Lily von Schtoop reports she gets
her turkeys at Diemand Farm
in Wendell and says they're
well worth the 160-mile trip.
It's a cornucopia of Thanksgiving thoughts:
Mini will give thanks that her mother and dog were not at home when burglars broke into their house on Monday - and that their loud car and the dog barking apparently scared the robbers away when they came back from an errand.
Ian makes pies. The staff of the Somerville Journal buys theirs. Michelle makes cranberry sauce with dried cherries and mashed sweet potatoes with caramelized apples. Miss Diana makes stuffed peppers (filled with quinoa instead of meat). Kate makes way more stuff than you. Gnomi makes far less stuff than you. Eeka explains how to make a vegetarian-inclusive Thanksgiving
Hint: vegetarians eat more than lettuce. Just ask VeganYumYum, who makes candied lime sweet potatoes. Yvonne makes cranberry sauce - and reminds us to bring it to the table. T makes sweet potato pie.
Alyssa's husband might bake something:
... This is about the time of year when he gets intrigued by baking complicated stuff. I think it appeals to the scientist in him. His kitchen creations live somewhere between Good Eats and Mythbusters. I can only hope whatever he comes up with is delicious. And doesn't explode. ...
Rebecca makes plans to do some Midnight Madness shopping at the Wrentham outlet mall:
... Bundled in pajamas, (a.k.a sweats) and armed with endless amounts of Dunkin Donuts (because America "runs on Dunkins") we're going to shop shop shop. Stores open at midnight - and we're going full force until at least dawn. I plan on being home at 7, just in time for the kiddies to wake up and want to hang out. Eh, I work best on less sleep anyway. ...
Teddy Kokoros imagines Bill Belichick's Thanksgiving plan:
... The key to Thanksgiving is preparation. We just got to work and make sure the team is prepared because the turkey and stuffing combo is a tough opponent. If we keep focused on the preparation and take it one serving of food at a time we should be o.k. ...
Red gives thanks that the Red Sox re-signed Mike Lowell:
... I couldn't be happier because now I can relax and enjoy Thanksgiving dinner without sticking a fork in someone's neck during a heated argument about Miguel Cabrera. ...
Miss M agrees: It's a Thanksgiving miracle!
Tai Irwin gives thanks for the people who helped him write, produce and create.
Will Ng gives thanks for the company of good friends and family.
MenuPages Boston gives thanks for good Boston restaurants.
John gives thanks for Thanksgiving:
... How great is a holiday that is solely about spending time with family, watching a parade or a football game on tv, and eating copious amounts of food? I seriously think it's one of my favorite days of the year. ...
WBZ reports early-19th-century New Englanders were too busy getting soused on some sherry-laden apple thing to worry about turkey. Christopher Walton describes how to celebrate Thanksgiving Puritan-style.
The Outraged Liberal wonders why, if everybody knows Thanksgiving is the busiest travel time of the year, and it's been like that forever, airlines don't prepare for it better.
Tips for MIT nerds on surviving the holiday.
Susie discusses her first Thanksgiving as a single girl in six years.
Jim Sullivan reports that Ernie and the Automatics (i.e., Ernie "Come on Down" Boch Jr. and the Automatics) are doing a free show at the Hard Rock Cafe on Thanksgiving, starting at 7 p.m.
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