Thanksgiving menu

[magid]

• turkey (12 pounds, from Trader Joe's, no antibiotics, etc)
  
• endo- and exo-stuffing: 6-grain & pumpkin seed bread*, boozy apricots* and sage*, walnuts, caramelized onions*, sauteed white button and crimini mushrooms with fresh sage and onions*, semi-dried apricots*, eggs, ground sage
  
• cranberry relish: cranberries*, orange, sugar
  
• roasted root veg: onion*, beets*, parsnips*, and carrots*
  
• slices of baked sweet potato*
  
• dilly beans* (canned last summer)
  
• green salad: green and red lettuce*, vinegared strawberries*, 6-grain & pumpkin seed croutons*, strawberry vinaigrette (I made the strawberry vinegar this summer, and this might be the first time I'm really using it!)
  
• the whites: mashed rutabagas*, potatoes*, and turnips* with salt and some olive oil, topped with frizzled leeks*
  
• apricot* pies (one with cinnamon and cayenne in the crust, both courtesy of DAL)
  
• cranberry pie (courtesy Mom)
  
• pumpkin* pie (pumpkins from the last of the regular CSA distributions)
  
• crisp: boozy apples*, boozy pears*, apples*, apricots*, pecans, topped with a mixture of peanut flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, black pepper, and olive oil, plus a vanilla bean on top
  
• divers fruit liqueurs and perhaps the rumtopf
  * local