I plan to try Pati Jinichâs pumpkin and ancho mole instead of (or in addition to!) my usual mole poblano. Great with leftover turkey, but also have a bowl on the Thanksgiving table for those who canât waitâŚ.
I liked the âsimpleâ spatchcocking on the Milk Street TV Thanksgiving episode. Have forwarded on to the turkey maven aka my aunt, and she said she was thinking about it and I may have pushed her the last bit over. We spatchcocked the turkey many years ago, donât recall why we didnât do it again.
Also like the idea of cooking potatoes in milk and mashing in the pan at the end, though itâs a lot more milk than we use in our potatoes, but I guess one could adjust that down and use more water.
Slightly annoyed that their current season recipes are no longer available without subscription, not than these really require a recipe.
Are radio stations or stores playing Xmas music in the States before Thanksgiving this year?
Canadian Xmas music used to start after US Thanksgiving.
Iâve already been hearing Xmas musical for a week this year.
Including Feliz Navidad on Wednesday. 
I took that as permission to buy 2 packs of brandy beans and open the first box last night. 7 brandy beans gone last night, 2 for breakfast this morning.
Whenever Thanksgiving is late, like it is this year, everything else moves up early in commercial marketing. Aside from the holiday creep thatâs been happening anyway over the past several years.
https://twistedfood.co.uk/recipes/twisted-green/french-onion-jacket-potato
Adding this to the short rib and my part of potluck is complete.
I hear that Christmas music starts in the Philippines in September!
3 neighbours put their Xmas lights up this weekend, including the Grinch across the street.
I wonât put anything up until St Nicholas Day on Dec 6th.
We are planning on putting up our outside lights tomorrow because much mote tolerable when itâs 50F and sunny vs 25F and windy in December. Wonât turn them on till December but nice to not freeze fingers off
A few neighbors have indoor trees up. No comment there
Yup. That was covered in an episode of one of Bourdainâs shows!
Not sure what Iâm making yet, but I am sure it will include these: (Bourdainâs recipe. Kellerâs recipe is for those who are immortalâŚ)
Some sales were already 20% off clothing yesterday, in small town Ontario, 4 hours from Toronto!
I feel for the independent clothing retailers with bricks and mortar stores.
We also have Black Friday ads on the radio now. We donât have American Thanksgiving, so Canadian Black Friday doesnât make much sense, apart from trying to compete with whatever is going on across the border.
Black Friday Breakfast Casserole Recipe from Wisconsin Cheese
I donât usually buy anything on Black Friday. I do buy a few things on Boxing Day, mostly online Boxing Day deals lately.
I hosted a huge clothing swap and drive on the Saturday after American Thanksgiving, in 2018.
Over 20 women dropped by that Saturday, bringing clothing and accessories. Most people left with a few things, some left with a dozen outfits. I brought an entire carload of donated clothing and accessories to Dress for Success and a local sheltersâ clothing bank. That was the last big gathering I hosted. I supplied trays of cookies and panettone, and I asked them to bring their own coffee.
I agree with you about Black Friday. I think the Canadian retailers see the lineups outside the American stores hoping it would catch on here but it never really did. I pass by a computer store on my way to work and every year on Black Friday there is a line up in front of the store. And when I say line up I mean the five people outside the store waiting for opening time. And itâs the only store on that street with a line up on Black Friday.
That is awesome 
Thank you for doing that.
Our dogwood back home has string lights on it all year (what a PITA it would be to take them down and put them up each year 
).
We usually turn them on once it gets dark early and the SAD season starts. But then we consider the blue string lights in our living room all-year lighting. What can I say â we are a festive folk 
I was working on my âMeal Planningâ spreadsheet and it dawned it me that one week from today â I have to move my turkey breast from the freezer to the fridge to start the defrosting process.
Thanksgiving is only a week and a half away. This month is just flying by.
I still need vanilla ice cream to top the apple cobbler Iâm making for dessert, but other than than â Iâm ready. Hopefully, someone will have ice cream on sale this week.
I finally have my Thanksgiving cooking nailed down as of yesterday. My cousin and her daughter will be visiting over the holiday and staying with my father and stepmother, so my brother and I will join them for dinner. My mother is planning a minimalist dinner for herself and a friend, but even that feels like a lot for her at this stage of life, so some of my cooking will double duty for both their households.
Iâm not sure what my stepmotherâs whole menu entails, but I know she likes to outsource some of it from a Middle Eastern-leaning place she likes. Past hits include harissa braised turkey wings snd mushroom bastilla, so I wouldnât be surprised to see those again. She asked me to bring cranberry sauce and a cooked vegetable, and asked my brother to bring his Thanksgiving specialty, British-style double-crusted mince tarts. I will also make another dessert, just because.
On my agenda for next week:
Pear frangipane custard tart, a slight riff on a recipe from the German Baking Book.
Red wine cranberry sauce (both households).
Roasted Brussels sprouts dressed with brown butter, Meyer lemon juice and zest, and pomegranate arils (both households). I will take the roasted sprouts and other components to each, and let my mother reheat and dress her portion. Iâll do the same at my father and stepmotherâs place.
New stuff.
The only thing on this list that appeals to me is the fried chicken, which someone had posted here already⌠@tcamp?
Everything sounds lovely. Glad your mom will have company too.
