Wednesday, November 22, 2006

i am looking over the holiday division of power, and i'm not sure the scales of justice are evenly weighted.

NKK: roasting a turkey. Perhaps making a dressing.
JEK: roasting garlic, boiling, etc and finally mashing potatoes (mr quayle?), stringing beans, making gravy, making cranberry chutney.

of course, they're hosting the thing. But, for some unknown reason, I am always ready to keel over before the food is served.....

12 Comments:

Blogger Nazila Merati said...

Hmm.

Cleaning house, setting table, making sure there is room in dishwasher, buying flowers, making sure there is clean towels in the bathroom.

Oy.

I would skip the garlic and embrace potatoes without anything else.

My mom is doing everything. I am merely providing a clean house, silver, ernest and flowers.

Actually, I lied. I am going to roast the turkey. Its really just a big chicken when you think about it.

We'll toast the K-Ks tomorrow with a nice local pinot.

nm

1:48 PM  
Blogger Mony said...

You guys are making it sound like FUN.

1:54 PM  
Blogger jk said...

i can't skip the garlic, it has been requested.

as for the rest, well, there are people hired to do the cleaning. And don't think there's no help around the house.

2:24 PM  
Blogger jk said...

how'd the pies turn out, mony?

2:25 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Love the Quayle reference...although I'd guess he'd go with "potatai".

2:51 PM  
Blogger jk said...

another winner from z! I am stealing that. Potatai. It's wonderful.

And i'm not really grumbling about the cooking. I'm just stunned that it took me so long to figure out why I always look so wrecked in the thanksgiving pictures. It's because I've been scrambling!

PS: i don't even eat half the things I prepare for this meal. But they're "tradition."

3:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whew! I do love garlic mashed potatoes, but...that's a helluva lot of work!

11:22 PM  
Blogger Nazila Merati said...

Am I the only person in the world that hates garlic mashed potati?

2:27 AM  
Blogger jk said...

i have a feeling you are.
some plain mashed potatai are always set aside for the invalids, children, and picky eaters, and I'm sure they'd share. Warning, i do use buttermilk.

1:14 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Oh yeah, PS...I have to admit I stole "potatai" from an old Shelley Berman album where he referenced "stewardai" - that was the funniest thing I have ever heard!

9:17 AM  
Blogger jk said...

z---my dad used to say stuff like that, and i always wondered what prompted it. Well, we had Shelley berman records....(and my dad was a funny guy)

5:35 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Maybe your dad WAS Shelley Berman's twin brother??? LOL

8:44 AM  

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