Thanksgiving Eve
One turkey is roasted and the gravy is made. A batch of stuffing is ready to be baked tomorrow. Green beans are trimmed and blanched and wrapped in towels in a plastic bag so they’ll stay crisp. Onions and celery are chopped for stuffing tomorrow. I’ve still got about six or seven cups of chicken stock ready to use and giblets are in a pot ready to be simmered for another batch of gravy tomorrow. The other turkey is brining over night.
I need to make mashed potatoes tomorrow. I’m trying a “make ahead” mashed potato recipe that uses cream cheese and sour cream. The very idea of it chills me to my core, but I just want to be able to cook potatoes all day in a crock pot instead of mashing them at the last minute while trying to make more gravy with half a dozen people in the kitchen asking if they can help. So cream cheese and sour cream it is.
Tomorrow I also have to stuff and roast the second turkey, caramelize shallots for the green beans, and finish up the cleaning. The table is set, but I need to pull out and label the serving dishes.
I have to vacuum the few rooms I missed, spot mop the kitchen floor, clean the glass doors upstairs. The laundry (done! and folded thanks to my husband) needs to be put away. Chairs need to come up from the basement.
Earlier I was feeling like I should have gotten more done, but right now it doesn’t seem as daunting.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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