dia de gracias

November 27th, 2008

My sister and I cooking the following in one oven, four burners and one toaster oven [ALL from scratch mind you]:

Turkey

Penil (Pork Shoulder)

Roasted Chicken

Stuffing

Cranberry Sauce

Potato Salad

Macaroni Salad

White rice

Arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas)

Mashed potatoes

Candied yams

Biscuits

Sweet Potato pie with pecans

Pumpkin Pie

Mixed green salad

Whipped cream (Yes bitches I whipped my own cream)

Bruschetta

Gravy

Garlic butter cream

Coquito (this typical Puerto Rican holiday drink with coconut milk, rum, and some other stuff)

So the happy accident occured when I heated up way too much of this heavy cream and butter combo I had set up to mix in with the mashed potato. So I used the leftover cream/butter mixed and heated up, adding some more butter and some minced garlic, and boiled it till it reduced and added some flour to thicken it up (much like you do with gravy) and poured it into a serving cup thing and told people it was for the biscuits. They ended up pouring it over everything and I had to go make more because they loved it so much.

In attendance: Me, my sister Liz, my sister’s "friend" Barry, my Mom, my sister Marilyn, My niece Desmari, my nephew’s Joe and Kenny, Kenny’s friend Zachary, my Uncle Sammy, his girlfriend Charo, her son Fernando, my Aunt Awilda, our family friend Liz, my cousin Felix and his mom Lisa.

Some family moments:

It was a nice day and tomorrow I’m going to do karaoke with Wing Mai, Kevin, Nassim and Rebecca. Good times. Good times.

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