Two cans of Cream of Mushroom soup, celery, cider, two pounds of sausage with fennel — ah, it must be Thanksgiving. The above photo represents Bossy’s store list, which is partial, as it does not include pie ingredients for Bossy’s daughter.
For years which slipped inside decades, Bossy has been hosting Thanksgiving dinner for at least thirteen people at her house. Bossy insists upon this task and quite enjoys it, where enjoys it equals bring wine.
It’s not the cooking that stresses Bossy out, but the lack of space in Bossy’s shoebox diorama. In fact, furniture needs to be carried in and out of rooms as the Bossy family transitions from eating copious amounts of food around the coffee table to eating copious amounts of food around the dining room table.
And the kids, who are no longer kids but teenagers — there’s no room for them around the main table, so they are reduced, quite literally, to a hastily-carried low children’s drawing table with matching low chairs. The kids in Bossy’s family don’t so much eat Cholesterol Casserole as eat their knees.
Bossy can sum up the Bossy Thanksgiving experience in this way: Would it have killed the builder to enlarge some rooms?
Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you tell Bossy about your Thanksgiving experience? Or share with Bossy and her council those items on your Thanksgiving store list? Or tell Bossy what you’re preparing! In other words, write whatever Thanksgiving-ish thing you want!
And be sure to check back later today for the best Thanksgivingish things on the web.
And if you haven’t yet read this nice bedtime story about Bossy’s Dirty Little Thanksgiving Secret, click that link now!
–>Siblings and best friends are doing prime rib this year.
At my sister’s with her drunk in-laws, please help me!
Deliver meals for others Thursday. Party with friends on Friday.
(I’m secretly a little too pleased with myself that I split my entry into 2 sentences of 5 words each. So apparently it really IS the little things.)
Tradition: Macy’s parade watching, passing around appetizers, lots of fun!
No traditions. Boring family. Usually glad when it is over.
MIL is doing the hard work. We’re driving across town.
We’re in TX at this point, hiding from my family.
I should add that THIS YEAR we are not in Texas visiting my husbands lovely low drama not insane family. This makes me sad on a number of levels, the lowest of which is the fact that Texas has the most delicious food in the world and now I can’t eat it. sigh. Also, it’s not that my family is comprised of monsters it’s just that I like to spend as little time with them as possible….because they are batshit.
family insists pumpkin pie remain unchanged, vary other pie yearly.
Husband brines and grills turkey – challenging in 15 degree weather.
Finally back in lower 48. My mother’s food is heaven.
Booze. Brussel Sprouts. Butter. Try not to go beserk. Booze.
Big house, lots of room now, kids all live elsewhere.
Brining my turkey and using a few of PW’s recipes. Also have a few of my own that I throw in there.
Husband is making food no one will eat. Prefer pizza.
Oldest son more compassionate than I, can’t skip my Mom’s. (sigh)
Yay! No in-law’s house this year, they really like guns.
In Florida–guests can sit by pool & leave me alone (in kitchen.)
Lovely In-laws awesome garden harvest expertly prepared into lavish meal.
Niece’s 11th birthday. We’ll enjoy family, turkey, champagne and cake.
We bring our two families together. Please send more wine.
Kids and I cook. Missing oldest.daughter–first Thanksgiving away.
No Thanksgiving for Brits living in France – tragic, no?
Just us three this year- strangely exciting and no stress!
Open wine, cook big meal, eat, more wine, then dessert!
Daughter learning to cook-she’s thirty-good year to experiment
Happy Thanksgiving to Bossy gang and to all her council!
Thursday SHOPPING, Friday eating. Me? Corn pudding maker. YUM!
I know I commented on the 3 year old Bossy column.
Hope the Bossy family and crew have a great Turkey day. Warm or freezing in the USA this year I am GRATEFUL!
Mom hosts. Wine is plentiful. No one has complained yet!
Clean house all week because apparently normal clean not enough.
Can Bossy share with us the exact recipe for the cardiac cassarole?
After googling,I am not finding anything as simple w/ these ingredients.
I really want to make this.
32lb Turkey not cooked by me, stuffing, lots-a-lots-a-lots-a, wine, wine!!!!
the lots-lotsa is only 1 word, in my dictionary
Re-doing kitchen, everything in boxes, 22 people coming. Hold me.
my 4 year old’s birthday: chocolate cake and pumpkin pie!
#31 comment is not me. Wonder if it’s a spammer?
Forty plus people, two of everything, I love my family.
People dining on washer and dryer, but whole family together!
Not favorite holiday, too many ghosts and hurts. But: pie!
husband, kids, sister, take-out indian food, board games … perfect day!
We Mexican Italian Americans will order Chinese this year!
Contrary to accepted belief, Canadians DO have Thanksgiving!
Turkey/pumpkin pie.
Finally pregnant daughter-in-law! Nothing else matters!!! Happy day
Run 10K. Brunch. Watch DVDs. Drinks. Cooking. Dinner. Friends. YAY!
Waiting for son to be born. Hungry with no room.
Extremely boring. But building up the excitement for Christmas Day!
23 people, 1 backstabbing SIL to avoid, lots o alcohol
Sister visiting with her girls. Cook, eat, and shop! Lovely.
We’re celebrating Mom’s Second Annual Last Thanksgiving of Her Life.
hot crab dip – need i say more.
Brother & neice,Turkey Trotting to friends, booze, Pumpkin Gooey!
Oyster roast tonight, Booze. More food tomorrow. Booze. Playing Wii.
Day with family too stressful, so we stopped doing it.
Saturday, several rivers woods.New great nephew. Wine and football.
farm house, the solid frozen 28 lb turkey, forgiving guests
Playing yearly game of “will in-laws show up?” Tiresome…..
Heading to 17 degree mountain, but now have a KINDLE!
Over the river and through the woods to niece’s house..
50 – 100 family members coming – I have to bring rolls
Surrounded by almost everyone I love – it was lovely!
Lasagna, bracciole and pasta with my family and no in-laws!
At least the 100-foot fir-tree didn’t land on our house.
Generator power: 3 days. Husband choked on turkey. Do-overs, please.
Do-over: Sunday, cooking our own turkey, very simple favorites. Ahhh.
#35 Dharmamama, why oh why would your spammer/alter ego/#31 want the recipe? Very mysterious.
Now I’m imagining a robot happily cooking the cardiac casserole (after having bot-googled 5-billion recipes in 3 seconds to no avail.)
husband in hospital
forgetful Mama
odd, sad dinner
included bastard-brother-in-law
Off topic, but: I knew Bossy’s handwriting would be beautiful.