Also, urgent question:

[conuly]

What should I make for Thanksgiving?

What are you all making for Thanksgiving (or, if you don't do Thanksgiving, for your next big winter event that everybody comes to)?

I want to outdo myself. I probably won't, but I want to try.

Comments

[acelightning]

Here's what my typical Thanksgiving dinner looks like. I only have two people to feed, myself and my husband, and he doesn't get Thanksgiving off from work, and he works extremely irregular hours; I never know whether I'll be serving the meal at 10 PM or 4 AM, or anywhere in between. I don't need to impress anyone any more, although I used to have holiday meals for up to 10 people (the others are all long dead).

For your purposes, I suggest you make my World-Famous Three-Rice Stuffing With Walnuts And Sherry. It's pretty easy, and works just as well as a side dish as it does when stuffed into a bird. But it's quite different from most common stuffing recipes, and that often impresses people whose only concept of "stuffing" begins with wet bread.

If you're into baking, the pan rolls described in the Thanksgiving entry also go over very well. My son (who is a pretty fabulous cook himself) always asks me to bring those to his Yule Feast. Again, they're fairly simple, but dipping them in melted butter before baking gives them a really wonderful taste, if I do say so myself ;-)

[conuly]

Thanks :)

[acelightning]

As my userprofile says, I tend to emit advice and/or information almost involuntarily, the way a cat sheds. But I especially delight in recipes and food advice. You have been warned :-)

That being said... I think the Thanksgiving dinner also contained the recipe for The World's Easiest Pumpkin Pie. One 8 to 9 inch pie crust, homemade or store-bought; one can of plain pureed pumpkin, one can of sweetened condensed milk, two eggs, a pinch of salt, spices ad lib (I use a lot of spices), and a dash of vanilla. Bake according to the directions on the can of pumpkin. Make it the night before, because it has to cool to room temperature, and then be refrigerated, for the best texture.

[conuly]

a pinch of salt, spices ad lib (I use a lot of spices)

Likewise.

Question: Why purple?

[acelightning]

Purple is my favorite color. All my clothes are purple, including underwear, shoes, and purse - even my glasses frames are purple. My hair is purple (see userpic). As many as possible of the things I use every day are purple (rubber spatula, Leatherman multi-tool, computer screen, etc.). And all my userpics are either mainly purple, or have a purple border around them, so I can quickly find my own comments in other people's journals :-)