Giving Thanks

For weeks now, maybe even months, there has been a lot of hype around how our Thanksgiving was going to play out. Being that we have a relatively sweet set up here at 536 No Name Alley, we figured we would play hosts this year. And what better way to play hosts than to get a deep fryer.

  
Our guest list was extensive enough to include probably our favorite guest of the week Cuddie.

Cuddie is an Aussie Shepherd mix that we took care of for about a week while his owner was gone. He's an unbelievably obedient and intelligent one and a half year old that loves to play fetch and has a half blue, half brown eye. By the end of the week we all felt pretty attached to this mut. It was sad to see him go but being that we all started work just after we got him, he spent most of the days alone waiting for one of us to walk through the door and play with him. But in the short time we had him we all fell in love and were able to teach him how to almost to a back flip, or more like almost a 360.

But anyway, back to Thanksgiving. After loading up the deep fryer with enough soy bean oil we were ready to test it out with some frozen pizza pockets pieces.

Not wanting to skimp out on appetizers, we made some beer battered hand cut french fries just before tossing the seasoned turkey in.

With the addition of our neighbor's turkey and spicy corn mix, we had a large feast ready to be devoured consisting of: pizza rolls, mozarella sticks, french fries, baked potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, cheese, asparagus, mushrooms and a pumpkin and pecan pie. Needless to say we were all stuffed after having gorged so hard.

With our stomachs at their breaking point we all made sure to digest properly with some heavy laughter thanks to Cuddie and his new friend, Leeroy (Jenkins), they became insta-friends upon meeting each other. Although a huge discrepancy between their body masses, they played rough house all night.

Even if the cooking could never compare to my mom's, it was definitely the best Thanksgiving I've had away from home, even if it was the only one I've had away from home.