I just finished two batches of cranberry relish. One with pineapple and cranberries. One with cranberries, jalapeno, cilantro, cumin, green onion, and lime juice.
I baked corn bread which I will mix half and half with whole wheat bread, mirepoix, fresh sage, and turkey/ chicken stock for in-bird stuffing.
Mashed potato's with butter and cream.
The other 20 plus people will be bringing another turkey, venison, deviled eggs galore, pies. Sweet potato's without marshmallow. I am sure various green bean casseroles. My mother will make real chocolate pudding and layer it with fresh whipped cream and graham crackers (a family tradition).
I special ordered some Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout. If it does not arrive tomorrow then it will be for Christmas. Cabernet, Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider from Vermont. Coffee and tea for my Pentecostal parents and all the Baptists who do not want to drink in front of their peers.
What ever else I get a desire for by 4pm Thursday.
Thinking ahead for Christmas ... I have some maraschino cherries preserved in moonshine whiskey and sugar syrup. I plan on baking two round dark chocolate cakes. Soak the top of each cake with the shine / syrup. Stack the two cakes with a layer of cherry jam between. Fresh whipped cream around the edge. Garnish the top of cake with the moonshine cherries. Keep the kids away. True Devil's food for Jebuses birthday!
I baked corn bread which I will mix half and half with whole wheat bread, mirepoix, fresh sage, and turkey/ chicken stock for in-bird stuffing.
Mashed potato's with butter and cream.
The other 20 plus people will be bringing another turkey, venison, deviled eggs galore, pies. Sweet potato's without marshmallow. I am sure various green bean casseroles. My mother will make real chocolate pudding and layer it with fresh whipped cream and graham crackers (a family tradition).
I special ordered some Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout. If it does not arrive tomorrow then it will be for Christmas. Cabernet, Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider from Vermont. Coffee and tea for my Pentecostal parents and all the Baptists who do not want to drink in front of their peers.
What ever else I get a desire for by 4pm Thursday.
Thinking ahead for Christmas ... I have some maraschino cherries preserved in moonshine whiskey and sugar syrup. I plan on baking two round dark chocolate cakes. Soak the top of each cake with the shine / syrup. Stack the two cakes with a layer of cherry jam between. Fresh whipped cream around the edge. Garnish the top of cake with the moonshine cherries. Keep the kids away. True Devil's food for Jebuses birthday!
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