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What I think we're eating for Thanksgiving, assuming I get this all to work (measurement and temperature conversions, gluten-free conversions, absence of some ingredients, ingredients with other names -- all makes this very complicated):
- candied sweet potatoes
- ham steak cooked in brown sugar and mustard
- chicken breast (haven't decided on preparation yet)
- green apples mixed with cinnamon, sugar, slivered almonds and white wine
- carrots
- fried zucchini
- guacamole (Because we can. Why are avocados so cheap here?)
- stuffing (gluten-free bread, shallots, tarragon, pine nuts, italian sausage, more butter than you can possibly imagine)
- a pecan tart
- meringue nests filled with strawberries, raspberries and pomegranate seeds
ETA: Because of a number of kitchen disasters and things not being as previously anticipated -- menu has changed a lot. Trying not to beat myself up over things that I couldn't anticipate just wouldn't work. I think it'll still be okay.
Things I am sad not to be able to find:
- corn (I am not eating it from a can).
- canned (or any other sort of) pumpkin.
Things that are particularly WTF for me:
- I could only find pecans in shell, which I've never even seen before, so I have to go beat those with a can of custard til they open.
- Wow, most mustard here contains wheat flour. This is very annoying and challenging.
- The busking band that plays swing music by the mall. Really, Cardiff? Really? Thank you.
Things that prove I am my mother's child:
- "Oh, I'll just make my own whipped cream." It's not like it's hard, but did I really need that task? No.
- candied sweet potatoes
- ham steak cooked in brown sugar and mustard
- chicken breast (haven't decided on preparation yet)
- green apples mixed with cinnamon, sugar, slivered almonds and white wine
- carrots
- fried zucchini
- guacamole (Because we can. Why are avocados so cheap here?)
- stuffing (gluten-free bread, shallots, tarragon, pine nuts, italian sausage, more butter than you can possibly imagine)
- a pecan tart
- meringue nests filled with strawberries, raspberries and pomegranate seeds
ETA: Because of a number of kitchen disasters and things not being as previously anticipated -- menu has changed a lot. Trying not to beat myself up over things that I couldn't anticipate just wouldn't work. I think it'll still be okay.
Things I am sad not to be able to find:
- corn (I am not eating it from a can).
- canned (or any other sort of) pumpkin.
Things that are particularly WTF for me:
- I could only find pecans in shell, which I've never even seen before, so I have to go beat those with a can of custard til they open.
- Wow, most mustard here contains wheat flour. This is very annoying and challenging.
- The busking band that plays swing music by the mall. Really, Cardiff? Really? Thank you.
Things that prove I am my mother's child:
- "Oh, I'll just make my own whipped cream." It's not like it's hard, but did I really need that task? No.
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Date: 2010-11-25 01:09 pm (UTC)I get this! I was very ambitions in the month before Thanksgiving, but then the list got shorter and shorter. So we're only doing two pies instead of three pies and some other dessert, and no soup.
::hugs you and Patty:: Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a lovely dinner!