We started shopping Wednesday at 2 pm. Alex and I were back at his place by 5pm, while Max and Amy went and tracked down more turkey parts to go with our 7 kilo bird. We then got down to business and made homemade applesauce, two pumpkin pies, pumpkin spice bread, a giant apple pie/cobbler thing, rolls, a roast root veggie dish and marinated all of the turkey parts in a yummy marinade and put them in strange bags Amy and Max found to grill tomorrow.
Thursday, I got to Alex's after class around 10 am. We started by making a batch of Maple Coffee with his stash of maple syrup, and then we got down to business with the turkey and gave it a butter rub then popped it in Alex's oven. We really gave that oven a work out - the poor thing was having a really rough time. All it's knobs are broken, it won't maintain one temperature, and you have to pin it closed with a giant bulldog clip.
After that I ran home to get more pots and pans and all of our cutlery, plus did some more shopping on the way back - and backpacked it a mile or so back down to Alex's. Then we made 2 kinds of stuffing, cardamom leeks, stewed purple cabbage, ginger carrots, 8 kilos of mashed potatoes and a giant salad with candied walnuts for the 20 + people that showed up. It was SO much fun and SO delicious!
Thursday, I got to Alex's after class around 10 am. We started by making a batch of Maple Coffee with his stash of maple syrup, and then we got down to business with the turkey and gave it a butter rub then popped it in Alex's oven. We really gave that oven a work out - the poor thing was having a really rough time. All it's knobs are broken, it won't maintain one temperature, and you have to pin it closed with a giant bulldog clip.
After that I ran home to get more pots and pans and all of our cutlery, plus did some more shopping on the way back - and backpacked it a mile or so back down to Alex's. Then we made 2 kinds of stuffing, cardamom leeks, stewed purple cabbage, ginger carrots, 8 kilos of mashed potatoes and a giant salad with candied walnuts for the 20 + people that showed up. It was SO much fun and SO delicious!
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