My first Thanksgiving dinner was a success! I should quit my job and become a chef.
On the menu...
1) The turkey. I made an herb-crusted turkey stuffed with apples and oranges, and roasted with a white wine and shallot sauce and it was so juicy and flavorful. The drippings, added to a bit of flour, made a wonderful dressing.
2) The cranberry orange relish. MMMMmmmmmmmmmm. Completely home-made, not from a can or jar. It was here that I realized that you need to remove the zest from an orange before juicing it and that the zester can zest human flesh as well. Ouch!
3) The dressing. Again, completely home-made (not Stove-Top). It was an apple-cranberry dressing.
4) Green beans with garlic-lemon-olive oil dressing. I've been making this veggie for years and it always turns out well.
Mom made cherry salad and home-made macaroni and cheese (family traditions) while my sister made a yam souffle. Top off the entire dinner with a nice bottle of Shiraz and you get one happy family.
I was put in charge of making the turkey every year from now on.
Since I taste-tested everything during the many hours of cooking, I am completely stuffed. I even have pumpkin pie (my favorite), but am so full that it is just sitting forlornly in the fridge, to be eaten tomorrow.
Ahh. Success!
My quads really hurt. Just thought I'd share that. I'm off to bed now!
Ciao.
3 comments:
Man, I should have read this yesterday when I was stuffed. Now, reading it makes me hungry. Think I'll have turkey and dressing for breakfast.
ok we are coming to your house next year!
I was in charge of cooking for my folks and my in-laws this year. Made some variation on all of the "typical" Thanksgiving foods. My favorite was the sweet potatoes with brown sugar/butter/bourbon syrup. Mmmmmmmmmm...
Made a similar cranberry/orange sauce. I usually use a veggie peeler to peel long strips of zest, then chop it fine with a knife. Much safer than the zester (as I have learned the hard way... :) ).
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