I've always loved Christmas decorations, and was just able to finish putting mine up around the house. Then, the women's ministry at my church put on a Christmas event over the weekend, and I was able to help with the video projection for that. I was blessed by the encouragement and words of appreciation from several people.
Everything at the event was also decorated beautifully, and I was able to use one of the ideas for my dinner gathering with my family and aunts last night - folding a napkin where the edges meet in the middle in the back so the front is almost a diamond shape with a long pointed end. For the dinner:
- The turkey turned out very moist, since it was small enough (10 lbs) to fit into the bag and fully into the roasting pan with the cover on. It was also able to fully cook, fairly evenly (breast-side down). However, with it fully enclosed, it didn't have the browned outside skin as it would when exposed directly to the oven; and seemed to have a more "steamed" appearance; but, I suppose that's the trade-off with having it less dry. I debated just putting it under the broiler to brown it the last few minutes; but, I didn't want to risk drying it out.
- The yams, mashed with honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg; and then baked with marshmallows on top is fairly easy to make and is good. This method is preferable to the cutting of them into pieces and putting a couple of marshmallows on each.
- For the stuffing, I used the boxed mixture I bought before Thanksgiving; but, it came out salty. In the future, I just plan to make it from scratch, like I did for Thanksgiving.
- The Chinese dishes I incorporated turned out okay - Singapore noodle with shrimp, stir fry (bok choy, baby corn, and straw mushrooms), and beef rice noodle. The only thing with the beef rice noodle, is that I used flap meat, and it was still a little chewy, not quite "soft" enough (not sure what's the best type of beef to use).
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