Thankgiving

For Thanksgiving, we had a small family dinner at the cabin. My mom flew in from California and my sister joined us as well. Both the drive there, and back, were unusually long due to weather and traffic. It's frustrating when a drive that takes 3:45 ends up taking 7:00 with substantial amounts of stress.


In any case we got some quiet time up there and made the usual turkey with trimmings. I used an organic turkey breast from Murray's which was good, but nothing extraordinary. Since I typically brine them before roasting it may not make that much of a difference. (The orange dish you can see in the foreground is rutmuus, a Swedish rutabaga casserole.) The last few weeks have been difficult, but sharing this holiday with loved ones helps.

Later that weekend we baked a platter of vegetarian enchiladas, which you can see on the right. We also went on a mountain bike ride on the other side of the Black river, and came back chilled and mud spattered, but at least we made sure that the new bike is working properly. It's the last ride of the year since it started snowing on our last day there.

In preparation for Christmas, we have lit our paper Swedish star in the front window, as well as the first candle for Advent.