I knew it was Thursday. (Always a four-day weekend, right?)
Unless you work for a company that makes their employees work the day after Thanksgiving...
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DCJensen - Nov 26, 2009 7:09:38 am PST #1743 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
sj - Nov 26, 2009 7:38:51 am PST #1744 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The butternut squash soup is simmering on the stove smelling yummy. Otherwise I am trying to stay out of Mom's way.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 26, 2009 7:43:01 am PST #1745 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I'm still in my pj's, watching Top Chef reruns.
We'll load up the car and go to my friend's house in another hour or so.
sj - Nov 26, 2009 7:56:38 am PST #1746 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The prosecco is opened! The celebrating can officially begin.
Polter-Cow - Nov 26, 2009 8:13:38 am PST #1747 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm still in my pj's, watching Top Chef reruns.
I am in my PJs (scrubs), watching Batman: The Animated Series.
WindSparrow - Nov 26, 2009 8:22:24 am PST #1748 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm still in my pj's, watching Top Chef reruns.
I am in my PJs (scrubs), watching Batman: The Animated Series
I am in my pjs reading Bitches.
grins beatifically.
What?!
Hil R. - Nov 26, 2009 8:26:05 am PST #1749 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, I've now made four dishes: pumpkin pie, green bean mushroom casserole, butternut squash and chestnut casserole, and stuffing. Next up is mashed potatoes, and then my part of this is done.
Jessica - Nov 26, 2009 8:47:16 am PST #1750 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ZOMGWTFTHANKSGIVING
flops onto thread couch
There was no way to get out of NYC before yesterday this year, so ALL of my cooking was done today. Woke up at 7:30 this morning and this is the first break I've had except for a quick lunch while the pumpkin was in the oven.
So far:
- flan, chilling in fridge
- fondue-stuffed pumpkin, cooling on counter
- jalapeno creamed spinach, ditt
- mushroom tart, ditto
- stuffing, in fridge underneath turkey
- turkey, spatchcocked, butter & sage rubbed under skin, in fridge on top of stuffing
- pecans, spiced
- cranberries, sauced
Still to go:
- green beans
- salad
- spicy pumpkin seeds for flan topping
- NAP
dies of exhaustion
amych - Nov 26, 2009 8:48:59 am PST #1751 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Bread is done, second cornbread is done, gingerbread is done. Bird and dressing and potatoes are ready for the oven. Carrots and beans are last-minute-ish preparations. House is in decent shape.
Dessert dilemma: second dessert (apple (with possible cranberry) pie or cobbler or crumble) vs. use the gingerbread as a base with apple (with possible cranberry) sauce/compotey business. The difference is basically presentation - something composed vs. serving the same basic fruit stuff in a separate pan, so not much more difficulty in prep either way.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 26, 2009 8:50:06 am PST #1752 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Hope all you madly-cooking-and-baking people have fun this afternoon!