Happy Thanksgiving

Oops! A little mouse got into the pies last night.

We had a pre-Thanksgiving gathering last night. We just can't wait to begin the eating! Nick, Sachiyo and Lauren arrived from Seattle safe and sound after an 8 hour drive, uneventful, thank goodness, just the way we like it considering traveling over two mountain passes! I raced home from work to eagerly await their arrival and they rolled in at about 6:00pm. Great timing.

Dinner was waiting, of course…

Dinner was barbecued brisket, which we are still trying to figure out and perfect, (it still turned out too dry), my original "cheese potatoes", broccoli and the pumpkin rolls (I went back to get more after our dog ate the first batch).

It's actually the same recipe as the Old Fashioned White bread, so delicious, although it is sort of odd eating orange bread. The rolls are so big since you can use them as "bread bowls" for soup so I just sliced them into small slices of bread.

Then they all wanted Irish coffees for dessert (with a little sliver of pie…)

Then one last turn of the turkey in the brine. It's the first time we've done this method so if it turns out, I'll post the recipe.

I also made the simple syrup for our Thanksgiving drinks.

So, we are all set to eat, eat, eat, and then drink, drink, drink.

This morning we had a simple breakfast of eggs, organic sausage and bacon, with our orange toast, espressos and O.J.

It's always nice to have a relaxing morning breakfast on Thanksgiving before everybody gets busy in the kitchen!

The turkey coffee cake was too cute for anybody to eat!! Maybe tomorrow morning…

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

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