I'm back from a week away at a relative's house. It was a bad experience
all around, and home never looked so good. In addition to the unpleasant
circumstances of the visit, Thanksgiving dinner was truly awful:
under-seasoned and overcooked turkey, sweet potatoes that were way too
sweet, and glue-like potatoes, the dressing was unthinkably bad. It was
make from that dried seasoned bread and had small colorful bits in it. I
thought that some frozen mixed vegetables had been blended in for color, but
unfortunately that wasn't the case. The confetti-like pieces in the
stuffing turned out to be mixed candied fruit -- the kind that people use in
fruitcakes! That's right, the stuffing had rubbery pieces of candied citrus
peel, glace cherries, and pineapple. I think the recipe came from a
mid-1960's cookbook.

I wonder if anyone can top that?