Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> So, I take it you're feeding some of your Marines Thanksgiving dinner?
> What's on the menu? Are they big eaters? What kind of
> dressing/stuffing do you do (assumes you're roasting a turkey bird)?
> Dessert?
No, I'm not feeding just my Marines, and this year will see no turkey
in my kitchen. My sons will both be here on Friday for leg o' lamb,
Brussels sprouts, "fiesta" scalloped potatoes, and some other goodies.
They will be spending Thanksgiving at their cousins two hours away,
here on Friday,and on to Mexico to their father's new home for the
remainder of the weekend.
The potluck dinner I mentioned is for all personnel aboard the Base,
civilians and Marines alike. Each year various sections have
pre-Thanksgiving dinners aimed at all of the Marines who may not be
able to be home with their families that week. Last year my parent
section, Installations & Logistics, decided on a catered dinner for
feeding about 200 that turned out to be very good. This year a vote
was offered as to whether to go again with the caterers, or to do a
potluck. Near half of us voted for the catered meal, losing to the
die-hard potluckers. The Master Guns organizing the dinner seems to me
to have a cracked sense of what should be prepared to feed less than
200 (13 turkeys nd 13 hams), but I signed up to be "two" of 26 people
bringing a non-potatoes vegetable with each dish required to feed 10.
The veggies I prepared yesterday are each oven-bagged inside my huge
slow cooker and packed into the cooker's thermal carry-bag right now,
and I will be leaving for work as soon as I send this reply.
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