On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:41 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>The CNA who has been taking care of my mother and giving me some respite
>will be here all day long on Thanksgiving day. Her children will be with
>their grandmother. So I said hey, even though my mother won't eat it how
>about I cook Thanksgiving dinner for us? She said sure!

Bless you Jill...

Really. People tend to forget about us caregivers, whether or not we
work in home health, or in a hospital. We have to work holidays, and
sometimes on those holidays, we are lucky if we even get a bite to
eat.

Last year, I worked Christmas. One baby at work had a family that
brought us a welcome treat on Christmas Day. They brought us tamales
and posole...and we devoured it. Sure, we had lots of other stuff
around, but nothing we could eat as a meal.

For most holidays, the staff bands together and does some sort of
potluck...but we are the ones that do it. Our management doesn't,
neither do the doctors.

Believe me, the CNA is saying nice words about you now.
>
>Nothing fancy. Roasted cornish game hen (I'm not sure if I should do one or
>two, I have two). When it was just me and my mother one hen was plenty
>(these are 20 oz. hens). Cornbread dressing with pork sausage and maybe
>wild rice, or not... it's a thought.
Do at least two. The cornbread dressing sounds good. Have you posted
that? I am trying to figure out which cornbread dressing to make to
take to Thanksgiving ..I thought I would try to make a pan of it. IF
I can not screw it up. I think I found one of my mistakes
though...and I will try to see if that is the culprit, when I do a
test run this weekend. I got a small turkey for myself today, on the
way home from work. It is now in the fridge, after being pre-salted
by me this morning.
>
>She's from New Jersey (no offense to Nancy!) When I suggested baked acorn
>squash she didn't exactly screw up her face but she said hesitantly "well...
>I'll try it." Okay, gotcha, you don't like squash. Do you like broccoli?
>Yes, she loves broccoli. Score one for broccoli as a vegetable side.

I thought I hated squash until my fiance (at the time) took me to
dinner at his parents. Way back when... His mother cooked it with
either brown sugar, or maple syrup..and I was hooked. Been eating it
ever since...and not even with anything like brown sugar...
>
>I wonder if I should make harvest mashed potatoes? I posted this recipe
>back in 2002. It serves 8 but I could cut it in half. I don't mind
>leftovers. (I actually I have a version of this that serves over 100
>people.)
>
>Harvest Mashed Potatoes

Gotta have some potatoes!!

>Now I have to think about gravy. Dammit. I hate thinking about gravy

Gravy is good. You can do it.. I love gravy making..and I am
gonna coach Meghan to make the best gravy this year! Of course a bit
of slug of Madeira in it will make it even better...LOL.

Christine