Thanksgiving Day

 

Another Thanksgiving is in the history books, with the exception of
leftovers, and we now start to look toward Christmas. No one visiting
this year except immediate family. My daughter came home from college
and was able to help me taste the wines this year. We did get the
Boulder Creek Riesling and used it with the meal, went real nicely. We
started with a Zardetto Prosecco NV. This was very nice and I added a
twist of orange to each glass before the pour.



Got to use to new kitchen toys, first I have a new soda siphon, this
thing allows all types of things to be done. Like making any wine you
like into a sparkling wine to try it that way. Riesling is really neat
when its been sparkled. Of course if this habit continues I will need
more than one siphon and a truckload of those CO2 canisters.



Also received a Whip Cream whippier with the N02 cartridge and all. Nice
unit and makes real nice whip cream. Of course part of that is the fact
we still have a dairy or two here and one of them sells me the separated
cream before its pasteurized. This stuff really stands up when whipped
and what depth it has!



Nothing unusual for Thanksgiving, just the normal triple starch; bread,
potatoes and filling, plus double vegetable, Italian green beans and
Asparagus. Jellied Cranberry and pumpkin pie. Roasted the turkey
straight forward method.



Had 7 selected cheeses on my cheese board this year, all four of us
cleaned that up. Most interesting cheeses were Smoked Maple Vermont
cheddar and a really neat White Aged Cheddar that was sage infused. I
saved about 1/2 pound of this to do some twice baked potatoes with
Saturday.



Rode the horses for a while and just relaxed.



Over to Denver today for The Phantom of The Opera performance and a
dinner at Vesta Dipping Grill.

Chef Bob Ballantyne

The Cowboy and The Rose Catering

Grand Junction, Colorado, USA