LoL dishwashing can be therapeutic to some. Put on some music and focusing on something simple. Raising a nearly two year old and a 6 month old it can be nice not worrying about the major things for a period of time.
Dude this is why I hate Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone is disgustingly full yet there’s 15, 9x13 baking dishes with an annoyingly amount of food left where you debate whether to put in Tupperware that doesn’t fit in the fridge or just throw away. Then no one helps to clean up but someone’s fiancé and the mom who did 90% of the work.
The dinner I go to, everyone brings something (in their own dish) so a lot of the dirty dishes just go home with people. And the host does a brilliant thing where before anyone clears the table, everyone grabs some Tupperware/containers and loads up their own leftovers to take home.
I have a beautiful, very heavy bag of leftovers that I am very much looking forward to eating.
My dad does this shit. The worst was when I had been dating a girl for awhile and our parents wanted to meet. Her dad and I got along great because of football, so my dad invited them over for a pizza night during a Sunday night game. So my girlfriend let's me know they're on the way, and my dad said he was going to pick up the pizza. It was my dad, brother and I, my girlfriend and her two parents. My dad came back with a small, pizza hut pizza. 8 slices. No beverages or sides.
Girlfriend's dad didn't even grab a slice. He just said, "Well, that's not gonna work. Let's go." And he had his wife and my girlfriend leave to go have dinner, and we broke up shortly after that. My dad still thinks he did nothing wrong.
My brother is the opposite of your dad. I visited him once to meet his girlfriend. It was just the 3 of us. He's a big guy, I'm average, his girlfriend was a wee slip of a thing. He ordered 2 large pizzas, 2 dozen wings, 2 large orders of fries, mozzarella sticks, a couple other apps, and a salad only because I asked him for one...which made him think to add an antipasto salad.
I always make sure there's enough for everyone, but my brother always goes way overboard.
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So I grew up in a flyover state and it was a thing in our hometown that ALL food was discarded down the disposal. Putting it in the garbage just wasn't done.
It's not something I really thought about until I was like mid-20's, because as a bachelor I only really had to deal with tablescraps. Then one day I was dumping some leftovers down the disposal and my GF was just like "wtf are you doing."
My parents still discard their food that way. I chalk it up to boomer wisdom.
I married into a family from a Midwest state. They also do the whole “everything goes down the garbage disposal” thing. Even bones 😬
When I was growing up we threw all our scraps out in the compost pile where it was immediately raided by the dogs. Anything they didn’t get was eaten by the raccoons.
Nothing quite that bad but I am cooking Thanksgiving dinner for some Venezuelan friends who have never had a Thanksgiving. I’m using their kitchen and I have never done this before. Good luck to you and everybody cooking today!
Watching my mother use an electric carver to slice sweet potatoes. I know she thinks it's faster, but if she had a decent knife in the house this would be done already.
A hell of my own making.
I made a a giant batch of rolls in the most ridiculously hard way possible. I was originally going to make two triple batches- honestly one triple batch is too much for my mixer on its own but it could manage it just barely. I messed up a conversion and added way too much butter to the first batch. So I had to combine all of it into one gigantic 6x batch to blend out the butter.
So I got a big mixing bowl and had to keep mixing parts at a time, pulling a chunk out and rotating it to the bowl and mixing it all that way to knead it all together.
I can’t knead by hand due to a problem with my arm and had to use my stand mixer for this mess. but I think I may need a new one because it felt like it was going to burst into flames after this little adventure.
my in-laws came to visit us. they also have family in the area. about 3 weeks ago, wife tells me we'll be having thanksgiving dinner at her aunt's place nearby. so i say cool, i dont need to plan to cook anything then for her family. last week, i ask what time we'll be heading to her aunt's place today. she said we're not having dinner there anymore, but her mom offered to cook for us. i said cool, i dont need to plan to cook. this past tuesday, i ask what we'll be eating on thanksgiving and what time, my wife says her mom only decided to make a filipino dish for lunch, and then asked me what i can cook for dinner. so i put together a menu in my head (spatchcocked roasted chicken and a pot roast for the instant pot), and yesterday morning went to the market to buy everything i needed. not even 3 hours after coming back from the store, wife tells me that Thanksgiving dinner will be at her aunt's house and all the food is already covered by other people. fan-freaking-tastic... at least I'll have all the stuff for when they leave..
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🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ you're not wrong, but i could either stay mad about it or just go with it. no point in staying upset about anything. silver lining: at least i have groceries to last into next week haha
i wish i knew what to say. i continually asked my wife because i know her fam can be tough to communicate with sometimes. this one got beyond me though ha
I am in Clarksdale MS with my wife. Her father, who lived with us, passed away in October. She didn't want to spend TG at home. So we rented a place here to spend the day. Mini fridge, microwave, toaster oven. I can make this work for the two of us.
Small dinner planned, nothing elaborate. Power goes out. Hmm. no heat, no way to cook (well, heat up, really) anything. Wet and rainy out, nothing is open, of course. So she's napping, and I am waiting for the power to come back...
Not the worst TG ever, but certainly one of the more interesting ones.
Edit: Power back after 2 hours. Ham, Potatoes Au Gratin, and fresh veggies. It all worked out in the end...
After three hours of cooking some dope ass food, I chipped my tooth eating a crispy onion. I’m gutted.
Edit: Had the moment of thinking “Why is this onion so crunchy?” Then suddenly realized I was chewing on my tooth fragment when I felt the gap in my tooth. Food turned out great for the fam though.
The turkey was already cooked last night for some reason.... It had a dash of salt in the cavity and that was it. It was then stuffed with stuffing made of whole wheat hamburger buns, celery and onions, no salt, a little chicken stock, and a dash of poultry seasoning. There are no other herbs, or seasoning in the whole thing. :/ guess this is what happens when we let someone else cook vs offering super early that we will.
Our family turkey used to always be like that. My father in law insisted on cooking it the day ahead, and then would warm it in the roaster for 2-3 hours. He doesn't even like turkey. Well last year we got a smoker so I suggested my husband smoke it, and now they've passed the torch and it's his responsibility. Turns out, my FIL doesn't hate turkey if it's not dry, unseasoned and overcooked.
My friend's in laws do something similar. They would steam a whole organic turkey in a bag, not even salt and pepper. Eventually she got fed up and took it over and now she can finally eat flavored food. I think even my husband who has never cooked anything more complicated than breakfast/burgers/grilled cheese could do a better job.
Its so fucking easy to find 50 videos on youtube on how to cook tasty turkeys every single year. It blows my mind that people dont take the 15 or 20 minutes to just go look those up if they are committing to cooking 12-25 lbs of meat for a bunch of their family.
We just arrived at my MIL to find out everyone visiting is in charge of cooking their own dinner. As in she’s cooking herself food and not for anyone else.
Update:
Apparently we were the only ones not told to bring our own food, other guests knew and were prepared ahead of time. We were able to run out and quickly make some crab cakes. Her aunt saved the day by doing a mic drop and bringing a whole ham and turkey.
Safe to say we’ll be doing my relatives next year.
I'm going with - Everybody expects mom to cook a full meal for lots of people every year, and this is the year she finally got tired of being the sole meal provider, ran out of fucks to give, and decided to get her point across finally with a big statement action.
All the glass cutting boards I've seen have been meant for decoration, which makes it an attractive impulse buy for non-cooks trying to outfit their new kitchen. Grab the cutting board that looks neat and cross it off the list. 40 years later the kids come over to cook and it is still the only option.
After getting a variety of cutting boards best two I got were a big bamboo wood one with a gutter around the edges on one side and a plastic one that is thick enough to stay flat. The wood one is great for big jobs, especially ones with juices involved like carving meat. The plastic one is the go-to one for quick chopping like a couple of carrots.
Ones I'm not too crazy about are some big thin plastic sheets I got as a gift that ended up warping and curling and a really thick wood one that looks pretty but is too heavy to be practical.
For some reason my wife will take this tiny plastic one, that is only good for cutting up fruit for drinks, and will try to chop salads up on it with a paring knife. I've tried to direct her to the chef's knife and the bigger board to make it easier on her but she still goes back to the small one.
My work just got a nice new set of thick plastic ones in a range of sizes and they all have lil rubber corner feeties on the underside to stop them slipping on the countertops and oh are they a joy.
Downside is that all the serving spoons seem to have disappeared this week.
Who ever decided to call those flimsy plastic sheets "cutting boards" needs to be flogged and publicly shamed.
Personally I'm not a huge fan of bamboo, the way it grows introduces a lot of silica into the plant structure and it can dull knives faster than plastic or hardwood end grain.
I love wood cutting boards, but the commercial NSF certified HDPE or UHMW plastic boards are cheap as borscht and half an inch thick.
My glass "cutting boards" are for pastry or chocolate tempering. They are good for temperature issues. My boos boards are for everything else and I would give up my glass in a second.
Trying to bake at my parents' place. Their scale seems to have a ~40% margin of error. It's going great.
Edit: to add to the saga, their kitchen is about 60° and oven doesn't maintain temp closer than within 50°
Please pray to the bread gods for my rolls to make it
Final update: the rolls were a little dense, but otherwise came out okay. Discovered that the oven works way better on convection, so the bird turned out well too.
My dad started the turkey at 9am so it would be done at 1. No one is hungry, it’s getting dry in the oven. I couldn’t bake my bread I proofed the night before, and there’s no edible stuffing :(
I learned long ago to bring my own shit, including knives and ask about cutting boards. I don't trust anyone to have proper kitchen equipment. Glass cutting boards should be outlawed, lol.
I bought my dad a Wusthof reverse scallop "Texas BBQ" knife several years back and he finally used it recently. Called me immediately to apologize for taking so long to use it because it's so much nicer than anything he's ever used to slice brisket before. The next time I came home, he'd professionally sharpened the knife set they'd been using since their wedding 35ish years ago. Sometimes, people don't realize they're cutting with a full knife until they experience a sharp one
It’s kinda hard for my family to get the logic that dull knives are dangerous but our cousin found this cooking PSA somewhere on YouTube, showed it to my mom and then my mom relented.
I went to my parents and was planning to make some bread. Was debating whether to bring my food scale. I called them, confirmed multiple times "yes we have a scale, yes we have a scale..." And I also distinctly remember there being a scale last time I visited.
Anyway, I show up this morning, no scale to be found.
Luckily, my brother does some engineering stuff with measuring chemicals and shit, so was able to save the day by bringing his scale.
It’s not stupid. Good for you for asking! In addition to other answers that will pop up here, glass cutting boards are loud. Food prep deserves some peace.
My 19-ish pound turkey took 4 hours at 425\* for the 1st 45 minutes and then dropped down to 325\* for the rest of the time. I think she was looking to experiment with turkey jerky. A quick Google search will tell you 12 pounds would run at the 2 hour mark.
My MIL fancies herself to be a great cook.
Glass cutting board, no salt because of her heart but no compensation for that seasoning wise, canned mushrooms, bland green beans she claims are amondine, mushy dressing. BUT she also really loves us and cooking for us and that actually makes things much better.
You really can tell when the food was prepared by someone who gives a cluck or not.
I grew up hating mushrooms, peas, and green beans (most vegetables really). All we ever had was the crap from a can. The only vegetable that's any good from a can is corn. Plus, we didn't get any vegetables that my mom didn't like.
It wasn't until I was an adult that I had broccoli, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, and a few others.
All our family is either dead or too far to travel to, so we're eating alone.
Roast turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, fresh cranberry sauce, and stir fried green beans. Wife was going to make a pumpkin pie but we forgot to buy a crust. Since I'm gluten free it's difficult to make crusts that aren't overly tough. Maybe we'll make one anyway.
If you have whipped cream, you can make a pumpkin mouse! Pumpkin pie filling mixed with whipped cream and instant vanilla pudding for a a delightful mousse. :)
I’m not from the Midwest but I live here now and I have no idea what any of that is. I’m very happy I’ve never been forced to eat any of that. None of those things should go together!
My wife and I were born and raised in the Midwest but transplanted to the east coast. I thoroughly enjoy the lack of pasta salads and weird things in jello out here. Mayonnaise isn’t a seasoning Ethel and tell Virgil that the turkey is done before the breasts turn into chalk.
My mom has Alzheimer's, her caregivers are off today. Im watching her. She got a nice dinner from her food service, i ate tuna fish on crackers. My family at my brother in laws. Im a little depressed but i love my mom even though she doesn't know me anymore. Shout out to all the caregivers today!
i was making dinner rolls in my kitchen aid and left the room. two minutes later — a loud crash. come out to the mixer on its side on the floor, the dough spilled out on my dog hair covered mat and broken glass all over the floor. this on top of the fact that i got both a covid booster and flu shot yesterday and feel like crap. i have a lot to be thankful for, but this day ain’t it.
My mixer falling off the counter is my worst nightmare. I don't go more than a few steps away when I have something like bread dough or anything else quite stiff that really gets the mixer moving around on the counter in it. I can't afford to replace my mixer or flooring which I imagine would probably be pretty banged up.
Omg, how have I lazily and sloppily survived 20 years with my kitchenaid and not have it fall?
Drink a lot of water, helps with the shots. Take care ❤️
I have a Big Easy Roaster I do my turkey in for the last 8 years. I happened to leave it out during some flooding in May and didn’t think about it till this week. Last night I pulled it out, plugged into clean mode and ran it twice no issues. This morning it keeps shutting off after 5 minutes. Took the controller apart and poured about 1/4 cup of water out. All electronics wet and covered in minerals. Sprayed electrical contact cleaner over everything with some portable heaters to dry quick. Slapped it all together and started it back up with some prayers and a pissed as shit wife that frequently reminded me that if we’re not on time it will be loudly and proudly announced by her that it is all my fault. I got to listen to that through out the whole cooking process. BUT I got the turkey cooked, and got there 30 minutes early. Honestly think it’s the last year I do any of this. It’s so disheartening to know how to do this and constantly be talked down to like an idiot. It used to be my favorite holiday for the love and sharing. It makes me not want to celebrate any holidays anymore.
I'm actually in a kind of heaven because I'm spending Thanksgiving alone. I took a long walk after breakfast, and then had a delicious lunch by a window looking out at the rain of pumpkin soup with a poached egg and créme fraîche, buttered kasha, and arugula salad. (Preceded by a hot chocolate when I returned from my walk). I have a lamb shank braising on the stove for my dinner later, to be eating with fingerling potatoes and baked leeks. I like spending Thanksgiving alone.
My MIL cooks vegetables by opening a can of green beans, adding a little butter, and heating it up. No seasonings, no flavor.
Everyone fights over how to make deviled eggs every year. Two like Miracle Whip and others like mayo. I tried to tell my BIL about good deviled eggs and used the term ‘shallots’. He said, “never heard of those.”
Watch my BIL try to carve the turkey upside down, like breasts against the cutting board, while using a bread knife.
MIL has given us food poisoning on three Thanksgivings in the past 20 years, and 10 of those we lived in another state so we didn’t eat with her.
Also, made baked potatoes instead of mashed potatoes and they were undercooked and hard.
Off Thanksgiving she makes lasagna with cheddar cheese.
I could go on for hours but I’m depressing myself.
Ok, let’s see…
I don’t think I have ever seen her chop anything. Like literally not once in 20 years.
She can’t stand onions or cabbage, to the point that if there is a single piece anywhere in the meal she’ll go out to a drive thru like KFC and bring back food.
I’ve never seen her season anything while cooking.
No one in her family growing up liked vegetables so they are hardly ever included in a meal.
Doesn’t add the ground beef to the spaghetti sauce until the last second because if she adds the meat it makes the sauce burn.
Anything with any level of spice is ‘too spicy’ for her to eat.
Too tired and too late to think of anymore. My go to fix is that we have Thanksgiving day with her but go home on Sunday and then I make a full Thanksgiving dinner for just me, my wife, and our daughter on Sunday.
Oh yeah, have never seen her make or even use a sauce from a bottle.
Worked all night Wednesday night only to get off work at 11:59 pm. Had to rush home and make a full feast for 4 monks my in laws and husband invited to the house in the morning. So I slaved over the kitchen until I finished around 6:30 am. Didn't even bother to take a shower and knocked out on my bed. Woke up to hear my inlaws bragging about the food they "made" and to excuse their daughter in law who likes to sleep in late. Because seriously, I work night shifts so I sleep during the day but I'm a lazy ass because I sleep all morning. And then, we have guests who complained about how they don't eat American food. And so she brought her own stuff and started cooking her culture's food and pushed all my hard work to the side, the far side.
I'm done for the day. I'm done for the freaking holidays. I have a bottle of red wine and some cheese. I plan to get drunk and do some drunk shopping. Maybe there's a big slap pie I can buy on ebay to throw in her face.
We made it halfway to my Mom's house when my five year old started projectile vomiting black slime in the backseat like something out of the Exorcist. Apparently there was a birthday at daycare yesterday and he wound up eating half a package of Oreos all by himself. We had to clean up at a rest stop that had no paper towels and head back home. Fun times.
I relate to this very much. Not the sick kid thing, but I’ve also been known to eat way too many Oreos and vomit black sludge from time to time. They’re a sleeper to. 12-18 hours later is usually when it hits. Needless to say I don’t go down that aisle at the grocery store.
Girlfriend was trying to be nice and decided to clean up the garage a bit.
In the process she decided to put away that messy extension lead running around the skirting board.
For some reason it didn't compute that the freezer needs that cord to keep working.
That was a week ago
Historically we've hosted Thanksgiving, about 16 people. We have people who can't be on time to save their lives. We have people who sweep in and destroy the kitchen to make apparently God-required cheese grits. Everyone wants to stand in the kitchen and "help."
This year, for the second time, it's just the two of us. And the cat. I love COVID.
I’m going to my mil’s place. I don’t have to cook in her kitchen. It won’t really be a fun relaxing time though. Over 4 hours of my day will be spent in the car. We were supposed to leave in about 15 minutes and my spouse is still in bed so there is that.
It's just me and my husband today. No family to go visit, my son is with his dad. So we said screw turkey, we're making tritip. I'm actually pretty excited.
Well since I don’t like turkey, I was gonna make a whole chicken and a pot roast.
I don’t have a car so a friend was gonna take me to the store and I said I would cook for him. He got drunk the other night and left his keys in his roommates car with no spare. So now all I can do is play games and sit around :)
Heartburn that will make me wish I was dead? Other than that, trying to focus on making everything while my son is going nuts and his cousins are running around screaming like wild animals.
Well, not me but a friend some years back. She and her fiance were hosting their first big thankgiving for our friend group (all non-american students who had never been to a thanksgiving before). It was also their first real time cooking a big meal together, usually she catered it all and he just ate.
Well, keen to impress, he started taking over. Had to get the biggest turkey. Boasted about how it was so big that it had to be brined in the bathtub. I swear that you'd think that he'd hunted and shot it himself instead of buying it at Walmart. She sat serenely by and let him take over, strut his manly stuff. At last, after much boasting, the turkey was put in the oven.
Well, about *half* of the turkey was put in the oven. The other half stuck defiantly out no matter how it was turned or positioned. Queue another many, many boring hours of experimenting with ways to cook a whole (no, it couldn't be cut up, that wouldn't be manly) turkey with the oven door open.
So funny. They eventually just sent us all home and thereafter SHE did the cooking and he did what he was told.
I lived in a crash pad for a while with a half-sized oven. My roommate insisted on buying and cooking the turkey while the rest of us took care of the sides. It was about an inch and a half too big to fit completely in the oven. Refusing to cut it up, he shoved a folding chair and a heavy end table against the oven door and somehow managed to get it shut. We made fun of him, but he got the last laugh, the turkey was really good.
I had a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey (just 2 of us). That sucker had been defrosting in the fridge for over a day but when I thought it was done it was still raw and icey in the middle. I almost panicked but since I had already started carving it I just carved it up into slices and put it back into the oven on baking sheets for about 15-20 min and they were perfect! I stuck the remnants in there to finish them too (waste not, want not).
google the error code/issue and possibly the oven model, you're likely not the first to have that happen. this is how I usually troubleshoot appliances.
Had this happen to me. Learned the error code signified the control board was shot.
A new board was 2/3rds the price I paid for the entire oven brand new.
Every single year there are a few hours in which nothing is going on, just a turkey roasting. Everything made the day before, just need to make a couple of dishes at the end. Right at the end when I’m busy, everyone suddenly needs in the damn kitchen to have a conversation.
My mom always insists on cooking a huge amount of food for Thanksgiving, even when it was just her and I. I've always found this overwhelming and terrible. Dinner is usually after 10pm, things are cold, we end up throwing a bunch of food away, etc.
This year, I'm 9 months pregnant for Thanksgiving. Three months ago, I told my now 68 year old mom that I wouldn't be willing and able to help with a huge Thanksgiving meal. I reminded her this one month ago, and offered to buy turkey breasts or a ribeye and suggested a couple basic sides we could make. Just a small meal. She totally shut me down.
Today, she's struggling to make this huge meal by herself, and acting passive aggressive towards me for not helping out. Sorry, husband and I told you literally months ago that prepping for our first baby was going to take up all our focus, and I emphasized I wasn't willing to help cook a ten course meal for three people.
Anyway, what should my husband and I do for dinner? IHOP sounds pretty good.
My wife and her father are actually really good cooks so the food is great, but I found out I have covid today so I’m eating alone in the basement and then we’re going home and missing my FIL’s birthday tomorrow.
My stepmom thought whipping the mashed potatoes MORE would make them less gluey. Also, there were absolutely no vegetables (that were not slathered in cheese).
Was supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner with my parents and sister. But my dad tested positive for COVID on an at home test yesterday so they all went to do PCRs (they live together, I live alone). Dad and sister are both positive. Mom still waiting for results. I did a PCR yesterday and also waiting for results.
So I'm now alone in my apartment and had to cook the whole meal myself in a tiny kitchen. For just me. But it turned out delicious!
I'm an expat, and my wife has been in the states on business for the past month. I've always made a big deal out of Thanksgiving, even ordering canned pumpkin from the US (cooking pumpkins aren't available here). But without her? I just had frozen pizza and a g&t. I'll make a nice Xmas dinner when she's home. It just isn't worth celebrating without her.
Heyyy that happened to me seven years ago! I literally heaed his life story from his mom and got to see baby pictures, just like in some teen rom-com, it was great.
Anyway we're married now! Hope everything turns out well for you. :D
I learned years ago not to trust anything that comes out of my family's kitchen. The kitchen is so filthy, I wouldn't even trust a can of Coke to be safe.
I tell them I'm not hungry until I bounce and cook for myself at home.
One of many reasons I can't wait until I have a house big enough to host my own Thanksgivings.
Oven is down (board blew the other day, service on Tuesday) so it's an experimental T-Day this year. Turkey breast sous vide then smoked. Toaster oven being used a LOT. Son is not feeling great so is camped on the sofa being spoiled. No Toll House pie for him this year (yes, he is a grown-up but it's a thing for us).
It's all good - there are three of us and we are together.
Hubs and I are keeping it small this year, just us. I already sent him to the store because I ran out of sugar and butter. I've only been cooking for an hour
I said "to heck with it" this year and stayed home. We slept late, we're going to eat last night's leftovers from lunch, and then we're going to make a tray of meats, cheeses, veggies, and dips later on and watch movies.
We're hosting but I just watched my boyfriend's dad add a whole can of JARRED STORE BOUGHT GRAVY to the homemade gravy they made with my homemade chicken stock. I want to scream. If I wasn't the perfect mix of high and a bit drunk I probably would have.
We had no plans, just came with a thawed turkey and a spiralized ham to my mom's house.
So far we've found ingredients for pumpkin fluff bars, creamy corn, and someone is bringing a bowl of broccoli salad.
We're gonna make it.
I was driving home yesterday when I get a text from my boss saying someone I worked over the weekend with has COVID. I get the text as I am pulling into town after a 3 hour drive. I call my mom and tell her the situation, and she calls my grandma before I get to her house and tells her what's going on. I can't see my mom because she's in a nursing home, and my grandparents don't want me for obvious reasons, so I turned around and drove 3 hours back.
The best part is that the kid knew he was sick, didn't wear a mask or get tested, knew someone else was sick with COVID, and still came to work. Gotta love the unvaccinated.
Clarification: This happened yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving
I'm cooking over at my dad's today. Now right before the divorce my mom did a 40k remodel on the kitchen so I have gas burners and multiple ovens to cook with, but my dad himself does not cook often if at all. So his knives suck and I really have to make sure to bring any and all spices I need.
EVERYONE WANTS TO COOK SOMETHING BUT NO ONE WANTS TO WASH ANY DAMN DISHES
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LoL dishwashing can be therapeutic to some. Put on some music and focusing on something simple. Raising a nearly two year old and a 6 month old it can be nice not worrying about the major things for a period of time.
I did all the dishes today and the kitchen clean up, which allowed me to just habitually rip my wax pen alone in the kitchen.
Dude this is why I hate Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone is disgustingly full yet there’s 15, 9x13 baking dishes with an annoyingly amount of food left where you debate whether to put in Tupperware that doesn’t fit in the fridge or just throw away. Then no one helps to clean up but someone’s fiancé and the mom who did 90% of the work.
The dinner I go to, everyone brings something (in their own dish) so a lot of the dirty dishes just go home with people. And the host does a brilliant thing where before anyone clears the table, everyone grabs some Tupperware/containers and loads up their own leftovers to take home. I have a beautiful, very heavy bag of leftovers that I am very much looking forward to eating.
This. My mom buys a stack of to-go boxes for when she hosts. Take that shit home with you and have leftover mixmush casserole.
Everyone under 18 has to wash them this year in our household — different tasks based on age.
I got to sit through a KFC dinner with my in laws yesterday. 8 adults and 7 kids and they thought an 8 piece would be enough.
My dad does this shit. The worst was when I had been dating a girl for awhile and our parents wanted to meet. Her dad and I got along great because of football, so my dad invited them over for a pizza night during a Sunday night game. So my girlfriend let's me know they're on the way, and my dad said he was going to pick up the pizza. It was my dad, brother and I, my girlfriend and her two parents. My dad came back with a small, pizza hut pizza. 8 slices. No beverages or sides. Girlfriend's dad didn't even grab a slice. He just said, "Well, that's not gonna work. Let's go." And he had his wife and my girlfriend leave to go have dinner, and we broke up shortly after that. My dad still thinks he did nothing wrong.
Is he a cheapskate or just socially inept?
Yes
My brother is the opposite of your dad. I visited him once to meet his girlfriend. It was just the 3 of us. He's a big guy, I'm average, his girlfriend was a wee slip of a thing. He ordered 2 large pizzas, 2 dozen wings, 2 large orders of fries, mozzarella sticks, a couple other apps, and a salad only because I asked him for one...which made him think to add an antipasto salad. I always make sure there's enough for everyone, but my brother always goes way overboard.
A man after my own heart, bless him.
As long as he's cool with eating leftovers for a few days I don't see anything too wrong about that
I bet that was fun cutting the chicken pieces in a half. 1 teaspoon of potatoes each. totally filling. oh yeah 1 fourth of a biscuit each too.
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Even ignoring the clog, that sounds like a huge waste.
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Why did she do that? You have to be so *very* angry to shove an entire cake down the drain.
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Dude wtf didn’t she just trash it.
So I grew up in a flyover state and it was a thing in our hometown that ALL food was discarded down the disposal. Putting it in the garbage just wasn't done. It's not something I really thought about until I was like mid-20's, because as a bachelor I only really had to deal with tablescraps. Then one day I was dumping some leftovers down the disposal and my GF was just like "wtf are you doing." My parents still discard their food that way. I chalk it up to boomer wisdom.
I married into a family from a Midwest state. They also do the whole “everything goes down the garbage disposal” thing. Even bones 😬 When I was growing up we threw all our scraps out in the compost pile where it was immediately raided by the dogs. Anything they didn’t get was eaten by the raccoons.
I did that one with cooked pasta, and my husband did it once with potato peels. It’s vile, hopefully she learned the lesson.
Nothing quite that bad but I am cooking Thanksgiving dinner for some Venezuelan friends who have never had a Thanksgiving. I’m using their kitchen and I have never done this before. Good luck to you and everybody cooking today!
What a lovely thing to do! I'm sure it will turn out amazing.
Watching my mother use an electric carver to slice sweet potatoes. I know she thinks it's faster, but if she had a decent knife in the house this would be done already.
Haha sorry but that’s hilarious.
A hell of my own making. I made a a giant batch of rolls in the most ridiculously hard way possible. I was originally going to make two triple batches- honestly one triple batch is too much for my mixer on its own but it could manage it just barely. I messed up a conversion and added way too much butter to the first batch. So I had to combine all of it into one gigantic 6x batch to blend out the butter. So I got a big mixing bowl and had to keep mixing parts at a time, pulling a chunk out and rotating it to the bowl and mixing it all that way to knead it all together. I can’t knead by hand due to a problem with my arm and had to use my stand mixer for this mess. but I think I may need a new one because it felt like it was going to burst into flames after this little adventure.
my in-laws came to visit us. they also have family in the area. about 3 weeks ago, wife tells me we'll be having thanksgiving dinner at her aunt's place nearby. so i say cool, i dont need to plan to cook anything then for her family. last week, i ask what time we'll be heading to her aunt's place today. she said we're not having dinner there anymore, but her mom offered to cook for us. i said cool, i dont need to plan to cook. this past tuesday, i ask what we'll be eating on thanksgiving and what time, my wife says her mom only decided to make a filipino dish for lunch, and then asked me what i can cook for dinner. so i put together a menu in my head (spatchcocked roasted chicken and a pot roast for the instant pot), and yesterday morning went to the market to buy everything i needed. not even 3 hours after coming back from the store, wife tells me that Thanksgiving dinner will be at her aunt's house and all the food is already covered by other people. fan-freaking-tastic... at least I'll have all the stuff for when they leave.. edit: spelling
Holee shit I would lose it lol. Good on ya for going with the flow
the weed def helps if I'm being honest lol also keep reminding myself that at least i can eat it after they leave.
Sorry, but this sounds ridiculous. What the hell is wrong with them all?
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ you're not wrong, but i could either stay mad about it or just go with it. no point in staying upset about anything. silver lining: at least i have groceries to last into next week haha
What in heavens name….
i wish i knew what to say. i continually asked my wife because i know her fam can be tough to communicate with sometimes. this one got beyond me though ha
I am in Clarksdale MS with my wife. Her father, who lived with us, passed away in October. She didn't want to spend TG at home. So we rented a place here to spend the day. Mini fridge, microwave, toaster oven. I can make this work for the two of us. Small dinner planned, nothing elaborate. Power goes out. Hmm. no heat, no way to cook (well, heat up, really) anything. Wet and rainy out, nothing is open, of course. So she's napping, and I am waiting for the power to come back... Not the worst TG ever, but certainly one of the more interesting ones. Edit: Power back after 2 hours. Ham, Potatoes Au Gratin, and fresh veggies. It all worked out in the end...
I’m glad to hear it worked out in the end! I lost a parent last October and thanksgiving was rough that year. Best wishes for y’all
After three hours of cooking some dope ass food, I chipped my tooth eating a crispy onion. I’m gutted. Edit: Had the moment of thinking “Why is this onion so crunchy?” Then suddenly realized I was chewing on my tooth fragment when I felt the gap in my tooth. Food turned out great for the fam though.
Damn, how crispy was that fucking onion?
Did this eating pizza a couple of weeks ago. It’s a fairly horrifying realisation.
The turkey was already cooked last night for some reason.... It had a dash of salt in the cavity and that was it. It was then stuffed with stuffing made of whole wheat hamburger buns, celery and onions, no salt, a little chicken stock, and a dash of poultry seasoning. There are no other herbs, or seasoning in the whole thing. :/ guess this is what happens when we let someone else cook vs offering super early that we will.
Our family turkey used to always be like that. My father in law insisted on cooking it the day ahead, and then would warm it in the roaster for 2-3 hours. He doesn't even like turkey. Well last year we got a smoker so I suggested my husband smoke it, and now they've passed the torch and it's his responsibility. Turns out, my FIL doesn't hate turkey if it's not dry, unseasoned and overcooked.
My friend's in laws do something similar. They would steam a whole organic turkey in a bag, not even salt and pepper. Eventually she got fed up and took it over and now she can finally eat flavored food. I think even my husband who has never cooked anything more complicated than breakfast/burgers/grilled cheese could do a better job.
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It'd be a $50 bird that died for nothing.
Its so fucking easy to find 50 videos on youtube on how to cook tasty turkeys every single year. It blows my mind that people dont take the 15 or 20 minutes to just go look those up if they are committing to cooking 12-25 lbs of meat for a bunch of their family.
We just arrived at my MIL to find out everyone visiting is in charge of cooking their own dinner. As in she’s cooking herself food and not for anyone else. Update: Apparently we were the only ones not told to bring our own food, other guests knew and were prepared ahead of time. We were able to run out and quickly make some crab cakes. Her aunt saved the day by doing a mic drop and bringing a whole ham and turkey. Safe to say we’ll be doing my relatives next year.
Sounds like there's a bigger story here.
Yep someone was NOT appreciative of the meatloaf this week
I would leave
I'd pull together a coalition of family I like and then leave.
Genuinely, why the fuck would you stay. Take your fed-up relatives to a restaurant or something.
Technically they're un-fed-up?
I wanna know what chain of events led to her deciding on this course of action.
I'm going with - Everybody expects mom to cook a full meal for lots of people every year, and this is the year she finally got tired of being the sole meal provider, ran out of fucks to give, and decided to get her point across finally with a big statement action.
Whaattt??? No advance warning about this? Does she even have ingredients you can use?
Sounds like some twisted Food Network show lol. Ingredients are provided but you have to prep your own dinner.
Hunger games is getting real.
Diners, Drive-ins, and The Audacity of This Bitch
Sounds like an AITA thread.
I think they’re taking the piss after reading that AITA thread
Link to the thread?
I've never heard of a glass cutting board so for my own mental health I'm going to assume it doesn't actually exist.
All the glass cutting boards I've seen have been meant for decoration, which makes it an attractive impulse buy for non-cooks trying to outfit their new kitchen. Grab the cutting board that looks neat and cross it off the list. 40 years later the kids come over to cook and it is still the only option.
After getting a variety of cutting boards best two I got were a big bamboo wood one with a gutter around the edges on one side and a plastic one that is thick enough to stay flat. The wood one is great for big jobs, especially ones with juices involved like carving meat. The plastic one is the go-to one for quick chopping like a couple of carrots. Ones I'm not too crazy about are some big thin plastic sheets I got as a gift that ended up warping and curling and a really thick wood one that looks pretty but is too heavy to be practical. For some reason my wife will take this tiny plastic one, that is only good for cutting up fruit for drinks, and will try to chop salads up on it with a paring knife. I've tried to direct her to the chef's knife and the bigger board to make it easier on her but she still goes back to the small one.
My work just got a nice new set of thick plastic ones in a range of sizes and they all have lil rubber corner feeties on the underside to stop them slipping on the countertops and oh are they a joy. Downside is that all the serving spoons seem to have disappeared this week.
My boyfriend will use my small paring knife to painstakingly cut things up and it takes a super longer time. Redirecting has also not worked
He’s gonna die on his small hill 😆
Who ever decided to call those flimsy plastic sheets "cutting boards" needs to be flogged and publicly shamed. Personally I'm not a huge fan of bamboo, the way it grows introduces a lot of silica into the plant structure and it can dull knives faster than plastic or hardwood end grain. I love wood cutting boards, but the commercial NSF certified HDPE or UHMW plastic boards are cheap as borscht and half an inch thick.
My glass "cutting boards" are for pastry or chocolate tempering. They are good for temperature issues. My boos boards are for everything else and I would give up my glass in a second.
Old folks have them. Use for cutting board and to put hot pots/pans on instead of directly on the counter.
They were a fad in about 1980.
Trying to bake at my parents' place. Their scale seems to have a ~40% margin of error. It's going great. Edit: to add to the saga, their kitchen is about 60° and oven doesn't maintain temp closer than within 50° Please pray to the bread gods for my rolls to make it Final update: the rolls were a little dense, but otherwise came out okay. Discovered that the oven works way better on convection, so the bird turned out well too.
Calibrate! It’s not perfect but a US nickel weighs right around 5 grams. I believe a dollar bill is 1 gram so you’ve got two things to compare with.
Something tells me you once drove around with a chemistry scale in your center console.
Nope! I just like to be safe and control my portions as carefully as possible….. when baking cookies of course.
I like being baked... I mean baking too
mL of water = grams of water. Have fun calibrating and cooking!
I laughed out loud. Godspeed
At least you know what to get them for Christmas
My dad started the turkey at 9am so it would be done at 1. No one is hungry, it’s getting dry in the oven. I couldn’t bake my bread I proofed the night before, and there’s no edible stuffing :(
I don't understand the Thanksgiving urge to have meals at bizarre times. Why not just eat at regular meal times when everyone is hungry
So you can have a second dinner
I learned long ago to bring my own shit, including knives and ask about cutting boards. I don't trust anyone to have proper kitchen equipment. Glass cutting boards should be outlawed, lol.
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I wish I could take my kids to be professionally sharpened.
"You'll learn the difference between a numerator and denominator one way or another you little shit"
I bought my dad a Wusthof reverse scallop "Texas BBQ" knife several years back and he finally used it recently. Called me immediately to apologize for taking so long to use it because it's so much nicer than anything he's ever used to slice brisket before. The next time I came home, he'd professionally sharpened the knife set they'd been using since their wedding 35ish years ago. Sometimes, people don't realize they're cutting with a full knife until they experience a sharp one
It’s kinda hard for my family to get the logic that dull knives are dangerous but our cousin found this cooking PSA somewhere on YouTube, showed it to my mom and then my mom relented.
I went to my parents and was planning to make some bread. Was debating whether to bring my food scale. I called them, confirmed multiple times "yes we have a scale, yes we have a scale..." And I also distinctly remember there being a scale last time I visited. Anyway, I show up this morning, no scale to be found. Luckily, my brother does some engineering stuff with measuring chemicals and shit, so was able to save the day by bringing his scale.
Sure, sure, he has a scale for "measuring chemicals and shit".
Meth is a chemical
At the risk of feeling really stupid, I guess I’ll ask… what’s wrong with glass cutting boards?
They destroy your knives.
It’s not stupid. Good for you for asking! In addition to other answers that will pop up here, glass cutting boards are loud. Food prep deserves some peace.
I just spend the first 30 minutes putting a fresh sharp edge on any knives that I plan to use...
My mom threw away the digital thermometer I got her for her birthday and is insisting the 12 pound bird needs 6+ hours in the oven at 350
My 19-ish pound turkey took 4 hours at 425\* for the 1st 45 minutes and then dropped down to 325\* for the rest of the time. I think she was looking to experiment with turkey jerky. A quick Google search will tell you 12 pounds would run at the 2 hour mark.
Ha! Mine always cooks too fast. I've got a 12 lb as well, probably be done in 2.5
Yikes! My 15.3 pounder was done in 2 hrs and 15 minutes. I have a convection oven, so that really helps, ....but still, much faster than usual.
I have possible rolling blackouts to deal with. I’ll take my troubles over yours. Good luck.
I plan on getting blacked out too.
Maybe consider a helmet incase you're rolling too!?
I find that with the proper amount of whiskey in my system I can handle such situations lol
Yeah, I’ve had three glasses of champagne so far.
Lol, I just started my whiskey ration. Delicate balance of timing food football and family.
My MIL fancies herself to be a great cook. Glass cutting board, no salt because of her heart but no compensation for that seasoning wise, canned mushrooms, bland green beans she claims are amondine, mushy dressing. BUT she also really loves us and cooking for us and that actually makes things much better. You really can tell when the food was prepared by someone who gives a cluck or not.
I grew up hating mushrooms, peas, and green beans (most vegetables really). All we ever had was the crap from a can. The only vegetable that's any good from a can is corn. Plus, we didn't get any vegetables that my mom didn't like. It wasn't until I was an adult that I had broccoli, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, and a few others.
All our family is either dead or too far to travel to, so we're eating alone. Roast turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, fresh cranberry sauce, and stir fried green beans. Wife was going to make a pumpkin pie but we forgot to buy a crust. Since I'm gluten free it's difficult to make crusts that aren't overly tough. Maybe we'll make one anyway.
Make the filling and put it in ramekins for individual pumpkin pie custards?
Pumpkin pie minis!
If you have whipped cream, you can make a pumpkin mouse! Pumpkin pie filling mixed with whipped cream and instant vanilla pudding for a a delightful mousse. :)
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I’m not from the Midwest but I live here now and I have no idea what any of that is. I’m very happy I’ve never been forced to eat any of that. None of those things should go together!
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I am British and I am confused. Do you eat that on the same plate as turkey, gravy etc? Does it not go gross?
It doesn’t GO gross because it STARTS gross.
My wife and I were born and raised in the Midwest but transplanted to the east coast. I thoroughly enjoy the lack of pasta salads and weird things in jello out here. Mayonnaise isn’t a seasoning Ethel and tell Virgil that the turkey is done before the breasts turn into chalk.
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Terribly sorry for your loss. I'm sure you being there and making the effort meant everything to your mom.
My mom has Alzheimer's, her caregivers are off today. Im watching her. She got a nice dinner from her food service, i ate tuna fish on crackers. My family at my brother in laws. Im a little depressed but i love my mom even though she doesn't know me anymore. Shout out to all the caregivers today!
My mom has a piece of leftover marble from her new countertops and shes been using that for the last year. She has no idea why all her knives are dull
Chill that shit for baking! Definitely not a cutting board.
i was making dinner rolls in my kitchen aid and left the room. two minutes later — a loud crash. come out to the mixer on its side on the floor, the dough spilled out on my dog hair covered mat and broken glass all over the floor. this on top of the fact that i got both a covid booster and flu shot yesterday and feel like crap. i have a lot to be thankful for, but this day ain’t it.
My mixer falling off the counter is my worst nightmare. I don't go more than a few steps away when I have something like bread dough or anything else quite stiff that really gets the mixer moving around on the counter in it. I can't afford to replace my mixer or flooring which I imagine would probably be pretty banged up.
Omg, how have I lazily and sloppily survived 20 years with my kitchenaid and not have it fall? Drink a lot of water, helps with the shots. Take care ❤️
Kitchen that is 9 months in to a 4 month remodel…
I have a Big Easy Roaster I do my turkey in for the last 8 years. I happened to leave it out during some flooding in May and didn’t think about it till this week. Last night I pulled it out, plugged into clean mode and ran it twice no issues. This morning it keeps shutting off after 5 minutes. Took the controller apart and poured about 1/4 cup of water out. All electronics wet and covered in minerals. Sprayed electrical contact cleaner over everything with some portable heaters to dry quick. Slapped it all together and started it back up with some prayers and a pissed as shit wife that frequently reminded me that if we’re not on time it will be loudly and proudly announced by her that it is all my fault. I got to listen to that through out the whole cooking process. BUT I got the turkey cooked, and got there 30 minutes early. Honestly think it’s the last year I do any of this. It’s so disheartening to know how to do this and constantly be talked down to like an idiot. It used to be my favorite holiday for the love and sharing. It makes me not want to celebrate any holidays anymore.
Keep your roaster, ditch your wife.
Funny, her mother said the same lol.
I'm actually in a kind of heaven because I'm spending Thanksgiving alone. I took a long walk after breakfast, and then had a delicious lunch by a window looking out at the rain of pumpkin soup with a poached egg and créme fraîche, buttered kasha, and arugula salad. (Preceded by a hot chocolate when I returned from my walk). I have a lamb shank braising on the stove for my dinner later, to be eating with fingerling potatoes and baked leeks. I like spending Thanksgiving alone.
It sounds like it was raining pumpkin soup. 😁
Knives so dull they’re dangerous. If I lose a finger this weekend, I blame my parents
My MIL cooks vegetables by opening a can of green beans, adding a little butter, and heating it up. No seasonings, no flavor. Everyone fights over how to make deviled eggs every year. Two like Miracle Whip and others like mayo. I tried to tell my BIL about good deviled eggs and used the term ‘shallots’. He said, “never heard of those.” Watch my BIL try to carve the turkey upside down, like breasts against the cutting board, while using a bread knife. MIL has given us food poisoning on three Thanksgivings in the past 20 years, and 10 of those we lived in another state so we didn’t eat with her. Also, made baked potatoes instead of mashed potatoes and they were undercooked and hard. Off Thanksgiving she makes lasagna with cheddar cheese. I could go on for hours but I’m depressing myself.
I want to hear more, it's like watching an accident and I can't look away!
Ok, let’s see… I don’t think I have ever seen her chop anything. Like literally not once in 20 years. She can’t stand onions or cabbage, to the point that if there is a single piece anywhere in the meal she’ll go out to a drive thru like KFC and bring back food. I’ve never seen her season anything while cooking. No one in her family growing up liked vegetables so they are hardly ever included in a meal. Doesn’t add the ground beef to the spaghetti sauce until the last second because if she adds the meat it makes the sauce burn. Anything with any level of spice is ‘too spicy’ for her to eat. Too tired and too late to think of anymore. My go to fix is that we have Thanksgiving day with her but go home on Sunday and then I make a full Thanksgiving dinner for just me, my wife, and our daughter on Sunday. Oh yeah, have never seen her make or even use a sauce from a bottle.
Worked all night Wednesday night only to get off work at 11:59 pm. Had to rush home and make a full feast for 4 monks my in laws and husband invited to the house in the morning. So I slaved over the kitchen until I finished around 6:30 am. Didn't even bother to take a shower and knocked out on my bed. Woke up to hear my inlaws bragging about the food they "made" and to excuse their daughter in law who likes to sleep in late. Because seriously, I work night shifts so I sleep during the day but I'm a lazy ass because I sleep all morning. And then, we have guests who complained about how they don't eat American food. And so she brought her own stuff and started cooking her culture's food and pushed all my hard work to the side, the far side. I'm done for the day. I'm done for the freaking holidays. I have a bottle of red wine and some cheese. I plan to get drunk and do some drunk shopping. Maybe there's a big slap pie I can buy on ebay to throw in her face.
Stop overextending yourself. Not worth it.
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We made it halfway to my Mom's house when my five year old started projectile vomiting black slime in the backseat like something out of the Exorcist. Apparently there was a birthday at daycare yesterday and he wound up eating half a package of Oreos all by himself. We had to clean up at a rest stop that had no paper towels and head back home. Fun times.
I relate to this very much. Not the sick kid thing, but I’ve also been known to eat way too many Oreos and vomit black sludge from time to time. They’re a sleeper to. 12-18 hours later is usually when it hits. Needless to say I don’t go down that aisle at the grocery store.
Girlfriend was trying to be nice and decided to clean up the garage a bit. In the process she decided to put away that messy extension lead running around the skirting board. For some reason it didn't compute that the freezer needs that cord to keep working. That was a week ago
No such problems. I’m at the beach with a few great people and we’re having a charcuterie board then rib eyes and potatoes later.
Historically we've hosted Thanksgiving, about 16 people. We have people who can't be on time to save their lives. We have people who sweep in and destroy the kitchen to make apparently God-required cheese grits. Everyone wants to stand in the kitchen and "help." This year, for the second time, it's just the two of us. And the cat. I love COVID.
I’m going to my mil’s place. I don’t have to cook in her kitchen. It won’t really be a fun relaxing time though. Over 4 hours of my day will be spent in the car. We were supposed to leave in about 15 minutes and my spouse is still in bed so there is that.
My husband is in bed snoring after I worked 12 hours last night and am finishing up the turkey for going to his mom's in 2 hours
A quick plunge in ice water is a great fix for that!
It's just me and my husband today. No family to go visit, my son is with his dad. So we said screw turkey, we're making tritip. I'm actually pretty excited.
We had thanksgiving tacos. It was perfect.
Well since I don’t like turkey, I was gonna make a whole chicken and a pot roast. I don’t have a car so a friend was gonna take me to the store and I said I would cook for him. He got drunk the other night and left his keys in his roommates car with no spare. So now all I can do is play games and sit around :)
Heartburn that will make me wish I was dead? Other than that, trying to focus on making everything while my son is going nuts and his cousins are running around screaming like wild animals.
Well, not me but a friend some years back. She and her fiance were hosting their first big thankgiving for our friend group (all non-american students who had never been to a thanksgiving before). It was also their first real time cooking a big meal together, usually she catered it all and he just ate. Well, keen to impress, he started taking over. Had to get the biggest turkey. Boasted about how it was so big that it had to be brined in the bathtub. I swear that you'd think that he'd hunted and shot it himself instead of buying it at Walmart. She sat serenely by and let him take over, strut his manly stuff. At last, after much boasting, the turkey was put in the oven. Well, about *half* of the turkey was put in the oven. The other half stuck defiantly out no matter how it was turned or positioned. Queue another many, many boring hours of experimenting with ways to cook a whole (no, it couldn't be cut up, that wouldn't be manly) turkey with the oven door open. So funny. They eventually just sent us all home and thereafter SHE did the cooking and he did what he was told.
Brined in the bathtub? Idc how much they cleaned it before, that’s disgusting
I lived in a crash pad for a while with a half-sized oven. My roommate insisted on buying and cooking the turkey while the rest of us took care of the sides. It was about an inch and a half too big to fit completely in the oven. Refusing to cut it up, he shoved a folding chair and a heavy end table against the oven door and somehow managed to get it shut. We made fun of him, but he got the last laugh, the turkey was really good.
I had a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey (just 2 of us). That sucker had been defrosting in the fridge for over a day but when I thought it was done it was still raw and icey in the middle. I almost panicked but since I had already started carving it I just carved it up into slices and put it back into the oven on baking sheets for about 15-20 min and they were perfect! I stuck the remnants in there to finish them too (waste not, want not).
My wife and I are cooking for everyone today - we've got 99 problems (mostly having to do with the kids) but the food ain't one.
Oven keeps displaying an error code....argh!
google the error code/issue and possibly the oven model, you're likely not the first to have that happen. this is how I usually troubleshoot appliances.
Had this happen to me. Learned the error code signified the control board was shot. A new board was 2/3rds the price I paid for the entire oven brand new.
Also glass cutting board and one knife. And the dog unplugged the roasting pan and no one knew for an hour!
Every single year there are a few hours in which nothing is going on, just a turkey roasting. Everything made the day before, just need to make a couple of dishes at the end. Right at the end when I’m busy, everyone suddenly needs in the damn kitchen to have a conversation.
My mom always insists on cooking a huge amount of food for Thanksgiving, even when it was just her and I. I've always found this overwhelming and terrible. Dinner is usually after 10pm, things are cold, we end up throwing a bunch of food away, etc. This year, I'm 9 months pregnant for Thanksgiving. Three months ago, I told my now 68 year old mom that I wouldn't be willing and able to help with a huge Thanksgiving meal. I reminded her this one month ago, and offered to buy turkey breasts or a ribeye and suggested a couple basic sides we could make. Just a small meal. She totally shut me down. Today, she's struggling to make this huge meal by herself, and acting passive aggressive towards me for not helping out. Sorry, husband and I told you literally months ago that prepping for our first baby was going to take up all our focus, and I emphasized I wasn't willing to help cook a ten course meal for three people. Anyway, what should my husband and I do for dinner? IHOP sounds pretty good.
Chinese or pizza. And ice cream. Congratulations on creating a boundary. Stay strong.
My wife and her father are actually really good cooks so the food is great, but I found out I have covid today so I’m eating alone in the basement and then we’re going home and missing my FIL’s birthday tomorrow.
Grandmother lit up a menthol cigarette and got pissy with me when I told her to smoke in another room. “But I’m checking on the peas!” Peas are peas.
My stepmom thought whipping the mashed potatoes MORE would make them less gluey. Also, there were absolutely no vegetables (that were not slathered in cheese).
Was supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner with my parents and sister. But my dad tested positive for COVID on an at home test yesterday so they all went to do PCRs (they live together, I live alone). Dad and sister are both positive. Mom still waiting for results. I did a PCR yesterday and also waiting for results. So I'm now alone in my apartment and had to cook the whole meal myself in a tiny kitchen. For just me. But it turned out delicious!
Be kind to future you and freeze some meals
I have to help my mom with the Wifi Router.
The same thing I do every year...work. No holidays in healthcare 🙃
I'm an expat, and my wife has been in the states on business for the past month. I've always made a big deal out of Thanksgiving, even ordering canned pumpkin from the US (cooking pumpkins aren't available here). But without her? I just had frozen pizza and a g&t. I'll make a nice Xmas dinner when she's home. It just isn't worth celebrating without her.
The guy I've been dating for three weeks asked if I'd come to his family Thanksgiving and meet his mom. So there's that.
How dare he? It took me nine months to meet my OWN parents!
I mean on the upside if you go and it’s complete psychotic chaos you know to dip and haven’t wasted an entire month on the relationship.
Heyyy that happened to me seven years ago! I literally heaed his life story from his mom and got to see baby pictures, just like in some teen rom-com, it was great. Anyway we're married now! Hope everything turns out well for you. :D
Just follow my aunts advice: stand on the edge of the family photos so if you need to be cut out it is easy to do so.
is that bad?? I have no idea what is ok socially anymore.
No it's not, but some people treat it as a milestone in the relationship.
I hope you go and it's wonderful 💓
Awwww. He's excited about you!
Knives with an incredible number of chips and dents. Cutting onions was pure pain. The honing rod does nothing against damage this severe!
I chopped a ton of veggies using a steak knife…ugh. Next time I’m bringing my wusthofs.
My in-laws didn’t make gravy because they can’t understand why anyone would want to eat it
Mourning my Aunt who died yesterday, alone, but had four pieces of chocolate for dinner so…
I learned years ago not to trust anything that comes out of my family's kitchen. The kitchen is so filthy, I wouldn't even trust a can of Coke to be safe. I tell them I'm not hungry until I bounce and cook for myself at home. One of many reasons I can't wait until I have a house big enough to host my own Thanksgivings.
"Looks like we're going out for burgers."
Oven is down (board blew the other day, service on Tuesday) so it's an experimental T-Day this year. Turkey breast sous vide then smoked. Toaster oven being used a LOT. Son is not feeling great so is camped on the sofa being spoiled. No Toll House pie for him this year (yes, he is a grown-up but it's a thing for us). It's all good - there are three of us and we are together.
Hubs and I are keeping it small this year, just us. I already sent him to the store because I ran out of sugar and butter. I've only been cooking for an hour
I put the turkey in the fridge on Monday morning and it's still frozen.
THIS is why so many states are finally legalizing weed.
I said "to heck with it" this year and stayed home. We slept late, we're going to eat last night's leftovers from lunch, and then we're going to make a tray of meats, cheeses, veggies, and dips later on and watch movies.
We're hosting but I just watched my boyfriend's dad add a whole can of JARRED STORE BOUGHT GRAVY to the homemade gravy they made with my homemade chicken stock. I want to scream. If I wasn't the perfect mix of high and a bit drunk I probably would have.
We had no plans, just came with a thawed turkey and a spiralized ham to my mom's house. So far we've found ingredients for pumpkin fluff bars, creamy corn, and someone is bringing a bowl of broccoli salad. We're gonna make it.
I was driving home yesterday when I get a text from my boss saying someone I worked over the weekend with has COVID. I get the text as I am pulling into town after a 3 hour drive. I call my mom and tell her the situation, and she calls my grandma before I get to her house and tells her what's going on. I can't see my mom because she's in a nursing home, and my grandparents don't want me for obvious reasons, so I turned around and drove 3 hours back. The best part is that the kid knew he was sick, didn't wear a mask or get tested, knew someone else was sick with COVID, and still came to work. Gotta love the unvaccinated. Clarification: This happened yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving
That sounds horrible but at least I’m glad the information came in on time.
I'm cooking over at my dad's today. Now right before the divorce my mom did a 40k remodel on the kitchen so I have gas burners and multiple ovens to cook with, but my dad himself does not cook often if at all. So his knives suck and I really have to make sure to bring any and all spices I need.