Earlier in the week, Jim requested a "Practice Thanksgiving". In other words, Jim was ready for turkey. He's a turkey man. Can't get enough of it. So, I scheduled it for this weekend so we could spend some time all working together on the meal. It turned out to be a lot of fun. We included small portions of all your typical fare. We went with a turkey breast instead of the full bird. We also had mashed potatoes, gravy (from scratch and it turned out great! my first true successful gravy!), sweet potato casserole (my new favorite), corn, stuffing (from a bag, but the kids were in love), cranberries (great, simple recipe), rolls (disaster - great flavor, but wouldn't cook all the way thru (this has happened to me before but I forgot to make notes on the recipe) think I have a work around for the real day but Linda will hopefully bring some Brown n Serves, just in case?), sparkling grape juice, a flat apple pie (tasted good, but crust was actually too flaky, if that's possible?), and a kid-decorated paper table runner. Everyone contributed and it was a full day of together time, for better or worse. In the end, it was definitely for better.
Jim and butter. Two of my favorite things in life.
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