Christmas dinner at Jambe de Bois

There was great debate for the week prior to Christmas as to what we should do for Christmas dinner. Finally it was decided to make it an organized Pot Luck at a local restaurant that we frequent quite often which would be closed for the day. Marsha on Crusader cooked the turkey and stuffing. Since we all have small refrigerators the turkey can't be bought too far ahead but just long enough to thaw before cooking time. On Tuesday, the day of purchase, there were only four turkeys left in the supermarket. But she got a wonderful butterball and cooked it to perfection. Marsha and Bob's son Robert visiting from LA was an added surprise guest. He let his parents know on Monday to send someone to airport to pick him up on Tues.  Barbara on My Island Girl provided pumpkin soup as an appetizer and green beans. I made the mashed potatoes, carrots and gravey. The two single men in the group provided the water,ice,rolls and an after dinner liquor. John on Stopp Knott and Mike on Jackfish were pretty happy to be part of such a fine meal. So much so they decided to sit at the buffet table! Lise on Zardo provided two cakes for dessert and music that turned out to be for dancing. Getting everything loaded into dinghys and getting it all there hot proved to be challenge but worked out well. Food was served in the pots with lids no serving dishes. We started at 2:00 and were home about 5:00 before sunset so everyone was happy and stuffed like a turkey!