Meal No. 861: Thanksgiving Eve Frivolity

This year, the Thanksgiving Eve gathering is even bigger than tomorrow's Thanksgiving meal. It's been a tradition of the Roediger House for quite a few years to have a bunch of folks come over and have laughs and games and karaoke and whatnot on the night before Thanksgiving. It began as an excuse to get together while I'm trying to put in kitchen prep time for the holiday feast. Tonight, it just because a great reason to gather 'round food as well.

Munchables for pre-dinner:

Sausage Queso

Southwestern Dip

Dinner from the kamado grill:

Pit Pot Roast with Cajun Barbecue Sauce

Pit Pot Roast, Macaroni & Cheese, Green Bean Casserole

Best Potluck Macaroni & Cheese

Since the dining room is still a wreck, it took two tables for the crew in the kitchen.

And these delightful small slices of sugary flavorful goodness, that I always associate with the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, called scotcheroos:

Kamado Meal #22

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"Chunky Sausage Queso," in the Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook. Compiled and Edited by Jane E. Gentry, p. 23.

"Southwestern Dip," in Betty Crocker Monthly Recipes, December 2001.

"Pit Pot Roast" (p. 128-129) and "Creole Classic Barbecue Sauce" (p. 358). In Smoke & Spice, by Cheryl and Bill Jamison. Boston: The Harvard Common Press, 2003.

"Best Potluck Macaroni and Cheese," from Cook's Country, April/May 2007, p. 11.

"Green Bean Casserole," from Campbell's Kitchens.

"Chocolate-Butterscotch Scotcheroos," from the Rice Krispies cereal box.  I first noted and recorded this recipe in 1988.