I'm thankful I have friends I can invite to dinner and who prefer a toast over a prayer before dinner!
I'm just reporting in from the non-virtual feast over here. The turkey came out just right...yay! I'm always nervous about that, since I don't believe in plastic turkey poppers, so have to hope I judge the look of the turkey right. Everything was nice and juicy. I made a very simple sweet potato dish...just cut up sweet potatoes, a splash of olive oil, some rosemary and thyme and baked it...that was a big hit. Evo, you'll appreciate that we have kindred spirits who don't like sugar and marshmallows on sweet potatoes. I tried a tiny variation on my stuffing, which was to add some cranberries. I like that variation...keeps it from looking so plain brown.
And the pumpkin pie was a big hit. Hope you guys are enjoying the one I sent to the virtual feast. The crust came out light and flaky (same recipe I always use, but I must have managed to avoid overworking the dough and kept it light). I really had made two pies, thinking I'd have one left for myself...they found the second one in the fridge and had seconds! One of my guests brought a very tasty orange muscat wine that was surprisingly good with pumpkin pie! I'll have to remember that one.
I'm still trying to figure out how 7 people drank 5 bottles of wine, when one person was drinking beer, and one not drinking!
Then again, it was about 5 hours of eating, so I guess that makes more sense than I thought at first (mostly because several of us are serious lightweights when it comes to drinking, so we should be passed out on the floor drinking the equivalent of a bottle of wine each).
They all brought very tasty dishes too. And I know everyone enjoyed the meal, because they all begged to take home leftovers!
Evo's daughter, nice to finally meet you! Glad you were able to make it over to spend the day with your mom!
So, who wants leftover turkey sandwiches? Or sammiches, as Tsu calls them.
Heck. You'd fall over just picking up your hopscotch marker.
