BRANDIED MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Brandied Peach Sauce: Combine ingredients in a bowl, blending well. Makes about 3 cups. Meatballs: Blend first 10 ingredients in a bowl. Shape mixture into 1- to 1 1/2-inch balls. In a large heavy skillet, brown meatballs in hot oil. Remove with slotted spoon, set aside; keep warm. Reduce heat, blend Brandied Peach Sauce into meat drippings, and simmer 10 minutes. Add meatballs to sauce and coat thoroughly. Cover and simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour. If necessary, add cornstarch mixture to sauce, stirring constantly, and cook on low heat until thickened. Transfer to a chafing dish for buffet service. Garnish with canned sliced peaches. Fun Fact: Although the first feast of thanksgiving took place at Plymouth Rock in 1622, a collective prayer of thanksgiving was held in the Virginia Colony on December 4, 1619, near the current site of Berkeley Plantation, marking the first Thanksgiving in North America. Thanksgiving Day is now an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. In 1939, President Roosevelt set the date for Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of November (approved by Congress in 1941).