What To Expect Hosting Thanksgiving

You need lots and lots of russets! A whole bag if need be

 

Yeah, I make more than that....and it is never enough mashed potatoes...i am lucky to have enough left overs of them for the left over T meal. I boil as many potatos as my biggest pot can hold.

 

Thanksgiving: Another dumb holiday that doubles as an excuse to be gluttonous/American. Yay!

 

You should be a motivational speaker. I do think gluttony is disgusting though. I usually eat portion sizes the same as my kids eat... I don't like food at all. I do like celebrations though.

 

or another excuse for pressed rat to be a big fat grinch.

thanksgiving is one of the better holidays imo. There is no ridiculous month long build up, you come together with people you love, you eat, drink, and be merry, and then its over.



I honestly wouldn't want to host one though. But mashed potatoes are super easy. What else are you thinking of making?

 

Yeah, I happen to make perfect pancakes this morning for my kids and I was proud of myself since I usually burn everything... then I happen to see a photo of a cornocopia, then I took a shower, and so then I started dream big, ya know... lol. My great thought while in the shower was, "Hey! I should make Thanksgiving dinner!" It was an exciting thought for a while and then I made this thread about it. But the excitement has really worn off since then...haha....

 

Hello,

ohhuuhhhm. Always remember, whatever happens, we still love you .

Regards
Gyro

 

So you have green bean casserole, mash and yams...with green salad and cheese crackers? It sounds like craziness on a plate! Although I've been invited to my first thanksgiving this year and the lovely host has asked us all to bring a dish each, I have asked a few people on here for ideas and have decided to go with the yams and marshmallow, this sounds a a very strange combo to me! Can't wait to try

 

Electric or gas oven, put a metal pan, stainless steel is best, on the bottom of the oven and fill it with water
keep it at least half full the whole time the turkey is cooking. It will prevent the turkey from drying out. Also, stuff the turkey with apples and oranges that have been cut in quarters and some rosemary. Cook it no lower than 300F for as long as it takes. Use a meat thermometer and shut the oven off when it reads 150F. It's a good idea to have the turkey sitting on a rack so it is elevated above the liquid in the pan. If you don't mind the extra work, cook the turkey breast side down for the first 3 hours, then flip it over and finish.

On the family front, I suggest the following......

• For the bitch sister-in-law/mother-in-law or even brother, make sure they get extra booze.
• For the relative that always puts you down with a smile on their face, Tabasco buried in the mashed potatoes.
• For the crazy family member who doesn't know your name or anyone else's, lots of extra desserts.
• For the borrowers in the family who never seem to pay back, paper plates.
• For the really cool out of town cousins who never seem to remember to bring any weed, I suggest the Hip Forums thread called "Schwag Can Happen To Anyone". Let 'em choke on stems.
• When buying wine, get a few bottles of really good shit, and then several bottles of crap that's in the sale cart with half a label. When you get home, pour the good stuff into a carafe, then pour the cheap stuff into the bottle for the good stuff. And put the good wine into the crappy bottle, screw on the cap and put it in the fridge.
• Get some Luwok coffee from Indonesia and make sure everyone in the family has some.
• While they're not looking, go out and get all their license plate numbers. Then go on an ice run, stop by a phone booth and call each in for a different observed crime, so they'll all have a story to tell next year about what happened after they trashed your place.
• Make sure everyone has "one for the road".
• Have at least 2 Go-Pro cameras hidden and going the whole time.

Get even my friends!!!
GJS

 

What to expect? People pigging out on turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and rolls and pumpkin pie. Women pretending they know something about football and the cousins throwing a nerf out back. Grandma fartin and grandpa getting too drunk. Indians and pilgrims I say

 

me doing all of the work all day long......then eating a little mainly the mashed potatos with au jus, wild rice and shitakes, asparagus, corn, cinammoned sweet potatoes......sliced in dimes, then put on cookie tray drizzled with olive oil and cinammon and baked....this way...no one has to eat a huge sweet potato on top of everything else......Pilsbury Dough boy dinner roll right out of the oven with a smack of butter melting and dripping all over it..........stuffing made with bread and celery and turkey seasoning.......a little of everything and then I am finished....
I wait and then clean up everything and start the dish washer rolling for round one of dishes...Usually there are two........and then......
I disappear quietly afterwards up to my room to lay down with something on the TV........I am gafiating.....getting away from it all.....for 2-3 hours, and hoping my full stomach feels better soon..... ...and then back downstairs for a slither of pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top and cidar......

 

dbl

 

Come on now, mashed potatoes are so easy to make.
I thought that was among the first things most people, including me, learn to make.

 

Now I want mashed potatoes.

 

My mashed potatoes are legendary (and most of my cooking )
But thanksgiving ?? I have no Idea what that is supposed to represent

 

^there's always Google

 

Tried that but google dont know
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

 

No I have changed My mind ! we should all have thanksgiving every Friday .
Me mam can come round , my brother who I only see at weddings and funerals we can all get drunk as skunks , bring Thanksgiving On I say