For those of you who are making Thanksgiving dinner

[foxfirefey]

What are you making! Regale us with your planned tasties.

For those of you who don't do Thanksgiving, is there a particular holiday meal you most look forward to?

Comments

[brewsternorth]

Oo, the spiced cranberries in port sounds intriguing. What sort of spices go into that?

[gramina]

It's what I think of as "the sweet winter spices" -- pretty much "to taste" (except it's really smell).

A bottle of port, a bunch? couple cups? of sugar, and cranberries such that they're about covered. (They'll float, but the pan should be fairly full.)

Let that start heating, since you'll want to cook it till the cranberries are done and all explodey. Add cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, allspice, or whatever of that general family of spices you like, till it smells good to you.

When the cranberries have pretty much popped, or at least are soft, pour out into a serving dish you can put in the fridge. Depending on the amount of pectin in the cranberries, this may turn out to be a jelly or a sauce. People who think they hate cranberries actually voluntarily eat it.

(My dad made this recipe. Procedure. Whatever.)

[cypher]

...Wow, that sounds delicious! I'm going to have to try that as an addition to our menu. Thank you for sharing!

[existence]

Oh, dude, totally trying that, yes. That sounds delicious, thank you for sharing.

[brewsternorth]

Oo, niiiice. That sounds just the thing.

[brewsternorth]

Commenting to add: I made a version of this to accompany Thanksgiving dinner (equal parts port and apple cider, since I didn't have that much sugar) and boy, it worked.