Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! A lot of prep goes into holidays and events here at the Becker ranch. Food, which is always a big deal here, plays an even greater role come holiday time. In an ordinary food week, we can barely fit enough chow in the fridge to get us through half the week. Finding room to squeeze in a 22-pound turkey required herculean effort, complex engineering, and the use of a table in the cold garage as a makeshift refrigerator.
Mmmm, butter. I'd say we go through at least four pounds of it in a normal week. Holiday cooking and baking pushes our butter consumption to a level that has a measurable effect on the commodities market. I spent two solid days in the kitchen cooking glorious butter-enhanced foodstuffs, most of which was consumed in a twenty-minute feeding frenzy.
Over the course of a few years' worth of estate sales, garage sales, and thrift shopping, I have amassed a lovely collection of pretty china, serving dishes, and silver plate. Real silver plated flatware and serving trays can be had for next to nothing; they are ubiquitous anywhere second-hand wares are sold, probably because nobody can be bothered to polish it anymore. I kind of like polishing silver, and started dragging it out to work on a little at a time during the week prior to Thanksgiving. The only snag in my plan was that I was still trying to do some school work with my children, and they are apparently very easily distracted by shiny objects. They are also very easily distracted by the sounds and smells of Christmas cookies baking, which is coming up soon!
Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! A lot of prep goes into holidays and events here at the Becker ranch. Food, which is always a big deal here, plays an even greater role come holiday time. In an ordinary food week, we can barely fit enough chow in the fridge to get us through half the week. Finding room to squeeze in a 22-pound turkey required herculean effort, complex engineering, and the use of a table in the cold garage as a makeshift refrigerator.
Mmmm, butter. I'd say we go through at least four pounds of it in a normal week. Holiday cooking and baking pushes our butter consumption to a level that has a measurable effect on the commodities market. I spent two solid days in the kitchen cooking glorious butter-enhanced foodstuffs, most of which was consumed in a twenty-minute feeding frenzy. 
Over the course of a few years' worth of estate sales, garage sales, and thrift shopping, I have amassed a lovely collection of pretty china, serving dishes, and silver plate. Real silver plated flatware and serving trays can be had for next to nothing; they are ubiquitous anywhere second-hand wares are sold, probably because nobody can be bothered to polish it anymore. I kind of like polishing silver, and started dragging it out to work on a little at a time during the week prior to Thanksgiving. The only snag in my plan was that I was still trying to do some school work with my children, and they are apparently very easily distracted by shiny objects. They are also very easily distracted by the sounds and smells of Christmas cookies baking, which is coming up soon!
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