Be glad we only did two this year and not THREE (like last year). Yes, we love cranberry sauce that much. You see, Robin (lil' sis), likes the canned stuff. Yes, the jellied cranberry sauce straight from the can. Which, you can hereby come and collect my foodie credentials if I ever serve such a substance at our Thanksgiving table. Nope. So instead of shelling out the $1.67 (or whatever) to buy a can for her, I decided we need to make HOMEMADE canned cranberry sauce. For those interested, we used the recipe I *thought* I used last year for the jellied stuff, this one here. After one bite, however, we quickly realized it must have been a different recipe, since the sauce last year was flavorful and soft, far superior in flavor and texture to the canned stuff. This year it could have passed for Jell-O. Flavorless Jell-O. Thank goodness we made two kinds, otherwise we would have been very disappointed. Next year we'll surely try a different recipe for the homemade canned version. I

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