DO IT. I buy D’Artagnan duck breasts for myself, they’re running about $26/lb. Depending on how many meals you’d get from the rabbit, call it a special treat and enjoy.
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Thank you … and I agree about inclusive. I’ve had interesting groups around my little table, some for their first Thanksgiving. That’s great fun.
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Maybe this is the opportunity for you to develop a single dish meal for a vegetarian gathering. How about roasting root vegetables, Brussels sprouts, and a mushroom and leek bread pudding all on one baking sheet? No heavy lifting. Plenty of good smells. Plus if it works you could become even MORE famouser!
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My neighbor friend invited me to spend Thanksgiving with her and her family this year. She has been planning her menu for weeks, and 1000% insists that I bring no food or drink. Doing so would destroy the equilibrium.
That being said, what to bring? Flowers? Candles? Gift Soap? (I say soap because she and I both love handmade soap). I don’t want to arrive with nothing. Hm.
The past several years I’ve been extremely low key about this holiday, get takeout, sleep in, hope for a day where I can do nothing, and go running or, lately, walking. 
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If you know she loves nice soaps, I would go with that as a host gift that you know would be appreciated.
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Or you could be like the guy I ask not to bring food or drink and asks me to clear the counter for all the boxed bake goods he brought! Grrrrr.
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Yes! Thank you. Gift soaps it is. 
I realize now that flowers could also potentially destroy the equilibrium, which is something I do not want to do.
Time flies. It’s next week!! 
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Yes, I definitely do not want to be that guest! As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m amazed at how time seems to swoosh on by. I was telling a friend earlier today that it just seemed like yesterday that it was spring and then summer. Onward we go.
I love flowers but don’t want people to bring them to me while I’m preparing a dinner. I have to interrupt what I’m doing, look for the right vase, trim ends and some leaves, etc. Very awkward.
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(Taking notes …) 
My favorite fresh cranberry sauce, so easy, so delicious. It was on the Food & Wine website; for some strange reason, they called it a relish. I just went looking for it but couldn’t find it … LOTS of other cranberry sauce recipes. Anyway, I found the same exact one on this site:
One of my Muslim friends won’t even taste it even though I tell him almost all of the alcohol gets cooked out. Other Muslim friends love it but have a “don’t ask, don’t tell” attitude. They won’t bring bourbon into their homes to make it but really love when I make it for them. Tastes great on a toasted English muffin with cream cheese! (If you don’t want to use bourbon, sub orange juice.)
Original recipe says to use a “non reactive” pan. I use a nonstick Berndes medium pot. (Keeps well a couple of days in the fridge … I’ve kept some just fine for more than a week.)
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I’m sure you understand that for an observant person “almost all” does not cut it.
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I understand. I have Southern Baptist relatives who would refuse to taste it, too.
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When I was growing up, I read about families who would go around the table at Thanksgiving and say what they were thankful for. I thought that was lovely and wished we could do it. When I suggested it, my mother snapped that it was stupid and we weren’t doing it. I never suggested it again.
Now she is gone (October). I’d like to say I’m so thankful for the Hungry Onion community, for all of you. I read the posts every day and have learned a lot, benefitted from your advice, and traveled to places around the world. Thank you to all of you. I hope that, whatever form your holiday takes, it’s a good one.
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Or some folks “in recovery”.
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Back at 'cha! It is a wonderful community to belong to.
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One of the best host gifts we ever got was a tiny (2" pot) rosemary plant with a tiny bow around it. We planted it by our front walk, and it got quite large, always smelling wonderful and reminding us of Tam, the giver. We miss her dearly.
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Having remembered there’s a suitable chicken in the freezer, we just decided on the roast chicken approach. Our CSA pickup next week will provide a bunch of fall vegetables, and I’m sure that will cover the rest. We have a pecan pie on order from a favorite local business that we like to support.
Apparently the meal sort of planned itself while I wasn’t paying attention, LOL.
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@TheLibrarian28, same! You express the sentiment beautifully. Adding my gratitude for the HO community.
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I promised the last group I had over for Thanksgiving (pre pandemic) that our next T dinner would be either prime rib or tenderloin. Turns out no one was crazy about turkey. lol.
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