"Karen AKA KajiKit" > wrote in message
...
> Help! It's my first thanksgiving in the USA and I have no idea
> whatsoever about what's required. I'd hoped that we'd be invited to a
> 'proper' thanksgiving someplace else but none of his family came up to
> bat, so I have to do it for us. We bought a 4-1/2 pound fresh turkey
> breast (the smallest they had in the store), some potatoes and a sweet
> potato to roast. What else do we need? In Australia turkey is a
> christmas dish, but I've never been the one to do the cooking - my
> uncle or my mother has! How do I roast the beast without ruining it?
>
> What else do I need to buy at the market tonight to make this a
> 'proper' thanksgiving dinner?
>
> BTW, there are only two of us, so we don't want to overload... we'll
> be eating turkey for at least a week as it is!

This is traditional, but feel free to make your own traditions:

Turkey
Stuffing/dressing. We mix sausage, celery and onion with Pepperidge Farm
dressing (not the cubes). This year, we're making half sausage dressing and
half with oysters (sorry, Ariane!).
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Green beans or some green vegetable (sorry, I can't go that yucky green bean
casserole)
Cranberry sauce (if you get canned, get the "whole cranberry" variety)
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream (or with vanilla icecream for our grandkids).
If you haven't baked one already, then get a frozen one or a fresh store
one.
Cider if you want, or wine

Enjoy - Happy Thanksgiving!
Dora