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Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We stuffed ourselves silly.

Thanksgiving 2008

This year, I tried to make everything from scratch. I made Mark Bittman's 45 minute turkey which came out great (except that it took over an hour),

Thanksgiving 2008

We had Cornbread and chorizo stuffing (though I bough Mexican chorizo instead of Spanish chorizo by mistake).

Thanksgiving 2008

Instead of potatoes I made mashed plantains in a nod to Uganda. We also had steamed cassava.

Thanksgiving 2008

I made the dinner rolls from "How to Cook Everything"

Thanksgiving 2008

The rolls came out great, but I guess everyone is a critic

Thanksgiving 2008

We of course had Cranberry Sauce out of the can (The only way to eat it, anything else is an abomination) and Sparkly Cider. We had to have some kind of green so I cooked some swiss chard, but because it looked too healthy I sauteed it in bacon fat.

Overall we had a pretty good spread and we'll have leftovers for the foreseeable future.

Thanksgiving 2008

For Dessert we have a Pumpkin Chiffon pie which I will begin eating as soon as I press the button to send this message.