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We had our Thanksgiving yesterday with thirteen of us at table. I
roasted a large turkey breast and a very large ham, made sweet potato
casserole, yellow squash casserole, sourdough bread, and a large
pineapple/coconut/maraschino cherry cheesecake. Anne made a pumpkin and
a lemon meringue pie plus her old fashioned cornbread dressing. We had
turkey gravy, cranberry sauce and non-alcoholic drinks. The big table,
seats eight plus the three eldest great grand kids sat at the kitchen
counter and the littlest ones just ran about getting bites from whomever
was closest. A good time was had by all but we still had a lot of leftovers.

Miz Anne and I spent a couple of hours putting things away after
everyone else went home. We ended up with quite a few vacuum bags of
turkey and ham in the freezer plus at least three parts of ham bone for
beans and/or soups down the road. I've got the turkey breast bones with
some attached meat cooked into soup stock cooling on the stove. Lots of
home grown green beans got completely eaten up along with two different
salads and lots of goodies brought by the kids and grands. One of the
joys of holiday meals is preserving the leftover or turning them into
something different

One of our great granddaughters, Molly Anne, is a wanderer, she's a
little over three years of age. She got into the bedroom and set my
alarm clock, which, of course, woke me up at 0600 this morning. I woke
up wondering what the noise was and finally recognized the alarm. There
went my chance to sleep-in. Miz Anne and I both had a good laugh about
that one and I sent Molly Anne's Mom an email thanking her. The girl's
parents have four girls, ranging from thirteen to about a year old,
sweet ones all.

Two grandsons over six feet tall, one granddaughter nearly that tall,
put away a prodigious amount of food as did some of the older
great-grands. One great grandson ate so much I worried about him
exploding. Tilly Dawg was somewhat frantic, probably worried there
weren't going to be any leftovers.

We celebrated here on Friday because most of the others had T-day with
spousal unit children and/or parents. Didn't really matter to the two of
us as we still had a good day and dinner with loved ones. Was a bit
noisy with all the small ones underfoot but a happy day for us all. We
hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving with loved ones about.

George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg
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George Shirley wrote:

> We had our Thanksgiving yesterday with thirteen of us at table. I
> roasted a large turkey breast and a very large ham, made sweet potato
> casserole, yellow squash casserole, sourdough bread, and a large
> pineapple/coconut/maraschino cherry cheesecake. Anne made a pumpkin and
> a lemon meringue pie plus her old fashioned cornbread dressing. We had
> turkey gravy, cranberry sauce and non-alcoholic drinks. The big table,
> seats eight plus the three eldest great grand kids sat at the kitchen
> counter and the littlest ones just ran about getting bites from whomever
> was closest. A good time was had by all but we still had a lot of leftovers.


i'm getting hungry again just reading the
descriptions! and i just ate...


> Miz Anne and I spent a couple of hours putting things away after
> everyone else went home. We ended up with quite a few vacuum bags of
> turkey and ham in the freezer plus at least three parts of ham bone for
> beans and/or soups down the road. I've got the turkey breast bones with
> some attached meat cooked into soup stock cooling on the stove. Lots of
> home grown green beans got completely eaten up along with two different
> salads and lots of goodies brought by the kids and grands. One of the
> joys of holiday meals is preserving the leftover or turning them into
> something different
>
> One of our great granddaughters, Molly Anne, is a wanderer, she's a
> little over three years of age. She got into the bedroom and set my
> alarm clock, which, of course, woke me up at 0600 this morning. I woke
> up wondering what the noise was and finally recognized the alarm. There
> went my chance to sleep-in. Miz Anne and I both had a good laugh about
> that one and I sent Molly Anne's Mom an email thanking her. The girl's
> parents have four girls, ranging from thirteen to about a year old,
> sweet ones all.
>
> Two grandsons over six feet tall, one granddaughter nearly that tall,
> put away a prodigious amount of food as did some of the older
> great-grands. One great grandson ate so much I worried about him
> exploding. Tilly Dawg was somewhat frantic, probably worried there
> weren't going to be any leftovers.


not knowing which person to get scritches from
first, "Which way do I go?!"


> We celebrated here on Friday because most of the others had T-day with
> spousal unit children and/or parents. Didn't really matter to the two of
> us as we still had a good day and dinner with loved ones. Was a bit
> noisy with all the small ones underfoot but a happy day for us all. We
> hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving with loved ones about.
>
> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg


thanks George, Miz Anne and Tilly Dawg, we just hung
out at my brother's place for the day and the night was
nice to stay over, even if i don't sleep well there i
don't like to drive at night this time of the year.
already Ma has clipped a deer (she thought she didn't
even hit it, but her front headlight was broken and
the deer poo gave it away). to fix that plastic piece
of crap is still going to run almost $500 (she has
full insurance so it is covered).

we didn't even bring any leftovers home with us at
all. it was all very good, but Ma had two big meals
on TG (the joy of eating early is that you can eat
it all over again later ) and then another round
for lunch the next day before we left. so she had
enough... i stuck to a nice heap of sweet potatoes
and a few pieces of pie (chocolate banana and heath
bar) for lunch, and grabbed a few bites of turkey
but it was all white meat and i'm not much into white
meat.

some years we've brought home what's left of the
turkey to make into soup, but we didn't this year.
i think Ma didn't want to deal with it and the
freezer is fairly full so finding room in there for
anything new is a bit of a challenge...

but yes, a good time was had and i was very glad to
be home the next day too as then i could take a nice
nap in my own bed and not have the TV or the dog to
interrupt.


songbird
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