We cooked all the things today

[cornerofmadness]

Except for the turkey. So far we have overnight mashed potatoes, wild rice and cherry pilaf, pecan topped mashed sweet potatoes, stuffing and more stuffing, deviled eggs, fresh cranberries, 8 pies, and the beginnings of the gravy.

I can not feel my feet currently. There's 20 lbs of cat on them. God he's fat but he's very warm.

I got all my grading done and started on rereading my nano from it's beginnings which were the short story part from 20 years ago. And wow, there are a lot of issues but I'm taking them as opportunities to expand the beginning. I'm down to around the last 8 -10K so it will be a way to make that word count.

It snowed some. Not much and not enough to stick to the asphalt. It looks quite pretty.

The post office is messing with me. First it mailed a package to me and in 2 days it went BACK to that post office and then out...somewhere. And for everyone wanting to mail ME a holiday card please put c/o Judy Evans on the envelope. The post office has told me now if addresses aren't exact they're to send them back. Yeah thanks for being user friendly USPS.

You can find Jana's What's Up Wednesday post here

And while this isn't entirely diabetic friendly but you can make it moreso with the splendid brown sugar and replace the maple syrup with sugar free substitutes but even so, it's not that much sugar added over all. This is what I made today for tomorrow.


Maple bourbon sweet potatoes

6 pounds sweet potatoes
1 lemon, zested and juiced
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
8 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white pepper


Pecan Crumb Topping, optional
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Place the sweet potatoes on a foil lined baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until very soft to the touch. Remove from the oven and let cool 20 minutes. When cool enough to handle, peel them by hand and put the flesh in the bowl of a mixer. Using a paddle attachment, mix in the lemon zest and juice, maple syrup and brown sugar.

Place the bourbon in a small saucepan and place over high heat. Let it come just to the boil and then tilt the pan slightly towards you to set it aflame*. Add to the potatoes along with the butter. Mix well. Add salt and pepper and transfer to a 13 by 9-inch oven-safe casserole dish. (Recipe can be made to this point up to 2 days before, refrigerated.) Sprinkle topping over potatoes and bake for 20 minutes until the top is golden brown.

Alternatively, you may simply sprinkle the top of the casserole with a little bit of brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped pecans.

*This method does not "burn off" the alcohol.


Pecan Crumb Topping:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
Pinch dried thyme
1/2 cup chopped pecans
5 tablespoons butter, chilled and cut into bits
Mix the flour, brown sugar, salt, pepper, thyme and pecans together in a small bowl. Add the butter and work with your fingers until a crumbly mass forms


Note: You can replace the bourbon (which is a strong taste) with milk/cream/half and half etc



ETA got this silly from idic_writer

You Are: Cheeseball Featherbottom

Why didn't the turkey want any lunch? It was already stuffed!

What's Your Silly Thanksgiving Name?

Blogthings: 100's of Fun, Free Quizzes!

Okay so I'm further from the goal than I thought. mad math skillz

37754 / 50000
(75.51%)

Comments

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Your meal sounds like it will be delicious! I hope it is. Have a Happy Turkey Day.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It should be. Thanks. Same to you.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yay, cool for getting all the cooking done. Despite us not cooking hard today, Mom made four pies yesterday and a custard, and went shopping with Sis KP, and bought me stuff to cut up and chop and cook for both us to have at Mom's house as snacks before heading east to the cousin's place.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Mom was busy

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I arrived here, and she's been cooking a berry cobbler for an hour. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

nice

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I just read her your list of what you made yesterday, and she chuckled. Her berry cobbler is finally done.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yay for cobbler.

Working on carrots, veggies and finishing the gravy.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

At my cousin's, we had turkey, ham, green beans, corn, veggie platter, Rotel dip, chips, oyster and regular dressing, cheezy mashed potatoes, two kinds of candied yams (one with pecans and brown sugar, one with marshmallows), pistachio cream salad, cranberry salad, fruit salad with grapes and apples that taste like grapes(???).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

they're called grapples.

Sounds like lots of food. hope it was good.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Grapples? Snort.

There was some yummy food there. I didn't have anything bad.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I've seen them in the store with that name but haven't tried them.

sounds great. Same here. My only wish was that the turkey skin was less fatty

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

They're weird. T (my cousin) made a fruit salad out of them, with grapes, the apples, pears and soaked them all in pomegranite juice. It was tasty, but my mouth texture thing got thrown.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I can believe that

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Then I started wondering how they made them, and...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah that thought is why I've not bought them

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I probably won't make a habit of eating them.