Thanksgiving Holiday

So I am now officially 24 years of age. I have had a reasonably good life with no real bad altercations. The dinner that I cooked for my friends was considerable. It is probably something I won't do for a long time. The prime roast was such a headache to make and the mashed potatoes didn't come out quite the way I wanted. So I had basically two Thanksgiving dinners. One on Wednesday to celebrate with my friends on my birthday and another with my family.

Wednesday night dinner was pretty good. Conversation was good until the end of the party. It was a five course meal:


Spring Cucumber Shrimp Salad - Was much easier to make than I thought. It wasn't too bad without the raw tuna. Next time I think I will add something to crisp it up. The cucumbers didn't add the right texture. Maybe bacon bits added at the end.


Tomato Vegetable Puree Soup - Traditional and reminded me of my trip through Europe and the many tomato soups I had to keep me warm in the winter.

Mashed Potatoes - Definitely not as creamy as I had hoped it would be. I didn't have enough butter to mix it properly.


Prime Rib Roast - I cooked it for about 30-40 minutes too long. All of the insides were practically cooked with no pink flesh. Much tougher than I had wanted.



Chocolate Domingo cake/Pumpkin Gooey Cake - Chocolate cake was delicious like before, but the Gooey Cake didn't fare so well.


Thursday night we had hotpot. I love having my sauce of satay, soy sauce, rice vinegar, raw egg yolk, scallions, cilantro, sesame oil, and sugar. Meat was good. Tofu was good. Too bad there weren't and taro.