Yesterday was Stuart's first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a great American holiday, it's wonderful that as a nation we can give thanks unto God for the abundance He has provided us. As it was Thanksgiving, Stuart spent the afternoon watching the Lions choke away another football game. Some things never change eh?
After the Lions game, we hosted a little get together for friends and family. We spent the better part of the week preparing for it. Above is our world famous roasted brined turkey. It was juicy and delicious, especially with our red wine and turkey stock pan gravy.
I spent most of Wednesday smoking the above turkey. It to was brined, though in a less elaborate brine than the roasted turkey. The brine preserves the juiciness of the turkey and in the case of a smoked turkey it is essential. After its overnight soak in the brine, I smoked it with hickory and cherry wood for a good 6-7 hours.
And here we have the full spread, including our mustard glazed ham, red wine and turkey stock gravy, dressing, homemade green bean casserole (read: nothing came out of a can), herbed mashed potatoes and sauted corn.
And here we have a better view of our perfectly carved turkey. I believe it essential to take the entire breast off the bone before carving it.
For desert Janna made pumpkin mousse, which I absolutely love. Thanks to the Jurries who also brought a couple of dishes, including a desert that I never actually saw. I was told it was quite good.
Today we sort of hung around the house. We actually went to the mall today to gawk at the moronic Christmas shoppers. The world loves its precious Christmas doesn't it? After we got home Stuart and Deirbhile played for quite a while, always a good thing.
We're making good use of all that firewood we bought last month. We had a great fire going earlier this evening. The fire heats up the living room perfectly.
I would like to think I make a pretty good fire.
Deirbhile had decided that she really likes the fire. Here she is sleeping in front of it. You can't see it well but there are some really hot coals at the bottom of the fireplace. I suspect Deirbhile really likes the heat. In any event, we've had quite a week. God has greatly blessed us and our family this year. He has especially blessed us with great leftovers which will be consumed for the next six weeks.
Yesterday was Stuart's first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a great American holiday, it's wonderful that as a nation we can give thanks unto God for the abundance He has provided us. As it was Thanksgiving, Stuart spent the afternoon watching the Lions choke away another football game. Some things never change eh?
After the Lions game, we hosted a little get together for friends and family. We spent the better part of the week preparing for it. Above is our world famous roasted brined turkey. It was juicy and delicious, especially with our red wine and turkey stock pan gravy.
I spent most of Wednesday smoking the above turkey. It to was brined, though in a less elaborate brine than the roasted turkey. The brine preserves the juiciness of the turkey and in the case of a smoked turkey it is essential. After its overnight soak in the brine, I smoked it with hickory and cherry wood for a good 6-7 hours.
And here we have the full spread, including our mustard glazed ham, red wine and turkey stock gravy, dressing, homemade green bean casserole (read: nothing came out of a can), herbed mashed potatoes and sauted corn.
And here we have a better view of our perfectly carved turkey. I believe it essential to take the entire breast off the bone before carving it.
For desert Janna made pumpkin mousse, which I absolutely love. Thanks to the Jurries who also brought a couple of dishes, including a desert that I never actually saw. I was told it was quite good.
Today we sort of hung around the house. We actually went to the mall today to gawk at the moronic Christmas shoppers. The world loves its precious Christmas doesn't it? After we got home Stuart and Deirbhile played for quite a while, always a good thing.
We're making good use of all that firewood we bought last month. We had a great fire going earlier this evening. The fire heats up the living room perfectly.
I would like to think I make a pretty good fire.
Deirbhile had decided that she really likes the fire. Here she is sleeping in front of it. You can't see it well but there are some really hot coals at the bottom of the fireplace. I suspect Deirbhile really likes the heat. In any event, we've had quite a week. God has greatly blessed us and our family this year. He has especially blessed us with great leftovers which will be consumed for the next six weeks.
1 comment:
Your stupid post has me salivating and craving turkey and pumpkin mousse- The one is totally out of reach due to lack of supply (there are no rotisserie turkeys to my certain knowledge) and the other due to lack of a Janna in the vicinity.
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