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Nov. 30th, 2019 11:04 amThanksgiving was good. We hosted my dad and the upstairs neighbors. We had two turkeys (because each house wanted its own One True Stuffing, or in the case of upstairs, Two). I made a radicchio salad, roasted brussels sprouts, carrots and parsnips roasted in the turkey drippings, and provided the non-ridged cranberry sauce. Upstairs brought crudites and yam gratin. We also had a lovely old bottle of wine from upstairs, and a 25-year-old bottle of port I bought right after my 25th birthday. (I'm not convinced that aging the port actually improved it. It was fine, but it didn't have the complexity I remember the 1969 bottle did when we opened it on my 25th. Oh well.) Upstairs made a pecan pie and I made a gooey apple pie.
The oven generally worked, but we're still figuring some things out. I accidentally turned it off after the turkey was done and we were trying to then further cook the root veg and sprouts. Oops.
Our furnace went out. Dunno when, but we didn't discover it until this cold snap. At least on Thanksgiving we were operating the oven. Yesterday we spent a lot of time bundled up and drinking a lot of hot tea. The guy came this AM and the checking account is now lighter, but we have a repaired furnace part and a replacement thermostat. And the heat is currently on!
The oven generally worked, but we're still figuring some things out. I accidentally turned it off after the turkey was done and we were trying to then further cook the root veg and sprouts. Oops.
Our furnace went out. Dunno when, but we didn't discover it until this cold snap. At least on Thanksgiving we were operating the oven. Yesterday we spent a lot of time bundled up and drinking a lot of hot tea. The guy came this AM and the checking account is now lighter, but we have a repaired furnace part and a replacement thermostat. And the heat is currently on!
