last weekend, matt decided that he might want a cornish hen for thanksgiving. he brought me over to the freezer section because he wasn’t sure that a cornish hen should only be $2.50. when i saw that the brand was tyson, i strongly encouraged him to look elsewhere. adjacent were pheasants that were marked free range and are from a farm in wisconsin; toubl farm. he got one of those.
and we made it for thanksgiving! i even made giblet gravy. everything was very tasty.
i just so happened to have this cute little roasting pan from williams-sonoma that he fit in just nicely. matt rubbed him all over with salt, pepper, and third ward from penzey’s.
this is before it went back in for the final 30 minutes.
here are the giblets, getting ready to be boiled.
and the final product. matt made some cranberry sauce and i had some carrots. i had also just so happened to have a ready-bake loaf of rosemary bread, so that got cooked up. without having much of a plan, everything came out hot and at the right time. i think this was the first thanksgiving that matt didn’t have to work and it was nice to spend it at home with him.
