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So when you celebrate 2 holidays over the course of 4 days involving a total of 19 people over the age of 12 (and 2 toddlers), you need a lot of food. I thought I'd chronicle a little of that for you. If you've visited my house during this festival of food, you know I'm not kidding when I say we have a lot of food. You saw a bit of the candy prep earlier this week, but that's just part of it. We have the traditional spread for Thanksgiving: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, green bean casserole, rolls, fresh veggies and dip, etc. The countertop looked like this:



Our dessert table was a bit ridiculous this year though. There are always way more desserts than necessary, and they tend to last us the whole weekend. This year was no exception. There were the following desserts this year:

  • 3 pies (apple, cherry, pecan)
  • 2 cheesecakes (pumpkin, mint chocolate chip)
  • 6 kinds of cookies (chocolate chip, peanut butter, chocolate w/ peanut butter chips, snicker doodles, butterscotch, chocolate chip oatmeal pecan)
  • oreo cookie balls
  • scotcheroos
  • peanut butter sandwich candies
  • 2 kinds of pretzel candy
  • 2 dozen cupcakes
  • 2 random chocolate dipped candies
  • chocolate cake
  • vanilla ice cream
The dessert table looked like this (mind you this was only a sampling of the total, but most of the types are represented here):

Friday lunch was leftovers, Friday dinner we ordered about 11 entrees of Chinese food for about 15 people. Those leftovers got eaten for lunch on Saturday, after the cheese, sausage, and crackers plate was out. And then tonight, we had grilled pork chops, fresh fruit salad, more mashed potatoes and green bean casserole, and fresh veggies and dip.

I have a feeling I'll be taking a bunch of food home with me tomorrow because no one else seems to be taking leftovers with them. If we don't, it will take weeks for Mom and Dad to get through what is left!

After this weekend, I shouldn't have to eat again for another 10 days. What did you eat?

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