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Man, you'd think I'd learn.

Here I am, going back to RPGnet on Tangency, and reading a thread wherein I so desperately want to reach through the screen and shake sense in the querent of the original post ("Is there a problem here? I don't see a problem here... and even if there might be, I'm going to refuse to see it because it might be scary... la lala lala...."). I really want to post, but whatever I'd post would be a) ignored and b) probably against the rules of the fora, and not worth my time or effort in any case.

Stupid, stupid people. Bah.

Thanksgiving feasting

So, on Thursday we've been invited over to a friend from work's house for dinner. Apparently some people here at work get together and do a Thanksgiving meal together every year, and we got invited to this one -- probably not in the least because our kids play very well with my friend's son. :) I'm looking forward to it. I've never been invited to anyone else's house for Thanksgiving, and it was a very nice surprise. I'm told I don't need to bring anything, but that seems so... I dunno, ungrateful somehow. I need some suggestions as to what's good to bring to someone else's house for dinner.

Do not think for a moment that I will not be cooking my own feast, however. Oh no. For one, I need lunches for next week. For two, a free turkey came with my last grocery order. :) And three, it just wouldn't seem like home if I didn't try it. The tricky part will be that I'm still rather low on dishes and serving stuff as a whole, not to mention dining space. Ours is but to do or die, however.... onward and upward. If I can manage to get a hand-mixer and a bowl before I have to start in, I'll be a happy camper. Oh, and a round cake pan. Sigh.

Anyway, so this is the menu as it now stands:

Breakfast/brunch/snacks through the day: baked apple fritters, orange juice, hardboiled eggs (for Will), deviled eggs (for everyone else), carrot and celery sticks.

Dinner:

Turkey and the requisite gravy, made from scratch
Bruleed sweet potatoes
Mashed potatoes
My grandmother's cornbread dressing recipe
Steamed broccoli
Corn
Black olives
Cranberry sauce
bread -- maybe regular wheat bread, maybe bake-&-serve rolls. Someday I'll make fresh bread. This isn't the year.

Dessert: Pumpkin pie, chocolate silk pie.

Do I have enough dishes to store all this stuff. No. Do I plan to let that stop me? No.