Thanksgiving Prep/Cooking (Day 3)

I was able to get almost all the items I needed for dinner except for the cheeses and puten (turkey) breast. Therefore, I decided to head to Karstadt’s gourmet grocery store and tackle the remaining items. However, I was a little nervous about the cheese counter as I cannot read German (not very well, at least) and was unsure if the ladies would speak any English. Therefore, I did some research online and after writing a long list of cheese varieties/types (both in English and German) I decided to venture out to the store. After circling the store a half a dozen times and walking up to the cheese case at least once and then turning around, I finally got up the courage to ask the large German women, “Sprechen Sie Englisch?” She responded, “a little.” After picking three all by myself and tasting a few others, I decided on an Ubriaco Prosecco Cheese, Truffle Brie, Hirtenkase, Edelpilzkäse and an English hard cheese with a fig topping. After taking care of the cheese plate, I stopped over to the meat counter to see what type of puten they had available. To my surprise, there was nothing and I started to get nervous since this is the main component of the meal. On my way home, I stopped at two butchers and did find something at the second one, but did not purchase it. Hopefully, Brad will be able to come with me tomorrow morning before he goes to work and approve my findings.

After putting all the groceries away, I decided to start making the marinated carrots, eggplant goo dip and cutting the bread for Brad’s stuffing. Now, I have to mention that the only thing Brad requested as a side for our first Thanksgiving dinner was stuffing and I was super nervous that I would mess it up. Being the good wife that I am, I took out a ruler and began to cut twenty-two slices of bread into perfect 5x5 squares. After a few hours of chopping and cooking, the bread was in pans drying out (see picture), and the marinated carrots as well as the eggplant dip were in the refrigerator.

Stuffing Squares = 22 slices of white bread

After admiring my work, I poured myself a glass of wine and thought of all the things I needed to do tomorrow: the cranberry sauce, caramel popcorn, fruit loop rice crispy treats, spicy nuts, buy and brine the turkey breast and arrange flowers. Off to bed, Gute Nacht!