Thanksgiving feasting

[eurydicebound]

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.

Comments

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Hee. See, you grew up with society, and we didn't. It's amazing how much having a few social conventions to follow can teach you. My parents never entertained, never went out, and neither did anyone else they knew. Community get-togethers were more likely to be the Tiger band booster bean dinner than any sort of occasion. Thank you for the suggestions, btw. They're extremely helpful.

[paolom.livejournal.com]

Chocolate.

Silk.

Pie.

Just the name evokes sultry thoughts. :)

(note: and I don't even know what sultry means, but I think it's appropriate in this case)

[anaka.livejournal.com]

When we finally do get together, I'll bring some to you. :) It's even a Cooking Light recipe, so it won't violate too many dietary rules.

[b3zsgirl.livejournal.com]

Any time. I know lots of useless crap. My mother used to put me in charge of the dinner parties because I was really good at getting everything organized, served and setup. I am a sick woman so I actually enjoyed these things, and she got a party with her friends she could enjoy. After a while she let me help with the menu so I could assess timing for serving, etc.