Good Eats had a pre-Thanksgiving show on yesterday which showed this sausage and roasted chestnut dressing: [link]

It looked and sounded good, dunno if I am going to try it though, because of the eggs and cream.

My family's One True Dressing is just crumbled cornbread mixed with chopped celery, onions, salt and pepper, soaked in juice from the roasting turkey, and baked separately.

We're making an oyster stuffing that includes bacon (I eat the half made without bacon.

See, I would want the half without the oysters.

ETA: Cornbread sounds good.

See, I would want the half without the oysters.

Hee. Yeah, we don't normally make oyster dressing, but Steven has requested it. I got a recipe off of epicurious.com that had some rave reviews. Just spoke to Charlie and he says he's not putting bacon into it at all.

We'll see. T-Day to me IS stuffing so it's important that it's tasty, dammit.

T-Day to me IS stuffing so it's important that it's tasty, dammit.

This is why I volunteered to make it, but I'm starting to regret that. Especially since I found an easy squash/pecan/blue cheese recipe that makes much more sense.

At my sister's, I am only allowed to make my special cranberry sauce, so I'm not used to this T-Day pressure.

Oooooh, what's your special cranberry sauce? Mine is cranberry zinfandel, which is my #2 reason for T-day.

You know, other than actually giving thanks....

Especially since I found an easy squash/pecan/blue cheese recipe that makes much more sense.

That sounds yummy too. My main entree is an acorn-squash stuffed with wild rice and cranberries.

It sucks, because both housemate and boyfriend dislike brussel sprouts, anything squash-related and anything yam or sweet potato-related. And those are my favorites. Usually I host a large number of people and it doesn't matter, but this year it's just the three of us. So, it's a letdown to make fantastic and complicated side dishes for just me.

brussel sprouts, anything squash-related and anything yam or sweet-potato-related

Those are many of the good things! But there are many other good things.... We get really excited about the mashed potatoes in my family.

Okay, brussel sprouts I get, because those are really a love 'em or hate 'em sort of thing, but no squash or yam/sweet potato?

That's just wrong.

I make my stuffing with enough garlic to lay out even Steph Meyer's vampires.

And mashed potatoes with still more garlic and blue cheese.

What? I'm Cuban-- garlic is a food group. I keep threatening to plan a family vacation around the Gilroy festival.

Y'all are reminding me that I need to go to the grocery store. I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow night so I won't have time.

I'm hoping I found the right pie recipe on epicurious--I have a pie recipe I really like, but I wasn't TOLD I'd be making pie until after I got here, so I didn't bring it. I *think* I found the right one...it looks about right...I think...I only make it once or twice a year, so it's hard to tell. But I *think* it's the one with sour cream in it, not just whipping cream.

Now if only my friend didn't hate nuts, and would let me make it with the gingersnap-pecan crust, instead of making me having a boring crust. Sigh.