OMG FOOD
Thanksgiving. It happened. As the overstuffed fridge (and houseguests) and mountain of dirty dishes will attest.
I made, as is my wont, way too much fantastic food.
Ginormous roasted turkey.
Way too much* stuffing.
Mashed potatoes.
Holy mother-of-all-gravy.
Sweet potatoes.
Brussel sprouts á la otterkin**.
Duxelles.
A port wine cherry reduction sauce with shallots and fresh thyme.
Crescent rolls.
Freshly toasted pecans.
Pear-cranberry pie with vanilla bean.
A cream pie with chocolate ganache, toasted pecans, and caramel pastry cream.
Now, to shower, dress, makeup, and to the mall for a day of gift-wrapping at khryseos' store. Gods, Black Friday. MADNESS!
If/when life settles down again, I'll share recipes!
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* The recipe said it would serve 12 "with leftovers". I halved it, as there were 5 adults and one toddler, but three of those adults are athletic males, one of whom is a teenager. So I figured "serves 6+" would be about optimum. AFTER HALVING THE RECIPE, I had to use a @#$% cauldron-size stock pot to mix it, and had to use TWO deep 11x9 pans to bake all of it, and we still only ate a quarter of what was made. So I'm going to violate my rule about not writing in books and change the recipe to say "serves 48". Jesus Murphy.
** khryseos has boycotted this vegetable for 20 years. As a testament to my cooking, he tried one. As a testament to otterkin's, he ate a second one. (After that, there was no pulling him away from the roast turkey with port-cherry sauce.) He said, "I can honestly say that this is the best brussel sprout I've ever had. In fact, while they'll never be my favorite... I can eat these. I never thought I'd say that."
I made, as is my wont, way too much fantastic food.
Ginormous roasted turkey.
Way too much* stuffing.
Mashed potatoes.
Holy mother-of-all-gravy.
Sweet potatoes.
Brussel sprouts á la otterkin**.
Duxelles.
A port wine cherry reduction sauce with shallots and fresh thyme.
Crescent rolls.
Freshly toasted pecans.
Pear-cranberry pie with vanilla bean.
A cream pie with chocolate ganache, toasted pecans, and caramel pastry cream.
Now, to shower, dress, makeup, and to the mall for a day of gift-wrapping at khryseos' store. Gods, Black Friday. MADNESS!
If/when life settles down again, I'll share recipes!
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* The recipe said it would serve 12 "with leftovers". I halved it, as there were 5 adults and one toddler, but three of those adults are athletic males, one of whom is a teenager. So I figured "serves 6+" would be about optimum. AFTER HALVING THE RECIPE, I had to use a @#$% cauldron-size stock pot to mix it, and had to use TWO deep 11x9 pans to bake all of it, and we still only ate a quarter of what was made. So I'm going to violate my rule about not writing in books and change the recipe to say "serves 48". Jesus Murphy.
** khryseos has boycotted this vegetable for 20 years. As a testament to my cooking, he tried one. As a testament to otterkin's, he ate a second one. (After that, there was no pulling him away from the roast turkey with port-cherry sauce.) He said, "I can honestly say that this is the best brussel sprout I've ever had. In fact, while they'll never be my favorite... I can eat these. I never thought I'd say that."