Hello everyone in PC land. I should be starting some needed research on Gestalt therapy but I have decided that I deserve a few hours of quiet and relaxation. Today was interested and somewhat stressful. My shop's annual Thanksgiving potluck was today, A civilian and I were tasked to coordinate this event, we normally have about 80 in attendance and seems that we had about that this year. The day turned out nice but started off very rocky.
I woke up around 4:30 to cook biscuits, crescent rolls, and baked macaroni. When I get to work I am told that four of the turkeys are still frozen!! In the shop we always deep fry turkeys for thanksgiving and putting a frozen turkey into oil is a big no no. OK now people who know me are going to ask, "Marie you are a vegetarian why are they asking you about turkeys?". Well.... I was not informed that turkeys take at least 6 days to defrost in the fridge and the turkeys in our fridge at work had only been in there 3 days. Well now I know this fact, it is useless to me due to the fact that I don't eat turkey, but I will not make the same mistake next time. The turkeys were thawed by some of the guys and turkey lovers were ensured they had their deep fried turkey.
Despite the turkey issue, everything else came out relatively okay, other than my baked macaroni. My baked macaroni was horrible, I am not being humble when I say this. I followed the recipe exactly and it was not at all what I thought it was going to be! I wanted that fluffy macaroni cassorole, I ended up with crunchy noodles with somewhat cheesy top. Maybe there is a different between baked macaroni and macaroni cassorole? I am not sure but I will not be making that ever again.
On a postive note, my dump cake was eaten all up and someone even asked me how to make it! This was a recipe my mom told me about that I loveeeeee. Of course my momma has always rocked ;) ...anyways....I did manage to save some for Matt because he could not attend. :)
So now I am relaxing, trying to encourage myself to start work. I have another potluck tomorrow but luckily I just have to show up with a 12 pack of soda...YAY no managing it! I will watch other people pull their heads handling that one :)
Well I am off to do some research and write.
~Dream In Color