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Cranberry Chutney and Other Thanksgiving Thoughts

Cranberry Chutney and Other Thanksgiving Thoughts

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  Thanksgiving has always been my favourite holiday.  I love it mostly because, year after year, it brings the entire family together for no other reasons than to celebrate being with each other and to eat good food.  My memory bank has a vast and varied number of Thanksgiving memories: the first year I made the meal entirely by myself with coaching from my mother over long distance phone lines from her home in Hawaii; the year I almost had…

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Did you come here for a pie, sir?

Did you come here for a pie, sir?

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While in college, our oldest son, Josh, was a musical theater major, and the favorite character he ever played was Sweeney Todd. And, as you might expect, since we started grinding meats for Charcutepalooza there have been many references in our house to the play, and the music, and even Johnny Depp has come up a couple of times… but I digress.   Now, to have the opportunity to make a meat pie!    I could almost feel the whoosh of the bodies sliding…

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