Thanksgiving

I realize it's late but, Happy Turkey Day!

With Nikki in TN, it was just Mom, Dad, me and Matthew for Thanksgiving at Mom's place. Since Mom had to work on the actual Thanksgiving Day I was drafted (not unwillingly) to take over. On Wed I prepared about half of what we had to eat: candied sweet potatoes, vinegar carrots, plain potatoes (peeled and cut up), and of course the turkey had been thawing since Tue. On Thur I cooked and mashed the plain potatoes, put the turkey in the oven (upside-down according to a tip from Lunds & Byerly's), cooked the sweet potatoes in the oven, boiled the corn-on-the-cob, made stuffing, and baked the biscuits.

Besides setting the table with fancy dishes and napkins and candles, Mom helped with the order of the layers for the candied sweet potatoes and what ingredients went into the carrot dish. Other than that, I did the actual cooking and all-in-all it turned out well. The hardest part is the timing, trying to get everything to finish close to the same time. There was also apple pie w/ice cream for desert but we were all too full to even consider it.

Since Mom had to work on the day after Thanksgiving Dad stayed the night in the guest bedroom. That way Mom would be able to get to bed early-ish because she had to get up at five am. I think Matthew got more of a kick out of it than I did. I see Dad all the time so it was cool that Matthew and Dad got to spend some time together, even if it was just watching movies all day.

Now that I've shown my culinary skill, Dad may expect more from burgers and frozen dinners. :) Mom asked if I could do this again next year. I said sure if she wanted me too.