Ok...I'm off to bed. The alarm is set for 2am. Ugh. This is gonna be a short night.

Mwah!

Deviled eggs are evil

Hence the name. But evil in the good way, if made right.

Also:

Cranberry sauce: 1 vote. 2 if it has the can ridges. I do prefer the kind with the cranberries in the sauce, but I understand and accept that I am in the minority.

Mashed potatoes: Fresh steamed potatoes, rolled out of their skins, blender-ed together with butter and a bit of Half & Half and served piping hot is scrumptious.

Let's see -

Homemade cranberry sauce - Excellent
Canned cranberry sauce - acceptable in the absence of homemade
Gravy - brown, made with drippings, put on turkey, stuffing, potatoes
Deviled Eggs with Horseradish - Excellent

In meme news, my fever broke around noon and then returned with a vengence around 3pm. It is currently 101.2. I may be staying home by myself for Thanksgiving while the family heads up to my cousin's house for the day.

man, this gravy is a-kicking my ass. will skim fat and roux it up tomorrow. So tired.

Have now watched through Mars v. Mars episode of VM. w00t!

Bad fever, leave Maidengurl alone!

I have cut up bread to be ade into stuffing. We'll be making cranberry sauce and pie after dinner. And the bread dough that will be formed into cornucopias for to put roasted veggies in. And baking the sweet potatoes so they are ready to be casserolized (no marshmallows!). I think that's it until tomorrow. We found a 6 lb kosher turkey at Trader Joe's, so we're gonna try not brining and startig roasting around noon or so. Very different from my usual T-day experience of getting up at the crack of dawn to get the turkey in the oven.

I don't know that I've ever had canned cranberry sauce. I like the homemade okay, but I wouldn't really miss it if it wasn't there. Henry likes making it though - it's easy and everyone (well, his mom) are really impressed that he went to the trouble.

We are not having mashed potatoes tomorrow. We eat mashed potatoes frequently, though, so I'm not feeling the lack. In fact, I had some for lunch today. I've always made them with the water the potatoes were boiled in and some margarine, so I've had trouble with the concept that vegan mashed potatoes are something special. I have tried tem made with whipped cream, and, I have to say, yum. What they really must have, though, is garlic cloves boiled with the potatoes and mashed into them. Oh yeah.

I like brown gravy made with drippings, but mom&dad are vegetarian, so we're gonna try a veggie based gravy tomorrow. I might make my usual kind if there's time and stove top space after the bird comes out of the oven, I do like it muchly.

I am baking the chocolate cake recipe that my recently deceased grandmother always made for Thanksgiving. My dad and I are pretty much the only ones who eat it, but it's not Thanksgiving without crappy (it really isn't all that good - the official recipe starts with "get the cheapest chocolate cake mix you can find on sale...") chocolate cake.

Cranberry sauce: Yes, but a little goes a long way.

Gravy: HELL YEAH

Sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows on top: barf

Mmmmm gravy.

Yum sweet potatoes, hold the marshmellows please.

True confessions: I have made all this stuff from scratch, torn up all the bread, etc. Except the mashed potatoes. I bought a couple of the already made ones in the margarine like containers. It was that or none at all.

sj, have you toasted your bread yet? Sorry to disappear on you, but I had to get motivated. I've now done the cranberry sauce and made myself some dinner, which I didn't realize I hadn't done until I looked at the clock and it said it was 8. Eek! But, the sauce is done, the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded. Now, to hit the grocery store for whipped cream (the can is very, very light, now), gravy mix and maybe some baby carrots for munchies.

sj, have you toasted your bread yet?

Not yet. I have made my dip and peanut butter brownies, but I am going to wait until morning to toast the bread and put the dip in it.

I am doing the dishes, frying up some hamburger and onions, watching House, reading Bitches, playing with the cats, and chatting online.

Multitasking.

Or I may have ADD...