Thursday, November 23, 2006

Rise and Shine, Look That Turkey in the Eye and Say

"Hit it darlin'!" (Tom Cat Reeder, a country music dj and dear family friend from way back used to say that every Thanksgiving morning on his music broadcast. Mom would always have that turkey in the oven by the crack of dawn. (Jim says, "Yeah, and it was always dry as a bone! She always had the wrath of dad on her to get everything done!" hehe)

We woke up to the brother dressed to kill wielding those Shun knives of his like a crazed samurai. He made us all a wonderful country breakfast. Jim served country sausage, bacon and these wonderful biscuits I had ordered frozen from Williams Sonoma. The kids had freshly baked waffles. Everyone is full and content.





We moved on to starting mom's rolls. I sure hope they turn out as good as hers always were. We're in for a treat if they do.






Now the groovy gravy is on the stove cooking down for a couple of hours before the turkey pan will be "deglazed" with champagne and then added to the base gravy. I swear, my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is bubba's mashed potatoes and gravy. I could make a meal out of just that and turkey!

Hope you're enjoying your day as well. Will keep you abreast of how things are coming along!

13 comments:

Lena said...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Carole Burant said...

Happy Thanksgiving dear Rosa!! Yummm it sure sounds like you had some lovely food to eat today...wish I could have been there too:-)xox

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Wow, that sounds very interesting! I'd love to be there too...

Janet said...

The gravy sounds heavenly! You are lucky to have a brother who cooks!

paris parfait said...

Hope it all turned out well!

Farmgirl Cyn said...

Yum Yum! Sounds like your fixin's were as detailed as mine! I love it tho. Thankfully, your bro is working right besede you, as my hubby is with me.

Pam Aries said...

Welll...I'm a vegetarian..but you sure made it sound good! ha!

Shelley said...

The world is bereft of a few more turkeys. But there are a few more pounds upon people's thighs. LOL Yummy stuff.

TJ said...

Today is Friday the 24th and I wanted to say Howdy from Kentucky!!
I'm visiting you from my daughter's computer, but may be home soon!
Looks like you had a great holiday...I know we did!!
Love & Hugs,
:-D

Beth said...

MMMMMm, yummy,,looks like you had a wonderful feast at your house,,did ya do any shopping yesterday? Mom and I hit Michaels very early,,but that was it.
Have a great rest of the week-end!
:)
Beth

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Sounds and looks amazing.
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tlchang said...

The gravy sounds fabulous!

And your rolls sounded less 'adventurous' than ours were this year. :-) (see my latest entry for more info).

Now onto Christmas...

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