Turkey, cooked the traditional way, with stuffing (bread, poultry seasoning, celery, and onions, broth, and melted butter).

Mashed potatoes with butter and (new trick I learned) heated milk, salt, pepper, and a scoop of sour cream.

Gravy (I simmer the neck and giblets all day, but discard them before I make the gravy and just use the liquid).

Squash halves with butter and brown sugar.

Corn.

Cranberry orange relish
Cranberry sauce (made with orange zest and some bourbon, along with sugar)

Rolls

Salad

Apricot chiffon pie with whipped cream. I usually make pumpkin chiffon pie but I had a special request this year for apricot, so I am going to give it a go.

There are only three of us, and all of us eat all these things, so I think we are good with quantity.

Apricots are one of my favorite dessert fruits! I love apricot cobbler and a chiffon pie sounds delicious. Happy gobble gobble!

I bought some canned pumpkin so I could compare them. The recipe seems to call for twice the amount of gelatin, too.

Turkey - 15 lbs, massaged with butter, salt, pepper, cavity filled with apple, orange, onions, celery, and aromatics.

Dressing - soft bread cubes mixed with seasoning, chicken broth, an egg, browned sausage, celery, onions, and butter. Hubby talked me into adding chopped apple this year.

Gravy - pan drippings, turkey broth, fortified with a packet or two of McCormick’s powdered mix.

Cranberry sauce - cranberries cooked down with apricot brandy, sugar, water, and spices.

Mashed turnips - mashed with a couple potatoes and carrots, and butter.

Green bean casserole with extra mushrooms

Curried fruit - apricots, pears, peaches, pineapple, and cherries, mixed with butter, brown sugar and curry powder.

Mac and cheese - made with cheddar, sauted onions, mustard powder, pepper, and smoked paprika.

Texas pecan pie - Tasting History’s recipe. Essentially spiced custard with pecans stirred through, topped with pecan halves, and meringue.

Minced fruit pie - could not find Nonesuch mincemeat for a reasonable price (Amazon $34/jar) so we’re trying this version. Dried cherries, figs, apple, raisins cooked with spices, a bit of molasses, and brandy.

Pumpkin pie - Mrs Smith’s frozen, because it’s everybody’s favorite.

You will definitely have some leftovers with all that nummy food!!

ham, mashed potatoes, sage dressing, green bean casserole (I only do it about every 5 years), Anne McCord’s Leg, Heinz gravy (I can’t do gravy), rolls, pecan pie, chocolate pie and pumpkin bread.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day!!

With an American ending. Sounds good to me!!