I bought 2-- 19lb and 22 lb frozen Turkeys - nothing special Gonna do AB's
brine again this year. We'll have 12 people this year.

I'm cooking a second turkey (w/ trimmings) to send home with my daughter and
son (they'll split it). I tell ya this is where those new plastic throw away
containers really shine- especially the 1 and 2 quart size.

The menu as dictated to me by my daughter:

Turkey- AB brined and roasted (2)

Plain ol Real Mashed Potatoes (make extra mom)

Candied Yams w/ mashmallows (I don't do marshmallows in my yams because the
sickly sweetness of the marshmallows make the yams taste dull- her dad (my ex)
makes it like that, though. I told her I'll use fresh yams and will make them
*candied* but no marshmallows)

"regular" bread dressing w/ raisins and sausage -(she's getting those montmercy
cherries instead hehehe)

Corn on the Cobb - (I cheated and bought the frozen mini cobbs)

And (3) Pumpkin Pies w/ whipped cream - I'm making my own w/ canned pumpkin and
using Elsie's Pie Crust recipe

To this I'll add Potato Buns, a simple relish tray, Waldorfy kinda salad w/
pears ( no marshmallows here either *chuckles*), jellied cranberry sauce (ya
I'm buying canned this year) and my Giblet Gravy (no liver, no eggs). The
menu really lacks a green veggie, imo, but the kids want corn and I want my
fruit salad *laughs*.

For munchies I plan to serve tortilla chips with plain salsa and guacamole (my
son's request) and cooked shrimp with my special cocktail sauce for dipping. I
also bought some smokey cocktail sausages and will serve them in currant jelly
w/ mustard (my husband's request). The kids get here early and dinner isn't
until 5pm this year so I don't think the munchies (which I'll put out around
noon) will interfere too much with their dinner appetite.

I have some shredded pork in BBQ sauce in my freezer from last week and was
thinking about adding some small diced potatoes to it and making some finger
pies with the left over pie crust ( Elsie's recipe makes enough dough for 3
two-crust pies *laughs*) I might not get to this, though.

My MIL is coming and offered to make the dressing- I told her it's ok I have
these special cherries I want to try in the dressing *whew*. She's bringing the
shrimp and bakery potato buns so I don't have to bake rolls this year.

It should be a good meal.

*cheers*

Barb Anne