Thanksgiving 2009

Here it is, the Crown Jewel Of Thanksgiving. The BEAUTIFUL Turkey! 23 pounds of it. We used the Martha Stewart Method; basting with 3 sticks of butter and one whole bottle of dry white wine, with the turkey shrouded in a cheesecloth. (My first purchase in a liquor store! I know, shocking isn't it?)

My Table: Brown on Brown. I loved it!

The Menu:
Shrimp Cocktail (Lori), Corn Chowder (Brooke), Pomegranate Jello (me), Turkey (group effort), mashed potatoes (peeled a la Wes & Brooke), gravy (by Lori), Cranberry Sauce (me), Stuffing with pine nuts, sausage and water chestnuts (Brooke), Sweet potatoes (me), corn (parents garden), Rolls (Me, Brooke and Wes), Squash - which didn't really make an appearance (Dad), Welches Sparkling Grape Juice, Spiced Cidar(Me), Water, pumpkin cheese cake (Brooke and Wes), Apple and Pecan Pie (Lori) and whipped cream. We had a very abundant feast and days and days and days of wonderful left-overs.

Shane, doing the pre-dinner clean up. Nothing worse than doing hours and hours and hours of dishes after the meal when you can save yourself tons of time by cleaning up in between cooking duties.

Brooke, also doing pre-dinner clean up.

Cooking began at 6:30 A.M. with Sausage cooking, and celery, onion, and water chestnut chopping. You've got to get that Turkey stuffed before it can go in the oven!

Sam and Nathan, awaiting the feast.

Lori making WONDERFUL gravy with our Turkey,butter, wine juices.

Dad and Wes having conversation



8:00 P.M. Totally Conked out watching the game on TV.