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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2007-11-23 08:44 am

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What a splendid Thanksgiving!

Our guests: my MIL Lee, [livejournal.com profile] ladysprite, [livejournal.com profile] umbran, [livejournal.com profile] tpau, [livejournal.com profile] rufinia, [livejournal.com profile] rosinavs, Justin's non-LJ-using apprentice Aaron, and last-minute addition [livejournal.com profile] oakleaf_mirror.

The menu:
Goat cheese with flatbread crackers
Assorted olives
Mixed nuts
Latkes
Warm baked brie en croute
Turkey (21.1 lb)
Sage-and-onion stuffing
Green bean casserole
Glazed carrots
Creamed onions
Sweet potato "souffle"
Mashed Russet potatoes
Cranberry sauce (2 kinds)
Gravy
Pumpkin praline cake
Pumpkin pie
Apple-cranberry pie
Flaming plum pudding with hard sauce
Fruit salad
Trimbach Reserve Pinot Gris
Ravenswood Vintners Blend Zinfandel
Coffee and tea

Apart from my being cross that I didn't have enough room for seconds, everything went totally well! I'm thankful to have friends who are good company - and who can also be pressed into helping when they come to dinner!

[identity profile] liamstliam.livejournal.com 2007-11-23 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I needed a couple of hours to be ready for dessert.

[identity profile] rosinavs.livejournal.com 2007-11-23 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
and who can also be pressed into helping when they come to dinner!

And back out when the kitchen gets too crowded and go sit and knit... ;)

[identity profile] new-man.livejournal.com 2007-11-23 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds lovely. We were on an airplane being subjected to something less than edible. I envy your menu. Maybe next year...