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[quote=Anonymous]Like all experienced cooks I went through phases of being ambitious and attracted to intriguing and luxurious recipes aka Thomas Keller and so forth. Learned my lesson the hard way. You cannot replicate much of fine dining in a home kitchen for a variety of reasons. I remember the first time I used foie gras at home - the recipe called for lightly poaching it. It melted and turned into liquid. Who knows how much money went down the drain. Thanksgiving in particular calls for a very "plain" menu. You can only gussy up a turkey or stuffing or the brussels sprouts so much. It's only worth going to a certain level with a Thanksgiving meal. Chalk it up to experience, laugh at it, and move forward. You have Christmas coming up or if you don't celebrate Christmas, have a great New Year's dinner party![/quote]
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