Shortlog - a log of everyday things

2010-11-25

Thanksgiving day.

I attended a rather large gathering. I brought a baker's dozen little loaves of fresh bread and a 9x13 pan of pineapple bake. Here's the recipe for the latter:

Ingredients:

• 16 oz can crushed pineapple in heavy syrup
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 slices worthless white bread (the cheapest crap you can find in the store), cut into cubes, crusts on
• 1 stick butter

Butter 9x13 pan. Mix first four ingredients in bowl, pour into prepared pan. Saute bread cubes in melted butter until lightly browned. Spread evenly over pineapple mixture. Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes.

At maximum headcount, I saw 28 people at this gathering, many of whom were new faces, since they were visiting other friends. There was a sister visiting from LA, students from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and UVA, among others. There was also a huge amount of food. We fried three turkeys, which is a slightly nerve-wracking endeavor, since if anything caught fire we'd wind up burning down the entire state of California.

Fun things that happened:

• At least three people at the event could juggle 5 balls, even when fairly intoxicated
• Rubik's cube competition (one guy had two cubes in his car, I kid you not)
• Telephone pictionary

But after all that socialization, I definitely needed my alone time.