my brother, roommate, and myself i think did a rather terrific job. a few recipes from my mother, and a few from jared's as well as a last minute call to jared's mom for a suggestion on the gravy and presto. . . . we had a thanksgiving meal.
jared was the turkey and gravy master, and he made one stuffing. . . i watched intently, i'm not so comfortable with cooking meat just yet. . . but i picked up some nifty ideas. after rubbing the whole turkey down with oil and some spices, jared covered it with a paper bag. . . and it came out completely melt in your mouth juicey.
my brother and i commandeered things like mashed potatoes, candied yams, and stuffing. the cranberry sauce was canned. . . but still really good, and the stuffing was sans chestnuts. . . as per my mom's recipe. dan and i searched santa fe high and low for chestnuts and finally found some that were already cooked, canned, and sitting in water. . . great, all the hard stuff was done, but the taste was lost in the process. . .. that normally sweet nut now just tasted like waterlogged chewy mush. not a good add to the stuffing. . . so we left them out, sadly.
starting at around 9 am. . .. but having to wash, and reallocate different dishes
we made due with the little amount of pots, pans, and serving utensils that we had. . . and came out with a rather incredible meal. .. if i do say so myself. after finishing, i relayed how accomplishing something like this makes me feel like i can actually cook.
not to make light of the hard work that people put into this meal. . but our process was fairly easy and smooth. we just had to think ahead of when things could be reheated or put in the oven after the turkey (which took up nearly the whole oven) we took turns showering while the turkey cooked and even watched the first movie of the day. . . fear and loathing in las vegas. the meal commenced with the two towers-extended version, and dessert was served with drop dead gorgeous, and we had second and third helping to arika kurosawa's dreams.
i never got out of my pajama short and a long sleeve t. . . so i was pretty satisfied with the day.
here's a pic of the final outcome. . .
i hope you all had a good time with family and friends. . . . and again, travel safely to get back to where ever you have to go.
"and we'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere . . .and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys."
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