"P" Day

Today is "P" for Pie Day. Traci, my daughter in law is arriving here this morning. She and I will go to breakfast to start our day. Then we will come back here to start baking. The goal: 10 pies. Five pumpkin, one mince, one cranberry, one pecan, one derby, amd one apple.

We will also roast two 19# turkeys, unstuffed of course. These birds will be carved up later by Tim and the meat will be packaged into bags of either "white" or "dark" and then stored in the fridge in the garage. I hate having a holiday meal like Thanksgiving dinner at someone's home, becuase you don't have any leftovers to take home!

Not so on West Law Road!

The Hubbard Squash will be heaved onto the cement to break it's hard shell then washed and prepared for the feast tomorrow.

The six bags of cranberries were prepared into sauce yesterday along with one bag made into cranberry relish (in case anyone wants a choice).

The tables will be set up for 18 or maybe more with the good silver, and linen napkins. And tomorrow the "Thanksgiving" dishes will come out of hiding to grace the table. These are dishes that Tim's father, Lee Winfield Von Duyke purchased years and years ago especially for this special occasion. The "men's" plates measure 15' across, and the ladies measure 13" across. Tim's father got tired of not having enough room on his normal plate for all the Thanksgiving food! So the "big" Blue Willow patterned plates will take their place of honor.

Silver will be polished, and tablecloths ironed. The bread will be shredded for stuffing and set aside to dry. Celery and onions will be chopped and simmered in butter to garnish the stuffing.

No chestnuts in the stuffing this year, because Uncle David can't come to peel them for me.

All will be ready for the big cook off tomorrow. Tomorrow will find a 21# turkey in the oven, and two 7+# turkey breasts (which I will cook in Linda Vaughn's oven) so that no one will only take a small portion from a platter because there doesn't look like enough for the next person to take for his plate.

Ah, Thanksgiving.

For me...it truly is!