What's for dinner?

[VJohnson]

I suddenly didn't want to go to DD's house yesterday. But I persevered and hauled the mashed potatoes and the broc over there. I always make the gravy for her, since she used to use the little jars. I skimmed the fat and then made great gravy with a splash of this stuff that Mother always used. In a little brown bottle.

We sat down and as last year, I asked what we all were thankful for. SIL said that he'd be thankful if we didn't have to do this so he could eat. DD just looked at me. I told them I'm thankful that we all were still here, gathering together as family, and I'm thankful that my GD is thriving in her first quarter of college at Portland state.

Nobody else said anything. Sigh...

DD never keeps the carcass, so I stripped it and then brought it home in the oval disposable pan that she had cooked the turkey in. My refrig is full, so son got out a cat crate and put the pan inside. It went out on the side deck. We have lots of critters, so the crate was to prevent anyone from getting to the turkey. Its 35 outside so it was a great idea. Whats a little cat fur when one has a huge carcass to protect?

I just put mine directly into the crock pot with some onions, carrots and celery. Lovely broth has been made!!!

 

[VJohnson]

Pulled pork sandwiches tonight. I'll make turkey soup today, but freeze it for another time. Tomorrow we'll have turkey tetrazzini and that will be enough of the leftovers for us for now. The rest of the turkey has already been shrink wrapped and frozen for another time. Sweet potato/cranberry casserole went into a freeze dryer tray.

 

[CrealCritter]

Me: smells.good, what is it? She said some fancy word. Me: Spell it. She F r i t t a t a, it's a crust less quiche, you'll like it.


Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

It's a baked cheesy egg pie, filled with tasty veggies and meats. She was right, I liked it . She's also gonna put leftover slices in baggies, so I can have it for breakfast too.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[flowerbug]

two more days of turkey. i will still enjoy it. i have a wing and a leg left. Mom took the white meat and the last of the stuffing and mashed potatoes and made dinners for the freezer. it is a perfect arrangement when one person likes the dark meat and the other person likes the white meat. we would fight over the stuffing but there was plenty this time. i'm happy to leave all the mashed potatoes for Mom to enjoy. i like them but she really loves them.