Hungry Again
Nov. 28th, 2008 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebYesterday we showed up to a Thanksgiving celebration at 6:00, which turns out to be the time of the last party we went to but two hours late for this party. Dang! Everyone else was already stuffed. Some of them managed to taste our offerings, though.
And there were loads of delicious food and we still have some today. Mmm, breakfast. Turns out you can get hungry again.
We also tried out the board game "Ticket to Ride." It's quite beautiful, and I think we may try more strategizing next time.
One of the people requested the recipe for the thing I brought, so here it is.
I'm sorry I don't have a picture. I could take one now, I suppose, but I dumped it all into a tall, skinny container that would fit into the fridge and so it's not so pretty anymore.
Mashed Sweet Potato Casserole
4 cups mashed sweet potatoes = 2 big cans
3 eggs
1 overflowing teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1/3 c flour
1/3 c butter
1 c brown sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup coconut (actually, I used 1/2 cup)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Drain the liquid from the cans of sweet potatoes and mash the potatoes with a fork.
Beat the eggs, then add them, the vanilla and the milk to the sweet potatoes. Mix well. Spoon into a 2-quart casserole. (A bigger casserole would probably be better and, if you have a choice, choose one with more surface area on the top so you can spread out the topping more easily.)
Mix the flour and butter (I microwaved the butter to melt it first). Then mix in the brown sugar, nuts, and coconut. Spread this crumbly mixture over the top of the sweet potato mixture. (I mixed everything but the coconut together and spread almost half of that on one side of the casserole, then mixed 1/2 cup coconut into the other half and spread that on the other side. This is because I knew one of the people didn't like coconut, but then it turned out that at least two people didn't like coconut.)
Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until the top is bubbly.
And there were loads of delicious food and we still have some today. Mmm, breakfast. Turns out you can get hungry again.
We also tried out the board game "Ticket to Ride." It's quite beautiful, and I think we may try more strategizing next time.
One of the people requested the recipe for the thing I brought, so here it is.
I'm sorry I don't have a picture. I could take one now, I suppose, but I dumped it all into a tall, skinny container that would fit into the fridge and so it's not so pretty anymore.
Mashed Sweet Potato Casserole
4 cups mashed sweet potatoes = 2 big cans
3 eggs
1 overflowing teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1/3 c flour
1/3 c butter
1 c brown sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup coconut (actually, I used 1/2 cup)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Drain the liquid from the cans of sweet potatoes and mash the potatoes with a fork.
Beat the eggs, then add them, the vanilla and the milk to the sweet potatoes. Mix well. Spoon into a 2-quart casserole. (A bigger casserole would probably be better and, if you have a choice, choose one with more surface area on the top so you can spread out the topping more easily.)
Mix the flour and butter (I microwaved the butter to melt it first). Then mix in the brown sugar, nuts, and coconut. Spread this crumbly mixture over the top of the sweet potato mixture. (I mixed everything but the coconut together and spread almost half of that on one side of the casserole, then mixed 1/2 cup coconut into the other half and spread that on the other side. This is because I knew one of the people didn't like coconut, but then it turned out that at least two people didn't like coconut.)
Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until the top is bubbly.