Thanksgiving dinner came early this year

Just got back from my Thanksgiving dinner.  As you can see the food was quite impressive.  All thanks to my gracious hosts who went all out and made this another year to remember.  I always look forward to Thanksgiving dinner with the Paks, Shins, Kims and the Changs.  It's always a pleasure and the warmth of the household makes me feel great.

Here's the rest of the food.  This dish is the main star of the evening - the turkey.  White meat or brown meat, regardless of the cut, the bird was tender and moist.  Delicious.

This next one is sauteed string beans with red onions decorated with almond slivers - very al dente and very delicious.  I honestly don't know what she put in it.  I was too busy stuffing myself silly to care.  We ate like animals.  The table was quiet.  Hilarious.  Like a pack of wild animals feasting on the hunt of the day, we sat and chewed.

Home made corn bread.  I stayed away from this one.  It was heavy and dense.  There was no way I was going to fill up on bread with all this other delicious stuff on the table.  Years of ravaging buffets has taught me to strategize when gorging on delicious food.  Hey, you only have one stomach!

A very rustic medley of roasted veggies were offered.

One of my favourites, the classic, Mac and Cheese!  Home made - the way it should be. 

Speaking of home made...this woman went and bought cranberries and made her own cranberry sauce!  Who does that?  Take that Martha Stewart!

You can't forget the potatoes.  Here they are mashed in all its rich and creamy glory.  I don't even wanna know how much butter went in here.  It was delicious!  That's all that matters.  Thank goodness Thanksgiving comes about only once a year!

And finally, last but not least, dessert.  I'll admit, I forgot to take a pic of the pumpkin pie.  So here's one off google images.  ;-)  I'm sure you still get the idea.

 

After all this, I still had fresh peaches and bree cheese.  Then washed it down with a sniffer glass of Lagavulin 16 (Lagavoolin).  Good food, lovely company and good spirit - one of the best from the Isle of Islay (eye-all of eye-la).

I hope your Thanksgiving dinner was as festive and as lovely as mine.