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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hi, Bluesky! If you already have a dressing recipe that’s your “if I don’t have my grandma’s dressing I’ll die” thanksgiving requirement, you should make that one and have a great Thursday.

If you don’t have one, now you have mine, with duck fat and focaccia. With all my heart, I hope you enjoy it.

A casserole dish of Thanksgiving dressing made with duck fat and focaccia

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Are you sick of Thanksgiving advice yet? Here's some more of it.

- The thing your spread is lacking is acid. Make a punchy green sauce of your choosing (chermoula, gremolata, salsa verde, whatever your favorite combination of fresh leafy herbs is) and put it on everything.
- Add a splash of sherry vinegar to your gravy right before serving. Acid!
- Make your own stock. Store-bought is a fine weeknight stand-in, but you're better than that here.

And now we're going to talk about dressing. This is a multi-day ordeal, and if you're already thinking "I'm not doing that", that's totally fine, it's 2024 and if you're done you're done.

But if you're us, which is "people who need a really elaborate project to make themselves feel anything", great! Let's make focaccia.

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Tuesday night, start Samin Nosrat's Ligurian Focaccia recipe. Yes, you're going to make focaccia. Great news: it's to make into cubes for stuffing, so who cares if you've been making focaccia for fifteen years and can't shape a loaf for shit?

Her recipe is perfect so we won't waste more precious characters here. Bake the focaccia Wednesday. Eat like half of it; you deserve a treat.

Now we're to Thursday. Set the oven to 350. Cube up the focaccia you didn't eat in chunks as big as you like 'em for your stuffing. Bake the cubes for ten minutes or so to dry 'em out. Pull when crunchy.

You need a leg of duck confit. Homemade if ya nasty, store-bought if you're now in "bitch I already made focaccia" territory. Crisp up the leg of duck confit in a skillet. Add a stick of butter and melt it.

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In that resulting duck fat/butter, you're gonna soften 2.5c onion and 1.5c celery.

Now in a big-ass bowl you're going to combine:
- The now-toasted focaccia (like 10c if you're measuring)
- That onion/celery combo
- Shred that duck leg
- 1/2c parsley
- 2T sage
- 1T rosemary
- 1T thyme
- 2T salt
- Healthy cracks of black pepper
- 2.5c broth (again, homemade preferably but love yourself
- 2 eggs

Pour into a 9x13 casserole and cover. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes covered, then uncover it and give it an extra 40.

Happy thanksgiving! Don't fuck up your turkey.

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 4h

I know you do but I want to make sure you know that you’re correct

Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 8h

Just spent $13.99 for one pound of ground beef for those of you unaware of why SNAP benefits being cut matters.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 13h

My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie

"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family

"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 13h

I grew up in a Greek family. Every woman older than me is an auntie or a godmother. By the way that family was my stepdad’s, who hasn’t been married to my mom for 23 years. I called them all the same shit at a family reunion last month. Do you people go outside

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

My Post headline

Mamdani didn’t tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing ‘aunt’ who feared for safety post-9/11

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

my friends’ kids call me aunt but i’m not related by blood someone alert the authorities

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 16h

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18h

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 1d

if you’re in line to pitch, STAY IN LINE

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 1d

ha ha is jen making a funny joke SHE ISN’T

A screenshot of flight times showing a delayed flight landing at 6:16p, when this baseball game was merely in I don’t care the fourth inning or something

Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 1d

I was in Reno when this game started

I’ve been at the bar in San Francisco for over three hours

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 1d

Cannot communicate what a nightmare we have found domestic travel to be this week. Four separate flights between husband and I, shortest delay has been ~2 hours.

For a 25 minute flight.

Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 1d

I’m reasonably confident that the female body was the gifts but I’m gonna be real honest that thirty years later I’ll admit I never really grasped the concept of the promises

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The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · 1d

If Sun-, Mon-, or Tues- the -day do be,

The game is on Peacock or perhaps N- and/or ABC;

If Wednesday has come round again,

'Tis wise to check ESPN;

Yet if it be long weekend time,

Search Disney's sports verticals, but first try searching Prime

Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 1d

Posting again as a public service (and because I can't freakin' remember either):

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 1d

My parents rented a video from the library to show me but they decided to vet it first, and it embarrassed them so much they decided to shitcan the whole process and leave me to my 5th grade catholic school education with a workbook titled “Gifts and Promises”.

jessica BONEStown @midnightmasseffect.bsky.social · May 16

did anyones parents *actually* talk to them about sex?

its been a plot point in like every TV show and movie about raising kids for like centuries at this point but does it actually happen?

i think "the birds and the bees" speech is entirely a ficticious construct

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 2d

✅ bartender recommended a cocktail to me and I told her I was allergic to grapefruit to make sure there was none in there, guess what she remembered was batched after I already drank it (I’m fine)

Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 2d

Reno update, something like 50 hours in:

✅ smoke permanently in hair
✅ smoke permanently in eyes
✅ watched man get kicked out of two separate casino bars in same afternoon
☑️ consumed steak

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 2d

Cam Skattebo can have my ankle

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Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 2d

son of a bitch I’m sexy jonas brothers at the world series

lacey, infested with bears @byelacey.bsky.social · Sep 23

bringing back my most viral tweet for spooky season

Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 4d

It’s so gorgeous! The patio is like a crazy autumnal wonderland!

Jen Watson @jwatson.bsky.social · 4d

If you live in the Bay Area, come see us. You cannot understand how beautiful this is in person.

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14 Years of ‘Fall Day’: Creating Autumnal Whimsy in San Francisco

Why a Fall-obsessed East Coast transplant created a cozy tradition — and how a neighborhood bar made it iconic

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 4d

sincerity, decency, and humanity are desirable, commendable traits in a public servant. don't let cynical assholes tell you it's too much to expect of those who seek to represent you.

character matters. that's leadership.

Mayor of Halloween Town @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d

Mamdani: "And while I appreciate all who have rushed to my defense over the past few days, I think of those Muslims in this city who do not have the luxury of being the Democratic nominee, who do not have the luxury of being deemed worthy of solidarity."

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

I wouldnt rule out National Guard in Oakland because Trump hates Black women and there's no way Barbara Lee can politely dissuade him from invading like Lurie can. Fingers crossed tho Trump thinks Lurie is the mayor of the entire Bay Area.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 5d

"oh I wrote those comments a long time ago when I was in a different place" I'm thirty nine years old do you know what I call a sweater I got in 2021? "my new sweater."

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 5d

feeling a lot of grief right now. but not like regular grief—grief i thought of, that is better. something brand new, really special. i call it nu-grief

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.

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