Anyone else here NOT having to cook for Thanksgiving?

[journey826]

Originally Posted by chloesMama

MY dh does the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners . I enjoy cooking , but my dh also likes to cook ....so if he wants to make the whole meal ...who am I to complain

mine too
but this year I think we will go out.don't feel like being with his/my family and the 2 oldest boys are at friends so me and hubby and my youngest son will wing it.
but on x-mas we will make up for it

[Darlin Beauxs]

Originally Posted by amandawash

My mother-in-law would probably rather stab her eyeballs out with a fork than ask me to make something!! Thank GOD she lives across the country

I LOVE homemade cranberry sauce, yummy! I bet your cooking is great and they are just jealous

As we always go to a member of my family's house for Thanksgiving, I never get any left-overs so my hubby went to the store and picked out the smallest turkey he could find (8lbs) so we are doing our own Thanksgiving on Friday, with just us and the babies Neither have ever made a turkey so we figure we'll experiment when it's just us! Any tips?

Get some of those reynolds wrap turkey bags, they really hold the juice in so the bird doesn't get too dry.

One more thing, if you use a meat thermometer, if it says done, take it out. Once I baked a hen and the thermometer read "done" on poultry, but it only cooked for 1/2 the time the package said it should for the weight. I went by the package, and the only thing edible on that shriveled up bird was the dark meat---oh those were the days!!!!

[robintaff]

Originally Posted by mkawczak

I'm going to my brothers. I'm in charge of the stuffing. It's my grandfathers oyster sausage stuffing. It's been handed down for generations. He has since passed away,but he taught me how to make it for the last few years he was alive. I hope they like it. It's very expensive to make,but I always make alot and then freeze the extra raw for Christmas/New Years.

OMG....My grandmother always made oyster dressing....she was from New Orleans. I'd love the recipe if you'd share....Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

[alishasmom]

I was a cook for seven years, and now hate it. I thought I wouln't have to cook this time. but just now, my husband anounced that he had invited his friends, and "forgot" to tell me