We ended up with 16 people at our house Thursday for dinner. We lost three to swine flu on Wednesday. I had my list of everything that needed to be done and when to do it and things came together nicely. Monday I made the cranberry sauce. Tuesday I chopped onions and celery and grated cheese. Wednesday I put together the red macaroni and the sweet potatoes. Thursday morning while Rory was at school I put the dressing together and got the turkey started in the oven. My 16-pound turkey barely fit in our tiny Norwegian oven. One of the guests that we lost on Wednesday was not actually sick herself and had already offered to bring green beans and corn casserole, so she brought it over anyway early Thursday afternoon.
Our guests started arriving at 5:30. At first Rory was very shy, but she warmed up to everyone. She'd been looking forward to it all week. The food was all ready as planned, except for the sweet potatoes which ended up taking just a bit longer. Our guests were Norwegian, British, Scottish, Irish and Canadian and many had never had a Thanksgiving dinner before so we explained all the food to them. We served turkey, dressing, rice, gravy, red macaroni, green beans, corn casserole, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. For dessert Stepler made pecan and pumpkin pies.
I wasn't totally pleased with the dressing, but everyone else liked it. They also enjoyed the red macaroni and a few even requested the recipe! The pies were also a hit with everyone.
We set up our patio furniture in the living room and expanded our dining table to seat eight so that everyone had a spot at a table. We also put Rory's table in the living room and Stepler was the lucky one who got to sit with her. She was too busy talking to everyone to really eat much. She did sit in my lap to eat a piece of pumpkin pie for dessert.
And since Thanksgiving Rory has had lots of leftovers, especially red macaroni!
I wasn't totally pleased with the dressing, but everyone else liked it. They also enjoyed the red macaroni and a few even requested the recipe! The pies were also a hit with everyone.
We set up our patio furniture in the living room and expanded our dining table to seat eight so that everyone had a spot at a table. We also put Rory's table in the living room and Stepler was the lucky one who got to sit with her. She was too busy talking to everyone to really eat much. She did sit in my lap to eat a piece of pumpkin pie for dessert.
And since Thanksgiving Rory has had lots of leftovers, especially red macaroni!
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