Recipes and Traditions for Thanksgiving

Here's one that struck me as pleasantly idiosyncratic--Parker for Thanksgiving.

Skillet Green Bean Casserole--not the glop from a can.

Thomas Pynchon's Banana Breakfast  (go to the root and get all the recipes from yesterday plus Eggs a la Nabacoque.

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  1. Indian Restaurant FanNovember 25, 2010 at 4:51 AM

    Thank you for posting the recipe,the recipe sounds great so I may just have to try it tomorrow.

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