We did Turkey. Oh, yes we did.
And nothing fancy. No heritage turkey. Wasn't fresh, the frozen, on sale, slightly scary kind.
But it was damn good.
our menu:
Turkey (roasted, stuffed with rosemary, slathered with olive oil)
Gravy made from turkey juices and chardonnay
Mashed potatoes with borsin cheese
Buttercup squash roasted in Riesling
Carrots and celery sticks (always at our house, always)
Sourdough dressing, cooked separate from the turkey, heavy on the sage and rosemary
Rice cooked with nuts, spices, dried fruit and rosewater
Green beans, steamed, buttered, salted and peppered
Roasted Beet and Shallot salad with walnut dressing
Homemade french and french-sour dough rollsCranberries--which has to be the easiest thing in the world to make. I only adjust mine by adding some grated, fresh ginger to it.
Corn and Oysters (something I've always hated, but my brother loves. This year he took the recipe and made it his own by adding raman noodles, hot peppers, and curry. The only other person who ate it was my mother and said it was good, I'll just take her word for it)
Desert:
Homemade apple pie from home grown apples with whipped cream. I hand-whipped the cream and got soo excited at some point, for some reason, while whipping that I lifted the whisk in excitement and sent a spray of whipped cream all over the kitchen. In other words, I ejaculated.
Homemade spiced and candied nutsHomemade toffeeOur Drinks:
Domaine Ste. Michelle Extra Dry Sparkling03
Maryhill Sauvignon Blanc (still good, we were worried about the date on this one)
03
Gold Digger Cellars Dry Gewurztraminer (so-so, a bit oxidized. Should've drank it last year, they've changed their name as well.)
1978 Chateau Lascombes (good! Defiantly needed to be drunk now--fruit was still there, as was that cool, older wine quality of earthy/medicinal herbaceous flavors. Color was quite brown, but exceeded expectations)
1999
Villa Mt Eden Pinot Noir (quite nice)
2001 Columbia Crest Reserve Syrah (good, although a lot of the fruit seems to be gone and it reminded me more of a men's cologne than a wine, this wine was not decanted, it should've been)
1999
Bridgewater Mill Shiraz (the best wine on the table. Very good, well balanced, nice fruit, shocking acidity that's not found in a lot of australian wines--just great.)
2000
Fairwinds Limburger (bad. left with some residual sugar, which I'm not completely down on sweet reds. I love port, see below. But when it's done poorly, or perhaps by mistake--fermentation died before it should've--it comes off unbalanced and flat. It's a shame. The grapes come from the vineyard that my parent's planted)
NV 10 year Martinez Fine Tawny Porto--no clue how old this is. Obviously at least 10 years old, but I think we've had it for at least 10 years ourselves. It was DELICIOUS. Soft, chocolaty, fruity. Yum.
and
1 bottle of pumpkin spice beer left over from Halloween, drunk by my niece after we warned her it wasn't that good. She agreed. My brother finished it for her.
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner yourselves.
Comments (3)
Sounds pretty goddamn amazing, girl!
My evil husband bought a magnum of Yellowtail before I could stop him. That shit makes me feel hungover just looking at it.
Sounds WONDERFUL! Anyone would be fortunate to dine with you, let alone on that meal. Standouts for me include rosewater, ginger and sourdough. Yes please. Dressing must always be heavy on sage for me. I may be less-than-typical, but that flavor owns me at Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving was deemed "Lite" by me this year. The trick was to not make it seem so. To wit, I had help. I had one guest bring the Sauvignon Blanc. Please let me know if you hurl when I tell you it was Kim Crawford '08 from NZ. It definitely reminded me of a Gewurztraminer which made more than one guest happy. It played well with the pork, but there is still, after more than a week later, one bottle left. Typically unheard of around here. I need to invite a Gewurztraminer-lover over for dinner.