I'm roasting a chicken stuffed with two strips of bacon, a half an onion, and five gloves of garlic. I basted the skin with chicken stock and butter. I have no idea how it will all turn out.

We're having baked potatoes with sour cream and chives and sweet corn with it.

I made chocolate chip brownies for dessert.

It smells DELICIOUS in here.

I'm roasting a chicken stuffed with two strips of bacon, a half an onion, and five gloves of garlic. I basted the skin with chicken stock and butter. I have no idea how it will all turn out.

My guess is OMGSOGOOD! Am jealous. I wanted to roast a chicken tonight but it would be stupid to do for just me. Instead I am roasting yukon gold and sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts w/ a little balsamic vinegar, and a ham steak. Still good!

Question for the cooks: I want to spruce up the apple pie I'm baking for thanksgiving with another fruit. I have maraschino cherries and fresh strawberries—would it be better to just add the former or to save the latter and hope they're not overripe by Wednesday night?

I want to spruce up the apple pie I'm baking for thanksgiving with another fruit. I have maraschino cherries and fresh strawberries—would it be better to just add the former or to save the latter and hope they're not overripe by Wednesday night?

I don't like a really sweet apple pie so I don't think either of those would really work. Also, strawberries are a late spring/summer fruit so don't make sense to me to put in a fall pie. Maybe dried cranberries if anything?

I'm crazy for apples though. I don't think they really need embellishment.

I was going to suggest cranberries too.

I'm not sure I can see either of those in apple pie, to be honest. The cherries would have the edge over the strawberries, I think, since I'm not sure how they would hold up. Maybe whole they would work though.

I wish I were roasting something!

Echoing everyone else-- the maraschinos and strawberries are both... wrong, for lack of a better term. With apple pie I'm all for giving it some bite to counter the sweetness, so the cranberries sound like a nice touch, plus would add some color.

I was going to suggest cranberries too.

Fresh or dried!

I'm making my usual apple sauce like thing for thanksgiving dinner. Variety of apples cooked until desired softness w/ sparkling cider and some lemon juice and dried cranberries. Delicious and SUPER easy!

I've done an apple/cranberry combo and it works really well. Also, a pear/ginger pie is good at Thanksgiving, too.