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Sheldon said:Apple n' punkin pies are store bought.
Fresh sweet potatoes, Kasha (no varniskes), 15lb boid:
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Well seasoned beauty... I like the neck:
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In the oven, just slipped the taters in at mid point, 2 hrs to go... I
typically bake spuds on top rack with meat without raising the oven
temp, hotter up there... kasha will go in while boid rests, and will
begin the creamed pees:
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Except for ice cream and drinks that it, *simple*!
That pretty much describes the Thanksgiving dinner my parents made last
night. Dinner was scheduled for four, but our one guest was an hour
late. Sigh! I got to my parents' house around 10:00am and proceeded to
walk a mile to the high school I attended to see the oldest high school
football rivalry in the United States: Northeast vs. Central. Before I
left, I asked my dad not to carve the turkey (because he has no clue
how). I told him I would do the carving when I got home from the game.
Dinner was simple. The bird was a tad overdone due to our tardy guest,
my mom's sister. But the bird was still delicious. It had a slight
citrus flavor from OJ, but was otherwise, just a simple "put the stuffed
turkey in the oven" and wait process.
The other dishes included some sort of apple walnut stuffing that my
parents made. It was good, but a bit too moist. They also had baked
sweet and regular potatoes, some mixed vegetables, and my aunt made that
green bean casserole, which is a staple for the TG feast in my family.
We also had dinner rolls, which my aunt bought. My dad had a sugar free
blueberry pie for dessert and I bought some pumpkin muffins. I was
stuffed, so I didn't touch any dessert.
Since the football game was over about three hours before dinner was
served, I decided to walk over to the Roosevelt Mall from Northeast High
School where the game was played. Oh, the final score was 40-28.
On my way to the mall, I stopped at a large supermarket and I picked up
some barrel pickles for my mom and some tomato juice for me. The lines
at the store were all very short, which was a surprise considering it
was 1:00pm on Thanksgiving day. I paid and continued my walk to the
mall. I went in a drug store to pick up a few items, then I walked over
to a Toyota dealership about a mile away. I am thinking of buying a new
car, so I went to look at the cars on the lot. I ended up getting back
to my parents' house around 3:00. I carved the turkey at 3:30 after it
had sat for half an hour.
My aunt was nursing her sick 36 year old son who had a bad cold, which
is why she was late. My dad warmed up te food and we nuked her green
bean casserole, and dinner was served. I ate a lot of turkey. Both the
white meat and dark, and some skin. The white was a bit dry, but not
terribly so and the dark just fell off the bone when I carved it.
Delicious! I figured that since I was out walking for two hours, I
deserved a good hearty meal.
We sat in my parents living room after dinner and then I left and I went
to a friend's house to watch a movie before I went home.
