Beginning the climb to the summit of Everest (Thanksgiving Dinner)

Alright, it's time to face your fears - Thanksgiving is coming up and you've never made dinner before. OK bunkie, let's walk through the whole thing. I promise you with a little help, it's going to be OK.

We'll start with something easy and work our way up. Cranberry Sauce. Yes, you could buy it in the store but this taste better and if you have to bring something with you to someone else's dinner, you an offer to make this (and hold your head high.)

Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients:

* 2 cup sugar
* 2 cup orange juice
* 2 12-ounce package Fresh Cranberries
* 1 Peeled skin of a navel orange

Tools

* sharp utility knife
* cutting board
* peeler
* 1 large heavy bottom large saucepan
* 1 wooden (or metal) spoon
* measuring cup


Directions:

Peel the skin of a navel orange. Try not to get any of the white pith. Begin telling yourself Groucho Marx jokes. Start with how you shot an elephant in your pajamas. Sing, "Hooray for Captain Spaudling." Stop when you family tells you to pipe down. Cut the peels into a small dice size.

Combine sugar and juice in a large saucepan. Bring to boil (stir occasionally - remember, hot sugar - hot lava.) Add cranberries and diced peel, return to boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. The cranberries are going to pop and possibly splatter. Remember all the curses you know in foreign languages (it the perfect use for them when you get burnt.) This puppy is going to boil up at some point, stir until it subsides.

Cover and cool completely at room temperature. Pour into a clean mason jar (the spaghetti sauce size jar.)

Remember if you bring this to someone's house, remind everyone that you made this - it's not store bought.


More to come.