This is the first time in several years that I'm not cooking Thanksgiving dinner, and it's making me craaaaaaaaaazy. We're going to DH's aunt's house, and she's a fantastic cook, but I don't know how she does her turkey, what kind of stuffing she makes, what kinds of sides there are going to be...it's going to be all different and weird and so I'm bringing 2 sides and 2 nibbly things and maybe more if I have the time.
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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WHERE DID THE MONTH GO!?
T-day is early this year.
I'm going to the mountains for T-day, where someone else will be cooking, but I'll probably bake a few pies to bring--since I don't trust anyone else's pie crusts.
Brining is the way, but you need a Really Big Pot.
I got 86.1% Correct.
The second I started it, someone walked in and is carrying on a loud conversation in the back of the suite. So I only got a 75%. I'll have to try it again later.
I'm not as desperately sleepy this morning as I was yesterday, but there's still room for improvement.
she's a fantastic cook, but I don't know how she does her turkey, what kind of stuffing she makes, what kinds of sides there are going to be...it's going to be all different and weird
Thanksgiving can be as emotionally fraught as any other holiday, don't let anybody tell you different.
We're going to DH's aunt's house, and she's a fantastic cook, but I don't know how she does her turkey, what kind of stuffing she makes, what kinds of sides there are going to be...it's going to be all different and weird and so I'm bringing 2 sides and 2 nibbly things and maybe more if I have the time.
On behalf of your aunt-in-law, may I suggest that you not bring more stuff than you've discussed with her? People in my family love to do this, and it just ends up being a pain in the ass and too much food.
I can't get the tone-deaf test to work! Aaah!
It's not part of everyone's Thanksgiving tradition to have too much food? In our family, it usually goes that we're trying to prevent my grandmother from doing too much work, since she is 80+ and her eyesight is failing. And then we arrive, and she's made two or three side dishes "just in case".
There's too much food, and then there's Too Much Food. We have at least two matriarchs, each of whom commits to one thing, and then brings three or more. We've had as many pies as people, some years.