Journal

Thanksgiving 2018 - Updates and notes

Appetizers

  • Carrots, Celery, Cornichons - Tuesday

    • Carrots bought at Iowa Food Coop Tuesday, Prepped Tuesday Night

    • Celery bought Sunday, prepped Tuesday

    • Bought Sunday or Tuesday (depending on availability and quality, last type purchased, not great (inexpensive))

  • (Classic Cheddar Cheese Ball removed) Spicy Cheese Spread - Tuesday

    • Still thinking about this or just the cheese dip that goes over well, consult with Shannon

  • Underground Meats Summer Sausage? (if available) - Thursday

    • Buy Tuesday, Cut up Thursday

  • Cheese

  • Crackers

    • Buy Sunday

Bread

  • Whipped Honey Butter

    • Buy butter on Sunday, Can do this Monday

  • Lefse - Bought (unless someone wants to send me some)

    • Buy Sunday

  • Rolls (La Mie?)

    • Investigate La Mie on Monday, or find other alternatives

Mains

  • Pulled Pork (Wednesday)

    • Need to find about how much I should make per person. Have Pork shoulders from Lucky George (bought today) defrosting)

    • Maybe 10 pounds? ((5 oz /16)*2 (weight loss) * 15 Guests

    • Check freezer for more meet, just in case

  • Smoked Potato Salad (Tuesday, Wednesday)

    • Examine recipe Sunday,

    • Extra potatoes picked up from Grade A, technically yesterday

    • Ordered potatoes from Iowa Food Coop for Tuesday Pick up, smoke Tuesday night?

  • Baked Beans (Wednesday, Thursday)

    • Decide on recipe Sunday

  • Mac & Cheese (Thursday)

    • Decide on recipe Sunday, probably Cooks Illustrated baked mac and cheese? maybe something else

  • Cornbread (Thursday)

    • Go for a good old standby, (cooks Illustrated)

  • Hard Cider Gravy - Thursday (1 Burner) - replace chicken fat / butter, with pork fat

    • done before, should be easy. Maybe buy some cider to pair with this?…or just drink

  • Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes - Thursday, stove top (at times 2 burners)

    • Maybe go to Costco for potatoes, Hy-vee probably fine.

  • Fruit Salad - Mom

  • Macaroni Salad - Nancy

Desserts

  • Apple Pie (Slow Food Central Iowa)

    • Pick up Wednesday? I think

  • Pumpkin Pie (Slow Food Central Iowa)

    • Pick up Wednesday? I think

  • Ice Cream - bought

    • Gotta decide what, maybe I’ll get lucky and Black Cat will have some, if not, purchase something of quality (vanilla)

  • Cookies - Isaac Bringing

  • Pie? - Maybe Mom, not sure per discussion

  • Chocolate Pie - Kim