Sunday: Thanksgiving dinner

Andrea and I managed to convince some friends and coworkers to come over for Turkeyday on Sunday, so I was able to do a reasonably full production (stove problems aside, but that's a different story).

Things we made:

1. Squash soup (Hokkaido squash instead of butternut since I didn't find any nice looking butternuts at the market on Saturday; this is a nice squash because the skin is thin enough that you don't have to peel it when making a pureed soup... a great tip from the woman at the market)
2. Roast turkey (the usual, stuffed with apples, onions, and some celery greens)
3. Stuffing (mushrooms, onions, celery, garlic, sage, thyme, using a good loaf of lightly sour bread [Ruchbrot])
4. Gravy
5. Mashed potatoes
6. Sweet potatoes (cooked in the pan, a la Cooks Illustrated)
7. Glazed carrots
8. Roasted green beans (just like last year)
9. Beet salad (roasted beets marinated in sherry vinegar then tossed with olive oil)
   
10. Green salad (of course!)
11. Oranges with cream cheese (JPFF)
12. Caramelized walnut tart (FStoS, this thing is too sweet for me, but people who like sweets gave it high marks)

Oven problems aside, things went quite well.