Thanksgiving or Bust!

Thanksgiving has come and gone and the last of the pie has been eaten up...thanks to me.

The dinner preparations began Wednesday

Oops!

But nothing that can't be fixed.

and I planned to photo document my steps but around 1:00 in the afternoon when my feet almost gave out on me and my eyes started tearing uncontrollably due to the onions I was cutting for the stuffing, and my nose running which caused me to take a minute to blow it which then caused a bloody nose, typical Whit, which then lead to me stuffing a sheet of paper towel up my nose, not pleasant, while blinded by onions in order to get back to chopping, let's just say it wasn't a pretty site and the pictures stopped.

(And for anyone reading this that participated in our dinner, I washed my hands, I washed my hands, I washed my hands, there was no actual blood drippage anywhere near the food, all was sanitary!) When the big day rolled around I was convinced I would have everything warm and on the table on time...yeah right!

Our little bird

The Turkey cooked in half the time I expected, I doubled the roll recipe (I used Afton's cousins) which started to overflow my Bosch so I just dumped half of it when I couldn't fit it in my largest bowl, and yes folks it still needed to double in size!

I started runnning around like a "Turkey" with my head cut off trying to cook the rolls and green beans, warm the spinach dip and stuffing while trying to make gravy which always takes longer then expected! It was crazy in the end and some of the food was cold but I think everything at least tasted pretty good, it had a nice flavor. I decided in order to entertain the way I would like, a double oven is a must and until then, cold food will always be my biggest nemesis!

Green beans, prier to cooking

There were no doors taken down this year to be used as our table (see Thanksgiving 08') and my last minute attempt to make Martha Stewart's hanging tissue paper puffs over my table never came to be...I made one and it looked ridiculous, never mind because the friends arrived and the festivities were underway ready or not. Our usually empty house filled with loving friends and the sounds and smells of the holidays.

Thank you everyone that came and helped make Thanksgiving 2009 a success, I love doing this and look forward to next year!