{"id":1494,"date":"2011-12-07T23:05:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T04:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skurtz.com\/2011\/12\/1494"},"modified":"2012-03-23T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T02:47:16","slug":"one-last-hurrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skurtz.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"One Last Hurrah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skurtz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111207-230507.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"20111207-230507.jpg\" \/>Operation Thanksgiving Leftovers was a huge success. The only thing I had to throw away were some mashed potatoes and turnips (which are secretly rutabagas) that didn\u2019t even come out all that great in the first place. The reason I\u2019m pleased is because the guest list for dinner dropped from 9 to 4 and I\u2019m not that good at adjusting quantities on recipes. So anyway, on to the real fun \u2013 Thumbprint Cookies. Typically, these are filled with jelly or jam or preserves or whatever, but I thought they\u2019d be a great vehicle for some leftover cranberry sauce. I was right. I pur\u00e9ed the sauce with a handheld immersion blender and it kinda whipped it up a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Thanksgiving Leftovers was a huge success. The only thing I had to throw away were some mashed potatoes and turnips (which are secretly rutabagas) that didn\u2019t even come out all that great in the first place. The reason I\u2019m pleased is because the guest list for dinner dropped from 9 to 4 and I\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[471],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cooking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skurtz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111207-230507.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2M8Ef-o6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1256,"url":"https:\/\/www.skurtz.com\/?p=1256","url_meta":{"origin":1494,"position":0},"title":"Cranberry Sauce","author":"skurtz","date":"11\/10\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Cranberry Sauce 1 cup water1 cup sugar12 oz cranberries Wash and pick over cranberries. In a saucepan bring to a boil water and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes or until cranberries burst.Remove from heat. 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