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Thanksgiving hosting woes. UPDATE #19
By: jpcher Date: December 9, 2020, 3:05 pm
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[quote author=jpcher link=topic=1926.msg60491#msg60491
date=1605819255]
Our traditional Tgiving family get together has been cancelled
due to COVID.
DD#1 had asked her aunt (my SIL) several times if it was going
to happen or not. SIL assured her that it was so DD#1 and her
BFsam bought plane tickets to come and enjoy the festivities.
After the tickets were bought SIL cancelled saying that it will
only be her, her husband, daughter & hubby and their new baby.
So a new plan was formulated where BFsam's Mom would host
Tgiving dinner for the four of us (DD#1, BFsam, DD#2 and
myself). Fine, that works for me.
I was going to email BFsamMom to ask her what I could bring,
thinking an appetizer or two, maybe a side dish or whatever.
Plans are that BFsamMom will pick them up at the airport on
Tuesday, they will spend the night there then borrow BFsamMom's
car and come here Wednesday afternoon, go to DD#2's salon for
hair cuts and xmas decorating. Wednesday night we'll go out to
dinner or I'll cook (depending on if our favorite restaurant is
open or not.)
Tgiving morning DD#1 and BFsam were going back to his moms house
(she lives an hour or so away) and DD#2 and I were going to
leave later for apps and dinner.
Last night DD#2 told me that she told them that she would bring
her mashed cauliflower dish (yum!) THEN she told me that we were
asked to bring mashed potatoes (okay, but 2 mashed dishes?) AND
she informed me that we were supposed to buy the turkey because
BFsamMom doesn't have room in her refrigerator to defrost it.
::) She lives alone in an apartment.
Plus BFsamMom asked to borrow my roaster to cook the turkey
(which I knew about and agreed to a couple of weeks ago).
So now that DD#2 and I are supplying the majority of the meal (I
don't know what else BFsamMom is planning on, there's only 5 of
us) I said we should have dinner here and BFsamMom could just
come over and we're set.
I talked to DD#1 last night and asked what's up? She reminded me
that BFsamMom couldn't come out here because they will have her
car.
DD#2 ordered a turkey from on-line, it was delivered today and
is sitting in a cooler on my screened-in patio (no animals will
get to it ;)) I told DD#1 that she (they) should make the mashed
potatoes since DD#2 is making her mashed cauliflower dish and
I'll bring a veggie pizza.
I dunno -- is asking someone to buy the turkey (main dish) when
you are hosting a meal a bit off? Granted, she will be cooking
it in my roaster at her place, but still . . . DD#2 told me that
I needed to grow a spine. ::)
Thoughts?
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Re: Thanksgiving hosting woes
By: Wanaca Date: December 9, 2020, 3:31 pm
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I'm glad everything worked out good!
I've roasted turkeys upside down on purpose. It does make the
breast meat much more moist and I think it drains a bit of the
fat from the back. It doesn't look quite as good but I think it
tastes better that way.
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Re: Thanksgiving hosting woes
By: Rose Red Date: December 9, 2020, 3:39 pm
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I've heard that about turkey although I've never cooked a turkey
myself. There are recipes and instructions online.
I'm glad you had a good time but since you and your daughters
paid and cooked most of the food, I wouldn't call Sam's mom the
"hostess." You can call *me* grumpy but that's how it feel.
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Re: Thanksgiving hosting woes
By: vintagegal Date: December 9, 2020, 4:07 pm
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we used to cook turkeys upside down, you can flip them the last
half hour to get the breast browned.
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Re: Thanksgiving hosting woes
By: SureJan Date: December 9, 2020, 5:08 pm
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[quote author=vintagegal link=topic=1926.msg61251#msg61251
date=1607551647]
we used to cook turkeys upside down, you can flip them the last
half hour to get the breast browned.
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This is what I do when I roast a chicken (which we have much
more frequently) and it really is the best of both worlds.
My other poultry game changer was a leave in meat thermometer.
Mine broke after 5 or 6 years and a couple of moves and in the
brief amount of time before it was replaced I was completely
lost - wait it's how many minutes a pound at which temperature?
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