Kindred Spirits

"Marilla is a famous cook. She is trying to teach me to cook but I assure you, Diana, it is uphill work. There's so little scope for imagination in cookery. You just have to go by the rules. The last time I made a cake I forgot to put the flour in."

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

posted by Amanda @ 12:39 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 6:16 AM, Blogger Melodee said…

    We're celebrating today (Friday) sans turkey. We thought we'd like a good steak instead. Guess what I'm making for starters? (to go along with our jalapeno poppers from Costco) My (in)famous hot artichoke dip! Since I have to grate my own parmesan, I have every hope I'll be able to avoid dumping it all over the nice tablecloth...

     

  • At 12:27 PM, Blogger Amanda said…

    Mmm, I miss your artichoke dip! And all the associated memories; it just isn't the same without mishap, is it? :) Not sure why, but I am completely amazed you can get "normal" Costco stuff over there.

     

  • At 12:27 PM, Blogger Amanda said…

    ps - did you take pictures of your dinner?

     

  • At 4:59 PM, Blogger Melodee said…

    no pictures, sorry.

    Actually, they weren't called jalapeno "poppers," and they didn't taste *quite* like they do at home...but close enough. The dip turned out very well. The men cooked the meal and served us, which was very nice. We had steak, asparagus cooked with garlic and pine nuts and cheesy mashed potatoes. For dessert we had creme brulee. There were lots of other things for dessert too, but we couldn't fit any of them in.

    Unfortunately it is very difficult to find pumpkin here, so we had no pumpkin pie. (Deb tried to bring us some, but they confiscated it at the Billings airport).

     

  • At 6:02 PM, Blogger Amanda said…

    That all sounds delicious, even the not-quite jalepeno poppers! I haven't had asparagus in months.

    Sorry about the pumpkin, though. What *do* you have there? Cranberries? Walnuts? I guess any kind of ethnic food, other than traditional American Thanksgiving stuff, would be available...

     

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