The day after producing a sit down dinner for 24, starts out slow. Real slow.  No Black Friday sales for me! My feet still hurt.  I’ve just finished my second pot of coffee and still cannot motivate myself to put away the folding chairs, clean up the shards of walnut shells from the floor, or  start cleaning the stove top. Upon reflection, however, food fest 2012, went well.

Some highlights:  I had heard that the average Thanksgiving Day meal has a caloric value of 3,000 calories and you would have to run a marathon (26k) to burn it off– by 6 p.m I realized I could be in Iron Man territory.  I managed, against all odds, to produce enough stuffing to have some left over– however, because of the perceived “unlimited” quantity, my guests gorged themselves with stuffing and were practically rendered unconscious. As a direct result, I washed most of the dishes. Little kids love to crack walnuts — not necessarily to eat them.  Still my favorite part of the day — taking turns to read our anonymous “what I am thankful for” notes.

Today I’m thankful for the leftovers — no cooking only reheating — priceless!