Dice’s Neighborhood

I'm not sure I'll get to making all of it, but I am set for the following menu for Thanksgiving.

There are a couple of extra chairs at the table if you're interested!

Now I'd better get prepping because so far all I've made is the cranberry sauce.

Thanksgiving 2009

Deviled eggs

Variety of cheeses with French bread

 

Corn Lemongrass Soup with crab and mussels

Arugula Fennel Mint Prosciutto Pomegranate Salad

 

Turkey – brined and deep fried

Cranberry sauce – with ginger and Cointreau

Traditional Stuffing with pancetta          

Mashed new potatoes with skins on, and mascarpone and chives

Gravy -

Pearl onions roasted with a port reduction and bay

Green beans sauteed with wildrice, mushrooms, bell peppers and pinenuts

 

Crème Brule

Pumpkin pie with whipped creme

There's much to be grateful for and I try to remind myself of that every day.

Some days I forget. 

But I'm glad there's one day of the year when we in the United States are invited to take stock of the abundance in our lives. I hope each of you are with people who are grateful for YOU this year and who express it.

Happy Thanksgiving!  

I don't mean to come off all environmentally or anything bit still. Why can't trees have Christmas too?

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Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?"
Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage."
Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?"
Fayan said, "I don't know."
Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate."

The Book of Serenity, Case 20

This kind of intimacy is real intimacy. No gap. No ideas about who this is or what that is. Just being one, right here, right now, complete, whole, undivided. Just this.

This intimacy is the heart of Zen practice.

Who knew Coolio had a cooking show? On the web, but still...

This video is in pretty poor taste, but it's funny and it is hands down the best way to make a delicious turkey.

 
Here's our bird from last year coming out of the fryer. Yum! Last year I made two turkeys, a roasted one and a fried one. The roasted one was great, but this year, there's only one way the bird is getting cooked. Coolio style.

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We're celebrating the beginning of the holidays. And trying to keep Sarah and Mike apart.

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Ooh. Shiny. A new PSPgo was waiting for me in Tokyo. Thanks Hoon!

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Landed Narita