crows to burnaby

You know, it's really not all that difficult to cook a turkey. It does take a while, and if you were also cooking ten other side dishes for a table of twenty I suppose it would become pretty stressful in a hurry.

But when you're just having a few couples over and they're bringing the side dishes and desserts, it can be quite a joy.

The turkey could've been slightly less done, slightly moister - but we cooked it for the minimum amount of time suggested to me by the guy at Windsor Meats, so what more do you want? Anyway, it was good, and the stuffing was fantastic.

We've never really hosted a holiday party, or for that matter a dinner party; most of our parties are the usual "drop in for a while and bring some food/alcohol if you like" where our little condo gets filled to capacity. Sit-down dinners are trickier; with a little maneuvering and the help of some patio furniture we were able to get eight people snuggled in. It was a really good time and it was nice to see it all happen. Now I kind of get why people "entertain"...

And as a bonus, we should have enough leftovers to tide us over for the week. We have turkey, cranberry sauce, green beans, a chocolate pudding cake, pumpkin pie, stollen, peppercorn bread, and salad greens. Plus there's broth from the turkey, and leftover pad thai from the night before the party. (Sadly departed are the stuffing and the yam poutine.)

Of course, that's a lot of rich food already, and it's not even actually Christmas yet. Roll me to the gym...