Everyone knows that the best part of Thanksgiving is the abundance of fixings and sides. Mashed potatoes, home-made stuffing, green bean casserole, that omni-present pot of rice, veggies, gravy-covered everything. Delsih. The second best thing, of course, is the leftover Thanksgiving sandwich you eat that night and in the ensuing days. All of which makes my breakfast choice even more disappointing: leftover butternut squash. It sounded like a good idea, even kicked it up with some extra butter and cinnamon. Sadly I learned the hard way that butternut squash can not stand alone. While a solid contributor to any epic culinary spread, it thoroughly shall remain a part of Thanksgiving’s supporting cast. It will give you solid D, dive for loose balls and even drain the occasional clutch 3. But you can’t build a franchise around butternut squash, nor can you start your day with it.

That’s it folks. I’ll be on hiatus for a while as this boy is westbound and outta sight for the next couple of days. Taking a trip to lovely San Francisco to visit my friend’s K & A, check out some higher learning, play with baby seals and chomp all the sour dough I can handle. Heck I might even check out one of those fancy bath houses that are all the rage. No Cal or bust!