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Pumpkin pie.

Cooks illustrated pumpkin pie

Pumpkin pie!

Pumpkin pie!

I once made the most delicious and perfect looking omelette in the history of omelettes. I beat up the last eggs we had and sauteed some onions and mushrooms and sprinkled some cheese. They looked and smelled amazing. I served it up and bit into it and realize that the mushrooms in the omelette were rancid.

Is dessert a side? Because holidays meals are all about the pies and cakes and cookies. But if I had to choose between normal sides and turkey, the sides win by a landslide.

There was just a post on The Kitchn for quince.

I've never had the fruit, just membrillo wich is excellent with cheese.

Empanada Gallega!

Here's a recipe. We always sweated the onions in lots of olive oil. We'd use the leftover oil to make a dough with flour, baking powder and some salt. We'd cover an oven rack with foil and use it as a pan. You spread half the dough on the rack and layer onions, soaked bacalao and roasted red peppers. Then cover with the rest of the dough, roll the edges and brush with some egg. Bake until golden.

It's great at room temp as a sandwich and you can replace the bacalao with canned tuna or any other meat you want.

Roasted duck (we don't like turkey)
Mashed yukon golds with roasted garlic and buttermilk
Cornbread stuffing with sausage
Brussel sprouts
Mushroom and green bean casserole with stone ground mustard
My first ever pumpkin pie

and possibly a chocolate dessert in case my pie is a failure

I always use Yukon Gold potatoes for mashed. I think about 1/3 # per person since there'll probably be other side dishes. You could always reheat them in a casserole dish with a bit of grated cheese on top for a yummy crust.

My brother is a raw foodie conservative and I'm a bacon cheeseburger eating liberal. I think studies like this are crap. People eat what they want to eat, I don't understand how your political ideologies will affect whether or not you like cilatro.

Fried mushrooms.

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