I was not going to do turkey, but won a free one - so yay?

I'm thinking of cutting the turkey up before cooking. Nobody in my family cares about seeing a big "display" turkey, and from what I understand it will brown more evenly and be juicier cut up first. (At least several chefs say that.) Also I think it will make cleanup easier. More work up front in cutting up the raw turkey, but I have one really good large knife. If this really results in better turkey, plus less cleanup I think it will be worth it. But have I assessed what I'm losing and what I'm gaining properly? Thoughts?

Hmm, I need a sausage stuffing recipe.

And I have no idea on cooking a pre-cut turkey. I also just realized that I have no idea on how to cut a cooked whole turkey either. Which will be fun.

I am honestly mostly into the whole dinner as a pathway to making an enormous amount of stock.

I'm having trouble figuring out what can be chopped now and kept until being assembled closer to the date, how far out things can be assembled. Going to a concert Wednesday night i seemed like no problem when I bought the tickets...

I love the fact that we go to a buffet for Thanksgiving. My kitchen is not amenable to involved cooking.

I'm having trouble figuring out what can be chopped now and kept until being assembled closer to the date, how far out things can be assembled.

Buzzfeed has you covered for the basics.

I've struggled with plans for T-Day due to some family uncertainty. A couple of days ago, one of his ARP buddies invited us to a potluck T-Day and it looks like that is what we are going to do.

But I asked what we should bring and was told "food". So, I figure a pie and something...just not sure what that something should be.

Something you like to eat, in case the other potluck offerings are sketchy.

CJ just added "meat" to the "food", so I'll bring a ham, I think.

I've always just made the sausage stuffing without a recipe. Hrm.

Just went online and ordered a turkey dinner from Gelsons. I am too frazzled to actually cook the whole dang meal from scratch. It's hard enough work making all the dang sides, including the sausage stuffing.

I was going to kinda wing it. Make some cornbread, get it kinda dry, cook a bit of veggies, cook some sausage, add about twice as much sage as people recommend, throw it all together with some stock and cook it. Does an egg go in there?

I really can't believe people trust me to cook. I do promise not to totally wing the turkey.