Who’s cooking?

[Bowyn Aerrow]

Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners are had at the Brother-In-Law's. Each year about 50 family members and friends will shuffle through some years more some years less. Since the family is pretty extended with couples wanting to spend time with each side of their family a lot of folk will stop by, nosh and visit a while, exchange gifts then go off to the next home.

He will BBQ a turkey or two and roast a huge ham or two complete with pine apples, cherries and glaze - it looks nice.

I don't eat pork.... So I can only retell what I have heard that it is a slice of heaven.

The rest of the fixings are parceled out to other family members as by their 'specialty'. Thanksgiving I got slammed with the major baking, I am getting off easy this Christmas only making sweet potato pie (I grow my own sweet potatoes).

I most likely will be making cinnamon rolls - from scratch. That is preparation that will start off around 3 AM so I can mix and knead dough let it rise twice then roll it with cinnamon and sugar, slice and bake. I have been requested to make 4 dozen (48) which actually translates to me making 6 dozen (72) because the Sister-in-law who plans this all out usually underestimates how much food....

I am the chief cook at bottle washer here at home the rest of the year. My partner's cooking skills are grilled cheese sandwiches, eggs and McDonald's or similar fat food (I did mean fast:tongue