A Week Later ... My Family's Thanksgiving

Fatty Catty after eating his Thanksgiving turkey

It's a week after Thanksgiving and I miss my wacky family, so here you go...

My Uncle Phil and Uncle Ed, fun-loving uncles with an eye for antiquities, opened up their amazing home to nearly 30 of our family members last Thursday. Uncle Phil had been cooking for a week straight. As well as my family's contributions. I feel like Mike and myself are still recovering. While activities were still quite traditional (eating and watching the 49ers lose) the menu was unique due to its size and how it incorporated some Filipino flavors.

Appetizers
• Fig and cherry canopes with pears and romano cheese
• Stuffed dates with mascarpone and gorgonzola
• Charcuterie platter
• Stuffed mushrooms with italian sausage and onions

Salad
• Cranberry and walnut salad

Entree
• 2 Turkeys (brined by my uncle! and for fun, we said that one was Asian and one was White)
• Beef Lengua stew - This was also added to pasta to make an alternative to
• Lumpiang Hubad ("naked" lumpia- pork and vegetables)
• Potatoes 2 Ways: Mashed Potatoes in Baked Red Potato
• Cranberry, Cherry, Raspberry Sauce
• Pork adobo and macaroni
• Beef Lengua Stroganoff
• Butter Rolls
• Sweet Potatoes with marshmallows
• Beef steak

Dessert
• Tiramisu (My Uncle Monch makes the best tiramisu, ever)
• Pumpkin Squash cupcakes with Brown Butter Buttercream and Pumpkin Seeds (my cousin Marisa is a pastry chef. This is almost unfair)
• Pumpkin Pie
• Spanish Pumpkin Pie (with almonds and no pie crust)
• Hopia (bean cake)
• Cuchinta (a sticky sweet rice pastry that you can eat with coconut, or not)
• Egg Tarts
• Baklava