Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ew. I'm sorry I wrote that post. That'll teach me to whine. I needed to just spew out the icky frustration I was feeling to get it unstuck. All is well. Really quite fine. I picked up my turkey today and started cooking. It's supposed to be a fresh turkey but the inside is quite frozen so I've been waiting for it to thaw a bit so I can remove that little plastic bag of organ meats. Martha Stewart warns against cooking the gall bladder but I can't find any pictures of turkey organs to indicate which might be the gall bladder. My guess is that it's already removed, but who can tell! I made Pioneer Woman's mashed potatoes and they are indeed verrrrry creamy. They're actually looking a little wet to me. Maybe they'll dry out when I reheat them. I'm making a really simple dinner this year. My extra twisty additions aren't appreciated any more than a straightforward traditional meal. So this year I'm forgoing the fresh cranberry salsa in favor of pushing whatever comes out of that can. I'm feeling very on top of it all. Now I just have to clean the house. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

9 comments:

Brad said...

I like the extra twisty additions. My mom is always on the look out for unusual salad recipes that she likes to try out for Thanksgiving. She's always good at getting us to try new things. Have a great holiday Bon!

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

I missed whatever post you're regretting. (I had to take a blog break for a few days for health reasons.)

I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving too. We're going to my sister-in-law's, so all I have to do is make a cake tomorrow.

Cheryl said...

Someone's sounding happy :)) And if you can't whine to your blogging friends, who can you whine to?

I'm happy being a guest at Thanksgiving. There's so much work involved with hosting. Especially the cleaning part!

Happy day!

happyone said...

Happy Thanksgiving Bonnie.
And thanks for your kind comment. :-)
Glad your sounding happy again. I'm like that too - once I say it, I feel much better.

Liv said...

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Isn't it great to have a blog to vent to? I quite enjoy it.

Kathy said...

I went to the gym early this morning and I'm baking today...pumpkin pies, apple pie and a cornmeal cranberry cake I got from a blog! Our turkey is a fresh one and the innards were frozen, too. How curious. Ours is brining in buttermilk brine. I've already had one oven fire (the apple pie leaked) and our house is freezing because I had to open all the windows. So far it's been a good day :)! Was going to prep the ubiquitous green bean casserole, stuffing, corn pudding,and the butternut squash and fingerling sweet potatoes, but I think I need a nap. I may still do the stuffing after dinner. Glad your feeling better about things.

Summer said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

CRUSTYBEEF said...

I think it's good to spew..very very good!

Sounds like you're on the ladder upwards!

Happy Thanksgiving Bonnie!

Elizabeth

simonsays said...

I think you dinner sounds perfectly wonderful, with or without the "twisty additions". I love that term, btw.

Happy Thanksgiving to you dear. It is so hard to keep a friend UP at times like this, and I so much commend you on managing to do that. You are such a compassionate, sweet person. Many hugs. :)