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Thanksgiving at the Haus of iLL a.k.a. Nico's Nightmare
We threw DOWWWWNNNNNNNN last night! With Dahlak and Nico back in Cali with their families, Ada and I consoled our lonelinesses by spending the rest of our meager bank accounts on a feast of grandeur that shall continue to last us either for days and days to come, or until the end of dinner tonight, depending on how extensively we decide to use the new vaporizer our friend Harry just gave us.
Due to a combination of us being collectively low on funds, and Nico’s attempts to survive off of a low-carb-vegetarian diet (I know..WTF right?) our meals for the past couple of weeks have consisted almost solely on string cheese and Trader Joe’s vegetable gyozas (which aren’t really low-carb, and are probably put together in the same vat they use to fry bacon). So with the Atkins tanbark muncher gone, we decided to invite some folks over and go ridonculous on a glorious starch-filled meat-friendly gravy train of goodness. Feast ye pixels!
The homie Sara who’s subleasing Dahlak’s room was gracious enough to bake this superb turkey. I woke up this morning ready to grub and discovered that Ada had taken all the crispy parts to work. Bastard!
This was my very first attempt at making collard greens, but since there were many-a non-pork eater in the house, I used sardines instead. All nice and spicy. Bad not!
These peas, corn, and mashed potatoes don’t look every exciting. But that’s only because you don’t know that the potatoes are infused with special herbs from California. Moving on.
Next to the stuffing and biscuits is the favorite of the evening, the super spesh-iLL candied yamsssss nom nom nom. There are none left.
And this, people is my quickly-becoming-notorious-in-Brooklyn mac&cheese, with broccoli, scallions, onions, garlic, jalapenos, cheddar, and mozzarella. Lauren from 12ft Dwende says she can do better. To that I say fwah! We might have to document a cook off.
Total budget spent on feeding 6 people for Thanksgiving: $45. And that, smurfs and smurfettes, is how to gobble up in a recession.
