Happy Thanksgiving!

The holiday is finally here, and I couldn't be more excited. Given how stressful the last few weeks have been, it's great to finally have a few days where I can focus on two of my favorite things: cooking and eating. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I realize that Thanksgiving is almost certainly my favorite holiday - my SO and I get to spend the entire day cooking (and then eating) delicious food, and, as a bonus, the religious roots of the holiday are extremely easy to ignore.

Today's feast will be much like our prior years', but to continue the tradition of posting our food plans for the day, here's what we're going to be cooking:

• Chai to start off the day
• Crab dip, with both store-bought and homemade artisan bread (I'm trying a bread recipe that involves an 18-hour yeast incubation; I started it last night, and it's still incubating as I type)
• Cran-raspberry-pineapple gelatin conglomeration
• Mashed yams
• Baked sweet potatoes with marshmallows and brown sugar
• Homemade cranberry jelly (the first time we've made it from scratch!)
  
• Mashed potatoes (possibly with turnips)
• Green bean casserole with fried shallots
• Broiled (or grilled) salmon filet

We currently have no plans for dessert - we plan to be stuffed by the time dinner is over. However, I suspect we'll make something tasty before the weekend is over.

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