Zac's and my First Thanksgiving away from home was today, celebrated with Zac's sister Anna from Geneva. Determined not to let the size of the company to diminish the feast, I planned and bought food for at least 6, greedily anticipating next-day leftovers. The results:
A 4.5 chicken, which I repeatedly and mistakenly referred to as a turkey
A huge pot of mashed potatoes (delicious, though strangely sweet. Blame the variety of potatoes we bought)
A disproportionate amount of gravy (after we were satiated on potatoes and chicken, had barely eaten a quarter of the gravy)
Stuffing (unfortunately purchased 3 boxes of the cheapest stuffing Sainsbury had, with the result that after the feasting now have masses of what looks like gray-green soggy cat litter)
Mashed sweet potatoes, which were decidedly sweet even before Zac and Anna put sugar on theirs
Real cranberry sauce, which Zac once again boycotted because "it wasn't a smooth jellied form in the shape of a tin can"
Broccoli (for some reason repeatedly disparaged by Anna and Zac)
Cheese sauce (the redemption of broccoli)
Biscuits (ended up with a triple batch when Anna misread how much butter to put in)
Pumpkin pie with homemade whipped cream (delicious, though contains only 70% pumpkin and 30% squash)
Apple Pie (with Bramley apples, excellent for cooking, horribly for eating)
Apple Cider (was going to be drunk warm, but we ended up so uncomfortably hot after all the cooking that we opted for cold apple juice instead)
With the exception of the stuffing, which will be tossed, we will be enjoying Thanksgiving, the sequel, tomorrow for lunch via the microwave.
your descriptions are so funny erica! your dinner sounds great, at least as good as our canadian thanksgiving...at least you didn't make a pie with a fruit that tastes somewhat like dirty socks. maybe when i'm there we should have a late-christmas feast or something!
ReplyDeleteHaha! This sounds great. I'm glad you guys kept the traditions, and I can't blame Zac about the cranberry sauce; the canned stuff does have its own charm.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I didn't know you had a blog! Or maybe you told me and I didn't look at it fast enough, and I consequently forgot all about it. Anyway, it's really fun to read about your adventures. We can't wait to come see you!