S'mee wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "jmcquown" > said:
>
>> Several days to go here before U.S. Thanksgiving.
>
> We're lucky -- we're having two dinners! One with friends tomorrow
> (I'm taking devilled eggs and pumpkin pie), then again with family
> on Thursday. I'm glad I've been sticking to my good diet lately.
>
> <snip>
>
Gawd, when I was married I had to do FIVE Thanksgiving meals. That will get
you over the Thanksgiving mood really fast!

We had to eat with my parents. Then we'd eat with his parents. (And his
mom made this really awful runny dressing - you could run a spoon through it
and it would close back up... eeek!) Then we had to go to his aunt's house.
Then we had to go to his uncle's house. Then we had to go to his
grandparents' house. We repeated all of this at Christmas, too. It's no
wonder I despise the holidays. I don't even *like* turkey (which is why I'm
doing chicken!).

>> I'm also going to split a couple of acorn squashes, brush them with
>> butter and put pats of butter in the center; sprinkle over a little
>> salt and pepper and roast them about 45 minutes along with the bird
>> (normally I'd do them at 350F for an hour).
>
> Mom always did her acorn squash cut side down on a foil covered
> baking sheet, but I like the sounds of your method much better.

Baste them with the melted butter from the center a couple of times while
they bake. Just poke a fork in the meat to see if they are tender and done.
Yummy!

> Thanks for the roll recipe, Jill... :-)

You're welcome. They are really very good and the house fills with that
fresh-baked bread scent!

Jill