So we didn't go up to Delaware, and we aren't having turkey, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving we're having a day of fine eating here. This morning we made corned beef hash and the best buttermilk biscuits in the world and watched the Philadelphia Thanksgiving parade parade. Which they show on one of the Raleigh stations every year, for some reason. This year I learned not only that the same guy who has been doing the weather on ABC news since I was a kid is still there, also he's the father of David Boreanaz. It was some kind of anniversary for the weather guy and they surprised him with a holiday message from Boreanaz to his dad. Aw!
After the parade I got in the holiday spirit by updating the Divaville Lounge website. I just realized that this year I'm not just subbing the show right before Christmas -- this year I have a whole month for Christmas music. Wow! I'm not going to play wall-to-wall Christmas music all month, just on the Dec. 23 show. Still, it's a thrill to realize that I don't have to sit down and figure out which version of, say, "Jingle Bells" to play this year. This year I could play it five times if I wanted!
Then in the afternoon we got out and did a little yardwork. It was so beautiful out, we just couldn't stay inside all day. Georg pulled out the tomato and pepper plants, which have finally given up the ghost. I did some weeding in the sunflower bed, which has gotten totally overgrown. To my amazement, I found several clumps of sunflower seedlings! I was hoping the sunflowers might drop some seeds and reseed next year. Unfortunately it seem like our balmy weather tricked them into sprouting now. Who knows, maybe we'll get another freakishly warm winter and they'll survive. Wouldn't that be strange, to have sunflowers in January?
For dinner tonight we're having cochinita pibil, pork shoulder slow-cooked in annato and sour orange. Georg went to the Latino supermarket and got real sour oranges for the marinade! Usually we just use regular oranges and add a lime for tartness. We're also having fried green tomatoes with the last of the tomatoes. (Yes, our half-dead tomato plants still had tomatoes on them! We haven't had any ripe ones in a while, there's just not enough sun or heat for them to ripen.)
Dessert will be our nod to Thanksgiving tradition: an apple-cranberry pie. With a crumb topping. I hope it's good! The recipe sounded great. It called for cranberry sauce, which we didn't have, so we made some from fresh cranberries, honey, apple cider, spices and orange zest. We also made the pie crust earlier today. I'm going to get up in a minute and peel the apples.
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