It shouldn't surprise anyone that, on the day before Thanksgiving, my mind is still on food. First, I'm happy to report that the second batch of fudge came out just fine and quite a bit of it will be going to my son's house for our feast tomorrow, along with my family famous sweet potato casserole which is prepped and waiting in the refrigerator to be baked tomorrow morning. I love food that can be prepared ahead of time. But I'm not the only one thinking about food. During a text conversation among myself and four of my friends (we usually share Wordle results) someone posed the question "What's your favorite Thanksgiving food." Answers involved a lot of pies - chocolate, pumpkin, peanut butter and lemon meringue. But it wasn't only pies. Someone mentioned creamed onions which I have never had, and another listed traditional onion/celery dressing. I mentioned my sweet potatoes, which are good if I do say so myself, basically a sweet potato custard topped with nuts and brown sugar. A friend of mine used to say that it's like eating candy but it's ok because it's a vegetable so it must be good for you. I also mentioned my mother-in-law's gravy which was always excellent. Interestingly, she was not a great cook and always said she would rather do dishes, which made her a very uncritical MIL. But she did make excellent gravy, so on holidays I would hold back the giblets for her to use and she would stir up a rich creamy gravy with no lumps ever except for the bits of meat. I was always delighted to let her make the gravy but never learned from her example. Happily, it's not my problem any more. Two years ago my children and their spouses decided that I shouldn't have to host Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners anymore (maybe they think I'm too old and I'm fine with that) so all I do is show up with my sweet potatoes (and fudge and a fiance this year) and relax and enjoy the day. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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