Thanksgiving at the Cap'ns house

The rest of today...

When Josh was in college he went to Ira & Shelly’s for Thanksgiving several times, and after the first year Jen went with him. Apparently they have a traditional breakfast that they make, and Josh and Jen made it for us today – it’s called Stromboli and this one was made from Pillsbury crescent rolls, deli meat, eggs and roasted red peppers. It was very yummy and we nommed it down. We think it is a good Thanksgiving tradition, especially with a green salad with a simple oil & vinegar dressing.

After we got that cleaned up we had relaxing and Dave telling us about the history of Cap’n Kellogg (turns out he was a river boat captain, which is not as exciting) and the house (it was built when Cannon Beach was just becoming a vacation destination, and remodeled and expanded in the 60s) and working on the puzzle until it was time to get the turkey in the oven – Jen and Sam got called in to make the stuffing just as we were putting the last pieces in the puzzle. Once the turkey was in the oven there was even more relaxing and also Dave and I went for a walk through the empty downtown. When we got back everyone was still relaxing. I did some knitting, and Dave walked back to the Mariner market to get an analog probe thermometer – we forgot the digital one.

At one point during the afternoon the fire turned itself off, which made us all very nervous since we like having a fire. Fortunately after it had cooled off we were able to push the button and start it again. And I used a size one needle to fix the whistle cap of the tea kettle, which someone had put on upside down, although even after I fixed it it still doesn’t whistle.

Everyone but me helped with getting the table set and the rest of the side dishes done, and then we had our festive meal. It was all very yummy, and the oaky, buttery Stag’s Leap Kalia chardonnay went very well with it. The 2011 Shea Homer was no slouch, either. All in all dinner got done very smoothly – Dave loved the convection oven – and nobody had to do too much work. Cleanup went smoothly afterwards since Dave had thought to bring a large collection of leftover containers.

After dinner we played games for a while, then it was time for pie (pumpkin and pecan) and 2 of the 6 fortified wines we brought. We decided on a malmsey style madeira and a ruther glen muscat from Australia. We all liked the madeira (more madera m’dear?) but the muscat was just a sweet syrup bomb. Good for putting on or in things, we decided, but not to drink.

The house is working very well.