On the surface: Tender turkey, moist stuffing, garlic mashed potatoes & green bean casserole with an assortment of pies & cake for dessert. Huge hit.
The back story: I was afraid I miscalculated the cooking time on the turkeys & dinner would be an hour late. The original dessert I bought, I took out too early & it went moldy. Thank heavens for BJ's warehouse in Cary!! The mashed potatoes were a Sysco product, because I was worried about getting everything done so I cheated w/frozen. Never again! I thought they were too watery & tasteless, so I added cottage cheese, garlic & black pepper. Several girls told me how yummy they were. I was freaking out so bad I made the first batch of stuffing an hour early. I only made one green bean casserole because that's all the cream of mushroom soup I had enough for. Damn clam chowder base was in the same row & I thought I had 4 cans instead of 2. It ended up being enough so it was fine, but it added to the stress. Niles & Luca ended up hanging out for a bit because Gina went to get them, stopped at BJ's for the pie & then helped me get everything out on time. So Niall came to get them & bring them home. By the time dinner went out on time, I would not have been shocked if the Bumpus hounds ran through my kitchen. Apparently traditional holiday meals are stressful, no matter who you cook them for.
yikes! I didn't know all that!
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