Wrapped and Ready!

Yes, it took longer (by a couple hours) than I expected, but we’re all cater-wrapped and ready to go over to Fern’s house where we will get the bird in the roaster.

But let’s back up and see the few pictures I took today (I’m tired, alright? 😉 ).

So, first up was the turkey rub. This is Thanksgiving incarnate: salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme, sage, and garlic all ground together in an utter state of happiness:

Rub-a-dub-dub

Mash Mash Revolution

And I didn’t take any pictures of the procedure of the mashed potatoes because, let’s face it, it looks pretty boring. But I want to highlight this incredible masher I treated myself to this year. A little history: even back when I was married we never had a decent potato masher. Instead we had a potato ricer. That makes for super silky smooth potatoes, but… Why we never bought a decent masher… no clue. So, this year, I decided, that masher drought would end. Behold, the greatest masher EVER — the stainless steel ZYLISS Potato Masher (and, you know, you can go over to Amazon to get one yourself — did I mention it’s AWESOME?! ‘Cause it is). How badass is that?!

Finally, the beloved green bean casserole. I had some shredded cheese left over from the mix, so I added that on top below the topping fried onions because, dude… cheese???

Roll that beautiful (green) bean footage…

And that’s that! Akilah’s pie is cooling, I’m going to jump into the shower and we’re going to get his party started!! Happy Thanksgiving, all!