Rita wanted to stay home for Thanksgiving this year and she wanted me to cook for her a traditional dinner so...
We found a small turkey(one that had ended their life in the early years! a bit of a runt!)and we began the process of finding the right ingredients like: fresh corn off the cob, chestnuts, yams, white potatoes, rolls, real gravy(from the can, well it's real!)fruit, stuffing mix(alright, it came from a box!!!)and of course pumpkin pie and sweets. Rita roasted the chestnuts in the home fires(gas stove). I prepared the stuffing with her delicious chestnuts and hard shredding of the veggies, shredded the corn, peeled those yams and potatoes, opened that can of real gravy and stuffing mix and dove into the project...
I can say after many hours of preparation, peeling, shredding, can opening, chestnut roasting, turkey stuffing, and Rita's faithful and diligent turkey watching on the floor(picture above) we achieved success and the turkey made it to the table(picture above) We humbly said our grace, lit the candles, attacked the turkey with all the pose of hungry and purposeful Thanksgiving pilgrims and about 20 minutes later we were done. I figured 8 hours or more of work for 20 minutes of Thanksgiving(although we are still eating turkey and soup weeks later) Well after all Rita did get her Thanksgiving dinner at home...NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING OUT!!!
We found a small turkey(one that had ended their life in the early years! a bit of a runt!)and we began the process of finding the right ingredients like: fresh corn off the cob, chestnuts, yams, white potatoes, rolls, real gravy(from the can, well it's real!)fruit, stuffing mix(alright, it came from a box!!!)and of course pumpkin pie and sweets. Rita roasted the chestnuts in the home fires(gas stove). I prepared the stuffing with her delicious chestnuts and hard shredding of the veggies, shredded the corn, peeled those yams and potatoes, opened that can of real gravy and stuffing mix and dove into the project...
I can say after many hours of preparation, peeling, shredding, can opening, chestnut roasting, turkey stuffing, and Rita's faithful and diligent turkey watching on the floor(picture above) we achieved success and the turkey made it to the table(picture above) We humbly said our grace, lit the candles, attacked the turkey with all the pose of hungry and purposeful Thanksgiving pilgrims and about 20 minutes later we were done. I figured 8 hours or more of work for 20 minutes of Thanksgiving(although we are still eating turkey and soup weeks later) Well after all Rita did get her Thanksgiving dinner at home...NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING OUT!!!
1 comment:
Sounds delicious. After singing about "chestnuts roasting on an open fire" for years, I have yet to actually try one.
Next year you can save all the effort and fly out here -- we'll cook for you, but you're in charge of the chestnuts! :)
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