My sister presenting her Thanksgiving dinner. The white turkey and dark turkey platters are nearly hidden next to her. I did assist with the vegetable/bread slice dish on the right and I sliced up the 24 lb (11 kg) turkey.
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(post) I'm happy to make my first non-DQ'd top 20, though with the number of entries it's sort of an empty victory. I took some shots of the platter of white meat and of the platter of dark turkey meat I just finished carving in the back/left corner but thought with the challenge being "Feast" one entree wouldn't meet challenge. Looking at the top entries and being beaten by an olive I guess you don't need a full meal. I have to learn to reduce the warm coloring I tend to do. And as someone commented, those are bloody mary mixes in the bottles. I've never had a bloody mary so I don't know how the mix tastes. Also, it is steam, but it's turkey gravy, not soup. My sister cooked most of this, but other relatives brought some of the dishes.
Clockwise from lower-left; gravy, dressing, white meat, dark meat, salad, my wife's famous vegetable/mushroom soup/cheese/bread/butter casserole and our son's green bean casserole.
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Picture lacks excitement or something. Too much brownish tones for me. One thing that I do see is the steam rising from the soup? Lower lighting and a black background with just the soup with the steam could have been really nice.
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