Hello All,
I'm new to the blogging world. I've read many other blogs enjoying some daily. I have finally decided it's time to blog about my family after cooking my very first Thanksgiving dinner.
It was a difficult experience because it is a day I've always spent with my entire family. Unfortunately, I have a father who is currently hospitalized battling cancer. It has been a difficult 3 years for my family.
My husband was counting on us being invited somewhere but that invite unusually never came this year (we usually have our pick).
We shopped 3 days before Thanksgiving for our Holiday Feast. I lost A store coupon SOMEWHERE by the register (which caused an embarrasing exchange of words between my husband and I). My husband had so dutifully clipped the coupon from the circular at home (he never does that). It somehow vanished! I'm still upset over it.
We purchased a 13lb turkey which I let defrost in the refrigerator until Thanksgiving morning where I then set the turkey on the counter. To my dismay I found the inside of the turkey was still A little icy. I didn't panic I figured it need an extra hour or two to finish thawing. Remember it was my first time preparing a turkey. I was a Turkey virgin!
I made two pie's the night before. A pumpkin and a lemon meringue pie (first time as well). I bake cookies, cakes and cupcakes but I'm not much of a pie maker. My husband was the "taste tester" although he was partial to the lemon meringue pie. He liked them both.
Though I was excited to try something new, it was bittersweet. I couldn't help but dwell on the fact that my father AND my mother were stuck at the hospital and were most likely not going to have Thanksgiving dinner. The thought tore me to pieces. All I could remember were all the thanksgiving dinners my mother slaved over for us. I couldn't get anyone to take the the food to my parents. My poor father was restricted to a broth diet anyway. He wouldn't have been able to eat regardless.
The Turkey took an hour longer than expected but the final results weren't half bad. Actually it was a hit! I was happy to hear my stepchildren say how good the food tasted.
When my sisters called the next day I was asked how it went and If I would do it again. I said it was A LOT of work but the satisfaction came when I saw my loved ones enjoying the fruits of my labor. Would I do it again? Not. So. Sure. If I do, I will definitely go with a well recommended freezer to oven turkey. That sucker was a pain in the you know what!
All in all we had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner as a family. That's what it's all about. I set the timer on our camera and took a family portrait at the dinner table.
Smile! Click.
I'm new to the blogging world. I've read many other blogs enjoying some daily. I have finally decided it's time to blog about my family after cooking my very first Thanksgiving dinner.
It was a difficult experience because it is a day I've always spent with my entire family. Unfortunately, I have a father who is currently hospitalized battling cancer. It has been a difficult 3 years for my family.
My husband was counting on us being invited somewhere but that invite unusually never came this year (we usually have our pick).
We shopped 3 days before Thanksgiving for our Holiday Feast. I lost A store coupon SOMEWHERE by the register (which caused an embarrasing exchange of words between my husband and I). My husband had so dutifully clipped the coupon from the circular at home (he never does that). It somehow vanished! I'm still upset over it.
We purchased a 13lb turkey which I let defrost in the refrigerator until Thanksgiving morning where I then set the turkey on the counter. To my dismay I found the inside of the turkey was still A little icy. I didn't panic I figured it need an extra hour or two to finish thawing. Remember it was my first time preparing a turkey. I was a Turkey virgin!
I made two pie's the night before. A pumpkin and a lemon meringue pie (first time as well). I bake cookies, cakes and cupcakes but I'm not much of a pie maker. My husband was the "taste tester" although he was partial to the lemon meringue pie. He liked them both.
Though I was excited to try something new, it was bittersweet. I couldn't help but dwell on the fact that my father AND my mother were stuck at the hospital and were most likely not going to have Thanksgiving dinner. The thought tore me to pieces. All I could remember were all the thanksgiving dinners my mother slaved over for us. I couldn't get anyone to take the the food to my parents. My poor father was restricted to a broth diet anyway. He wouldn't have been able to eat regardless.
The Turkey took an hour longer than expected but the final results weren't half bad. Actually it was a hit! I was happy to hear my stepchildren say how good the food tasted.
When my sisters called the next day I was asked how it went and If I would do it again. I said it was A LOT of work but the satisfaction came when I saw my loved ones enjoying the fruits of my labor. Would I do it again? Not. So. Sure. If I do, I will definitely go with a well recommended freezer to oven turkey. That sucker was a pain in the you know what!
All in all we had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner as a family. That's what it's all about. I set the timer on our camera and took a family portrait at the dinner table.
Smile! Click.
