Thanksgiving 2008

This was our first year hosting Thanksgiving dinner.  We hosted for the Catchpole branch of the family.  Mum and dad drove up.  Kim drove down.  Crystal Skyped in for an appearance.  It was a fairly uneventful couple days filled with good food, good wine, and a couple of family friendly movies.

For her part, Betsey took care of all the cooking.  She planned out everything in excel in true Betsey fashion.  She knew the time the oven temperatures needed to change, and she knew at any particular time, how many burners would be availabe (in case someone wanted tea or something).  All the planning paid off because we had a perfect turkey dinner complete with apple sage stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean cassarole, cauliflower, peas, butter flake rolls, and, of course, cranberry sauce.

Haiku-Tu shall return