Thanksgiving 2010 - Asheville

What a great year - we are healthy and employed! The weather was beautiful this Thanksgiving. As I left to drive to Asheville it was grey and misty and the closer we got to Asheville the sunnier and warmer it became.

We missed our children in Singapore but Mary Ingles planned and served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to her Aussie, Brit and international friends - it was a little like serving the "fish and loaves" as there were 13 adults and 11 children and a 15 pound turkey! But there was a ham that Al shipped to her, the shipping cost to Singapore equaled the price of about 10 hams, but everyone thought the meal was delicious. Not to leave them out on this blog, here are Ryan and Jack this morning on Jack's first day at Odyssey School.

Back to Asheville.... Ashley and Trip were the best hosts and we loved being around cute Jones, who just began crawling!

It was a traditional holiday weekend - too much food, lots of football, a little Duke basketball and not much shopping.  The highlight to the dinner were the "fresh" whiskey sours Ashley made.Too good!

And the noble bird was delicious - I do believe that brining is the secret. It was cooked perfectly and I think Trip's gravy , ala Cook's Magazine , was the best I can remember. But like all recipes from Cook's a bit more complicated and definitely more time consuming....

Would love to hear from everyone else with your updated photos.