Thanksgiving menu

Honey Brined turkey or just a Brined Turkey Breast (recipes are very similar)
Duchess potatoes (Maybe use this recipe with less cream or something like this, although the Pommes de Terre Lorette also sounds lovely)
Dressing (How to Cook Everything - really good with lots of butter!)
Green bean casserole (family tradition)
Another veggie (maybe broccoli / cauliflower with cheese or Hollandaise Sauce using this recipe)
Rolls (something from KAF, either cookbook or website - maybe Golden Pull Apart Rolls)
Gravy
Cheese straws (request from #1; likely use the one from How To Cook Everything or the variation listed here which is slightly spicier, but I ilk the idea of the Italian herbs)
Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake, made in my mini pumpkin cheesecake pan (still trying to figure this one out - I think I want to do some as layers (half pumpkin / half plain) and some just as pumpkin and some just as plain cheesecake)
Cranberry sauce (I normally use this Cranberry-Raspberry Sauce recipe but might try this more straightforward Cranberry Sauce instead.



And as a side note, I made some thin crust pizza using a recipe on the KAF site that was very tasty!

It's cold outside! There's no kind of atmosphere. . .

Not really a post, just adding a few links that I haven't had time to research yet. . . .or in the case of the recipes, make. . . . .


A few more recipe links:


http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Montasio-Cheese-Crisps


(a rather dangerous site):

http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2010/10/pumpkin-pie-frosting.html

A cool link to a Google Doodle:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/les-paul-the-coolest-google-doodle-yet-is-picked-for-guitar-greats-96th/2011/06/09/AGWVysMH_blog.html


And a few swimming links:

http://www.articlesbase.com/videos/5min/172311372

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Swim-Butterfly-172311421

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Swim-Freestyle-172311399

Recipe:

Cornmeal Butter Crust
· 1 cup all-purpose flour
· 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
· 2 tablespoons sugar
· 1/4 teaspoon salt
· 7 teaspoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
· 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water

Instructions

1.     Mix flour, cornmeal, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add butter and pulse until incorporated. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time while pulsing, until ball forms. Remove and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill at least 30 minutes.

2.     Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 14-inch diameter round. Fit into a 9-inch pie pan, and crimp excess dough around the edges of the pan. Chill at least 15 minutes