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Dec. 23rd, 2009 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneAgain, the stress is staying manageable. Hope it's the same for you. I helped ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sogwife with the stuff for her family's thing tomorrow (made toffee; chopped waldorf salad stuff), and she took the kid to spend some of her birthday money on christmas gifts for her parents. So I've had an hour or more of solitude, and most everything is done (could roll out the pie crust tonight, but may wait until tomorrow; ditto doing the dishes, but I've got incentive to do them tonight, as it makes cooking the next day easier).
Tomorrow's menu (listing everything so I make sure I have what I need):
Deviled eggs if I get around to it (becausesomeotherguy and wtfpotatoes adore them and have been the heroes of the revolution lately)
Ham (Safeway brought the wrong kind, a spiral-sliced one, but that'll be fine. Not worth stressing over.)
Gravy (mom's weird pineapple ham concoction; the family likes/expects it)
Smashed red potatoes ('cause they don't need peeling!) with lots of butter and cream
Corn with butter/salt/pepper
Zucchini (if I'm up for it, I'll stuff them; otherwise, sauteed in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper)
Sweet potato pie (the kid is making that)
Fresh whipped cream (can do ahead tomorrow once there's room in the fridge, and keep in a strainer to stabilize)
My mom always does holiday dinners early (2 or 3 is normal for her), but I prefer my dinners in the evening, so I'm doing it at regular time. That gives me all day to futz, so really, there's nothing to stress over.
sogwife with the stuff for her family's thing tomorrow (made toffee; chopped waldorf salad stuff), and she took the kid to spend some of her birthday money on christmas gifts for her parents. So I've had an hour or more of solitude, and most everything is done (could roll out the pie crust tonight, but may wait until tomorrow; ditto doing the dishes, but I've got incentive to do them tonight, as it makes cooking the next day easier).Tomorrow's menu (listing everything so I make sure I have what I need):
Deviled eggs if I get around to it (because
someotherguy and wtfpotatoes adore them and have been the heroes of the revolution lately)Ham (Safeway brought the wrong kind, a spiral-sliced one, but that'll be fine. Not worth stressing over.)
Gravy (mom's weird pineapple ham concoction; the family likes/expects it)
Smashed red potatoes ('cause they don't need peeling!) with lots of butter and cream
Corn with butter/salt/pepper
Zucchini (if I'm up for it, I'll stuff them; otherwise, sauteed in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper)
Sweet potato pie (the kid is making that)
Fresh whipped cream (can do ahead tomorrow once there's room in the fridge, and keep in a strainer to stabilize)
My mom always does holiday dinners early (2 or 3 is normal for her), but I prefer my dinners in the evening, so I'm doing it at regular time. That gives me all day to futz, so really, there's nothing to stress over.