We are going to Steve's mom's house for Thanksgiving. Our oven is not working so we are bringing all things either raw or made on the stovetop. Steve made Moosewood Cookbook's Hungarian Mushroom soup. He loves it and makes it regularly for family gatherings. I just made a Raw grated beet-apple-ginger salad, a green salad with home made vinagrette, a wild rice salad with pecans and dried cranberries and cranberry-orange sauce. I get really nuts when I start cooking and tend to keep wanting to make or bring more and more things, I love good food. I was really pretty good and restricted myself to the fairly simple things that I had committed to bringing, but at the last minute I began to feel regretful about not having any vegetarian stuffing, so I preped everything for a batch and I'll make it there. It should only thae 15 min to throw it together. I made the wild rice in the pressure cooker and ended up with a lot of extra wild rice infused cooking water. It is gorgeous, Steve put some in his soup and the rest will go in my stuffing. We spent the whole day babysitting our friends' kids, Bella and Althea, and Aidan was so tired, he slept in the mini shopping cart at the natural foods store that I stopped at on the way home. He's been sleeping wonderfully all night, allowing me to fulfill my culinary fantasies!
We have this great book called, 'Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving. It was a hand me down - my sister-in-law had bought it for her son at a school bookfair. She didn't know what it was about when she bought it. I am such a dork, I actually cry every thime I get to the end. Here is the text:
'Twas the day before Thanksgiving
And all through the trees,
The fall leaves were spinning aloft in the breeze.Eight children had boarded
Their schoolbus with grins
In hopes that a field trip
Soon would begin.They sang as they rode
Through autumn terrains,
While visions of drumsticks
danced in their brains.O'er rivers, through woods,
With winding and weaves,
Their school bus sailed on
Through the new fallen leaves.When out on the road
There arose such a clatter,
They threw down their windows
To see what was the matter.And what with their wondering eyes
Should they see,
But a miniature farm
And eight tiny turkey.And a little old man
So lively and rugged,
They knew in a moment
It was Farmer Mack Nuggett.He was dressed all in denim
From his head to his toe,
With a pinch of polyester
And a dash of Velcro.And then in a twinkling
They heard in the straw
The prancing and pawing
Of each little claw.More rapid than chicken
His cockerels they came.
He whistled and shouted
And called them by name:"Now Ollie, now Stanley, now Larry and Moe,
On Wally, on Beaver, on Shemp and Groucho!"The turkeys were chunky
With smiley, beaked faces,
And they greeted the children
With downy embraces.So out through the barnyard
They ran and they flew,
And they gobbled and giggled,
As friends sometimes do.Then somebody spotted
An ax by the door,
And she asked Farmer Nuggett
What it was for.With a blink of his eye
And a twist of his head,
The old farmer told
A grim tale of dread:"Tonight," said Mack Nuggett,
"These feathery beasts
Will be chopped up and roasted
For Thanksgiving feasts."The children stood still
As tears filled their eyes,
Then they clamored aloud
Ina chorus of cries."Oh dear," cried Mack Nuggett,
"Now what shall I do?"
So he dashed to th well,
And the teacher went too.And they fetched some water
Fresh from the ground,
In hopes that a swig
Might calm everyone down.And when they returned
To quiet the matter,
The children were calmer
(And mysteriously fatter!)The boys and girls drank up
Their drinks in the hay,
Then thanked old Mack Nuggett
And waddled away.
They limped to the school bus
All huffing and puffing -
It's not easy to walk
With hot turkey stuffing.And then as the school bus
Drove off in the night,
Mack Nuggett looked round--
Not a turkey in sight!Twas the night before Thanksgiving,
And the stars up above
Shone down on a school bus
Abounding with loveThe very next evening
Eight families were blessed
With eight fluffy Thanksgiving turkeys
As guests.They feasted on veggies
With jelly and toast,
And everyone was thankful
(The turkeys were most!)So each one gave thanks
For loving and for living,
And they all had a wonderful
Happy Thanksgiving.
Comments
I'm so glad you are enjoying cooking! I love it so much. Everything you all made sounds wonderful. I would love to try the soup, Steve. Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. See you soon! Love, Kay
Hey! thought that you didn't like ginger? :) love to you both. It's been a long time.John.
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