Yet another Thanksgiving is in the books, a quiet one involving just us and Rob and Dyce, an affair that ran from just after noon until well after dark, not that dark comes particularly late at this time of year. We had thought that we would celebrate at our house this year, but the guys just finished renovating the kitchen in their new house. They wanted us to come over for Thanksgiving to christen the kitchen, and so we did.
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Post-Thanksgiving Scrabble with Willamette Pinot
Ed and Dyce Getting Killed by the Pros |
I had already made plans to make my
Thanksgiving Lasagne yet again this year (for details and recipes, click through the
link). By this, I mean that Ann asked me to make it again as Thanksgiving is her show. As a perfectly portable dish, the pan of lasagne was easy to assemble in our kitchen (over 5 days) and bake in their kitchen. Turkey neck rillettes are always a happy by-product of making the lasagne, so we brought those along too as well as a container of cranberry-orange relish.
Rob and Dyce contributed a green bean casserole, deviled eggs, a warm artichoke dip, and a delightful charcuterie board. It seems hard to believe that Ann made it this far in life without ever having green bean casserole, de rigueur at every potluck! I also have to mention that they opened their final bottle of 2015 Cristom Pinot Noir Hirschy Vineyard, a spectacular wine that is drinking so phenomenally right now.
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| Way Too Many Appetizers |
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| Rob's Spinach-Artichoke Dip |
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| Turkey Rillettes with Cranberry Relish |
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| You Had Me at Speck! |
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| Dyce's Deviled Eggs |
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| Tukey Lasagna and Green Bean Casserole Finished Baking |
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| Tukey Lasagna, Cranberry Relish, Green Bean Casserole |
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| One Food Porn Shot: Roasted Turkey Thighs for the Lasagna |
