{"id":2500,"date":"2010-11-29T23:01:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2010-11-29T23:01:27","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T05:01:27","slug":"thats-a-lot-of-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=2500","title":{"rendered":"that&#8217;s a lot of beans."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving was delicious! We&#8217;re still eating leftovers; the last of my celebration roast disappeared tonight and I&#8217;m kind of sad about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"thanksgiving spread by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5211996826\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4090\/5211996826_97920984f1.jpg\" alt=\"thanksgiving spread\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt deep-fried a turkey breast, and made both regular cassoulet (in that giant cast iron pot) and a vegetarian version for me with Tofurky chorizo. My dad said the stuffing was the best he&#8217;d ever eaten. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/recipe\/green-bean-casserole\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart&#8217;s green bean casserole<\/a> is amazing.<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.craftzine.com\/archive\/2010\/10\/recipe_cranberry_pecan_pumpkin.html\" target=\"_blank\">cranberry-pecan-pumpkin blondies<\/a> were excellent, too:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"cranberry pecan pumpkin blondies by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5211988250\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5285\/5211988250_9858ac5e04.jpg\" alt=\"cranberry pecan pumpkin blondies\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of my favorite achievements? I made cranberry sauce, strained it, and molded it in a can. My sugar-free version (unstrained, with pumpkin pie spices and currants) tasted better, but the effect was important.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"cranberry sauce by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5211398399\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4147\/5211398399_e7209c7124.jpg\" alt=\"cranberry sauce\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"my thanksgiving dinner by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5211399865\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5046\/5211399865_9482e92d78.jpg\" alt=\"my thanksgiving dinner\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There was some concern that my parents wouldn&#8217;t make it with the weather (they were driving back from the Upper Peninsula around noon Thursday), but everything worked out perfectly. Also, I got to use my Wedgwood china. That happens approximately once every two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The rest of the weekend was dedicated to some hardcore chilling, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5218923005\/\">christmas knitting\/crocheting<\/a>, running errands, eating leftovers, and most importantly, putting up the Christmas tree!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"christmas tree 2010! by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5212003212\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5083\/5212003212_492433dbe8.jpg\" alt=\"christmas tree 2010!\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I should maybe get on that Christmas shopping thing. Anyone have ideas for my mom?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving was delicious! We&#8217;re still eating leftovers; the last of my celebration roast disappeared tonight and I&#8217;m kind of sad about it. Matt deep-fried a turkey breast, and made both regular cassoulet (in that giant cast iron pot) and a vegetarian version for me with Tofurky chorizo. My dad said the stuffing was the best &#8230;<a class=\"post-readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=2500\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-holidays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/po9qt-Ek","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500\/revisions\/2502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}