Shorty is such a joy. In just one week he has really fit into our family, although he still likes to chase the cats. One thing he doesn't like is his after-neutering collar. Hopefully just a few more days of this!
Last night we went to Bann Thai, a great Thai restaurant in Riverside. The owner/chef is an old family friend of Teresa's family and we always have a good time there. Randy ordered the coconut soup, which was not only delicious but also came in a really interesting serving dish.
Later we headed over to the church to work on their big Thanksgiving dinner. For 25 years this church has been making dinner for the needy. It started small and now they feed somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 people. And most of those meals are delivered! This year Randy and Aunt Jean spent hours and hours cooking about 35 turkeys. That is probably 1/6th of the total turkeys cooked. As usual, I did clean-up and helped de-bone the cooked turkeys.
On Wednesday night the big job is making mashed potatoes. They have a big potato-peeling session and fortunately a lot of people show up for that. Afterwards (around 7-8 pm) the peelers head home and the cooking starts. Cousin Mike brings several burners and a few guys cook about one ton potatoes in big pots.
And then the potatoes get mashed . . . by hand. Small household appliances would burn up against this volume and the church doesn't have a big professional mixer, so 6 or 7 people line up and just mash away, using old-fashioned hand mashers. There are just enough people to switch out occasionally, giving arms a short rest. Since Randy was cooking, I took my turn here.
Today we will be spending Thanksgiving with the Booth and Burns families, which means good company and too much food.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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