The dishwasher is running and many large pots, plates, and bowls were hand-washed and put away. The counters are clear and the stock from the turkey breast is refrigerated. Bones and other greasy by-products of cooking are in the trash. Tomorrow morning the bag will go down to the curb, but not before, because untended overnight it is liable to attract raccoons, coyotes, or wandering dogs.
The lamb was nice and the turkey breast was excellent when, with no prior prep or brining, was plopped into the convection oven and baked for two hours. The labor-intensive side dish of eggplant parm had a very special mozzarella cheese in it. Bel Gioioso is a brand from Wisconsin that comes closest to making mozzarella like the Italian makers, and I had two tubs of their Burrata to use. Each tub has two tennis ball-sized mozzarella balls. The label says "Fresh mozzarella cheese filled with shreds of mozzarella soaked in cream." The parm was very good.
After a year of low-carb and no sugar eating I find that the "regular" dessert full-octane recipes are too sweet. The neighbors across the street are not on a low-sugar diet so tomorrow I'll deliver a couple of dishes of the leftover desserts. He came over to say hello and catch up while I was digging up the sweet potatoes recently and I've been meaning to take them some mashed sweet potatoes, and I'll still do that, but later.