Wednesday I woke up, sipped my coffee and went over a list of everything I wanted to get done the day before Thanksgiving. I admit, looking at it was a little daunting. But I got my handy Henckel knife, and started chopping up the vegetables for the stuffing, and one by one, I check off the items on my list, until at 6 PM in the evening, I was finally done. Exhausted, but done!
As I chopped and cooked and did dishes and then cooked some more (three, four full dishwasher loads) I started thinking about my Mom. For years and years Mom cooked Thanksgiving for our extended family. Gram and Uncle Betty used to help her, but mostly she did the work on her own. Just like me. Here are some of the things I made.
My famous Chestnut Stuffing.
My Apple Crisp.
Pumpkin Pie.
Mince Tart.
I’m using almost all of her recipes now, and as I was doing my cooking, I could almost feel Mom around me. It made me think of the movie “Julie & Julia”. Julie could feel Julia when she cooked and today I could feel Mom while I cooked. And the nice part is, everything came out really well. At least so far.
Tomorrow my biggest jobs will be cooking the turkey, the squash and the potatoes. Aside from that everything is pretty much done and ready to go.
I’m pretty tired tonight (Wednesday) so I’ll be in bed by 9 o’clock! After all, in the morning I am up to stuff and get that pretty 15 pound bird into the oven!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Miss Mom so much! I just want to walk into her house and smell the great smells and feel her hugs and see her smile. Have a great day! Love YOU, Mel
Happy Thanksgiving! (Eat some for me, please)