We had a big Thanksgiving this year at our house: 36 people, all related to me. I woke up early this morning worried that I wouldn't have enough turkey. I thought maybe I should rush to the store and get another turkey breast. But my husband convinced me that we had enough and we should try the experiment of possibly running out. So I cooked a 19 lb. turkey and a 7 lb. turkey breast and we had plenty with some leftovers.
We had lots of other food, of course: raw vegetables, roasted sweet potatoes and asparagus, a green bean casserole, a squash casserole, fruit salad, a green salad, mashed potatoes, rolls, cornbread dressing, stuffing, olives and gravy. Then for dessert we had several different kinds of pie: pumpkin, sour cream apple, berry, key lime, lemon meringue, banana cream, and German chocolate. It was all yummy and the amount was just about right. I should have taken pictures of the food!
Some of the older boys and men played football beforehand--the weather was in the 40's and fairly pleasant. Something different we tried this year was place cards. We assigned everyone a place to sit so it got mixed up a little. I liked that.
This morning I read aloud to the my family the rest of my Thanksgiving book that tells the story of the Pilgrims (I've been trying to read to them for the last week but hadn't quite finished). Then we all wrote down five things we are thankful for. I read to them what they wrote last year. I like this new tradition.
It was a lot of work to set everything up for all those people and cook but I had lots of help and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
We had lots of other food, of course: raw vegetables, roasted sweet potatoes and asparagus, a green bean casserole, a squash casserole, fruit salad, a green salad, mashed potatoes, rolls, cornbread dressing, stuffing, olives and gravy. Then for dessert we had several different kinds of pie: pumpkin, sour cream apple, berry, key lime, lemon meringue, banana cream, and German chocolate. It was all yummy and the amount was just about right. I should have taken pictures of the food!
Some of the older boys and men played football beforehand--the weather was in the 40's and fairly pleasant. Something different we tried this year was place cards. We assigned everyone a place to sit so it got mixed up a little. I liked that.
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| Food was less important to these four who were supposed to be sitting at the little table behind them. |
This morning I read aloud to the my family the rest of my Thanksgiving book that tells the story of the Pilgrims (I've been trying to read to them for the last week but hadn't quite finished). Then we all wrote down five things we are thankful for. I read to them what they wrote last year. I like this new tradition.
It was a lot of work to set everything up for all those people and cook but I had lots of help and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
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