I am cooking Thanksgiving. Everything, or close to everything. Kim's making a cranberry sauce, Jenna's bringing a few pies, and Kim's mother is bringing a ham. I'm doing everything else. I am very excited. I've never cooked for 15 folks before. Wooohoooo!!!
There are many firsts this year so I really am stoked. This will also be the first time our families have been together since our wedding. The only way we were able to convince Kimmy's folks to come up for Thanksgiving was to offer up Zoe. She's cute and a grandma magnet so it worked. They're taking her home with them and we're going up there in Saturday to eat a Thanksgiving meal there and pick Zoe up. Kim's brother and his wife(?) are coming as well.
It's also the first time we've ever hosted Thanksgiving. We never had a place big enough to manage it before. Now we're having everybody over, well everybody but my brother who decided that working on Thanksgiving was an acceptable practice. Stupid restaurants.
It's also the first time I've ever had to cook for my in-laws. They've had a pie or two I'd brought to other occasions, but never a full on meal as far as I can remember. When they venture out of VA they tend to flit away as quick as they can so I've never been able to pin them down for a meal before. I certainly don't get the chance to cook when we visit them in South Boston. I guess nobody is ever comfortable letting others cook in their kitchen.
There's a lot to do and I have to rush off now to get things done so I'll probably revisit this to finish up a few thoughts. For now take a look at pretty food that will look nothing like what I'm going to prepare.
Jeremy
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