I'm cooking tonight!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I love me my double ovens!

3 pumpkin pies in the lower one!

A prime rib in the upper one!


Who else is cooking tonight?


Are you?

:)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

1. No, but I saw the oppotunity, SO...

A Happy Thanksgiving Peggy!! May your day be filled with laughter and loved ones.

:hi: :loveya:

I do selected food prep, tasting, and emergency runs to the store. ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear SalmonChantedEvening!

Aw, thanks, sweetie!

My day promises to be wonderful!

We are going out to lunch...

And dinner tomorrow night at our younger daughter's home...

Lots of yummy food and great company!

And a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones too!

:loveya:

[Dr. Strange]

3. Pumpkin pie?

I'll be over in a jiffy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear DuStrange!

Come on!

I'll set a place for you!

:hug:

[seemunkee]

4. A lot of prep work

Baked creme de menthe brownies
Made collard greens
Boiled eggs for deviled eggs
Baked some sweet potatoes
Made stock
Brined the turkey

Jello mold, cranberry sauce, and lasagna for Friday were made earlier in the week

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear seemunkee!

Now, that's a lot of work!

I'll bet you'll be glad to sit down when you're done...

But it'll be yummy too!

:hug:

[seemunkee]

8. My dear CaliforniaPeggy

It will make things easier tomorrow. Although I have to have the turkey on the smoker by 8
Finally sitting down now.

[Kali]

7. ooo a double oven - nice!

I did two pies earlier and some cornbread to crumble for the stuffing. Dinner tonight is left over beans and some hamburger "taco" meat + the rest of the fixings for make-your-own burritos.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Kali!

Yeah, I've am very lucky to have this terrific kitchen!

Your dinner sounds scrumptious!

:hug:

[Kali]

12. your dinner sounds better!

I do a big ribeye for christmas dinner.:9

[malta blue]

9. nice work Peggy

:thumbsup:

I am in prep mode - cooking stock, cranberry relish - prepping green beans and shallots.

Have a great Thanksgiving Peggy - oh, and Happy Birthday :party:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear malta blue!

Aw...thanks for remembering, sweetie!

Your prep work sounds yummy too...

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

:loveya:

[hippywife]

13. Dearest Peg!

This is one day of the year that I wish I had your double ovens. But then I used to do this entire meal in stages in a small apartment-sized oven when my other half and I were first joined.

Not really cooking tonight. Just prepped the turkey. This is my first farm fresh turkey and I wanted to give it special treatment so I'll be cooking the stuffing outside of the bird this year. Pulled a few missed feathers, removed the legs and wings because it was too big for my pan. Stuffed the cavity with lemons slices, fresh sprigs of rosemary, some slightly crushed garlic cloves, salt and pepper. Rubbed down with olive oil and salted and peppered on the outside. It's now in the fridge. The wings and legs received similar treatment in separate containers sans garlic. I'll roast it in the morning.

The other half did make two pumpkin pies from fresh pumpkin tonight and I have to make rolls tomorrow. All of that will be our contribution to dinner tomorrow.

I wish you and your other half and your daughters and their families a wonderful holiday filled with good cheer. I already know there will be lots of love to pass around the table with the food.

:hug:

ETA: It's 11:30 here and now I go to bed. Good night and sleep well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear hippywife!

Sounds to me as though you've had a most productive and fun time, in your kitchen!

I can nearly taste your turkey from here...

We will have a wonderful time tomorrow evening, no doubt of that!

And I wish you and your a happy time around your table too...I have no doubt that there will be much love there too...

Thanks!

:hug:

Sweetest of dreams!

[puerco-bellies]

15. Prime Rib, mmm-mmmm!

This is the one time of year we could use a double oven.. Today was yet another trip to the store. We got a fresh free range Turkey, and I am brining it. I hope this is a good move because this is the most I ever spent on a turkey. Tomorrow I make dinner rolls from scratch, cornbread stuffing, and roast the bird. Ali has made the Cranberry sauce from scratch, and crust for tomorrow's pies.

Ah, feasting is afoot!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear puerco-bellies!

I'll bet your house will smell wonderful!

We ate the entire prime rib...well, it was just one rib! Gawd, it was good!

The pies are safely wrapped and in the refrigerator...

Tomorrow night, we'll be headed for Castaic for dinner with our youngest daughter and her family, plus his parents, and sister and her family!

It will be fun!

Feasting is afoot, indeed!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, sweetie.......and to the lovely Ali and the kids too!

:hug:

[hippywife]

17. We got a fresh free range turkey, too.

The guy I buy my meat from at a small local farm delivered it to me on Tuesday. I had the same feeling about mine as you did but not so much because of the cost. I just wanted to do his fine product justice. I didn't brine mine, though. See my note to Peggy above.

I hope yours and Ali's came out as fabulous as ours did. :hi:

[Born_A_Truman]

18. Not tonight...

We had a wonderful prime rib at Claim Jumper today with family. I'm cooking a small turkey Saturday for Paul and I. I usually warn my friends that I'm cooking in case it causes an earthquake. Can you tell I don't cook much?

And Happy Birthday Peggy!

[EFerrari]

19. Peggy! That sounds like fun!

I've taken a two year break from family holiday dinners but tonight I promised to cook next year.

(My mom is so adorable. She's cooking and has called me every 20 minutes to double check some cooking type detail. I think she's just trying to make me feel good. lol)

May all your pie crusts be nicely browned. :hug: