Almost everything is ready to go except the turkey and the pie.
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| sweet-potato "casserole"... looks like peanut butter or baby poo |
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| candied cashews and pecans to top the sweet potato |
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| green beans with ham and mushrooms |
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| mashed potatoes |
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| creamed corn |
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| cranberry sauce |
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| glazed ham |
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| gravy, congealed and looking like pumpkin pie |
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| a big tray of stovetop stuffing—made in a bokkeum-paen, then baked |
I'll ferry the stuffing, gravy, and ham over to the office on Tuesday. I'll bring the frozen turkey breast back to my place on Tuesday as well. I'll make the pie Tuesday night and bring it in on Wednesday so I can stare at it longingly. On Thursday morning, I'll sous vide the turkey breast and bring it in warm Thursday at lunch. I'll reheat the gravy on that day, and the crew can make plates without turkey, gravy, pie, or cranberry sauce. They'll microwave their plates, come back to our team's office, and get their turkey, gravy, and cranberry sauce. Hopefully, my Korean coworker won't try to do anything strange with his food. He might be good at baking scones and bagels, but he's got no common sense otherwise.
Here's hoping it's a good meal. I cooked most of it on Saturday without tasting a thing. As a result, my Sunday-morning blood sugar was 90. Sunday, though, I sampled food as I cooked, so I'm not expecting good numbers Monday morning.
Which reminds me: I'm off to Immigration. Wish me luck. I hope to pick up my new visa card sometime this week, but the website says processing time is usually around 10 business days.
Good luck at immigration. Do you get fined for an "overstay" (expired visa) there?
ReplyDeleteEverything you cooked looks delicious. I was especially intrigued by the sweet potato casserole (we called it candied yams in my family). I'm going to attempt to make one myself for Thursday's feast. Any tips?
I imagine there's some kind of fine. Then again, it could just be that I automatically revert to being a tourist and get 90 days to leave the country.
ReplyDeleteIf you already have a family tradition of making candied yams, I wouldn't presume to tell you how to prep them.
Good luck! If you're gonna indulge in a high-carb day on Thursday, you might want to think about just writing that day off and not even counting it in your stats. I normally find that I simply can't face the awful numbers, so on Black Friday, I traditionally don't even bother taking any measurements. Assuming I eat 3000-4000 calories, then fast on Friday, that'll be a 2-day average of 1500-2000 calories, which isn't too horrible. At least, that's how I reassure myself.
Enjoy the meal prep! A little every day makes it all easier.