blacksmithn wrote:It's a couple hours out of my life to make her feel better. How can I refuse?
blacksmithn's soooo cool...
I'm making the whole shebang this year. I have a rather stained piece of paper in my favorite cookbook on which I planned my menu for the first real Thanksgiving dinner I ever made, about 12 years ago, and have hewed pretty closely to it ever since. Turkey (organic free range, will cook in a clay pot this year, did it once before and it was the best ever), stuffing, cranberry sauce, cranberry bread, mashed potatoes, green beans. Haven't decided if I'll make or buy pies, will probably go ahead and buy with all that other stuff going on. My husband's family has been circulating (via email) an old family potato recipe (said to date back to their roots in Ireland) that I think I might take a stab at even though it's rather labor-intensive -- very good!
Usually it's just us three but my mom's here visiting, still just four people to cook for, not bad (and lots of leftovers, yay!). I talked to a friend about her plans and she said it'd be small... only 15 people.
She said normally it's more like 60. Wow. I can't quite imagine how that's handled.