So says the singing card my parents sent us - and it's true!
Yesterday was a big day for me - my very first time cooking the traditional Thanksgiving meal all by myself. We invited nine of our Swiss friends for dinner, so I was cooking for eleven, which is also the most people I've ever cooked for at once. Add the size of a Thanksgiving meal and the number of people involved and I think I'm done cooking for the next couple days!
I split my grocery shopping over three days to keep my grocery-toting manageable. I ordered my turkey breast in French with a little bit of guidance from a friend. I borrowed one table, four chairs, three plates, four wine glasses, and one hour of baking time from Steph and Dani.
And then the cooking... I started at 10 in the morning on Sunday and finished at 7:15 Sunday night - just in time to eat around 7:30! Here's our menu and links to a few of the recipes I used.
Spinach Salad
with Cranberries and Nuts
Turkey-Bacon Roulade
Stuffed with Chestnut-Apple Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce with Red Wine and Lemon
Ham
with Apricot Horseradish Jezebel Sauce
Macaroni and Cheese
With Cheddar and Gruyere
Honey-Glazed Carrots
Traditional Green Bean Casserole
Topped with Fried Onion Strings
Sweet Potato Casserole
with Marshmallow Topping
Mashed Potatoes
with Butter and Cream
Pumpkin Pie
with Vanilla Whipped Cream
Joining up to demolish this massive pile of food were our neighbors, Monsieur et Madame Favre, Dani and Steph, Olivier and Celia and Danae, and Mr K's awesome co-worker Nipun (of shoe-swappin' IKEA-hikin' fame). We put a good dent in the food, completely finishing off 2 pounds (1 kilo) of ham and 3 pounds (1.5 kilos) of turkey. Mr K and I were lucky enough to end up with leftovers of all the side dishes, meaning I get the next couple days off from cooking! (Our guests are probably not aware of the fact that thanksgiving food always tastes better the next day when you eat it right from the storage container while standing in the kitchen... if they did, I imagine they would be over here right now!)We sent everyone home with some pumpkin pie and then, early this morning headed to Bern for the ONION MARKET...
But that post will have to wait for another day!
Also coming up this week "Son of Thanksgiving" - starring a boatload of Bern-dwelling-Barbers and even more turkey! Stay tuned.
3 comments:
That is just TOO COOL! Did you ask the Favres if they are related to the great American quarterback Brett Favre?
Looks like everyone had a ball! Nice job!
Wow, I am so impressed! The thought of singlehandedly preparing a full Thanksgiving dinner gives me the heebie-jeebies to say the least! Kudos, congratulations, a round of applause - all of it is being sent your way!
It was all so delicious. Good job, q-pie!
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