Long Weekend

[totchipanda]

First Thanksgiving without Grampa. I may come back another day and write some FEELINGS down, but I'm sure anyone who's lost a beloved family member already knows how I'm feeling.

Tomorrow I am going to do my damnedest to do Grampa proud and make turkey dinner. I was his sous chef for many years, first for most suppers, and then after I moved to Edmonton, for the special ones. He always had the turkey started by the time we arrived so I'm not 100% sure what to do with that, but I'm sure I can figure it out. And I can definitely do the rest of the supper no problem.

Note to self: wear supportive shoes. My feet are too unhappy these days when I stand for any appreciable amount of time without shoes on. That includes the time it takes to do the dishes.

Tonight/early tomorrow: grocery shopping. I require a turkey, a stick of lard (for pie dough), some pie-makings, veggies, cream, butter.

Saturday: make pies in the morning. Clean the apartment. Prepare potatoes for later boiling. Get turkey started. Make ALL THE FOOD.

Sunday/Monday: give some serious thought to tidying up the apartment more and what I can take to charity (since I am pretty sure we'll have a bedbug spray in the near future), finish my stays so I can start on the gown and spencer, get out the things I need for other sewing projects, maybe start them, maybe knit, practice zills, finish Bones season 10 so I can start Supernatural season 10 :D

Comments

[maeveth.livejournal.com]

Turkeys are tricky bastards, you have to have the meat thermometer in there right to make sure you don't overcook it. We butter the fuck out of that bird, then salt and pepper it, put in stuffing, then use one of the roaster bag things because it's way, way easier to make the bird turn out ok if you use one of those.

I love making turkeys and I have my dad's magic stuffing recipe somewhere. Someone has to inherit the good ol' family holiday recipes.

[totchipanda.livejournal.com]

I don't have a thermometer D: But grampa always said low heat + time = delicious! I was never around for the start of turkey-making, but definitely at the end. I think I'll be ok. And the rest really will be fine, I've been making mashed taters and gravy and all the rest for years :D

So true! I got 99% of the recipe things when they moved into the assisted living facility, but aside from perogies and Christmas cookies, there isn't really anything holiday-related in there. Grampa gave me 15 years of "throw it in a pan and hope it works" and that's gonna have to be good enough :3