I began typing this with one hand so I could keep eating turkey pieces off the bone with my other hand - yum! Our twelfth year of marriage, but our very first turkey ever. It worked so well: Karla prepped and cooked, Chris carved and cleaned up, and we all ate it (and will be eating it for a week or two). Gravy, cranberry sauce (homemade), mashed potatoes, garlicky pumpkin, and stuffing rounded off our meal. No time or room for dessert, but plan to make individual pumpkin pies (in large muffin tins) sometime soon. We hoped to have our Canadian neighbours, Chris & Kathryn, over to share our thankfulness, but Samantha was feeling under the weather and we didn't want to pass her germs onto our friends' baby, Iris.
Hope you had a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving, eh!
Congratulations on your 1st turkey, Karla...that bird looks nicely browned...can almost smell it! Wish we could drop by to sample some, but I'm sure Chris won't mind having to eat turkey for awhile especially if it comes with mashed potatoes & gravy!
ReplyDeleteSince it was such a success, hope this establishes a new tradition for many more Canadian Thanksgiving dinners at your house.
Love, Gramma
That bird looks awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteWooohooooo.............you all must have been thrilled!! It's taken 3 days but we have eaten 1/2 of ours & it was 14 lbs!
Yummy ~ isn't turkey wonderful??
Did you like it Sean?