Anticipation

One of my favorite parts of the holidays, as you know doubt have surmised, is the imagining and planning of them all, including fun family outings, special activities, and all the food.  In fact, planning the meals is often much better than cooking them (especially if it all goes haywire like last Thanksgiving.)  With that in mind, I'm already dreaming of Turkey Day and collecting new ideas, including this, which Gommie just emailed:

It's Gommie and Aunt Banana's Sweet Potato Souffle with crunchy topping made of corn flakes!  They've made it several times, I believe, but I never have.  Well, it's making the list--so far--this year.  Though, as I type this, I already miss the traditional yams with marshmallows.  Is this why we always had the exact same holiday meal for Thanksgiving and Christmas, Gommie?  Gives you more time to squeeze in everybody's must-haves.

Though Mama and I just decided that Christmas Dinner is going to have an English bent to it--roast beef, popovers, mincemeat pie, sticky toffee or treacle pudding.  What else would we need, Lambeth?  No goose.