Fears' Food

So, this post gets my Thanksgiving timing rundown for the year.  Just in case I'm wondering what I did next year.  Was going to add a recipe, but this post is getting very long, so I have decided not to.

Wednesday -

• Made 4 loaves of bread -for stuffing and just to have. (do this Monday or Tuesday next year) 
• Made 2 batches of rolls - one for cinnamon rolls and 1 for rolls
• I froze the rolls - they rose in 2.5-3 hours not 4-6 from frozen.
• I refrigerated the cinnamon rolls hoping they'd do a slow enough rise in the fridge to be ready in the morning.  They still needed to rise for about 45 min - 1 hour this morning.
• Made Cranberry salad - started in afternoon - Use the 10 or 12 oz - whatever the smaller bag is of marshmallows.  I used the 16 oz. this time, and it wasn't as juicy. 
• Made Apple pie
• Made pumpkin pie crust - wanted to do the whole pie but didn't read ahead to see that I needed to refrigerate the crust.
• Made the brine for the turkey and got it in the brine - also didn't read ahead to see that I should have done that a lot earlier and put it in the fridge (although I'm not sure where I would have stored it any earlier.)  I ended up making the brine - way too late, then adding a bit of ice to cool it, then  putting it in 2 containers in the freezer to get it very cool.  Then adding ice to make 2 gallons of liquid.  It worked fine, but I definitely should have started that earlier in the day.  Didn't get to bed until 12:30 last night.
• Boiled eggs for Deviled eggs
• Diced onions for various dishes tomorrow
• combined sausage spices

Thanksgiving day

• Baked the cinnamon rolls
• Baked the turkey
• Made the stuffing - 
• made the sausage - spices were put together last night, but pork was ground and combined this morning.
• cut and toasted the bread
• Stuffing into the slow cooker
• Baked the rolls
• Made the pumpkin pie
• Made the mashed potatoes
• Made the green beans
• Made the gravy
• Made the deviled eggs
• Will still put together a veggie tray.

The menu

Breakfast

• cinnamon rolls
• milk

Lunch

• Turkey
• Gravy
• Mashed potatoes
• Stuffing
• Cranberry Salad
• Green beans
• Rolls

Dinner

• Chips with sour cream and onion dip
• Deviled eggs
• Veggie tray
• baby carrots
• celery
• olives
• Pies - Apple and Pumpkin 
• Left over lunch for anyone desiring more turkey, stuffing, potatoes etc.