It was a rare solitary Thanksgiving here with just the 5 of us! But we had a great time. Thanksgiving games, placemats to color, everyone helping with the food (Eden rolled out the same blob of dough for an hour! Excellent diversion technique!!), a walk in the snowy woods, a feast for 5 kings, a family movie (in which my 2 year old laid on me and we both fell asleep...blissful tryptophan!), dessert and more games, reading and bedtime. It was a great day. "Poor Reuel", though, as my mom would say. Mom-in-law's everlasting rolls are to die for...except they are a tad too sweet for my taste (not that I'm not happy to eat them that way! Oh, to be a pickier eater :}. Today, I picked one up fresh from the oven and said, 'Wow, these are even better than I remember!" Reuel replied, "Yes, well, you left out the sugar." I didn't mean to, I promise, my dear!! Really! Luckily, I made his family's stuffing recipe instead of my family's, so I think I was mostly forgiven ;)
This year's menu:
Homemade cinnamon applesauce
Pomegranate seeds
Green beans with bacon or mushroom sauce, according to your preference (Owen spent an hour with his nose pinched between his fingers after the mushrooms had sauteed, and Reuel was barely restraining his pinchers).
Mashed russets
Cornbread and biscuit stuffing
Rotisserie-grilled turkey
Everlasting rolls, sans sugar
Fresh pumpkin pie
Crumble-top apple pie
Mint choc-chip ice cream pie in oreo crust
Judging by quantities of the leftovers in the fridge, we ate like mice. Even so, tomorrow I eat celery!!
Happy Thanksgiving and Thanks Be to God!
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The *very best* everlasting rolls are the ones made 5-7 days earlier and now finally being baked...yeast has metabolized all that sugar and turned it into true yummies! Glad you had a lovely and grateful Thanksgiving. We thought of you! Love, Mom and Dad
Didn't know the sugar was what they ate and that's why they're sweet, but of course it makes sense! Yes, I like the best 5-7 days old (not nine days like peas porridge). And would make sense also that is how I would eat left over turkey sandwiches, since I don't like sweet bread sandwiches made with meat.
But if there is any time it's okay to leave sugar out of a recipe, I believe it might be traditional for mom's recipes (she has served Tim strawberry ice cream - sans sugar - more than once! And maybe peach cobbler.)
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