Turkey Day recap

[pasithea]

So... Spent most of Wednsday cleaning. The house is still a mess but we at least got the front rooms presentable. Also baked the pie and got other stuff prep'd to cook for Thursday.

Dinner went really well. Except we ran out of shortening and butter and eggs and I forgot to buy potatos so we had no mashed potatos.

I think the turkey came out really well this year and the stuffed cabbage was good. Brown rice instead of white was a nice change.

The duck was okay but a little unexciting. The pie also turned out unusually bland for some reason but both looked good and were edible so I'm not gonna complain.

I also discovered that Queer eye for the Straight Guy is WAY more fun with a big group of people. Also a decidedly happy adult turn from earlier when I came out of the kitchen and discovered they were all watching RedWall

Anyhow. I'm gonna go rest my hangover now and do some homework.

Comments

Later: turduckhen

[zeeth_kyrah]

As far as bland pie, I could send you my mother's recipe for sweet potato pie. The taste is more subtle than store-bought canned pumpkin allows for, but it's not actually bland. Not quite the pie people expect, so to speak.

Also, EVERYTHING is more fun with a bunch of happy friends.

Re: Later: turduckhen

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally agree. I actually make a butternut squash pie. No canned stuff here. Hand rolled crust too.

I think the problem was that my squash was a little big (I usually use a couple of small squash instead of one big one) Also, I didn't roast the squash quite as long as I usually do which is where I think I really flubbed.

the crust was actually very successful though. Crissa made it and we used ghee instead of butter or shortening. Very crisp and golden and flakey. That's why I was disappointed with the squash.