The holiday festivities began on Wednesday with the second annual Rapidparts Business Development luncheon. The tradition began last year when Dan decided he wanted to smoke a turkey. He said he would bring it into work to share. The rest of the department decided to bring in fixings to pass and share. It turned out so well we did it again this year. This time around, Dan wasn't interested in getting up every two hours to check the turkey, so we purchased one already cooked and carved. Again everyone brought a dish to pass. It was all very yummy.
Then on Thanksgiving day, my father's side of the family gathered at my uncle's house to have almost an identical meal. Someone decided to venture from the usual menu and make cornbread stuffing rather than the normal stuff. I was not a huge fan; it was too sweet. The thirty pound, organic turkey tasted just fine. I left with a large container of left-overs. After the dinner i followed my parents back to their house along with my sister and her boyfriend. My father's birthday is coming up and this would be the only time we would all be together. We gave him his gifts and had some cake. Finally i had to leave to head to the theatre to crew for Scrooge so our party broke up.
Today i threw my left overs into the microwave when i finally crawled out of bed. Actually, they gave me so much i only got out half of it. Then, i was at Lara's house for dinner and helped to eat their left-overs as well. Actually her mother prepared the meat for hot turkey sandwiches which were really tasty.
Even after eating turkey three days in a row, i'm still not sick of it. I'll probably finish off the last of my bird, stuffing, and potatoes tomorrow.
Posted by Matthew at November 26, 2004 11:33 PM