When I first moved here, I also made some sort of nod to our Canadian Thanksgiving, which takes place during the American Columbus Day holiday. Maybe I wouldn't exactly cook a turkey, but I'd remember our Thanksgiving and raise a festive Moosehead.
This year I don't even have time for beer, with increased demands at work and chauffeuring duties for children. But I did have time to imagine a pretty side dish, inspired by the colours in these gorgeous photos from October's Vogue. They're the ingredients for my butternut squash and cranberry dressing, with a dash of blueberry.
As gentle readers may note, I also grew up saying "dressing" instead of "stuffing"--and I like this distinction. I'd rather dress a turkey, and dress one's own self, rather than stuff them both.
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That redhead certainly is a pretty side dish-especially in those two frocks.
Thinking the same as a Canadian living in Minneapolis.
Love the Canadian traditions www.pinksiren.blogspot.com
Dress a turkey but stuff oneself.at thanksgiving that is.
That sounds like a delicious dressing -- as are the dresses, scrumptious! My daughter hosted the family this year, 14 at the table, my son-in-law cooking most of the meal. Theirs was a dressing cooked separate from the turkey, a bit of a travesty to me with its form separated from its function, but I had to concede its yummy factor was high, eh. . .
My family always said dressing, not stuffing, but we're Scots-Irish from the deepest south. Do you reckon it's a S-I thing?
Agreed: "dressing" probably is Scots-Irish--my maternal side came from Scotland and there's a musical Irish lilt that runs through PEIslanders' speech . . .
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