If you struggle with envy, you should just stop reading this now.
Seriously.
I'm about to show you my fanciest kitchen gadget, a fabulously executed dessert, and some photos of my preparations for Thanksgiving.
You've been warned.
If you stumble, I will not be held accountable.
You're still here?
Okay.
I'm glad you're up to it.
Here I go.
It's about to be too late to turn back.
Ready?
Yesterday, I spent the better part of the day cleaning out and cleaning up the "annex refrigerator" and the pantry for the massive inflow of food that is about to happen.
Don't be jealous.
I know that not everyone gets to do this:
Also yesterday, our guest list had two more names added to it, so we're up to a whopping 25 eaters expected for Thanksgiving dinner.
You can guess it was a bit of a blow when the doctor called to tell me he had scheduled my outpatient procedure (think long needle!) for smack in the middle of the day before Thanksgiving; known around here as "Covered-in-Flour Day".
I've had to do a little re-grouping this week, and put a lot more things on the do-ahead list.
Today, I had to make a pie for Chince Prarming to take to the office tomorrow, so I decided to make seven extra pie crusts and put them in the freezer; something I've never done before.
It meant Covered-in-Flour Day was early this year.
Of course, getting out all these supplies...
...wouldn't do me much good if I didn't also get out my recipes.
And if I get out my recipes, that means I get to get out my very fancy recipe holder.
I'm going to show it to you now, if you promise you that really do have that envy monster under control.
You promise?
Okay.
Tada!
(Hmmm. "Lg" hanger. Must belong to the girls.)
You want one, don't you?
It gets the job done, and that really is a rockin' pie crust recipe it's holding (it was voted top crust on the family apple pie taste testing day).
Of course, the first crust I made went into the oven to be baked for the Prince's pie.
While it burned baked, I made the others and just popped them into the freezer for Covered-in-Flour Day, Condensed Version.
See this beautiful crust?
It's the other half of this burnt crust:
Dang.
I'm hoping the fact that I filled it with Pioneer Woman's French Silk Pie filling, and that there will be whipped cream to go on top, will make the eaters fuhgeddabout that burnt stuff.
A girl can dream, can't she?