Today is Thanksgiving so we feasted this afternoon on a very traditional menu: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, mashed turnip, caramelized yams, brussels sprouts and a myriad of sides/fixings. 5 kinds of pie for dessert, including pumpkin, of course.
This is one of my favorite meals of the year; the only occasion when I cook turkey. An alarming number of things went weirdly wrong today, though and I'm disappointed with myself. The turkey was dry as a bone, although it wasn't overcooked. I accidentally double-salted the turnips (yuck) and the potatoes were too new to mash properly. Certainly not one of my best ever showings but mercifully, the sweet crowd was extremely uncritical and we all had a lovely, grateful, thankful, blessed time together.
