Well, we were able to buy a turkey. To the tune of $32 dollars, we bought a turkey and it is in the refridgerator attempting to slowly thaw. It takes up the ENTIRE oven, so anything else that we cook will be made Wednesday night or Thursday in the microwave. Literally, my oven is tiny and this turkey takes up the whole thing. The next trick is going to be finding a pan to put the bird in! I own a small cake pan and a pyrex lasagna dish. We will be treking out Monday and Tuesday to try to find a bigger pan or one of those foil pans. We'll see...Billy and Sarah spent quite a while on the internet trying to find out exactly how to cook a turkey. Remember, turkey cooking has always been Billy's job since we always had a cajun fried turkey. But this year, without the turkey frier and the peanut oil and the injection spices, we will have to be "traditional" and attempt to do this the old-fashioned way. All Sarah seemed to learn from this research project was that for some very strange reason (to a 4 year old) meat needs to "rest" after you cook it. She is wondering why meat needs a nap... she even asked about the chicken we ate last night... "shouldn't it take a rest first?"
I couldn't find cornmeal at the store. I'm hoping that Maiz Masa is close enough. I'm going to try to make cornbread dressing with it. Again, we'll see... I still have to go to another market to get celery. The one stalk that they had at the market yesterday was as limp as spaghetti and I just couldn't make myself buy it. Hopefully, we'll find some tomorrow when we are looking for a foil pan.
Are you pronouncing "doomsday" over this Thanksgiving yet? I'm getting concerned...
We officially have classes all week... we don't get Thanksgiving off. I have made an executive decision though- I'm going to skip. I'm staying home and cooking and watching the parades on TV (if I can get the Denver television channel to come in on Thursday). I know that isn't very responsible of me, the veteran teacher and mother of 3, deciding to skip school. But I think I need an American mental health day. And I'm trying to figure out how to foster my "Martha Stewart" side while living in my "National Geographic" lifestyle. Thursday should be a big adventure... I'll let you know.
By the way, we watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on YouTube. It just wouldn't be right to miss out on Charlie Brown!
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I love you guys and I will definetly be thankful for you this thrusday even if you're on an entirely different continent. If it makes you feel any better I can remember a few holidays in Indonesia when I was a kid and we had Christmas trees that definetly looked like something out of Charlie Brown Christmas. I remember laughing alot and having fun decorating it watching it droop closer and closer to the ground...but I think more than anything I just remember knowing how much my parents loved me becuase they were trying so hard to give us things that were "normal". Normal's relative and overrated anyway right? Best of luck with your turkey - Texas Hugs to all of you ~Jenny
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