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You neeed to be carrying an Epi-pen and get a medical Alert tag or bracelet stating your allergies. A nut allergy is NOTHING to fool around with. The next reaction could be severe and cause anaphalactic shock. Respect your condition. Please. for your safety. xo C

@sailordave, definite facepalm. Even if I only saw r**ster, why didn't I think "roaster" first instead of the more unlikely rooster? Maybe because I think of it as a roastING chicken rather than a roastER, but that's not much of a defense. But yeah, it's funny.

If the reaction you get to peanuts (or other nuts, or any other food) involves swelling of the throat area it's critically important that you not try them at all in any fashion. Your airways could swell and you could have trouble breathing, which would be life-threatening and potentially fatal. (None of this "unless I'm willing to suffer the consequences" bit). I assume you've seen an allergist? It's possible you...

Um...I'm not sure what kind of medical experts we have around here, but I can offer the very little I know about peanuts. They're a legume (peas, beans, lentils, etc), not a nut. Peanut allergies can be extremely severe, with just peanut dust causing people to go into anaphylactic shock. *I don't know that the following is true...or just an urban legend* I remember learning somewhere that peanut allergies are much higher in...

My Thanksgiving was great. I took cranberry sauce and two pies: sour cream apple pie and a pumpkin pie . These are my first pies and my first homemade pie crusts (usually use store-bought for the occasional quiche), but they turned out great. The sour cream apple pie was the biggest hit though. A good meal plus good wine followed by a dip in the hot tub, then pie, makes for a pretty foolproof-good event.

Fried egg sandwiches with mayo and Tapatio hot sauce. Pasta, of any kind, preferably with lots of cheese Beans and chorizo with toast or my dad's corn tortillas Canned clam chowder with saltine crackers (Gross or not?)

I cooked my 14 lb. turducken in an oven bag, which worked great, except this inadvertently reduced the roasting time from 5 hours to 3-1/2 hours, so I had to hold it at 200°F for almost two hours until all my guets arrived. It was still juicy and flavorful, a sucess. All my sides came out well, especially the potato leek soup w/pancetta, the maple & bacon braised collard greens, the cane syrup & pecan roasted sweet potatoes, the...

Cybercita has posted her oft requested pumpkin spice bundt cake at the end of the pumpkin-way, no way thread. Sounds delicious, check it out.

@pooroldmama peanuts did originate in the Americas and were taken from Brazil to Africa by the Portuguese.

@tapioca--You are correct. Thank goodness the Portuguese brought them over because it was a good snack when I was in Ghana and hungry much of the time!!!!