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So, lately, I have been obsessed with food. Reading transcripts of Good Eats on the Fan Page, watching every “Dear Food Network” Thanksgiving episode, reading all sorts of recipes for engineers… All in preparation for cooking my first Thanksgiving meal. But now, that’s all over. So how will I continue my food obsession? Why, by posting all of my Thanksgiving recipes here, of course!

But why would I post them now, as I write this, in December of 2008? That seems silly. I mean, writing them now makes sense – it’s all fresh in my mind. But posting them? Naw, I think I’ll hold on to these until November of 2009. So, as you read this, maybe you’ll be preparing for your Thanksgiving’s Official Day of Shopping, or TODS, as I called it. And maybe you’re wondering about other ideas. And maybe, just maybe, you’re as obsessed with food as I was in November of 2008, and are looking for as many recipes as possible, just to fill the addiction.

So, here we shall start, at part one of a many-part series, with a full listing of our Thanksgiving menu, 2008.

• Appetizers (provided by Kate)
  • Shrimp with cocktail sauce
  • Vegetable assortment with vegetable dip
  • Crackers, cheeses, and pepperoni
  • Chips and onion dip
• Broth-brined turkey
• Turkey neck gravy
• Stuffing two ways
• Squash’n'apples
• Garlic mashed potatoes
• Shallot spinach
• Buttered peas
• Thanksgiving rolls (provided by Sa)
• Pink apple sauce (provided by Sa)
• Cranberry sauce (provided by a can)
• Dessert
  • Pumpkin pie
  • Cran-a-pear pie
  • Chocolate cream pie
  • Banana cream pie
  • Vanilla whipped cream
• Beverages
  • Chianti
  • Riesling
  • Sam Adams
  • Coke
  • Mt. Dew
  • Ice Water

As the recipes or techniques are added, you’ll find them linked from this first post. I hope you are enjoying the planning of your Thanksgiving meal, and that you will have as much fun making it as I did.