Today was Black Friday but apart from an updo-enabling clip for $6.99 and a Starbucks caramel apple spice I bought nothing. I met EG for lunch. He has recently moved to San Francisco for a new job. He seems to be doing well but perhaps its not entirely true to say he has moved to San Francisco. He has an apartment there and some clothes but he does seem to have spent most of his first 3 months travelling around the US. Fortunately for me, our schedules coincided and we were able to catch up.
After lunch with EG, I went to TI's apartment where TI and DS had made a second thanksgiving dinner. They had spent Thanksgiving with DS's parents said they wanted leftovers so were cooking thanksgiving dinner again. Just as well as there were only 3 of us and there was a 17lb turkey and even 3 people with decent appetites cannot eat such a big turkey. DS stuffed the turkey with a truly divine stuffing made with yummy cherries (I will be trying to recreate this dish possibly for Christmas dinner). My mother doesn't allow me to stuff poultry as she is worried about salmonella but I think we will discuss it because the stuffing was much improved by the turkey juices. In addition to the turkey, we had mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, creamed spinach and homemade gravy. Afterwards we had apple pie with a cheddar crust made by TI. I had heard of that dish before but always regarded it sceptically but its good. Who would have thought apple tart with cheese tastes delicious!
Tomorrow I fly back to Ireland. Perhaps its just as well that today was bitterly cold – I will appreciate Ireland's mild climate.
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