After all guests leave I will take out contact lenses, put on sweats and finish cleanup. Then make a cup of hot chocolate with a dab of leftover whipped cream on top and a slice of dessert. Not sure which one. Put my feet up.
Fuck. I always tell guests no need to bring anything unless there is something they really want to drink. I plan and coordinate the meal. A cousin who is somewhat of an asshole but he's a first cousin and lives in area so I need to include him. At the last moment he tells me he is bringing his cranberry sauce made without sugar. Just some fruit juice. I had it once and it's bloody awful. I already made large quantity of cranberry sauce. He is also bringing horseradish for the turkey. On turkey sandwich maybe but who puts horseradish on turkey? Making really good gravy involved a lot of steps. But if he prefers horseradish I can't stop him. I am having gravy.
My two vegan guests both got sick. After I made vegan entree, gravy, dessert. I offered to bring them a parcel tomorrow.
not leftovers??? ;-p This was as wonderful of a thanksgiving as I've ever enjoyed. 16 of us, family & old friends spanning generations, all happy and doing well in a beautiful remote valley where it's just us for miles. Everyone pitched in on the production of a fabulous meal & unprompted the kids cleared the plates when we were finished & did the dishes. Norman Rockwell should have been there STOMP
One of them is getting chemo. Some days she is OK others not. Her spouse has a cold. I will bring them a bag tomorrow. Just finished washing dishes. The dishwasher was running and I didn't want to wait for it to finish plus not everything can go in dishwasher. Took an hour. Our menu: Salad of greens, celery, apples from garden Herb rubbed turkey. Baguette based dressing. Turkey gravy and vegan gravy. Vegan casserole of butternut squash and lentils with herbed cashew yogurt. Slow cooker potatoes. Mashed sweet potatoes. Cranberry pear sauce. Crusty rolls. Corn pudding. Glazed carrots. Green beans with maple pecans Vegan dessert apple crumble with raspberry sorbet Triple citrus cheesecake Chocolate angel pie with whipped cream Four layer gingerbread cake with vanilla buttercream Wine and sparkling cider
Lashanna wanted to contribute to menu. Just before guests were due she brought home a good fat mouse. I knew some of the guests would have major freakout so put mouse outside. Dummy didn't have sense to run off. When guests arrived they saw Lashanna in driveway with mouse. If stupid humans can't appreciate such a delicacy she will eat it herself. So there!
Possible that the mouse might have contaminated the food? Causing the guests to get sick? They probably just got sick because they’re vegan and their digestive track is weak from eating like a finch
Only two guests are vegan. The mouse didn't contaminate anything. One of my vegan friends is getting chemo. That is why she couldn't attend. Not because she doesn't eat eggs. I brought them a bag of stuff from the dinner.
My MiL had 50 people at her house this year ... biggest Thanksgiving they've had in awhile, typically around 40 of us. Had a spiral cut ham, two roasted turkeys, a fried turkey and my smoked turkey (I'll let you guess which one was gone first, but let's just say my time spent at the smoker was not in vein). Add in all the trimmings including adding a 2nd MaC by yours truly with Tillamook cheese that was gone in a hurry. Add in a little work, some football and only one uncle that got schwasted (but still made it up at 8 am for his shift the next day) and it was a pretty good Thanksgiving.
