is it too early to bitch about Thanksgiving?
I get a call from sister, saying she wants to talk about Thanksgiving. I've been sick as a dog all week, so I didn't remember talking with her. She sent me an email a couple days later saying that since we had traveled the last few years, it's only fair that they travel to us. Yippie.
She offered to buy the groceries to take off that stress. Since hubby still hasn't found a new job, that does help, but that's only part of the stress. I'm a great cook, so I know the food will be better than when we go to her house, but she's better set up for it. She has all the fancy matching place settings, glassware, serving pieces. She has a maid, so her house is always perfectly clean. Her house is twice the size of ours. It's not that I don't like to entertain. I LOVE to entertain my friends, not family.
So, I need to start planning the menu. That will be difficult. While we enjoy good food, we tend to like more homey, traditional Thanksgiving menu items. She always has funky stuff at hers. I need to decide if I'm going to try new, "gourmet" recipes or keep to family favorites. Dessert will be a huge challenge. They are not pie people. Worse than that, sis has this crazy notion that if there is no chocolate, it's not really dessert. Oh, she'll eat pumpkin pie, but only because it's Thanksgiving. I think I have an idea of what I'll make, but I need to figure out how to plan a menu, have her buy the groceries and not tell her what the menu is. I might be able to pull that off. At least if it's at my house, I can have several drinks.
She offered to buy the groceries to take off that stress. Since hubby still hasn't found a new job, that does help, but that's only part of the stress. I'm a great cook, so I know the food will be better than when we go to her house, but she's better set up for it. She has all the fancy matching place settings, glassware, serving pieces. She has a maid, so her house is always perfectly clean. Her house is twice the size of ours. It's not that I don't like to entertain. I LOVE to entertain my friends, not family.
So, I need to start planning the menu. That will be difficult. While we enjoy good food, we tend to like more homey, traditional Thanksgiving menu items. She always has funky stuff at hers. I need to decide if I'm going to try new, "gourmet" recipes or keep to family favorites. Dessert will be a huge challenge. They are not pie people. Worse than that, sis has this crazy notion that if there is no chocolate, it's not really dessert. Oh, she'll eat pumpkin pie, but only because it's Thanksgiving. I think I have an idea of what I'll make, but I need to figure out how to plan a menu, have her buy the groceries and not tell her what the menu is. I might be able to pull that off. At least if it's at my house, I can have several drinks.