On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:28:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians. Thank goodness our turkey
>fest is early enough that we don't have to have turkey again for two
>months.
>
>The fresh turkey is in the fridge. I made the stuffing and will cram
>that into the bird and get it into the oven by 11:30. I baked an apple
>pie, and my wife is doing the rest.

We had ours yesterday at my MIL's place. Turkey cooked to within an
inch of it's life, *very* dry stuffing cooked separately in a baking
dish, a mountain of mashed potatoes, and not enough green vegetables.
Our contribution was an apple pie baked by DH and a sherry-laced
trifle made by me. I used Koko's Bishop's Cake in the trifle:

http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...hops-cake.html

We discovered a trick to be used at future family dinners. We sat at
the "kid's table" off in the next room. (The only actual children in
attendance were babies, and they sat at the big dining room table in
their high chairs.) Anyway, five of us got to serve ourselves first,
we had our own bottle of wine, our own gravy boat, and there was
plenty of elbow room.

Much more pleasant.

Doris