Part One - At Brent and Nancy's house, my uncle and aunt. Really nice, with most of the Tucker family in attendance--everyone, actually, except for the California contingent and my cousin Shawn. Dang good food.
Part Two - At Melanie's grandma's house. Twenty-three people, if I counted correctly. A lively bunch, to be sure, and everyone had the best of intentions, but the turkey gave me food poisoning. Not that I blame the cook, of course, who shall remain nameless, but let it be said that she's caring for an elderly man in hospice, so she can serve a raw turkey for all I care and I wouldn't cast aspersions on her. All the same, not a fun night afterward. I won't go into details.
Part Three - Upset that I got food poisoning, I decided to cook a Thanksgiving meal for Melanie and me. I wanted turkey, and I wanted lots of it, and I didn't want to spend the night on the toilet thereafter. Thus, I bought two three-pound turkey breasts from Smiths, made up a spice rub and a maple-butter glaze, made some mashed potatoes, sauteed some onion and celery and made stuffing with it, cracked open a can of cranberry sauce--et voila! Thanksgiving dinner all over again, just in time for Melanie to come home from a hard day at th
e ol' library. Here's a picture of the two loveliest birds I've ever seen:
2 comments:
I'm' so impressed you made your own thanksgiving dinner ... sounds yummy!!! Sorry you got sick at your 2nd dinner! Tell Melanie thanks soooo much for talking to my friend about library science ... she couldn't say enough good things about Melanie!!! Are you guys going to Cali at all for Christmas?
Hi Chelsea,
Yes, we're going to California for Christmas. We'll be there for about a week. Then we'll come back to Utah for a day and then be off again for a trip to Honduras with my family!! Such fun!
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