Mmmm. We're all munching on leftover spanakopita from the pan of it that I made for the potluck at work yesterday, and it's so much better than Trader Joe's it makes me want to cry when I think that this is the last of it.

We still have a crapton of other potluck leftovers, though, and tomorrow there will be yet more leftovers, but I think after they've all been plowed through I need to make another pan.

(Is it okay to swoon over my own cooking? It's the recipe (Moosewood) that makes it great.)

Happy incipient food coma to one and all (USians)! (Happy incipient Thursday and regular good food to one and all others!) (And Hanukkah!)

This is why some people prefer sweet potato rolls.

Especially if they're still frozen.

My Mom just told me I'm not supposed to talk tomorrow about my nephew’s visit to the psychiatric ward, which I didn’t know about, because nobody has talked to me about it.

...Dude. This is why Friendsgivings exist. IJS.

Also, I don't care how health conscious you are, it is an abomination to force other people to have a pie-less thanksgiving! SO WRONG.

It is unhealthy to not serve pie.

We might not be having pie. We'll have some kind of apple dessert but it may not be pie. I will report when I have definitive information.

I have never made a Pecan Pie, I decide to try one, but I made a Bourbon Pecan Pie. and since the parents don't drink, and mac hates nuts it will be mine all mine, for better or worse.

Green bean casserole got done, but the butternut squash one has to wait for tomorrow. as does the whipped cream for the cranberry salad and the honey whipped cream for the pumpkin pie topping. Oh and the potatoes, forgot to cook the potatoes.

I'm gonna fish this wine and then to bed.

Both batches of stuffing made. Now to drink rose lemonade with added St. Germaine.

I feel if I buy another one, it's too much. If I take any of my six home cables anywhere, I'll have too few here.

But clearly I'm not coping, so shopping it is.

This is where I ended up. Yes, it's overkill. But I am way less stressed and frustrated. So, really, it was just enough kill.

If you start making historical accuracy a goal, where do you stop?

Somewhere before starvation and rampant disease, I hope.

I'm gonna fish this wine

I like some oak in my Chardonnay sometimes but I am iffy about fished wine.

This is why Friendsgivings exist. IJS.

Seriously. If you want to jump ship at the last minute and fly down here, I would totally drop everything to come to the airport and get you. Or maybe send S to the airport. Either way, we've got you covered if you suddenly find a need to be 4 or 5 decent-sized states away.

Happy Hannukah peoples!

I made pumpkin pie today, so there will pie tomorrow for sure. Not making anything else until tomorrow since we are eating late anyway.