Not the NO STUFFING NECK ROLL!

Caesar would have quailed, Stalin wilted and Napoleon realized his tininess.

Teppy, stuffing is not that hard to improvise. If too late this time, note for future stuffing emergencies: Toast extra bread. let stand for an hour. cut into bits (no need for cubes unless you want to). Now make soup.

Ideally you use extra pan drippings or gravy to start with, but if not enough to use for this purpose, well not.

Dilute with turkey or chicken broth (or start with this if no pan drippings/gravy to dilute). Or boullion from packaged boullion if you have to.. Or a package of onion soup. Or cream of mushroom or cream of celery. Basically you want soup. Add a little honey or brown sugar. A few shots of rum or brandy if available and your host will let you. salt, pepper and whatever spices you like. Real butter is a great addition if host will spare. Mushrooms, celery, onions are good add-ons if available and your host lets you. ground sausage also. The giblits are good if they were not put to other uses, but not the liver. (for that matter gizzards and heart are not to everyones taste.) Cook in soup until everything is well done. Put cubed/crumbled bread in another pot.

Add soup until you can see that bread is well moistened but not too wet. Cook for 4 to 7 minutes. Let stand a bit and serve. Extra soup can be a base for an additional gravy or just used straight.

Steph, you may come over here and eat leftover stuffing with me. yum.

So my amazing nails lasted almost a whole week! With dish washing and laundry and everything. But they did not survive today's cooking marathon. So of course I needed new nails.

They are amazing. I need to take a pic. Sparkly green. Super sparkly.

We had no stuffing either, but it was a conscious choice. Abby wanted mashed potatoes, so I made those as today's starch.

Tomorrow, I'm making a big ass pan of stuffing to have with leftover turkey.

First, much ~ma to Laura and Spidra {{{{{{}}}}}}

Second, Happy Thanksgiving!

Third... I had a third. I can't remember what it was now, but I had one.

The only downside to going to dinner at my friends' homes for Thanksgiving is the lack of leftovers. Maybe I'll pick up some pre-made turkey and a box of Stouffer's dressing this afternoon, if there's any in the store.

((amyth)) and ((Laura)))

We had a great thanksgiving - just Mom, me, Bro, Dad, and cutest nephew ever!

Instead of the traditional turkey we had Pesto Turkey Breast and Honey Grilled Quail.

With what turned out to be Pesto gravy (made from the drippings of the turky) and it was yummy.

My nephew is still kinda shy around me, and I accidentally made him cry. But when I was cooking I did get random leg hugs.

Also even though he can say his name he refers to himself as Boy. He'll say his name if you show a picture of himself but if you ask "What's your name"

BOY!

askye, I'm glad you had such a great day. Random leg hugs are fun. And that meal sounds delicious!

I don't like stuffing/dressing. Outrage in 3, 2, 1...

Had a great meal with minimum maternal fussing. She even stayed relatively calm when a bobbled pepper grinder pass resulted in a broken piece of china.

Then we watched Doctor Who, kind of a holiday tradition. We're still only on season 2.

Now I'm back home, with lots and lots to do. For the moment I'm watching NCIS and eating asparagus fritatta and jarlsberg cheese.