Thanksgiving day

We received a few calls asking how a hundred dollar turkey tastes.... and... the answer is... we don't know yet. Seems that these "natural" turkeys need to be brined. You don't just plop them in the oven, you have to soak them in brine water (salt water with spices) for 10 hours. Then you take it out of the brine and let it sit for another 10 hours. That all has to happen before you can cook it. So... today, turkey day is being used to brine the turkey. That's ok because we have invited our french friends over for an American thanksgiving celebration on Friday night.

So the holidays began with the arrival of the 2 kiddos from DC on Wednesday. Then today, friend Harry arrived from Rome. We had a really nice day visiting and catching up with things. Then tonight we went out for our weekly pizza. While sitting at the pizza place, our waiter told us that it was supposed to snow 15 centimeters tonight. I didn't beleive him but then during dinner, it started to snow! By the time we finished dinner and walked home (soaked with melted snow) there was enought to have a wimpy snowball fight! Can't wait to see what it looks like in the morning.... when we take the turkey out to cook.