Oh! I picked up some cider too! I should mull that! Or make CBD do that. He's better at it than me.

See! Take that!

You probably won't want this bread. It's my first attempt at yeast bread in QUITE a long time, and my first time using the Kitchen Aid mixer to make it. Should be interesting...

Thbbbpppt.

Have fun. I'll bet your place smells incredible very soon.

I also just tested a cranberry recipe. And soon I will be making steaks and fried green beans for dinner. Don't you all wish you had sprained ankles and were here having me take care of you?

And soon I will be making steaks and fried green beans for dinner. Don't you all wish you had sprained ankles and were here having me take care of you?

Er...I'll pass on the sprained ankle part, but I would like a transporter beam and a dinner invite, please...

Dinner invite granted. As for a transporter beam, you'll have to take that up with Mr. MiracleMan.

I would like a transporter beam and a dinner invite, please...

Me, too!

I'm making brownies!

From a mix, but still chocoatey carmely goodness.

I think someone mentioned a cranberry sauce, can I get a recipe?

I'm helping plan thanksgiving and so far the menu is : Baked Quail with potatoes, baked ham, stuffed acorn squash, some grean vegetable quite possibly roasted broccoli (I'm not sure I don't want to do green beans), rolls, ambrosia, waldorf salad. Quite possibly roasted, stuffed chicken. Sweet potato pie and chocolate pie.

We're trying , or at least I'm trying hard, to do something different than we've had since this is the first holdiay without my cousin and I want things to be ..well..where people aren't going "oh he really liked that".

But I'd like to have some kind of cranberry sauce that's more of a chutney or sauce type thing that can be served over the meat. If that makes sense.

We are going to a buffet for T-giving. Boo.

No leftovers.

But it IS cheaper.

Le sigh. I know we'll have a ham for Xmas, though.

some grean vegetable quite possibly roasted broccoli (I'm not sure I don't want to do green beans)

brussels sprouts!

some kind of cranberry sauce that's more of a chutney or sauce type thing that can be served over the meat.

Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish goes great with meat. Should I post that link again?

But I'd like to have some kind of cranberry sauce that's more of a chutney or sauce type thing that can be served over the meat. If that makes sense.

Perfect sense. Laga mentioned Mama Stamberg's relish, which has horseradish, raw onion, and sour cream -- definitely not your typical cranberry sauce! It's here, [link] , but half the fun is hearing Susan Stamberg recite it on NPR each year. I'm leaning toward this one [link] this year, but I'm still playing out some variations in my head. In any case, it sounds like you want something with a bit more sour and/or spice to it rather than just the traditional sweet.

Best of luck with the holiday -- your menu sounds wonderful, but of course it will be hard without your cousin. I'll be wishing you all the strength and wisdom to make it a good holiday for the living, without either leaving behind nor wallowing in the memory of the dead.