COVID-19 Check-In Thread Part IV

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Eek, well, hopefully blah-next-day symptoms will hold off until after any holiday observances you're planning. I got that out of the way last week, and am not expecting to do any more than have my aunt join us for a mid-day meal, but am up at 2am cooking things anyway because... uh... reasons... I guess. And insomnia, can't forget that. No matter how hard I try.

Not a huge lot of cooking mind you, just stuffing-from-a-box-plus-fresh-cranberries and the same plus some ground meat fried with mushrooms rather than the cranberries (pork, because ground turkey was US $8/lb and pork mostly tastes like what you season it with anyway, plus it doesn't induce nearly as much gas) that was going to be a meatloaf until I realized I didn't have any eggs on hand, so potatoes will just have to be baked (well, microwaved) and any cheese added to them or applied separately. I suppose it means I don't have to check on a meatloaf every hour or so until it's done, but still.

Pumpkin and apple pies are also waiting in the oven, and a tub of strawberries in the fridge. (Okay, half an apple pie at this point, but still enough for everyone to have a slice of it and two pumpkin if they wanted.) And this is just what I'm contributing, my aunt has the same tendency to make multiple large dishes despite only having the four of us (Her, my father and uncle, and myself) present for the occasional lunch visit, let alone with a feast-y holiday as an excuse.

So, we'll probably have a loaded table and several days of leftovers even without the hundred-plus-extended-family potlucks that used to be the standard around here, which is ruled out for obvious reasons this year as the last. We'll continue to say "no thanks" to another helping of super-spreader events, thanks all the same.