In a new annual tradition, Geoff took your Thanksgiving (mostly) food related questions, answered them, and rambled quite a lot. Also touching on things like: safety in food preparation, anise, trends in ER visits around holidays, big hunking cuts of meats, historical notes in Greek cuisine, Skyline chili, probably insulting a bunch of nationalists by discussing food, the impact of salt when cooking, what to do with leftovers, where wine was invented, getting good value in wine, a reminder Cornell is a land grant, Missouri geography and viticulture, that Indiana has a state wine, when to travel for Thanksgiving, food as an expression of emotion and affection and openness as a society, and probably your question somewhere.