edible daydreams

hot wassail and scalloped oysters-cheddar pimento dip and cranberry ginger salsa-creamed brussel sprouts and devils on horseback-egg nog panna cotta and wild rice with rosemary and cashews-candied yams tucked under a gooey marshmallow blanket-sage and sausage stuffing and yes I love to add the gizzards-garlic mashed potatoes and green bean casserole covered in a heap of fried onions-spiced corn pudding and who cares about the turkey when you have all of this-puzzling and wiggly gelatinous lime-green casserole with olives, of all things, that my uncle insists we have every year because it is "just not a holiday without it"-pumpkin chiffon pie with cinnamon and clove cream-this is what I daydream about while I should be working-recipes to come.

Happy Thanksgiving, precious reader.