After all the work and sweat in the kitchen, it was time to enjoy the feast. We had turkey with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, broccoli with cheese sauce, and wonderful rolls fresh out of the oven. We even had homemade gravy! That was the only time I broke my rules [...]
Posts Tagged ‘thanksgiving’
29 Nov
Thanksgiving 2009 – the preparations
When my alarm went off on Thanksgiving morning, I was in the middle of a wonderful, enticing dream. For the life of me I can’t remember what I was dreaming about, but I know it was great because I clearly remember not wanting to wake up. Seriously though, who would want to get up at [...]
29 Nov
Thanksgiving 2009 – prelude
I got off the bus at the New London stop, in the middle of nowhere. When I told people at work where I was going to spend Thanksgiving, everyone reacted the same way: “There’s a New London in New Hampshire? Oh…” – then they nodded thoughtfully and moved on. I could tell that this town [...]
23 Nov
Thanksgiving – a little obsessively
So, today I spent some more time looking at my list of ingredients, adding recipes, checking online to educate myself on traditional cookery, and talking to my friend who knows what’s what for Thursday, and I arrived to the following conclusions: 1) Cranberry sauce is easy enough to make that I can make it from [...]
