I can't cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.

[constance]

I've made Thankgiving dinner -- as in, a whole Thanksgiving dinner, turkey and dressing and hors d'oeuvres and desserts and everything -- exactly once. It was kind of fun, in a way, having twelve people in the house scarfing down on all that food, but it was stressful, and not really something I'm eager to repeat anytime soon. I'm happy just pitching in, as I've done in years past, or contributing a dish or two to a potluck, which is what's happening this year (stuffed mushrooms and sweet potatoes roasted with thyme are my contribution, all ready to go into the oven when I wake up in the morning). It's more fun when the responsibilities are shared, I think, just because I'm not a confident enough cook to be able to whisk big meals together in no time flat. I'm slow and I like to take my time and be sure I'm getting things right.

What are your responsibilities this Thanksgiving? (Assuming you're having one, of course.) Is anyone sharing your load?

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[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Man, I suck at the pictures. Please admire my icon depicting a pumpkin cheesecake I baked two years ago.

But the cooking is going well. Cordelia's turkey was spectacularly succulent. We hoovered up our share of the leftovers by Saturday. Then Sunday we picked up the free turkey we had earned with our supermarket club card and cooked that at home. More turkey leftovers! Right now I am breakfasting on a bowl of stuffing.

Since we had satisfied our traditional turkey jones, I got all fancy and Mediterranean on this one. The stuffing has sourdough olive bread, onion breadsticks, mushrooms, celery, onion, more olives and capers, lots of parsley, and some lemon oil, in half margarine and half olive oil. It tastes kind of Greek and very lemony and delicious.

Come on up next year and we'll make turkey together.