Thanksgiving

I've spent the day smoking chickens, having failed to identify a turkey beforehand. Ironically, I noticed a few frozen turkeys this morning at Rusvelt's Super, and at least now know where to get them for Christmas. I'm still using my old smoker, pictured here with Isis, waiting for Mark to finish the new machine.
I delivered a couple of chickens to Robin for her wraps, which are starting to sell well. Tonight I'll bring some chickens to the Thanksgiving dinner at Veronique's.
Yesterday Eleanor and Ryan had a nice potluck dinner and I spent some time talking to Joaquim, who has been living on the Caribbean side of CR for 12 years and had a lot of knowledge to impart about coconuts and their use in cooking. I've been having great success using coconut oil and ground up fresh coconut in vegetable sautees, but there's a lot further I can go with it. Today I asked Jason my gardener to round me up some more meaty coconuts and I'll take them to Joaquim for a lesson in making coconut milk.