So we all had a day off to spend quality time with family and friends, HA! Who are we kidding we spent the day recovering from our boisterous dinner party last night. Our apartment block has a party room which can be booked by residents. We had originally concocted a very complicated plan to get the girls to bring their kitchen table over on the street car so we could host a proper sit down dinner in the actual apartment. Seemed very logical until we realised that's what the party room is for so we scrapped that and hastily reserved it.
For all the amenities here in our block they are very rarely used by any one else. The billiard room has always been vacant when we've gone to play, the pool and jacuzzi area, the bbq terraces, the movie room, and of course the party room are always free when we want to use them. The only place that sees some action is the gym, but unfortunately for us we don't frequent there very often!
So we had some trouble finding a turkey in St Lawrence market on Saturday and ended up going with a castrated rooster called Fred. He did us proud, a very succulent fellow so he was! Who knew you can eat rooster, I never did! We had great difficulty trying to figure out which side of the fella was his breast. This exploration involved standing Fred up and walking him around the kitchen island, which in turn led to him sporting a pair of sunglasses and taking a few pics!
As per usual things got a little side tracked and with our guests expected at 5pm, we stood in Dollarama at 4.53pm watching the till lady move in slow motion to individually wrap each and every item we bought. Unfortunately some of our guests are still getting to know us and still think the best of us. They optimistically take our estimated time for arrival as a realisitic time. It's nice to have people still believe we can do it but not so nice when you're still in the shower, Fred's still in the fridge and the apartment would be grounds for a science experiment.
As per usual the guests were put to work, peeling potatoes and cooking the turkey while hair was dried and war paint applied. The party was well on the way by the time I arrived!!
But we pulled it together. Fred was so moist( thanks to a breast side down cooking) that we couldn't even carve the meat, it was just falling off the bone. Mr and Mrs K started us off with a winning bruschetta and with a wicked combination of the girls 3 different homemade pies- ( pumpkin, Apple and strawberry cheesecake) and a fine selection of cheese from the lads we were finally ready ( approx 4 hours past our original time) to sit down and eat a feast.
Well the carnivores were, I had somehow forgotten to cook the broccoli patties for the 2 veggies. It was only as we were literally all sitting down to serve up the ham and turkey that I remembered. Sure a hot a pan, a load of oil, some garlic they'll be ready in no time. Em...how do you feel about a frozen broccoli pattie that's charred black on one side but still cold in the middle? Not very good, I don't blame you. Sorry guys!! I also forgot to cook the asparagus and carrots, so now we have 5 bunches of asparagus to eat this week. Our pee will be glowing!!!
But despite the setbacks, we had a wonderful meal. Thanksgiving was I dare to say a success!
Of course things took a turn down rowdy street when we discovered that the dining room chairs has smooth and very fast wheels.....race me please! But we managed to get away with no breakages or serious spills...a big liability when there's cream rugs and sofas and red wine a-flowing. Not to mention the 750 dollar safety deposit!
We had 9 in total for dinner and it was a fine feast I must say, with a great effort from everyone involved.
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