感謝祭 (Thanksgiving)
I've always been of the opinion that MaryAnn should cook more often, and that's not just because I'm a male, chauvinistic pig either. The girl has skillz in the kitchen. Need some proof? Why, just fix your eyes on this glorious, golden brown, dead turkey.
When Thanksgiving would come along and my Granny would say she had been slaving in the kitchen all day to make the meal, who knew she was actually being literal? Turkey's are no joke, son! And they're kind of messy...and gross. Like sticking your hand up a bird's ass? Then you'll enjoy making a turkey. Like slathering butter and olive oil on things? Then you might be a sexual pervert, but you'd also really enjoy making a turkey. Both things are possible, and necessary, when it comes to cooking America's second favorite bird (my vote still goes to chicken). This particular turkey took a whopping 4-5 hours to make. Could have been watching 2/3rs of the Lord of the Ring's trilogy.
But MaryAnn didn't stop there, as she whipped up mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans and Italian hot cocoa while the turkey was doing its thing. It was her first time making stuffing and it came out great. And I don't even normally like stuffing.
Tetsuhisa and Erika were nice enough to house a lot of the food in their huge refrigerator before we could get around to making it, so it was only right they got to eat it up later. It was their first time eating turkey (which ain't exactly a common animal on these shores) and stuffing, and judging by their reactions I think they'd be open to eating them again. Tetsuhisa may look sad, but it's totally because he lost the wishbone breaking contest to his wife and won't have his wish come true.
By the way, thanks for carving the turkey for us, and here's hoping MaryAnn gets in the kitchen a bit more in 2011. And by a bit I mean everyday of the week...forever.