Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Celebrating FRIENDSgiving


You may be familiar with a little show that used to be on the air called Friends.  I guess you could say I'm a big fan.  I only make Friends references in the majority of my posts.  And my friend Annie and I   have entire conversations using only lines from Friends.  We are in agreement that the Thanksgiving episodes are some of the best of the series, and definitely some of the most memorable.

For the past few years, Annie and I have been talking about how much fun it would be to get together and watch all the Thanksgivings, then cook all the food from those episodes.  We decided this was the year, and I planned a last minute trip to Indy for the weekend.

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We had an absolutely perfect weekend together.  We ate inordinate amounts of good food, watched many many episodes of Friends, drank lots of wine, laughed a lot, played with her sweet kids, worked out together, and even went to a Friday afternoon movie - such a luxury!  Saturday was our big day, and we headed to Whole Foods to stock up for our Friendsgiving Feast.

And then came back to Annie's house to do what we love most - spending the day cooking together!

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Here is our Friendsgiving Feast.  If you can catch all these references, consider yourself a true Friends fan :)

Three Types of Potatoes:
     Mashed Potatoes with Lumps
     Mashed Potatoes with Peas and Onions
     Tater Tots (get a little turkey, cranberry sauce, a tot)
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows in Concentric Circles (these also doubled as Brad Pitt's yams)
Monica's Righteous Mac and Cheese
Rachel's Traditional English Trifle (you know we had to!)
Joey's Turkey
Chanberries


 I know what you're all curious about.  That infamous trifle.  Here's what we had.  A layer of lady fingers, jam, custard, raspberries, more ladyfingers, beef sautéed with peas and onions, another layer of custard, bananas, and whipped cream.  So how did it taste?  Well, I wouldn't say that it tasted like feet, but more like your dessert got mixed up with your main dish.   I didn't finish my portion, but Annie's husband Ben got seconds.  Beef?  Good.  Custard?  Good.  Jam?  Goooooood.


This was easily one of the most fun projects I've taken on, and it was pretty amazing to get to do so with one of my best friends.  We had an absolutely perfect weekend, and I loved getting to spend so much time with Annie and her family.

Whether you're spending Thanksgiving welcoming hot dancers to the new world or hiding out from your family because they think you have VD (both Joey), or maybe proving your friendship by hanging out inside a huge box (Chandler), I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!


10 comments:

Josie said...

I already commented over on Annie's blog, but just wanted to say I adore that you guys did this! I love Friends and the Thanksgiving episodes are the best! My favorite part is that you actually made the trifle! Beef? Good. Custard? Good. Jam? Goooooood. Hahaa! Happy Thanksgiving!

Josie said...

You guys are SO funny. I can't believe you made the trifle. It sounds soo gross! haha. I love Friends and agree, the Thanksgiving episodes are hilarious.

Josie said...

The trifle is my favorite Thanksgiving episode but I would not be brave enough to try it. Good for you and Annie!

Josie said...

This is awesome. As a fellow Friends fanatic, I truly appreciated and enjoyed this post. I've always wanted to do this myself, but have never found anyone quite as crazy about the show to partner up with. You guys are hilarious - I love how you even made the meat trifle!

Josie said...

I love that y'all did this. Sans box, of course. Nobody here needs to think about what they've done.

Josie said...

haha!

Josie said...

We couldn't NOT make the meat trifle!! I'm glad you liked it, this was so much fun :)

Josie said...

Yes! All of the Thanksgiving episodes are hilarious, but this one is by far the best. So many great lines!

Josie said...

You have no idea how many times we said that!! Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving, Stephanie :)

Josie said...

Yes, they are the best!! I won't lie, the trifle was not good. But we had to make it!

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