Thanksgiving prep: Part 1 of X

[serinde]

For some reason, it's harder to sit down and organize my thoughts on the train these days; and I don't have time to do scribblies in the morning, so I keep ending up in a giant tangle of O Noes, What Should I Be Doing When?. Therefore, I am wilfully taking five minutes of work time plus coffee to get my poop in a group as regards Operation: Thanksgiving.


Starter: roast cauliflower salad* (with white Burgundy)

2x 14lb brined young turkeys from Trader Joe's*
mushroom and onion stuffing
mashed potatoes
mashed turnip, which is audiovile's fault
green bean and shallot dish* from the St John's Restaurant cookbook
cranberry sauce
dinner rolls (Pillsbury, frozen. Sue me.)
(With choice of Riesling or Pinot Noir)

Dessert:
pumpkin pie
apple crisp
dark chocolate loaf cake
(with coffee or tea)

Later, during Bad Movie Time:
knockoff of Union Square Cafe's spicy bar nuts
cheeses
charcuterie
(port or Madeira)

* Asterisk represents a dish I haven't made before.

Last night I bought wine, made the cranberry sauce and the chocolate cake, and realized I was out of baking soda. ... Though I'm not sure I'll need it for anything else, at that.

Tonight I'll be at sweh's, so no prep.

Tomorrow evening I make the pumpkin pie and set out the stuffing bread, and maybe do some advance chopping of celery and onion.

Thursday I go ballistic and make everyone around me cower in terror. Step 3: Profit?

Comments

[nancaurelia.livejournal.com]

Sounds very yummy, with a particularly nice focus on yummy vegetable dishes.

[briony530.livejournal.com]

Traitor! What about MY yummy stuffing and grape pie! Plus I promise not to make anyone cower...as I am a lazy slob who will not be nearly as ambitious as our dear friend above.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

Yay! Cowering in terror!

Perhaps I'll attempt-and-bring what I might have done for the potluck last Sunday, had I known in advance that my oven was pooched.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Feel free! Though if you think you won't want to juggle a cooked dish, bringing salamis and the like would be quite welcome.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think my sinister plan will be fairly durable transport-wise.

[shechameleon.livejournal.com]

Feh. At least you know where you'll be for T-day. If the blondest family member has not gotten rid of his fever by tomorrow AM, I get to go shopping for Thanksgiving dinner. Yahoo.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

O noes! What ails the sprog?

[shechameleon.livejournal.com]

He's been sick since Sunday with some kind of virus. We wound up coming down, and he's much better today.