Yesterday (Thursday) was essentially our "Friday." I slept in til 11:30ish, missing most of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. I didn't leave the house once. I didn't even step out of the apartment! I just relaxed, cruised through Facebook a few times, made some breakfast around 2pm, showered somewhere in there, and watched TV/Movies until Sean woke up.
When he woke up, we watched part of "Castle in the Sky." Once he ran off to shower before work, I made him some dinner to go with a better batch of coffee than I made before (oops!).
I ended up staying up until 4am, no big reason other than my laziness ;-) I found a Cinnamon Roll Dough recipe in my bread machine book - LOVING that wedding present!! - and after calculating it would take about 3 hours all together, I'd start it tonight! Haha the recipe called for a room-temperature egg, and I was in a rush so...I put the egg inside my sweatshirt pocket! I know I could have used water, but this was a fun way to do it!
I also decided to brine the turkey that night so I would have a better flavored turkey tomorrow! Unfortunately, my turkey is/was around 13 lbs, so it wouldn't fit into my largest pot. I ended up with the meatiest parts of the turkey dunked in the brine mixture and the legs/tail area sticking out of it. Scared me almost every time I opened the fridge! I didn't even want to take a picture :-P
The cinnamon roll dough came out really tough to roll out and wasn't very cooperative, even when it was warm! Eventually I got about 20-24 cinnamon rolls packed together in an 8x8 pan. I let them rise and went to bed around 4am!
When I woke up, I turned on the oven and stuffed in the cinnamon rolls...about 5 minutes before Sean got home! He had to wait a little while, but he enjoyed the rolls, he said :) The turkey took the longest: the recipe I had called for turning several herbs (thyme, rosemary, sage, and parsley?) along with things like onions and garlic, into a paste to spread on and in the turkey. Unfortunately, we only have a blender, and that didn't work out so well. So, I just mixed it and stuffed it in the turkey. It turned out really well. I figured out via Google what a V-rack is and created my own with one of my Dollar Store cookie cooking racks - 50 cents well spent! Sean helped me cut it and it looked, smelled, and tasted deeeelicious!!
I couldn't have a Thanksgiving with just turkey and mashed potatoes, so I made a full meal:
Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Rolls, Corn, Cranberry Sauce, Green Bean Casserole.
Anyone up for leftovers? Haha :) It was awesome to see how well God has provided for us and allowed us to have a job with holidays off (even if it's accidental!) and delicious food to remember family and traditions and the love that we've seen from both sides of our families:) I was sitting at our table with Sean eating, remembering the Thanksgiving where my cousin and I wore American Girl dresses (we weren't teens yet, be gentle!) and other Thanksgivings with my Southern grandma and even when my grandpa was alive and the laughter that'd fill the house:) It brings a tear to my eye, but it lets me know that I'll never let go of those memories and they'll never be far from me!
Alright, misty-eyed me needs to go put away leftovers. One of those "oh...drats!" moments was definitely sitting on the couch after consumption and realizing I'M the one putting food away. Sean would help, but he stayed up til noon to eat with me and he needs some sleep :)
Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving - what did you do with your day?
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