Today officially kicks of Thanksgiving Prep 2008. I have all the shopping done (except the fresh turkey that I need to pick up tomorrow).
So, what’s on tap for today?
- Stuffing prep, including sauteeing the italian sausage and cooking the wild rice. I’ll assemble it all into a mass of bread cubed goo on Thursday before it goes into the bird. Yes, I am one of the daredevils that actually puts my stuffing into the turkey to bake it. I haven’t killed anyone… yet. Maybe this year!
- Cheese Sauce: I have been looking forward to making this cheese sauce for weeks. You see, we belong to an amazing CSA. This year they offered a cheese share, which we signed up for without even blinking. Well, we are blinking now! We love it, don’t get me wrong. The cheese is some of the best organic, artisan cheese you can find on the planet. But the reality is that two people can not keep up with the cheese deliveries.
Not even the staving Shiba Inus have been able to keep up. So my refrigerator is overflowing with cheese, and the sooner I use it, the sooner I can start using my refrigerator for non-cheese storage.
- Pumpkin Pies: I roasted the butternut squashes (also from my CSA) over the weekend, now it is time to assemble them into pies. I’m making the traditional pumpkin cheesecake pie, of course.
More later – wish me luck!
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