A Canadian Thanksgiving

Monday October 10, 2011 is our official Thanksgiving Day.  What this means to me is having a big turkey dinner with family members.

This year, I'll be cooking the turkey on Sunday (today).  I actually enjoy hosting my families together.  It makes things a lot less complicated and a lot easier in terms of planning.  This will be year 2 of hosting (and cooking) Turkey.  The only thing I don't have down-pat is the stuffing/dressing.  My MIL will be cooking that this year, just as I had asked her last year.  She is probably the best cook I know when it comes to Turkey/Dressing/Stuffing./Roast Beef.  She's had many years of practice, and hopefully I will have a good number of years to perfect the art of roasting meats in my oven.

There will be fewer people at this dinner this year, than last year.  A friend of mine and her baby are away overseas for the month, and my SIL and her two babies are away overseas for two months.  It will still be a lively crowd though, with guests of big appetites!

Thanksgiving, to me, is a mark of more turkey dinners and holidays to come... Remembrance Day, Christmas, Boxing Day, New Years...  One long weekend a month until New Years...  And then the Long Weekend Draught... none from New Years until Easter.

Last year's turkey was bigger than our little Baby.  This year, no such luck.  Little B has grown beyond turkey weight (mostly)...  I'm sure that if we looked hard enough we will find a turkey that weighs just as much as her, but we definitely don't need anything that large to feed our guests.

In any case, the roast will go in the oven soon, and several hours later, our guests will begin to arrive.  Looking forward to it!!