Good to hear! The more you do this stuff the easier it gets
to "time it" so you can whip this meal out with less effort.
Planning ahead is the key, of course. Don't forget that the
oven can handle multiple dishes/pies at once and while things
bake you work on the stove top dishes and the other stuff.
Sooooooo, doing it again for Christmas?

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Thanks for the encouragement, Goomba. We'll travel up to
Indianapolis to visit family on Christmas day, so we won't
have any major production then. But I'm thinking that maybe
New Years eve or New Years day might be another big cook-up.
And yes, the corn casserole and the sage dressing shared
room in the oven. The temperatures on the apple pie and
pumpkin weren't compatible, so they baked separately.

I'm hoping for small cook-ups on a regular basis, though.
I really enjoyed the time I spent with my wife doing the
Thanksgiving day thing. I was afraid that maybe cooking
together we would get on each other's nerves, but that was
not a problem at all. We had a great time doing it.

Today is Saturday. I'm hoping to try gyros this evening. I
posted a question about them earlier here on the list. I
really appreciate everybody's input. It's funny how it goes,
too. Sometimes I latch right on to somebody's recipe and
that's what I make. But more often I take a little from one
and a little from another. They gyros will be a combination
of everybody's suggestion. The posts made me decide on
ground lamb, because I think it will be easier to chew on in
a sandwich. I'm going to saute onions and garlic in a little
olive oil and then toss in some small square presses of lamb.
Somebody mentioned cumin, so I think I'll give that a shot,
too. The local Greek restaurant serves them with a delicious
sour cream based sauce. I think I'll just use sour cream.
I'd like to try some hummus, too. I'll have to look into
that.

Thanks again, Michael