Okay, technically it's not our first Thanksgiving, since Stink Pants and I have both had Thanksgivings ever since we can remember. It's also not our first Thanksgiving together, because when we started dating we traded Thanksgivings between our families, spending one with mine then Christmas with his, and vice versa for the next year.
I say this year is our first Thanksgiving because it was our first Thanksgiving in our new apartment, our first Thanksgiving as a married couple, and it was our first Thanksgiving alone.
We did go to Samantha and Zappo's apartment for Thanksgiving with friends on the Saturday following that, so I didn't actually have to make a turkey, but I did anyway because I had this indescribable need to roast a turkey for us. It's almost like our entire life and happiness together were dependent on how good this first Thanksgiving was.
Thankfully! It was awesome! In the battle of Laura vs Turkey, Laura wins. Yes, I started late. I put the turkey in the oven at about 5:00 pm, which means we ate dinner at 8:30, but it was still awesome. Gaze at the awesomeness of my turkey!
This is the turkey at the end of the second hour. One more hour to go!
Ahhh, much better. It's definitely less sickly looking.
Here's our spread. Notice the condition of the cranberry jelly. That is Stink Pants's doing. It's the only thing he "prepared" (where prepared means opened the can, dumped it out, and "sliced" it.)
The first turkey Stink Pants #5 has ever carved! Wooo!
P.S. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten. Boxing is coming.
6 comments:
Was my turkey as delicious as your turkey?
That night after we got home, I wanted a little cup of mushroom gravy to dip some turkey in--and when I went to put the bag-o-turkey away, I saw that lechepan sauce was all over the place. So I took the bag-o-turkey out cleaned up all the sauce on the bags of cheese and stuff.
And forgot to put the bag of turkey back into the refrigerator.
Boo!
It sucked. We lost a whole bag of turkey the same day it was made. :(
But the leftover lechepan was delish. At least I had that to console me.
I think taste-wise, your turkey was better, mainly because of one thing: seasoning (remind me next year to season our turkey). Plus, your turkey gets awesome points because it was so huge! Look at our turkey compared to Stink Pants. Tiny. Ah well. It was slightly larger than a bowling ball.
Ahhh lecheplan. So easy to make, and yet it is death on a plate. I would have that every day if I didn't have to worry about trivial things like my dietary health. Heeee :)
hooray for turkey, even bigger hooray for boxing!
andy sez:
This post was nice and all, but there was no SP#5 boxing video. Posts are generally better with SP#5 boxing videos. Unless you're afraid to post the SP#5 boxing video. Are you afraid to post a SP#5 boxing video?
don't you wish people gave newlyweds more dishes for presents?
Those plates and mugs are wedding gifts :) It's the serving dishes... We didn't have a platter big enough for the turkey, or any "fancy" bowls. The gravy boat we got is still in Michigan, so our gravy holder is that non-stick saucepan. That pink mixing bowl (along with other mixing bowls of various sizes and colors) was a present too.
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