Ann Morse of The Point makes a thoughtworthy, um, point:
You know, if women ran America, Thanksgiving would take place on Friday, and we'd have Thursday off to grocery shop, vacuum, iron the big white tablecloth, make cranberry sauce and pies, polish the silver, set the table, and make sure we had enough serving dishes to hold the vastly expanded menu items.
Seems reasonable to me. My share of the feast-load this year includes green beans with bacon and green onions, a sweet potato casserole, wild rice with cranberries and celery, and banana nut cornbread. And the wine, and the salads. But I'm not doing the turkey, and, because it's not at my place, I'm not responsible for any cleaning, serving, and whatnot.
And for that, I give thanks.
(Hat tip: Kathryn Jean Lopez at The Corner.)
Posted by Craig Ceely at November 27, 2008 03:05 PMI would have to agree! Thanksgiving is a lot of work, done correctly! This year we celebrated at someone else's house, which was far superior to spending 8 or so hours in preparation for a 1/2 hour meal.
I make a green bean casserole as well. Only with cheese sauce.
Posted by: Monica at November 28, 2008 08:17 AMMonica, I got lazy (I was doing laundry and housecleaning as well), so I didn't do an actual green bean casserole -- I just prepared the beans with the bacon and the onions. Although I did sneak in some cheeses at the end...
Didn't do the sweet potato casserole, either. But it was all good.
Posted by: Craig Ceely at November 28, 2008 01:35 PM