Just wondering this or that

[simplyn2deep]

In honor of the day,

Turkey or ham?
both, but tonight we had turkey

Cranberry sauce - smooth or chunky
smooth. I'll do chunky if it's homemade.

Vegetables - Green bean casserole or peas and onions
Neither. give me a salad or mixed greens or broccoli. Tonight we had sauteed cauliflower. My first time, they were pretty good.

Potatoes - with or without a hint of nutmeg
without...though I don't think I've had them with nutmeg

Dessert - pumpkin or sweet potato
I'm not a big fan of pie, plus I can't tell the difference between the two when they're baked. tonight we had churro cheesecake and it was damn good.


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We went to Lora and Tina's for Thanksgiving. There were 7 of us. Very little leftovers. I was sort of looking forward to taking some home, but glad there wasn't any to have to package up.

As usual, we had to wait for Staci to finish getting ready. Every year it's the same and we end up waiting for her to finish getting ready before we can eat!

And on top of that, Lora was still cooking. But I wasn't conscripted into helping like in previous years.

Definitely pluses and minuses.

The big plus was the brief video call with the family and seeing Tina. She's 93 and we haven't seen her in something like 11 months?

Now I'm getting ready for bed.

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Barb makes great chunky cranberry sauce. I love it on sandwiches. It is hard to tell the difference between pumpkin and sweet potato pies..

[cmk418]

I know what churros are and I know what cheesecake is, I've just never thought they could be put together. That sounds delicious.

Both vegetables that they're making you choose from in that survey have too many onions for me (and by too many, I mean more than zero). What you wound up having sounded good- if you get the chance, roasted cauliflower is really delicious.

We went completely non-traditional and had steak and potatoes this year. In a normal year, we would have had both turkey & ham at our big Thanksgiving feast, and I'd always opt for turkey. (Ham is for Easter)

I have never had potatoes with nutmeg either. I wonder if it's something regional.

It sounds like you had a nice time and I'm glad you were able to see people you haven't seen in a while.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

my friend who made the churro cheesecake only recently, maybe in the last 6 months, started making them. They were such a hit, that it's been added to the catering/BBQ business she and her husband have going on. The next thing I want to try of theirs is the BBQ. It always looks so good and I don't mind having it for a few days lol