For all this we give thanks
Nov. 30th, 2002 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zyzylyThanksgiving dinner was one of the best ever. We ended up with 32 people sitting around a huge table that took up the entire dining room and living room (with couches moved to other rooms).
The night before, my two eldest nieces, Candyd (12) and Harley Kane (12 in 2 weeks)came over and I taught them how to bake pies. We made a couple of pumpkins and one apple.
We got up early the next morning and planned out our cooking strategy for the day. They were surprised at how much math is involved in planning and executing a thanksgiving dinner. We plotted out all the various preparation and cooking times, with the goal of a 5 pm dinner. They really did a great job, and were very attentive to the details. It was particularly sweet to not have to do all the peeling and chopping myself.
Everything came off like clockwork, and we sat down exactly at 5. Amazingly, everyone was actually on time (a rarity in a predominantly filipino family, where time exists only as a vague concept). For the blessing each person at the table spoke of something they were thankful for in the past year. We blessed the food and dug in. Ahh, it was so good!
The night before, my two eldest nieces, Candyd (12) and Harley Kane (12 in 2 weeks)came over and I taught them how to bake pies. We made a couple of pumpkins and one apple.
We got up early the next morning and planned out our cooking strategy for the day. They were surprised at how much math is involved in planning and executing a thanksgiving dinner. We plotted out all the various preparation and cooking times, with the goal of a 5 pm dinner. They really did a great job, and were very attentive to the details. It was particularly sweet to not have to do all the peeling and chopping myself.
Everything came off like clockwork, and we sat down exactly at 5. Amazingly, everyone was actually on time (a rarity in a predominantly filipino family, where time exists only as a vague concept). For the blessing each person at the table spoke of something they were thankful for in the past year. We blessed the food and dug in. Ahh, it was so good!
