Happy Thanksgiving
Whew! That actually went well. Pie for breakfast was good, good, good. Sure the crust was weird but no one cared. With homemade whipped cream it was all you could ask for.
We ate our feast at about 2:30. Preparation was pretty easy and my genius husband did fabulous duty as general clean-up dude and cheerleader. I made the dinner rolls while I pulled shots for our morning red-eyes and they baked up light and tasty right before I served the meal.
The turkey (which is actually 1/2 a turkey) cooked up in 2.5 hours. I used a roasting bag and considering I have 5 burns on my right hand I’m glad I did…I’m sure I could have doubled the number of burns had I used the v-rack and then flipped it. It was a very tasty bird and the best I’ve ever ate with a good, strong turkey flavor and plenty of dark meat (which is what we fight over). The gravy instructions blew goats because I followed it exactly and the gravy was way too thin so I had to make another roux and combine it into the original. The gravy had an excellent flavor. Because I used the roasting bag I had lots of good juices for the gravy. The stuffing is always easy to make and was delicious. Not too rich, not too much. I flavored it with red pepper flakes, sage, and thyme. The mashed potatoes were garlicy and good, although because the potatoes were purple, yellow and white the end product was mostly gray. Cranberry relish was perfect. No veg because the men said they didn’t want one and I didn’t care.
It is time for pecan pie. I think it might be best with a scoop of ice cream topped with a spoonful of cranberry relish.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the farmers and producers who made our local thanksgiving feast possible. Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. I’m having fun and I hope you are too.
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That looks to be “teh good!” Happy Thanksgiving.