, there wasn't really much to make gravy from but the Metro Market turkey deli gravy was quite good.
Today is national "completely avoid retail stores" day, but I'm enjoying some down-time away from work. Movies make a good escape, but I'm not sure there's really anything I'm all that excited about out right now. Hitman looks silly. Beowulf's rendering would probably give me a headache. The Golden Compass doesn't come out until December 7th. Back to Mass Effect then!
loree and tithonium. Last year we went to out with jeliza et al to Marie Calendar's. This year jeliza and her family were busy visiting relatives, and I decided that since I have a house this time I'd host the dinner. It was the first time I tried my hand at turkey and stuffing, but I had the pies and yeast rolls well practiced. Thanks to some recipes from my brother Todd and the advice of Alton Brown, I managed to pull off an excellent turkey. We only went with a 7# breast, and thanks to my convection oven it was done and done fast. loree and tithonium brought the sides. The stuffing didn't turn out quite right, but it was decent and everything's better with gravy. Because it was a small bird, there wasn't really much to make gravy from but the Metro Market turkey deli gravy was quite good.Today is national "completely avoid retail stores" day, but I'm enjoying some down-time away from work. Movies make a good escape, but I'm not sure there's really anything I'm all that excited about out right now. Hitman looks silly. Beowulf's rendering would probably give me a headache. The Golden Compass doesn't come out until December 7th. Back to Mass Effect then!
