Thanksgiving Feast

Regina produced an amazing Thanksgiving Feast for us!

Dessert table -- the purchased pumpkin pie and Cool Whip were Carl's and my contributions -- everything else was homemade!

A *very* full table!

Squirrel Stew...

I had neglected to post a few days ago that Carl got a squirrel while out hunting with Jimmy -- it went into the Squirrel Stew for Thanksgiving dinner!

Family around the table...

More of the family around the table!

Table rules - start what's in front of you, pass to the left, make sure the gravy comes after the stuffing, whipped potatoes, and turkey!

We had big dinner plates, but they weren't big enough to hold everything the first time around. Carl luckily had a seat right in the middle of the side of the table, and could thus refill his plate easily -- I'm not going to make any comments about how much was eaten, but...

... this was the second filling of his plate.

Let me see if I can remember everything: turkey, venison, squirrel stew, dressing/stuffing, whipped potatoes (with cream!), gravy, green bean casserole and plain green beans, sweet potato casserole, sweet corn kernels, collard greens, regular and crescent rolls, homemade butter and two types of jelly (peach and strawberry), cranberry relish, and, for dessert, pecan pie, fruit salad, brownies, pumpkin pie, Cool Whip...

... and this was Carl's dessert plate -- in case you think that second piece of pie has a napkin folded over it -- nah... that's Cool Whip... Carl thinks that the pumpkin pie must be completely covered with whipped topping -- he claims to like pumpkin pie, but... I think it might simply be a delivery vehicle for whipped topping!

It was a magnificent meal, and so wonderful to be with family!