Thanksgiving was wonderful here on the palmetto prairie in Florida. There are four workampers here, so I made a 14 pound stuffed turkey plus smashed sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. When the bird was done, I made mushroom gravy from the juices. The only other cook in the bunch outdid himself, making a green bean casserole, baked beans with bacon, coleslaw, pumpkin pie and a birthday cake for his wife's birthday, which we found out was the same day. We washed all that down with nearly a gallon of iced tea while dining al fresco under the gazebo with a view of the wildlife area and prairie.
Two canine critters also had turkey with us, delighting us by being very well behaved.
When one workamper discovered I had a shoebox full of ice in the freezer, he trotted out the hooch, so we had cocktails before we all retreated to our various campers for a full belly turkey tryptophane nap. Just before that, one of the biologists stopped by to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving, so we fetched a clean plate, then stuffed him full of food too.
There were plenty of leftovers to divvy up, so we all left our little party with lots of goodies in tow.
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| The turkey bird I baked, before we carved him up to smithereens. |
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| The stuffed bird is ready to bake, but looks very colorful because I dusted him with sage and paprika before roasting. |
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| Go ahead and laugh, but this was my FIRST time using a baking bag in the roasting pan. The turkey was done nearly an hour sooner than I expected. I guess that bag really speeds up the cooking and saves on some of the mess. |
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| This is the stuffing. I made so much, we had a huge pan of it baking in the oven besides what was stuffed in the turkey. It has a loaf of whole wheat bread, raisins, onions, granny smith apples, celery, garlic, butter, chicken stock, sage, marjoram, and cloves. I had nuts to put in there too but nutty me forgot about them. |
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Sounds like that was a great Holiday:)
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