My GOD that was a lot of food.

And I didn't even eat as much as I always have... we usually have much more.

I've been told that there are families out there that actually make an appropriate amount of food for special occasions. My brother-in-law, when he married into this crazy family, was amazed at the amount of food that we can come up with, sometimes on just a moments notice. It's the Power of the Potluck. We're Methodists. Don't mess with the Potluck.

My family has ALWAYS had big meals... it's what we do. We usually have enough food to feed three times as many people at any particular gathering. I'm not exaggerating, I'm actually being conservative.

So... what was on our menu? I mentioned no dry turkey, right? Well, we had dry chicken instead. And ham. And broccoli cheeze cassarole. And green bean cassarole. And mashed potatoes. And stuffing. And two kinds of cranberry salad. Not to mention desert.

Did I mention that this year, we only had seven adults and a toddler to feed? There is enough food left over to feed us through the holidays and beyond.

I think I must be distantly related to those British nobility of the 1700s who had huge, massive food orgies constantlly, with jesters playing for their amusement and the poser to chop their wive's heads off if they had the audacity to not bear them an heir.

We certainly had the food for it yesterday. All we were missing was the mead.

Have a great weekend, and I'll see you later, friends.

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