Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the USA. A day where we stop to give thanks for all that we have. Like the Pilgrims before us, our country continues to face many challenges, but I think many of my fellow Americans would agree, we are thankful for the love of our God, our family and our friends. So, here is a random list of 13 things I am thinking about this Thanksgiving.
1. Before I sit down to breakfast I need to bake an apple pie. Why so early? Well, I like freshly baked apple pie and the turkey we got will take about 4 and a half hours to cook! With one oven I am stuck baking the pie early.
2. I made the dressing yesterday, and have it chilling down. I will stuff Mr. Tom Turkey this morning and roast him slowly until he is perfectly cooked!
3. I peeled and diced the Yukon Gold Potatoes yesterday and they are soaking in a pot. Yukon Gold Potatoes make the best mashed potatoes!
4. I also peeled and chopped up the butternut squash. These were squash I grew in my garden this summer. Somehow, that makes them taste even better and more special.
5. I roasted the chestnuts and then shelled them. I am so happy that Julia Child wrote about the easy way to shell a chestnut. In the past I did it all wrong and ended up with sliced up fingers. This easy way, soaking them in boiling water for 20 minutes, putting a large X in the rounded part and then placing them on a roasting pan in a 400 (F) degree oven for 25 minutes. Cool, place all the chestnuts in a dishcloth and then crunch on the kitchen shelf. They almost peel themselves! Makes a great addition to the dressing.
6. I peeled 2 dozen pearl onions.
7. Then after I did all that preparation work for today’s dinner, I started to make dinner for last night.
8. The dogs began to demand to be fed, so I broke down and fed them 10 minutes early.
9. Just about the time dinner was ready, I kind of lost my appetite. All the preparation of food, just made the food look unappealing.
10. Finally I finished all the cooking and cleaned up and got to sit down in my recliner at 7:15 last night.
11. After three such busy day, I felt exhausted!
12. Oh yes, one more thing to mention…I lost a pound and a half at Weight Watchers on Wednesday!
13. To all my family and friends, here and abroad. May you enjoy the blessings of Thanksgiving. I know it is not a holiday for everyone, but I believe that the feeling of thankfulness that I feel in my heart and mind, for the ones that I love, is something shared universally.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Maribeth!!
Thank you Maribeth and you and Hubby also have a great day. Must confess I have never eaten chestnuts. Guess they are scrumptious???
Have a wonderful meal and day! Happy Thanksgiving! Love YOU, Mel
Only by reading your post my mouth was watering, lol ! I have to take a tissu. It is amazing that Jack has not the size of a buddha with all the good cooking you make !
Oh Happy Thanksgiving dear lady and to your hubby too. We have so much to be thankful. My sister is out of ICU as of yesterday and in a room now. I read on Beth’s blog about the lady who met you called you “that crazy Dauchshound (sp?) lady. Shame on her. You aren’t crazy you just love your doggies 🙂 Hugs to you. Loved the picture of you and hubby at bottom of blog today. Very quaint. Oh yes congrats on the 1 1/2 lb lose. I need to work on my weight too and lose about 30 lbs.