This year we made the same menu as we have for many years for Thanksgiving—I smoked the turkey, mashed potatoes, a variation on my wife’s family’s stuffing, braised Brussels sprouts and chestnuts, the cranberry sauce we’ve made for many years, rolls, pumpkin chiffon pie. Next year I’ll need to start earlier, making what I can in advance. My pain level was incredibly high, just about as high as I can tolerate it.
There were six of us. A dear friend who’s been sharing Thanksgiving with us for decades (she always brings her homemade cranberry bread) and two longtime friends we’ve known just as long.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
