Nov 23, 2006

We made the Thanksgiving meal together. I got out the recipe for the bread stuffing and brought over a lot of the ingredients to the kitchen table, and Gary sat at the table and chopped scallions and peeled and diced apples and cubed bread I toasted. I pureed some of the apple, then I cooked the scallions in a little olive oil, then added diced apple and fresh sage, parsley, and thyme. Finally I added the bread cubes and the pureed apple. I stuffed a Cornish game hen with this and put it in the oven. There was stuffing left over, so I put that in a separate baking dish. I also peeled a sweet potato and carrot, cut the potato into wedges and the carrot into chunks, and put those into another baking dish with some leftover diced apple and some maple syrup. That went into the oven about 25 minutes after the bird.

I was going to skip making the cranberries because we discovered Gary had no sugar (or if he did, we had no idea where it was). But Gary discovered some Country Time Lemonade Mix, so, he said, since I typically do a lot of substituting anyway, try that! I did, and he said (with puckered cheeks) it turned out good!

The last item on Gary’s menu was broccoli with pecans. Gary both steamed the broccoli and toasted the pecans. He said it was fun making the meal together.

As we sat down to our meal, Gary said, “So, what are you thankful for?” “You,” I said, tears coming to my eyes. “That’s what I was going to say,” he said.

Tears were in his eyes too.