Stepmom musings post T-day
I know, I know. We’re all sick of turkey, Black Friday and sitting around on our spreading, mashed potato arses. It’s time to get back to work. It’s time to start planning for holiday ham, overextended credit cards and TEX-mas (as I now call it). But, before I eat the last of the leftovers and haul out the contemporary carols, I’d like to list my favorite (and very personal) T-day observations:
1) I have fallen in love with cranberry sauce. I always passed on it, found the tradition pointless and tasteless, but now I’ve figured out the magic key: serve it hot and use the following recipe: fresh cranberry, ginger, apricot preserves and OJ. Boil it down and enjoy. It is porntastic.
2) Sharing cooking duties with the in-laws makes the day of the feast almost completely stress-free. Opening the first bottle of red wine at Noon doesn’t hurt.
3) Teenagers (and especially stepsons) make good servants.
4) I learned how to make true Southern gravy and it tastes and looks nothing like anything I’ve encountered before. I now understand why The Husband considers it a meal.
5) There is nothing more cozy than a Sunday afternoon following a holiday with turkey soup boiling on the stove, football chatter in the background, the heater blasting full guns and lounging around in warm-up pants without my undies on.
Cheers.
Tags:black friday, in laws, recipes, stepkid, stepmom, thanksgiving, turkey
Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Musings after a holiday really put things back into focus, after the stress, hassle, a tussle of the time.. Turkey soup?
yummy…turkey soup. i don’t care what you say about cranberry sauce…i’m not ever going to like that stuff!
actually, kids of any age make great servants. that’s why i have 5!
and, as for #5…that is exactly why i don’t like undies…much, much more comfy without having anything creeping up your butt…
It’s true. Underwear is overrated- especially on the weekends.
IR
No underwear! Scandalous and inspiring all at once! ;)
I have to say something. i love cranberry sauce out of a can. I love it, love it, love it! I eat whole cans at a time. I know it’s a crime but when it’s warm I can’t stand it. It has to be cold and gelled.
Also, underwear should always be optional unless it’s that time of month. And I’m still trying to work a way around that.
Big Momma,
Let me know if you find a solution to the undies thing. You might revolutionize the planet.
I’m glad to know that there are people like you keeping the canned cranberry business in the black.
IR
Sounds like a successful Thanksgiving if you ask me =) And I am ALL FOR opening a bottle of red wine at noon !
Took the cranberries to the office hoilday potluck thing. Easy and a smashing success.
I’m thinking the leftovers would make a good pork loin stuffing or glaze.
Like I said, those cranberries are some good eatin. I will be whipping up another batch for Tex-mas…perhaps on pork. I am a fan.
IR