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Tonight Mr. CE is cooking chicken marsala, which I love, but I'm slightly annoyed because today is the day our cleaning people are here and he is the messiest cook And in our house, the person who doesn't cook does the post-dinner clean up.

We're doing Thanksgiving with another "mixed" couple -- Canadian and American -- and we're hosting. The other day my Canadian husband told me he'd planned out the menu, which made me laugh. (Although Canada celebrates Thanksgiving (with poutine and nanimo bars, I think), Jewish Canadians typically don't because they celebrate Sukkot, which falls at roughly the same time.) Anyway, he did OK with the menu planning once I told him what special dishes were non-negotiable to me and the other American, who I've celebrated with more than a dozen times.

Appetizers:
* Charcuterie
* Herb-marinated feta (I know this arguably falls under charcuterie, but Mr. CE was very excited by the recipe)

Main:
* Turducken and gravy (our first turducken!). It's stuffed with a cornbread stuffing.
* Mashed potatoes
* Mushroom and chestnut stuffing
* Oyster casserole (one of the non-negotiable dishes for the two Americans)
* Roast brussels sprouts
* Maple glazed sweet potatoes
* Cranberry sauce

Dessert:
* The other couple is responsible for these, which likely means pumpkin pie and apple pie. We're having a planning call tonight.
* The other American has this awesome frozen cranberry "salad" recipe that is sometimes on the table with dinner but that I always save for dessert (since I hate pie) -- cranberries, apple, orange, walnuts and celery pureed and then folded into whipped cream and frozen. OMG.
* I may make a cranberry upside down cake or a cranberry tart. We'll see.