Daily Archives: 2009-11-28

Thanksgiving Progress Report – Update #2

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So, I woke up at 07.00 this morning, but I didn’t get out of bed until 07.30. I took one look at the blueberry pie I made yesterday and decided to throw it out and start new. So that required a trip to the supermarket. And of course, they sold out of things in the portion sizes I needed, so I just decided to make 2 blueberry pies.

And of course, evaporated milk is nowhere to be found in Swedish supermarkets. So that nearly FUBAR’d the pumpkin pies. But I decided to use condensed milk (but it so much sweeter) and balance it out with regular milk. Pumpkin Pies saved!

So now I have 6 pies in total. If anyone wants to come over for pie tomorrow, please do. I insist. We’ll never eat 6 pies.

I finished the dressing for the turkey this morning and the brine seems to be very promising. The turkey went into the oven at noon. So that gave me time to clean the rest of the apartment, set the table prep for making baked macaroni and cheese (a last minute addition as the menu seemed a bit short), make whipped cream for the blueberry pie, and make a run for wines.

So today’s tasks:

1) Drink wine
2) Bake the homemade croutons and make the dressing for the salad I am creating
3) Pray for good outcome on turkey
4) Peel and cut pasnips, carrots, and sweet potatoes
5) Go get stuff forbaked mac & cheese
6) Get ready for guests
7) Fall asleep in my mashed potatoes at dinner!

Whee! \o/

Thanksgiving Progress Report

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So, it’s the day before Thanksgiving Saturday (I celebrate on Saturday here in Sweden because it’s not recognised as a public holiday). Today’s tasks were:

1) Brine the Turkey
2) Clean the Apartment
3) Bake Desserts (pecan, blueberry, and pumpkin pies)

My grade today is a “B”
(A for Everything Done, B for Most Things Done, C for Half of it Done, D for Not Much Done, and F for Nothing Done)

Turkey is being brined as I type (will be ready at 10.30 tomorrow morning) as scheduled, the apartment is 90% clean — vacuumed, dusted, polished, and mopped. Just some re-shuffling of things I needed for today, but will not need tomorrow). The Blueberry and Pecan pies are baked. However, I forgot to purchase a key ingredient for the pumpkin pie (the evaporated milk…grrr…), so I will have to make those pies tomorrow. I also don’t like how the first blueberry pie turned out, so I will make a second one. So this puts me 45 minutes behind schedule. Luckily, I can make up for it by waking up 30 minutes earlier, and I have already peeled the potatoes for the mashed potatoes tonight (I guess they are okay to sit in water overnight as they will end up mashed anyway) as well as prepared almost everything for the turkey dressing. So that gives me back another 45 minutes.

So overall, I feel ready for tomorrow. Now for some well-deserved whiskey and a very sound sleep. 🙂