fixer's food for thought

This week has been very busy for us. Between work and tending to an ill pet, we found ourselves running behind in our preparations for Thanksgiving. We decided to postpone it until today. Or, maybe you celebrated a day early. We always make a large meal from scratch. This means we must work for several evenings beforehand. Since we didn't have the time, we cooked yesterday and celebrated today. It worked since it is just us and my parents. They are very flexible. We have always enjoyed cooking for the holidays. I like to see how much of our produce we can incorporate into the meal. We used our potatoes, corn and beans. We made pies from our apples, butternut squash and blueberries.


I need to do something I don't do nearly enough. I want to brag on my wife. She made the best pie crust and dinner rolls. What made these special is they are family recipes dear to her heart. The pie crust is her late mother's. She still doesn't think it compares to what she grew up with. I beg to differ. She has worked for years to make it well. The dinner rolls come from her late aunt. This was her fifth try at making them. She has four different recipes for them. She was never able to ask her aunt for advice. She is very mthodical when it comes to baking. She takes notes and writes a summary after it is done. Yes she takes a scientific approach in the kitchen as well as at work. She is an excellent cook who was born many years too late. Cooking from scratch was how she was raised and is the only way she cooks herself. She is never satisfied but, in my unbiased opinion, she is an incredible cook.