"Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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> I'm doing the usual: My elderly mother will be coming down from NH to
> spend Wed-Sat with me, and my sister, her partner, and my teenaged niece
> will come down from Cambridge on Thursday for just the meal.
>
> The menu doesn't change much from year to year. I'll do:
>
> - a big roast turkey (over 20 lbs) with low-carb stuffing made from
> chopped walnuts, some low-carb bread, onions, garlic, ginger root,
> celery, fresh herbs from my garden, and minced giblets. I use the
> cheese cloth soaked in butter over the breast method and then start
> basting at about 1-1.5 hours.
> - 5 lbs of russets peeled, boiled, and mashed with butter and cream, s&p.
> - a load of steamed broccoli with butter and lemon.
> - squash medley (3-5 diff kinds) seasoned with butter, maple syrup,
> nutmeg, salt & pepper.
> - creamed onions with peanuts (in honor of my departed father)
> - sparkling cider or seltzer.
> - whole berry cranberry sauce made with about 1/2 the water and 1/2 the
> sugar as are in the recipe on the bag.
> - my own pickled peaches I put up last year.
>
> My sister's partner will make and bring a pumpkin pie for dessert.
>
> I'll send my sister's family home loaded down with leftovers but, I
> hope, not to the extent of robbing me of plenty.
>
> The next day I'll make my cranberry sauce sweetened w/erithrytol and
> cook up a nice big batch of rutabaga, then my mother and I will have
> leftover Thanksgiving dinner for supper.
>
> Happy family day to one and all!
>
> Priscilla
> --
> "What you fail to understand is that criticising established authority by
> means
> of argument and evidence is a crucial aspect of how science works."
> - Chris
> Malcolm
>
Sounds like a wonderful time for you and yours. Happy Thanksgiving Priscilla