On 11/12/2010 8:59 PM, Serene Vannoy wrote:
> We're having our Thanksgiving early. Very early. Tomorrow, in fact (long
> story, but I guess we'd be really late if we were Canadian). So far,
> I've cleaned the kitchen, thawed the turkey, and bought all the
> groceries. Tonight, I need to do some of the prep like sauteeing a mess
> of onions and celery for the stuffing, but tomorrow should be pretty
> easy, because I'm making my mom's traditional stuff, so there's no real
> thought involved, just a pretty steady cook-all-day thing, with plenty
> of resting. The final menu:
>
> Starters
>
> Relish tray: Cheese-stuffed celery; olives; pickles
> Deviled eggs
> Bowl of nuts in their shells
>
> Mains
>
> Roasted turkey with bread stuffing
> Giblet gravy
>
> Sides
>
> Mashed potatoes
> Corn
> Salad
> Some sort of veggies
> Cranberry sauce from the can, both jelled and whole-berry
>
> Dessert
>
> Pumpkin pie
>
> Beverages:
>
> Hot apple cider
> Martinelli's (cold sparkling apple cider)
>
> Serene

Sounds grea..I'm doing basically the same thing but making my own
cranberry relish.

Why so early? I'm doing turkey twice this month. My son's kindergarten
class is having a "thanksgiving feast" on Friday...I'm room mom and am
doing a turkey and handprint turkey cookies. Then I'll do the turkey
for us on thanksgiving.

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