I'm getting far too excited about cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Mom and dad got in on Saturday and we went and picked up the turkey last night. I've named him Bob, and he is resting in the refrigerator while I decide exactly which method of roasting him I will go with. There seems to be some debate between use tin foil or wine-soaked cheesecloth to protect the breast in the first half of the roasting process. I've done the foil hat method, I might get creative and try the cheese cloth. We'll see.
because I'm insane, I have decided to bake the bread for dinner myself. I love baking bread. Something about the yeast and the dough in my hands as I knead it seems almost like magic to me. It's the same sort of thing I get when I spin actually, the joy of creating something so full of life and energy from nothing, with just the strength in my own hands. There's something elemental about it that I find very satisfying.
The Charm sweater is done, washed, blocked, and ready to be worn and photographed. I am really happy with how it turned out. It's nice and light and warm, perfect for these cool autumn days. As long as it doesn't get too windy anyway...
I've been working on a few scarves for Christmas gifts, and have decided to weave a pillow cover for my grandmother. She doesn't seem to like anything I give her, or use it, which really bothers me. I made her some knit washcloths a couple years ago, and she never used them. She never uses the chain for her glasses that she said she wanted and I got her either, so I fail to see the point in even trying but one has to do something. The plan is to use the small diagonal looms I got at Stitches West last year and make a sort of quilted cover out of scrap yarns, kind of a crazy quilt look but woven. It should be a fun little project.
Now if I could just channel some of the weaving and breadmaking enthusiasm over to my homework, I'd be in good shape. Motivating myself to read is just not working. I fall asleep whenever I open my casebooks. Is situational narcolepsy a real thing?
2 comments:
I would highly recommend brining the turkey the day before, and roasting it at a high temp breast side down for the first half, and breast up for the second.
And yes, situation narcolepsy is real, particularly when one is studying.
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So what sort of turkey are you getting? I convinced mom to get a Diestel Farms free-range organic this year because I'm sick of looking at photos of cruelty from Foster Farms. . .
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