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I'm not sure I'll get to making all of it, but I am set for the following menu for Thanksgiving.
There are a couple of extra chairs at the table if you're interested!
Now I'd better get prepping because so far all I've made is the cranberry sauce.
Thanksgiving 2009
Deviled eggs
Variety of cheeses with French bread
Corn Lemongrass Soup with crab and mussels
Arugula Fennel Mint Prosciutto Pomegranate Salad
Turkey – brined and deep fried
Cranberry sauce – with ginger and Cointreau
Traditional Stuffing with pancetta
Mashed new potatoes with skins on, and mascarpone and chives
Gravy -
Pearl onions roasted with a port reduction and bay
Green beans sauteed with wildrice, mushrooms, bell peppers and pinenuts
Crème Brule
Pumpkin pie with whipped creme
There's much to be grateful for and I try to remind myself of that every day.
Some days I forget.
But I'm glad there's one day of the year when we in the United States are invited to take stock of the abundance in our lives. I hope each of you are with people who are grateful for YOU this year and who express it.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I don't mean to come off all environmentally or anything bit still. Why can't trees have Christmas too?
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Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?"
Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage."
Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?"
Fayan said, "I don't know."
Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate."
The Book of Serenity, Case 20
This kind of intimacy is real intimacy. No gap. No
ideas about who this is or what that is. Just being one, right here, right now, complete, whole, undivided. Just this.
This intimacy is the heart of Zen practice.
Who knew Coolio had a cooking show? On the web, but still...
This video is in pretty poor taste, but it's funny and it is hands down the best way to make a delicious turkey.
Here's our bird from last year coming out of the fryer. Yum! Last year I made two turkeys, a roasted one and a fried one. The roasted one was great, but this year, there's only one way the bird is getting cooked. Coolio style.
We're celebrating the beginning of the holidays. And trying to keep Sarah and Mike apart.
No change in the Sumo tournament as the two Yokozunas continue their domination and records continue falling.
Asashoryu and Hakuho are both 9-0 now. Neither one has been in any danger this whole tournament, though they've each had 1 or 2 long matches. Today, Asashoryu had a real battle with Baruto but ended it with an awesome Kakenage (which, I think, means a throw that includes kicking his leg up with your leg to get him to flip.)
By winning his 9th, Baruto got to 80 wins for the year. He's the 6th wrestler ever to do that and he did the fastest. (Among the others who've done it are Asashoryu, Takanohana, and Chiyonofuji.) 5-1 the rest of the way and Hakuho has the all-time record for wins in one year.
In the Ozeki team, Koto'oshu is hanging in at 8-1. Kaio has also finally started winning, getting to 6-3, and tying for 2nd all time with 804 career wins. He's 3 wins away from tying Chiyonofuji's all-time record of 807.
Chiyotaikai is 2-7 and faces Asashoryu tomorrow. In other words, he's almost guaranteed to get a losing record this tournament, which will mean a demotion, and hopefully one step closer to retirement.
Yoshikaze made it to 7-0, but then he lost on Day 8. He came back with a win today, though, to stay just 1 back.
The wrestlers at 7-2 include Toyonoshima (a highly-skilled wrestler who's lower in the rankings than he should be right now), Tochinoshin (the youngest wrestler in the bigs), Miyabiyama (a giant lardo who manages to do well every other tournament), and everyone's favorite hero Takamisakari.
Baruto has lost to the two Yokozunas in the last 3 days and dropped to a mediocre 5-4. Still, I expect him to pick it up in the second week and end up with 10 wins.
Once again, I'm having my best tournament ever for picking winners (averaging 7 out of 10 right each day) but not seeing the wins. Lost 2 tiebreakers and one match, 9-8. Kunitachi now sits barely over .500, at 5-4.
