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[swordmage]

That was a very good Thanksgiving.

First off - in my complete sanity, I did all the cooking. For eight. We had domnall and myself, my father, churchofwonk, elinor_dear, reynier, and my aunt and uncle. Admittedly, our conversation turned horribly geeky near the end, leaving the older generation out, and I feel a little bad. But everyone seemed at least to have enjoyed it all and left happy.

There was turducken, green beans, garlic mashed potatoes, a butternut squash/sweet potato soup, parsnips roasted with maple syrup (quite good), andouille sausage wrapped in bacon (don't ask, domnall was responsible...), and biscuits. For dessert there were pumpkin, pecan, and mince pies. The jar of cranberry jelly was unopened as the can opener had trotted off into hiding.

Afterwards there was geekiness - gaming talk and much laughter over my attempts to play Portal.


All in all - fun, good food, and I am happy. My desire to cook is rising rapidly. Also, I may start looking into those gel things for kitchens... Or a specific pair of shoes for cooking. (People seem to like crocs, at least according to a post recently on The Kitchn.)

Comments

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

Good job with it! :) I wound up spending the day on my own except for a pie run.

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

Ack! Had I known, you would have been invited!

[elinor-dear.livejournal.com]

The food was great.
The company lively.
The Portal...amusing.

I noticed that with the "grown-ups" too.

BTW, your dad is a hoot!

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I figured he'd end up getting along with everyone.

[spunkybluegrl.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh! Do tell me how the turducken turned out! I totally watched a show on Food Network tonight with my Grama that had it on there :o) Glad to hear all went well.
@~>~~

[churchofwonk.livejournal.com]

This was a triumph!

Your Portal skills were not triumphant, but it was damned amusing poking fun at you *evil calvin grin*

Thanks for the invite and such. Next time I'm forcing you to consume a mean bean. Mostly because I'm curious to see what would happen if you ever went hyper-kinetic. :-D