Thanksgiving Dinner 2013

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkqF8sxEhqoCdFQUUGR_F8FulhuMFdYrkgEdelh-3Og5AYjC7R6NQ84eCWsge4u6yY0x3RSE7Cjr0hXFcZJVkzSbMI0AN_lADa_GXjl-G1uU8wZhclLYcF_yAIC3j2Q3wcHEwy3YkSgD7/s1600/cooks0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkqF8sxEhqoCdFQUUGR_F8FulhuMFdYrkgEdelh-3Og5AYjC7R6NQ84eCWsge4u6yY0x3RSE7Cjr0hXFcZJVkzSbMI0AN_lADa_GXjl-G1uU8wZhclLYcF_yAIC3j2Q3wcHEwy3YkSgD7/s400/cooks0057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First thing in the morning:<br />aprons combine Hanukkah and Thanksgiving!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguXaiGsHJ1qvijDiMJh3ejGGaXh5pYuaAphYRDcuFbcNwKgtpnAghcQgZKvG0kODpLYuxS1MIdehtbsauqmHVfdZp-C2O5PQKXfYJXapr3tLw-4p9tak1wPKSV82Hkqp1Uop8St4lbg8M/s1600/cooks8072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguXaiGsHJ1qvijDiMJh3ejGGaXh5pYuaAphYRDcuFbcNwKgtpnAghcQgZKvG0kODpLYuxS1MIdehtbsauqmHVfdZp-C2O5PQKXfYJXapr3tLw-4p9tak1wPKSV82Hkqp1Uop8St4lbg8M/s400/cooks8072.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I never use mixes except for corn pudding!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRbBSV19TqkqYjDFSfAuaRjecEVmxADFoGeWCIZK4BIecMXdUzhszFPQwZgVpTabrnLP9Om4GMzc6GRISmu829LECoRlMqJ_syAPkKWRcI8WI8GEzs5nxVb4CcqmK3oN2-qaANLY_vzFg/s1600/games0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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Thanksgiving Dinner 2013

First thing in the morning:aprons combine Hanukkah and Thanksgiving!I never use mixes except for corn pudding!Delia and AliceCandles, turkey, latkes, brussels sprouts and around 10 other dishes...Table decorations and butterAlice, Illana, Miriam, DeliaPie…

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Wordless Wednesday: Turkey 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

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Zingerman's Bakehouse

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DGPr9wEoTqT86G37vPNA-9rxWCmAIX0aSDvPOIp5CRqwfGs5R_-jPDzyAiZ0fLDT3HOeWwaGTaMHRAQXIpP9rliy0lyf5cYMXd5yOpbm-1qaNMFnl76WUVL0hC1vkjz_ofF74KcrCVi8/s1600/zing4998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DGPr9wEoTqT86G37vPNA-9rxWCmAIX0aSDvPOIp5CRqwfGs5R_-jPDzyAiZ0fLDT3HOeWwaGTaMHRAQXIpP9rliy0lyf5cYMXd5yOpbm-1qaNMFnl76WUVL0hC1vkjz_ofF74KcrCVi8/s640/zing4998.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zingerman's Bakehouse is ready for the Thanksgiving rush tomorrow.<br />Our order of chocolate cherry bread had just come out of the oven when we arrived at 4:30.<br />We also had ordered cranberry-pecan bread and a coffee cake: our family Thanksgiving breakfast tradition.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw802oZuYwOd2Bv_JQPyaxhPb02uQvhGYyw9Kk4Qf9oVYlXa5aMH18-L9-0uSiR07NJNkJHlAfmT3lp7LBQ0Lzyomuj_nU_46Ynp8XO1VihuwGFGUoST7jUv6CvqZDsSc4Cp29ZL6cKZ_5/s1600/zing4999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw802oZuYwOd2Bv_JQPyaxhPb02uQvhGYyw9Kk4Qf9oVYlXa5aMH18-L9-0uSiR07NJNkJHlAfmT3lp7LBQ0Lzyomuj_nU_46Ynp8XO1VihuwGFGUoST7jUv6CvqZDsSc4Cp29ZL6cKZ_5/s640/zing4999.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't buy any of these! But they are cute.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c2txiCxGmqXoBrK1I6o64dENSskEXtu9dtvFPAKE7kI6MFpq_SBHwdhRZcwgNPmAVli5cxm7HFxLN99A4qvulwGfrrTXkXxSukSp_VkhFKs5ub4eRcPrIT2Jng3FQek8sFoxQII2W_5i/s1600/zing5001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c2txiCxGmqXoBrK1I6o64dENSskEXtu9dtvFPAKE7kI6MFpq_SBHwdhRZcwgNPmAVli5cxm7HFxLN99A4qvulwGfrrTXkXxSukSp_VkhFKs5ub4eRcPrIT2Jng3FQek8sFoxQII2W_5i/s640/zing5001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"... we bake cakes and nothing's the matter..." </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMGFDUv_wnB5ev7gQg0M2apAmGwf0Bs0uoLvHnU7awqJbjydhKhrR_vUTQChQejwlEZxrDdVU-Q7mZAfwOtkuV2-9sRl1nZ8oUSNy8W7XAatsSI7esKVmqUYsW9iTckpv1O7s58yDL4CI/s1600/zing5004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMGFDUv_wnB5ev7gQg0M2apAmGwf0Bs0uoLvHnU7awqJbjydhKhrR_vUTQChQejwlEZxrDdVU-Q7mZAfwOtkuV2-9sRl1nZ8oUSNy8W7XAatsSI7esKVmqUYsW9iTckpv1O7s58yDL4CI/s640/zing5004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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Zingerman's Bakehouse is ready for the Thanksgiving rush tomorrow.Our order of chocolate cherry bread had just come out of the oven when we arrived at 4:30.We also had ordered cranberry-pecan bread and a coffee cake: our family Thanksgiving breakfast tradition.We didn't buy any of these! But they ar…

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Thanksgiving Pictures from "Art and Appetite"

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXi16eYbgkhnwXqWopWlZ6b5Maz_WkZiHoZddnWg2Q2dpPX6KyF-e2RG9nsYrovrer6P-MhZ3aglWjv6U1I6BE5TEHerrhKHpELKzvnxRCo0JVJefXF5kDBWB_hGhWnHuLWpfEykYwAoq/s1600/DorisLee4996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXi16eYbgkhnwXqWopWlZ6b5Maz_WkZiHoZddnWg2Q2dpPX6KyF-e2RG9nsYrovrer6P-MhZ3aglWjv6U1I6BE5TEHerrhKHpELKzvnxRCo0JVJefXF5kDBWB_hGhWnHuLWpfEykYwAoq/s400/DorisLee4996.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doris Lee, "Thanksgiving" (1935)</td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"It may be hard to fathom today how Lee's colorfully cheerful depiction of food preparation was offensive... . The picture was popular with the public, as was Grant Wood's more famous <i>American Gothic</i>, purchased by the Art Institute in 1930. Both pictures represent historical themes using the imagery of ordinary people and farm life; both enshrined with irony and humor an American past fast disappearing. But by 1935 the depiction of Thanksgiving as a rustic social gathering seemed boorishly common." (<i>Art and Appetite</i> catalog p. 41)</span></blockquote>I love the kitchen in this picture with all the activity of many women cooking, except for the one who has obviously just arrived and is taking off her hat. I love the little kids, the dog under the stove, and the cat under the table. The preparation for each traditional element of Thanksgiving dinner is wonderful: the turkey being basted, pie dough being rolled out, vegetables in a basket, pots simmering on top of the old black stove, dishes being taken from a high shelf where no doubt they spend most of the year. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlashIY8dfENMOkiN8gJPVYDoEWZ6jmuWut4n9lEDdmL3mVJ2SVDG5AsHg9ixsQL-SIPk2IusLDKQNtOXFM0Zk8pQm8-Y2FcWnGdL88RG0VLHZCn3zg0fivBh7DUhov3OWypiCieCpm1at/s1600/AliceNeel4992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlashIY8dfENMOkiN8gJPVYDoEWZ6jmuWut4n9lEDdmL3mVJ2SVDG5AsHg9ixsQL-SIPk2IusLDKQNtOXFM0Zk8pQm8-Y2FcWnGdL88RG0VLHZCn3zg0fivBh7DUhov3OWypiCieCpm1at/s640/AliceNeel4992.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice Neel, "Thanksgiving" (1965)</td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"... the bird collapses in the kitchen sink, looking as though it had just been thrown from the guillotine. Its legs splayed akimbo, its body bloody and pimply, it drains alongside Ajax, sponges, soap, and the breakfast dishes. Neel said of her picture that she painted it while the bird ... ws thawing in the sink and that it was her answer to Pop Art." (<i>Art and Appetite</i>, p. 51)</span></blockquote>My own feeling is that this image of an absolutely typical kitchen from the 1960s is now as much nostalgic as the famous Norman Rockwell grandmother and grandfather with a turkey or the painting by Doris Lee above. Who hasn't seen the exact water faucet, Ajax can, and metal cabinet handles along with the white porcelain of mother's or grandmother's or aunt's kitchen sink?<br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZKspqg6VAxTq_VzyDTWCWXA5-MRLIXacBuGoXA_KE89ZHmJyWpUIEQr6YuqOsmTVbM-bf2pMY7-dBI5Q5XzsBx73dIkewp_xLpax9UqItoBagLvWdZmwzSqOuWAqz1QXwXaEOauqJH_E/s1600/Lichtenstein4990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZKspqg6VAxTq_VzyDTWCWXA5-MRLIXacBuGoXA_KE89ZHmJyWpUIEQr6YuqOsmTVbM-bf2pMY7-dBI5Q5XzsBx73dIkewp_xLpax9UqItoBagLvWdZmwzSqOuWAqz1QXwXaEOauqJH_E/s400/Lichtenstein4990.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roy Lichtenstein, "Turkey" (1961)</td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"The bird as solo subject mirrors modern advertising's emphasis on appearances and the embedding of implied meaning within objects." (<i>Art and Appetite</i>, p. 49)</span></blockquote>When I first saw pop art, I loved what it said to me about the role of advertising in creating the way we see our surroundings, especially in the way we see food and food packaging. Who can resist the word "iconic"?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOcBUwxlr5zSsSY2lfEUY4rYcpWISfpKNUsbCthpoFDMX2EnIl2zIsivUGA5B9XlxmKdNbi0vOyXuDROHhPETR0a8cZs2mvs06z1sDiY6KIevLbHH_YklOyI9Nowta1O5oOx5-p-jXJxA/s1600/art&appetite+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOcBUwxlr5zSsSY2lfEUY4rYcpWISfpKNUsbCthpoFDMX2EnIl2zIsivUGA5B9XlxmKdNbi0vOyXuDROHhPETR0a8cZs2mvs06z1sDiY6KIevLbHH_YklOyI9Nowta1O5oOx5-p-jXJxA/s200/art&appetite+2.jpg" width="164" /></a>I've mentioned the exhibition "Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine," currently showing at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the catalog of the exhibit with the same title. The first essay in the catalog is "Thanksgiving: The Great American Food Fest," written by Judith A. Barter, which I've quoted above.<br /><br />The remainder of images are just as fascinating as the ones I've chosen here -- including many magazine illustrations from the 19th and 20th century. Through art and illustration, we see the history of the holiday. As I said a few weeks ago, I wish I could get to this exhibit, but I'm really happy to have the catalog.</div>

Thanksgiving Pictures from "Art and Appetite"

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Northwood by Sarah Josepha Hale

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSybQeMUDu6BhdJj77ltK90kyigEuosAu2dFvuvLKamd7LlbTe-UUFbUJK9O7rcFpFJCsoFV3FAlaijQ7xl7ObE3GXkehZvZbfq8OXGMqe8eoTaT4kkihvmYTMIFh_dqDzuTGeMWcEnvRl/s1600/Northwood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSybQeMUDu6BhdJj77ltK90kyigEuosAu2dFvuvLKamd7LlbTe-UUFbUJK9O7rcFpFJCsoFV3FAlaijQ7xl7ObE3GXkehZvZbfq8OXGMqe8eoTaT4kkihvmYTMIFh_dqDzuTGeMWcEnvRl/s400/Northwood.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Northwood</i>, Title Page, Second Edition (Wiki Media)</td></tr></tbody></table>In the novel <i>Northwood</i> by Sarah Josepha Hale, published in 1827, I was amazed to find a description of Thanksgiving dinner that is so close to what we have today. The major difference is the variety of meat dishes beyond just the turkey. Hale is famous for her advocacy of making Thanksgiving a national holiday. Her later non-fiction writings included lots of advice for how the holiday should be celebrated: in other words, we owe her!<br /><br />But here are her original words:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“But now to my dinner … A long table, formed by placing two of the ordinary size together, was set forth in the parlor, which being the best room, and ornamented with the best furniture, was seldom used, except on important occasions. The finishing of the parlor was in a much better manner than that of any other apartment in the house; the wood work was painted cream color, and the plaster walls ornamented with paper hangings of gay tints and curious devices. …<br /> <o:p> </o:p>“The furniture of the parlor consisted of a mahogany sideboard and table, a dozen handsome rush-bottomed chairs, a large mirror, the gilt frame covered with green gauze to prevent injury from dust and flies, and on the floor was a substantial, home manufactured carpet, woven in a curious manner and blended with all the colors of the rainbow …<br /><o:p> </o:p>“The table, covered with a damask cloth, vieing in whiteness, and nearly equalling in texture, the finest imported, though spun, woven and bleached by Mrs. Romelee’s own hand, was now intended for the whole household, every child having a seat on this occasion, and the more the better, it being considered an honor for a man to sit down to his Thanksgiving supper surrounded by a large family. The provision is always sufficient for a multitude, every farmer in the country being, at this season of the year, plentifully supplied, and every one proud of displaying his abundance and prosperity.<br /><o:p> </o:p>“The roasted turkey took precedence on this occasion, being placed at the head of the table; and well did it become its lordly station, sending forth the rich odour of its savoury stuffing, and finely covered with the frost of the basting. At the foot of the board a surloin of beef, flanked on either side by a leg of pork and joint of mutton, seemed placed as a bastion to defend innumerable bowls of gravy and plates of vegetables disposed in that quarter. A goose and pair of ducklings occupied side stations on the table, the middle being graced, as it always is on such occasions by that rich burgomaster of the provisions, called a chicken pie. This pie, which is wholly formed of the choicest parts of fowls, enriched and seasoned with a profusion of butter and pepper, and covered with an excellent puff paste, is, like the celebrated pumpkin pie, an indispensable part of a good and true Yankee Thanksgiving; the size of the pie usually denoting the gratitude of the party who prepares the feast. … Plates of pickles, preserves, and butter, and all the necessaries for increasing the seasoning of the viands to the demand of each palate, filled the interstices on the table, leaving hardly sufficient room for the plates of the company, a wine glass and two tumblers for each, with a slice of wheat bread lying on one of the inverted tumblers. A side table was literally loaded with the preparations for the second course, placed there to obviate the necessity of leaving the apartment during the repast. Mr. Romelee keeping no domestic, the family were to wait on themselves, or on each other. There was a huge plumb pudding, custards, and pies of every name and description ever known in Yankee land; yet the pumpkin pie occupied the most distinguished niche. There were also several kinds of rich cake, and a variety of sweet meats and fruits. On the sideboard was ranged a goodly number of decanters and bottles; the former filled with currant wine and the latter with excellent cider and ginger beer, a beverage Mrs. Romelee prided herself on preparing in perfection. 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Northwood by Sarah Josepha Hale

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Finally, Pie

First, add whipped cream:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_Z-lpaGOH5j1vqvyhC409g8WUuDVAkglPhc2wRmfPilLwhoN6M2_P6MkjIlrUdvW9HfpTZZwAMPQOjq4pnW6j0jhnRGhzv9uQjPNBxyS4vpVyAkFewfDKSZG9jJ9TzRYH_Ej9iTfRuOW/s1600/pie1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737480734445602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_Z-lpaGOH5j1vqvyhC409g8WUuDVAkglPhc2wRmfPilLwhoN6M2_P6MkjIlrUdvW9HfpTZZwAMPQOjq4pnW6j0jhnRGhzv9uQjPNBxyS4vpVyAkFewfDKSZG9jJ9TzRYH_Ej9iTfRuOW/s400/pie1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPbcAXlsSBFqa8-JoMvhbjBC7gHETaSNKzJ-Ji4MogtWvC4hWfg_zSvKul5Wx25A_ZshHbFwvEVgBikIuvJ3zpnpezS3eQUeqIHh9GA8Il4F9kqFi3iXydqxSzAbeoBFqREzfjfBQtt5E/s1600/pie2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737486606692114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPbcAXlsSBFqa8-JoMvhbjBC7gHETaSNKzJ-Ji4MogtWvC4hWfg_zSvKul5Wx25A_ZshHbFwvEVgBikIuvJ3zpnpezS3eQUeqIHh9GA8Il4F9kqFi3iXydqxSzAbeoBFqREzfjfBQtt5E/s400/pie2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMDe2ly_dwHIVe-HuruIgjCGeMvAJrh2-Whw_G1d6GWRtBnwpstvL6FN59KG7wt3oNEwbZh2SoWDu2UqRRtIZpw3enQ5Io6FoOZvKZQ0KLTlfFJP7vJi4fEKZGcZR5Wf5l1a1nC7KiMlm/s1600/pie0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737496670914786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMDe2ly_dwHIVe-HuruIgjCGeMvAJrh2-Whw_G1d6GWRtBnwpstvL6FN59KG7wt3oNEwbZh2SoWDu2UqRRtIZpw3enQ5Io6FoOZvKZQ0KLTlfFJP7vJi4fEKZGcZR5Wf5l1a1nC7KiMlm/s400/pie0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVYiNeWzJE9HkPN68Yvk8LjA2x2frKs_GyuElYxfJ1MlBHFmVnQpkWc1wvgWA26z3fSVPHxyBf91bLnmsT2-EY0EuXZ-77QN6FtihLBJzPz6noRTHGcfxjbIZ_GcbjqQR6JF2ZmRlCsuL/s1600/pie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678737524528936146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVYiNeWzJE9HkPN68Yvk8LjA2x2frKs_GyuElYxfJ1MlBHFmVnQpkWc1wvgWA26z3fSVPHxyBf91bLnmsT2-EY0EuXZ-77QN6FtihLBJzPz6noRTHGcfxjbIZ_GcbjqQR6JF2ZmRlCsuL/s400/pie.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone together</div>

Finally, Pie

First, add whipped cream:Everyone together…

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Waiting for Pi(e)

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Waiting for Pi(e)

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Dinner

<div style="text-align: center;">Four kinds of chutney (cranberry, plum and mango-cranberry) and regular cranberry sauce, along with other traditional food --</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkw5tQNXPaRTky8E6amP-kgwTsiOyVD8emE3J0b5fOyAmKaTVVurKSktG9sTWkfjEbNiy1yK_NjCYw1gbNBE1Sdk4InXV1wWLVpKsDGVeWiCDOf3z6ORyN-VJl8B-d6Qf99wpfDNkY-v8/s1600/turkey6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678704042438435698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkw5tQNXPaRTky8E6amP-kgwTsiOyVD8emE3J0b5fOyAmKaTVVurKSktG9sTWkfjEbNiy1yK_NjCYw1gbNBE1Sdk4InXV1wWLVpKsDGVeWiCDOf3z6ORyN-VJl8B-d6Qf99wpfDNkY-v8/s400/turkey6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The set table --</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulTWFLLKftCPe9G-prglYOOBMpWdt2oNzXoTXEBCW3koS2s4eX4Oh_DBeC-kfC5XUERY13W1XPM0_Y5kjdp2SwHITV_vfHGYi23mhVx7hn-SaBtio3Obmb3KG8Cy5k351SYn_lJl_onqK/s1600/turkey8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678704033018140066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulTWFLLKftCPe9G-prglYOOBMpWdt2oNzXoTXEBCW3koS2s4eX4Oh_DBeC-kfC5XUERY13W1XPM0_Y5kjdp2SwHITV_vfHGYi23mhVx7hn-SaBtio3Obmb3KG8Cy5k351SYn_lJl_onqK/s400/turkey8.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ready to eat --</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1FuPjnnbtgk7UC4VJAvnrcL-KuR5CAaRp9F1NhH1LoSDsaTTUxUxJQ3rkWEz8CenFLwPCVBVz7bzhfJsB926FIqg00EJHnf3cNFcqtY2n1-hKd8Yv8IOr9hYoSmKCnSsAvw7YBcR51ge/s1600/turkey7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678704050802496034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1FuPjnnbtgk7UC4VJAvnrcL-KuR5CAaRp9F1NhH1LoSDsaTTUxUxJQ3rkWEz8CenFLwPCVBVz7bzhfJsB926FIqg00EJHnf3cNFcqtY2n1-hKd8Yv8IOr9hYoSmKCnSsAvw7YBcR51ge/s400/turkey7.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a></div>

Dinner

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Chocolate Pie

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ37Ln7YFqMLHrwtQZC-Y9novjvztesdxeHhMC_cDuut1oEeel9cuEWxx0RfniQslIu9HnXLGuhbWAKk-tBPnOyDp047D9TkQQ8TLqTxayuCqKEPb0BHZSRcmFEWeudu5UnVxuQXI2pg0A/s1600/chocpie0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678648532352835026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ37Ln7YFqMLHrwtQZC-Y9novjvztesdxeHhMC_cDuut1oEeel9cuEWxx0RfniQslIu9HnXLGuhbWAKk-tBPnOyDp047D9TkQQ8TLqTxayuCqKEPb0BHZSRcmFEWeudu5UnVxuQXI2pg0A/s400/chocpie0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws6P1I8J8cB-M1D0uQtdyv1kRJgpGT_uCfzpQUxCN-L3DVnpdzznV-1DtCvrhOSiN-7e4DO_4Dibi1vNI_g9OO-PVuCH_nsZtxuePpOhE3DCEX7Q-YZ7lGHjKJdXKu7UWeeP8pb-BU5T8/s1600/chocpie2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678648526234851858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws6P1I8J8cB-M1D0uQtdyv1kRJgpGT_uCfzpQUxCN-L3DVnpdzznV-1DtCvrhOSiN-7e4DO_4Dibi1vNI_g9OO-PVuCH_nsZtxuePpOhE3DCEX7Q-YZ7lGHjKJdXKu7UWeeP8pb-BU5T8/s400/chocpie2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3sur_rMdjthLpnvvaDPxzbaiQuDyWPqSdMFVtr4QbhNai7e2pMVaT9jpXPN_jip8rChkdQ-Zx74y_1dEcatsZuxwYxPuuTaOC3uB73S6qaPevh_HbeZCOen2DmKOaMg5kVmmkSpGvhvo/s1600/chocpie3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678648508710971474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3sur_rMdjthLpnvvaDPxzbaiQuDyWPqSdMFVtr4QbhNai7e2pMVaT9jpXPN_jip8rChkdQ-Zx74y_1dEcatsZuxwYxPuuTaOC3uB73S6qaPevh_HbeZCOen2DmKOaMg5kVmmkSpGvhvo/s400/chocpie3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKr6SYBd_BT0RpRh_Tfy36859ohJ4JT8h1rWfp71Z8MKXOegiarN3VoCemuJxJBtKmxKgryUI4HTJSDq4hkbhxpQLxKp6bPYpz4f125w0QAe5p6inJd_p4BjJHUI07XHZcefQvuFr-pS6/s1600/chocpie1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678648506969791522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKr6SYBd_BT0RpRh_Tfy36859ohJ4JT8h1rWfp71Z8MKXOegiarN3VoCemuJxJBtKmxKgryUI4HTJSDq4hkbhxpQLxKp6bPYpz4f125w0QAe5p6inJd_p4BjJHUI07XHZcefQvuFr-pS6/s400/chocpie1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" /></a><br /><div>Note: apple pies were made yesterday. Banana cream pie was made later.</div>

Chocolate Pie

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Peeling Potatoes

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJg_TKU9UHpgEd-x9oq3oRw03eWV1QRDoLes2tWqoWNOeAik5tl0UsNmIdDfV_wiI0dqlGmq4ASbzFrxuzcGUltKfADSyY1PF_3RYZj2jyGmSoJTrioUzifkJODlv3Z4rAuor06zZ8U8P9/s1600/potatoes1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678646289961776514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJg_TKU9UHpgEd-x9oq3oRw03eWV1QRDoLes2tWqoWNOeAik5tl0UsNmIdDfV_wiI0dqlGmq4ASbzFrxuzcGUltKfADSyY1PF_3RYZj2jyGmSoJTrioUzifkJODlv3Z4rAuor06zZ8U8P9/s400/potatoes1.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a>

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Turkey Prep

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznQSvHXcIMKQkYINLB2ahdStpHRIYfCSPDzZSe9U3veSvL7G5oF72NaHvi9BVwSKoxCAmv7jcFGh3nkSEUMLVKISwPfcGkVJ_TXY09TUwYMlGWBDsKCsXZq6lXl7zqIb4omvnQpf29-Q4/s1600/turkey1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678595907994185266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznQSvHXcIMKQkYINLB2ahdStpHRIYfCSPDzZSe9U3veSvL7G5oF72NaHvi9BVwSKoxCAmv7jcFGh3nkSEUMLVKISwPfcGkVJ_TXY09TUwYMlGWBDsKCsXZq6lXl7zqIb4omvnQpf29-Q4/s400/turkey1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Bread, apple, onion, fresh sage .... chopped by Alice and Elaine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiQCn4hiP6wwrU33ytWCKYBbrxXPkln8WX7q67rW28yA4ecCyBvh14HM8gOlD1GIbAY_EpeM_z2YA7NrU8fAv5GFXbH0f8Bgza2N4nzSMfXuhKIwfRqCv2k5HONN2VkSsvqzPAJx3cfwg/s1600/turkey2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678595904122741138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiQCn4hiP6wwrU33ytWCKYBbrxXPkln8WX7q67rW28yA4ecCyBvh14HM8gOlD1GIbAY_EpeM_z2YA7NrU8fAv5GFXbH0f8Bgza2N4nzSMfXuhKIwfRqCv2k5HONN2VkSsvqzPAJx3cfwg/s400/turkey2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Adding eggs and stock, then stuffing the bird --</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aPNoNHeEduF2BCaQFqRzVK_486jStaIS3-Bdj6r5-Q2w5OjzWbmLv3nC3w-4sZ845a1PvibAc0GMM83ikrDIfj8inuW_ZCcWfSMfEwwKG-Ej2BpWXpPbFEEwKIDqBGRcp0lArjtbD9RM/s1600/turkey5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678596748312006738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aPNoNHeEduF2BCaQFqRzVK_486jStaIS3-Bdj6r5-Q2w5OjzWbmLv3nC3w-4sZ845a1PvibAc0GMM83ikrDIfj8inuW_ZCcWfSMfEwwKG-Ej2BpWXpPbFEEwKIDqBGRcp0lArjtbD9RM/s400/turkey5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QJ-gpZwZLINuze4tmNVXh6KjADo_ObAWerqStIdZLUg0tRLlhy3VkzrxBPEhkwW0D1tEaMwzE8ioq77XXZF8qXzhYBW3L1wPpSxVTHwwF_mjVZkphCohhax-T7apZOpwCOoNedizQFD6/s1600/turkey3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678595884735288610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QJ-gpZwZLINuze4tmNVXh6KjADo_ObAWerqStIdZLUg0tRLlhy3VkzrxBPEhkwW0D1tEaMwzE8ioq77XXZF8qXzhYBW3L1wPpSxVTHwwF_mjVZkphCohhax-T7apZOpwCOoNedizQFD6/s400/turkey3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />More prep, and meanwhile:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOH2r2dqkNGWmkqdPxD0tuPHJnlkniAONdmysnH3q1uGpQX54Yqt8_HZxWLVNMrWQEmeE2r_AfmizMdHI1BT_FLnDklqaxSNgzQw19tBEC4IgMCJsQ0ZNc7C_N8lTD7fQ5DDVbhd8Kqc8c/s1600/turkey4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678595878539975794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOH2r2dqkNGWmkqdPxD0tuPHJnlkniAONdmysnH3q1uGpQX54Yqt8_HZxWLVNMrWQEmeE2r_AfmizMdHI1BT_FLnDklqaxSNgzQw19tBEC4IgMCJsQ0ZNc7C_N8lTD7fQ5DDVbhd8Kqc8c/s400/turkey4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" /></a>

Turkey Prep

Bread, apple, onion, fresh sage .... chopped by Alice and Elaine.Adding eggs and stock, then stuffing the bird --More prep, and meanwhile:…

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Thanksgiving Aprons

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf6oLg7TvNb6HHQS7Kx1mWY7b1F2tW_d_9cYquh4SwsYTglkz5R3EjQEseAL62jR5kv4iOnR4x1JUicZxH0ozo9evBXhtCyNNlyC54bfWFBceXrxTurEIZOnHq8LAZmxYw2TjxWe8w3z3/s1600/IMG_7973.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678564680005280370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf6oLg7TvNb6HHQS7Kx1mWY7b1F2tW_d_9cYquh4SwsYTglkz5R3EjQEseAL62jR5kv4iOnR4x1JUicZxH0ozo9evBXhtCyNNlyC54bfWFBceXrxTurEIZOnHq8LAZmxYw2TjxWe8w3z3/s400/IMG_7973.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a>Here we are: Elaine and I, starting on Thanksgiving Dinner at Aparna's house in our new aprons. Thank you, Kappu!

Thanksgiving Aprons

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Pumpkin Lasagna Recipe by Request

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5065947033/" title="pumpkin4298 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="pumpkin4298" height="180" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5065947033_04cbc243c8_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">PUMPKIN LASAGNA</span></span><br /><br />First prepare a medium-sized pumpkin by cutting it in eighths and removing stem, seeds, and stringy interior stuff. Bake the slices on a cookie sheet, skin down, at 350º until it's pretty soft and you can easily peel off the skin. Cut the peeled pieces into 1/2 inch chunks. You will need around 2 or 3 cups of pumpkin -- if you have extra, use it in soup or make it into a side-dish with another meal. The pumpkins in the photo are the two that ended up in my two recipes of lasagna. <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Ingredients</span><br />2-3 cups cooked pumpkin as described above.<br />2 or 3 onions, chopped and browned in butter or oil<br />Around 2/3 of a box of no-boil lasagna noodles<br />1 lb. of ricotta or farmer's cheese (ricotta makes a sweeter filling)<br />Optional: additional 1/2 cup of cottage cheese<br />Around 2-3 cups of shredded cheese that melts nicely (for the topping)<br />Sage-flavored white sauce (ingredients below)<br />Sage, basil, salt, and pepper to taste<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Method</span><br />Make the white sauce (see notes).<br /><br />Mix ricotta/farmer's cheese/cottage cheese with sage and basil.<br /><br />Brown the onions. Add sage, salt, pepper, and pumpkin and cook in the butter for a while longer.<br /><br />Generously coat a 9 by 13 inch baking pan with butter. Layer the ingredients as follows:<br /><ul><li>A layer of sauce</li><li>A single layer of noodles, touching each other and covering most or all of the surface and coated with more sauce. (Break noodles to make them fit if necessary.)</li><li>Half of the pumpkin-onion mixture evenly spread over the noodles.</li><li>Another layer of noodles covered with more sauce.</li><li>All of the ricotta/farmer's cheese/cottage cheese mixture spread evenly over noodles.</li><li>Another layer of noodles/sauce.</li><li>The rest of the pumpkin.</li><li>More sauce and noodles.</li><li>ALL the rest of the sauce and a bit more milk if needed.</li><li>The shredded cheese evenly spread over the top.</li></ul> After assembling the lasagna, be sure that all the noodles are in liquid sauce -- if not, add a bit of milk. Before putting it in the oven, let the assembled dish rest for around 20 minutes so that the noodles can begin to absorb the sauce.<br /><br />Cooking time at 400º -- 30 minutes covered with foil followed by 15 minutes uncovered -- enough to brown the cheese. After removing it from the oven, keep the dish at room temperature for around another 15 to 20 minutes so that the cheese and sauce all firm up. Otherwise you will have trouble cutting and serving nice squares (this is true for all lasagna).<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">NOTES</span><br /><ul><li>White sauce ingredients are: 2 -4 Tb butter (can omit butter if browning flour in non-stick pan), 1/3 cup flour, 4 cups milk, around 1 Tb. sage, salt & pepper. Should not be too thick. If you have never made white sauce, you need to look up the standard method of making a roux, adding hot milk, and simmering the sauce.<br /></li><li>To make onions brown better, add 1 tsp. of balsamic vinegar or a pinch of sugar.</li><li>The lasagna can be refrigerated after baking and reheated a day or two later.<br /></li><li>Obviously if you use browned flour only (no butter) in the white sauce, skim milk, non-fat ricotta or farmer's cheese, little butter or oil for browning the onions/pumpkin, and low-fat mozzarella for topping, you can make this an incredibly low-fat lasagna. I did not try making it low-fat.</li><li>I would NEVER use canned pumpkin for this!<br /></li></ul>

Pumpkin Lasagna Recipe by Request

PUMPKIN LASAGNAFirst prepare a medium-sized pumpkin by cutting it in eighths and removing stem, seeds, and stringy interior stuff. Bake the slices on a cookie sheet, skin down, at 350º until it's pretty soft and you can easily peel off the skin. Cut the peeled pieces into 1/2 inch chunks. You w…

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Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving dinner is served --<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5207532419/" title="dinner4612 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="dinner4612" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5207532419_0bc37c61cd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5208111102/" title="buffet4614 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="buffet4614" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5208111102_b21bcb8c3f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />The chefs:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5208111500/" title="gravy4586 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="gravy4586" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5208111500_f3bdc90a40.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Lenny making gravy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5208111238/" title="aparna4592 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="aparna4592" height="493" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5208111238_1f9d8a938e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Aparna whipping cream to top the pies. Foreground: spinach ready to saute.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5207514019/" title="carving4603 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="carving4603" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5207514019_86ea3c5b47.jpg" width="420" /></a><br />Larry carving the turkey.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5207514087/" title="elaine4604 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="elaine4604" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5207514087_85c34c4050.jpg" width="482" /></a><br />Elaine cleaning up.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/5208111624/" title="girls4595 by mesander2000, on Flickr"><img alt="girls4595" height="477" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5208111624_35706c1611.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />The girls playing.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving dinner is served --The chefs:Lenny making gravy.Aparna whipping cream to top the pies. Foreground: spinach ready to saute.Larry carving the turkey.Elaine cleaning up.The girls playing.…

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Happy Thanksgiving

We are all gathered in Pittsburgh, having traveled on dry roads -- some of us yesterday and others, the day before. The turkey cooks are working on the stuffing and stock. We had our traditional breakfast of chocolate cherry bread and cranberry pecan bread which we brought from Zingermans bakehouse (arriving there just one moment before the huge rush began yesterday morning).<br /><br />In other years, I have photographed the entire process of cooking dinner, eating each meal, and children playing, but this year I think I'll wait and publish a selection at the end of the day to avoid repeating myself. Eating the same ritual meals each year is great, but posting the same photos doesn't seem right.<br /><br />Happy thanksgiving to all!

Happy Thanksgiving

We are all gathered in Pittsburgh, having traveled on dry roads -- some of us yesterday and others, the day before. The turkey cooks are working on the stuffing and stock. We had our traditional breakfast of chocolate cherry bread and cranberry pecan bread which we brought from Zingermans bakehouse …

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