"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
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> I'm not doing Thanksgiving the year. I thought I could but I'm not up to
> it. I have too many things to deal with over the Christian and Jewish
> holidays. The SO and I are thinking about being heathens. Throwing a
> turkey in the oven and hitting the casino or maybe doing the buffet (UGH).
> I'd rather eat at home. I might go home to mother's place. I can take the
> dog and cat along with the SO. Whatcha' all doing?

My little bro and his family (wife and three young daughters) are flying
down from PA to visit us over Thanksgiving. We don't have any family here in
Houston (or anywhere else in this part of the country), so it's always nice
when we get to spend a holiday with family members. Some friends of ours who
live an hour and a half away will also join us on turkey day (we've spent
Thanksgiving with them for the past 10 years or so).

Still working on the menu, but I'm thinking of having the following:

- Fried turkey (we've never done this ourselves, but the brother who's
visiting gave us a turkey fryer last Christmas and has done several of them
before, so he'll assist us)
- Roasted turkey breast
- Sausage-cornbread stuffing/dressing (done in the Crockpot--did it this way
last year with excellent results)
- Gravy
- Garlic mashed taters
- Broccoli-cheese casserole
- Squash casserole (Jill McQuown's recipe)
- Lemon-tarragon green beans
- Orange cranberry sauce
- Pecan and pumpkin pies
- Assorted wines/soft drinks/water/coffee

Mary