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violachicSo preparations for A Very 'Nidge Thanksgiving, Part III are well underway. Tonight the following things are happening in the kitchen:
- Benjamin made two kinds of mashed potatoes- one pesto, one regular
- I have Apple Betty currently baking in the oven
- There are two enormous trays of split squash brushed with olive oil waiting for their turn in the oven, to be used tomorrow in this amazing soup
- I need to make the stuffing, sans oysters- or nuts or fruit or any other type of silliness- that will go in the turkey, as the turkey will go in the oven before I get up tomorrow (a more intelligent person would have put water on to boil before sitting down at the computer- I'll be right back)
Moving on:
- Sunday will be making cornbread
Kate and Larry left yesterday morning to go to North Carolina to see her mom. This leaves Sunday, Benjamin, Joy, and me. Additionally, we are having various friends and relatives come by, including Habibi and his parents, to add up to almost twenty people total. Sunday already roasted one turkey- getting two medium-small turkeys instead of one huge one, on the theory that they will stay juicier- last night, and will put the second one in early in the morning. Various other foods, including a pork roast, candied sweet potatoes, cranberry nut bread, salad, and vegetables will make their way here with guests. All in all, it should be a chaotic but fun day. The evening, I hope, will be rounded out with some Eddie Izzard, as I really want to introduce my mother to him.
On a related note, I find it interesting that someone like Neil Gaiman can blog about making cranberry jelly, and somehow it is just as fascinating to read as anything else he has written.
Wow. I'm tired. I think I am going to let Sunday deal with baking the squash, and go to bed.
- Benjamin made two kinds of mashed potatoes- one pesto, one regular
- I have Apple Betty currently baking in the oven
- There are two enormous trays of split squash brushed with olive oil waiting for their turn in the oven, to be used tomorrow in this amazing soup
- I need to make the stuffing, sans oysters- or nuts or fruit or any other type of silliness- that will go in the turkey, as the turkey will go in the oven before I get up tomorrow (a more intelligent person would have put water on to boil before sitting down at the computer- I'll be right back)
Moving on:
- Sunday will be making cornbread
Kate and Larry left yesterday morning to go to North Carolina to see her mom. This leaves Sunday, Benjamin, Joy, and me. Additionally, we are having various friends and relatives come by, including Habibi and his parents, to add up to almost twenty people total. Sunday already roasted one turkey- getting two medium-small turkeys instead of one huge one, on the theory that they will stay juicier- last night, and will put the second one in early in the morning. Various other foods, including a pork roast, candied sweet potatoes, cranberry nut bread, salad, and vegetables will make their way here with guests. All in all, it should be a chaotic but fun day. The evening, I hope, will be rounded out with some Eddie Izzard, as I really want to introduce my mother to him.
On a related note, I find it interesting that someone like Neil Gaiman can blog about making cranberry jelly, and somehow it is just as fascinating to read as anything else he has written.
Wow. I'm tired. I think I am going to let Sunday deal with baking the squash, and go to bed.
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Date: 2008-11-27 02:56 pm (UTC)Hey, thank you so much for dropping by, even though all you did was watch us prepare our stuff.
I have never heard him speak, but I'd really love to. Sometime I need to sit down and go through all of the videos he has up on his website of his Graveyard Book tour.