Christmas Dinner...

I had not cooked in the past several years because there is no one there to eat it.. so I just had been going to someone else's house... there is just something about cooking for a man that makes it seem worth while... (yes, I know that sounds stupid..)but I decide I am cooking this year for Christmas dinner...

I buy a turkey and a ham... keep remembering that I have not cooked this in several years... and the turkey has a gravy packet with it... ???? and the ham has a glaze packet with it... ????...

apparently... I am too old school for today... I make my own ham glaze and I use the juice from the turkey and some shredded up turkey to make the gravy... now I will tell you that I thought I would try this gravy packet... ugh.... it didn't thicken like the flour mixture I would normally make and use... wondering what happened to being taught how to cook by someone... I wasn't taught by my mother... I was taught by my wilbur... my kid's grandpap... and he taught me all old school stuff... like how to make gravy from nothing... and how to make glaze for a ham... and truth told... he taught me how to make pig feet and chitlins... and I can even cook a groundhog so you won't know it is a groundhog... (lololol... that is a true statement...)(I keep telling you people I come from the REAL hood... and no one believes me...)

I taught myself how to make sweet potatoe pie... because the women in my world I have asked to show me how don't want me to be able to make it from scratch... and last year... it tasted good but looked like orangish pudding... BUT.... this year... for Thanksgiving... India took it back to school with her... and they ate it all and she didn't get any... but she said they said it was great... I was still suspect... cause you know... kids will eat anything... BUT... this Christmas some of her friends came over and they tried it... and they went to work talking about it was really good!!! yay me!!! I am very excited about that!! and only took 2 tries...

so... Christmas dinner came out good... and I can make sweet potatoe pie... and I am very happy about that... next is the souffle... I am hoping to have that down by Easter...