We celebrated Thanksgiving at Eli's apartment this year (he has a dishwasher lol). The smallest turkey I could find was a 14 pounder! This was my second Thanksgiving cooking a real turkey. We use a modified version of Alton Brown's Thanksgiving Turkey. It turned out AWESOME!
Other than with the over-sized turkey we had a smaller feast than usual Baker spread. It was just Eli, Richard, and Myself, However, each of us put a serious dent on the food. We had my Deluxe Mashed Potatoes (a spin off of Mama's twice baked potatoes) we made them extra decedent this time by using whipping cream in place of milk! I also made Gravy from the turkey drippings, Apple Pie (with Baker Orchard apples!) and Pumpkin Pie. Eli provided lovely Hawaiian Rolls, Bacon and Cheese Green Beans, plus several varieties of Martinelli's. Richard made his Brownie Pumpkin Cheesecake.
Everything was spectacular! And though poor Eli barely made it til 7 or 8pm when it was all finally ready, we all had a lovely time.
Save-The-Date: Next Thanksgiving..YOUR PLACE!! I'll make the yams, mince pie, rolls & cranberry mousse! (..and since it'll be in Hawaii we'll probably dine on dried shredded cuttle fish & mahi-mahi instead of turkey ;)
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