Thanksgiving Dinner

We had a great Thanksgiving Dinner with six of us at the table. Terry and I were joined by daughter Jessica, Terry’s Mom, and niece Laura and nephew Brian. The “kids” range from 24-26 years of age and get along swimmingly despite the three of them living in New Jersey, California, and Chicago respectively.

Terry truly outdid herself this year. We had roast turkey, venison fillet, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, string bean casserole, nibblet corn, whole cranberry sauce and corn bread. We had wines from Ohio and Idaho that we had picked up in our travels during the summer with dinner. Desert included the traditional Friendly’s ice cream log and home made pies. Terry baked pecan and pumpkin pies and her Mom baked apple. Coffee and tea were served with desert and then I cracked open a bottle of 12-year old Glenlivet. Brain and I enjoyed the scotch but the ladies only took a small sip.

We took our time at the table and enjoyed the visit and conversation. We had phone calls from Rick (Son) and Lucille (Brian and Laura’s Mom). We sat there and passed the phone around so we could all talk to those on the other end.

The turkey was prepared using Alton Brown’s recipe for brining the bird and cooked to perfection. The breast meat was nice and moist. This not only made it delicious, but it made it the easiest bird I have ever had to carve. Every one of the pies tasted great as did the sweet potatoes, string bean casserole and…well everything!

I’m stuffed!

I hope you had as good a day as I did.