wine to go with turkey dinner

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osso, the Lebkuchen were sent to me from Germany. The carrots in pecans
are easy - cut up carrots, pour some honey and lemon juice over them, a bit of brown sugar and cook until tender, toss in the pecans. Brussels sprouts: I microwave them for 4 min. cut them in halves and put them in a frying pan
with butter until they have a slightly brown crust, add parmesan and pine nuts,
season to taste. The speatzle are actually noodles and I buy them and cook
them like pasta. The goose you prepare just like chicken, except it takes a lot longer to roast (4.5 hours).

Ok, good summary. I'll try the carrot thing first.

Well, we had a great meal & a large crowd - two sons & wives and two daughters & spouses, four grandchildren and three dogs. Independent excursions going on all week to St Helena and other spots in the area - typical confusion about where everyone is and where are the keys to various cars, etc. Some of it still continues.

My wife and various daughters & daughters-in-law generally controlled the kitchen, united only in keeping me out (at times the tensions from female rivalries were palpable). The meal that resulted was traditional ... and wonderful. I especially liked the mixed carrot & rutabaga (yellow turnip) mix my wife, Elise, makes (& invariably announces came from her German mother - more defensive sublimation from the non-Irish in the family).

Too many people to agree on one wine. We served chilled Reisling , some Saubingon Blanc and one of my favorite reds. A very good day, and I hope everyone here had one too.

Some very interesting recepies and ideas for dishes. I'm contemplating suggesting a few, but I fear that might piss Elise off a bit.

Yes, especially when she's got some German blood in her!

Worse than that, it's a combination of German, Corsican and Spanish (Haeussler, Hesse, Bienvenutto, and Montilla). She's at least as testy about her domain as I suspect you are !

However, a little Irish goes a long way.