I want to know if anyone really eats the cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving. Really, do people eat that stuff with a regular chicken dinner? It’s a marketing ploy, I tell you. Do you put a dab on your plate just to be polite? Does anyone really like it? Should I rebel and leave it off the menu? And, why (!) do I wrap up the leftovers, only so it can be found as another chemical compound four weeks later and pitched?

For Thanksgiving this year, our menu will look like this:

–Turkey (I’m using this brine, but I always cook it upside down for the moistest breast meat.)
–Garlic Mashed Potatoes, leave the skins on
–Buttered Corn
–Green Beans with almonds
–Homemade Macaroni and Cheese, using extra sharp cheddar is the trick
–Stuffing and Gravy from the pan drippings
–Buttered Rolls
–Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie
–Bubbly grape juice for all
–Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins for breakfast, just because I like cream cheese
and
–Cranberry sauce…I’m a wimp.