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re: Anyone else dread Thanksgiving because of bad cooks in the family?
Posted on 11/19/14 at 1:59 pm to hiltacular
Posted on 11/19/14 at 1:59 pm to hiltacular
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So why don't you and your brother in law just cook your own damn turkey?
My suggestion is similar to this one: if MiL/Mom's turkey is always dry, don't try to one up her in the turkey department. Bring a ham or small pork roast "just for variety's sake". Then you don't have to eat her dry turkey. If you do this and bring 1 decent side, you won't starve, the old folks will be happy with their traditions, and you'll keep the peace.
I promise you, in several decades you'll miss the togetherness, even if the food was bad. My late MiL liked boxed mac n cheese @ Tksgiving; I come from a family where it wasn't acceptable food even as an afterschool snack. She passed away in '08 and I'd happily eat box mac n cheese for a week if she could be with us again.
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Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:03 pm to Salmon
I've never said anything to the women in our family that make the food. They all bust their arse to feed us. That being said, the food is good but still leaves something to be desired. Two years ago I volunteered to make seafood gumbo instead of ordering it from a restaurant. Now its expected of me and I have no choice even if I'm out of town.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:07 pm to StringedInstruments
Cook your own turkey. Tell her someone gave you a turkey as a gift and it was already defrosted and had to be cooked, so you brought it along. Eat that one.
I like the traditional foods for Thanksgiving. I require them. If someone wants to prepare something extra and different, fine, but there better be Thanksgiving traditional foods present and accounted for. I like to eat the leftovers and turkey and bacon sandwiches for days after, too.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:12 pm to Gris Gris
I don't get the gripe with a dry turkey. Just cut it up and mix it with the dressing and gravy. Problem solved.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:20 pm to StringedInstruments
I dread Thankgiving because I find traditional holiday food to be quite boring, even if it's prepared really well.
Turkey, dressing, whatever....you can keep that shite.
Turkey, dressing, whatever....you can keep that shite.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:21 pm to Salmon
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StringedInstruments
You are obviously too passive.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:22 pm to Salmon
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Just cut it up and mix it with the dressing and gravy.
oh lawdy. Like dressing jambalaya.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:27 pm to Gris Gris
It is what I've always done
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:28 pm to Salmon
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I don't get the gripe with a dry turkey.
Me either, the dogs need to eat too, after all.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:36 pm to Salmon
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It is what I've always done
I don't mind those 3 items in the same large section on my sectional plate because I like a little gravy on my dressing, especially the crispy parts, but I do not put turkey and dressing together in the same bite. You people are heathen eaters!!! You probably all shovel your food instead of holding the fork properly. good lawd almighty!
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:39 pm to StringedInstruments
No not in the family but I do when I visit some friends or the girlfriend's friends.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 2:48 pm to hiltacular
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I don't understand these family dynamics, my mom would have absolutely no issue with me bringing my own food if for some reason I didn't like what she was making.
Consider yourself lucky! My wife's family has several "cooks" that insist on making their dishes each year and they are horrible. I see people put it on their plate, move it around some, and then throw it away.
I've always wondered why people never told them that "it's just not good and please never bring that again".
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So why don't you and your brother in law just cook your own damn turkey?
This is how it's done on my side of the family. I've been to dinner with 4 turkeys and 1 ham with only 12 people eating.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 3:00 pm to TigerScratch
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I've always wondered why people never told them that "it's just not good and please never bring that again".
If people want to bring bad dishes that is perfectly fine. I will never bash on someone for trying.
Where I became lost in this thread is the OP suggested that it was unacceptable for him to contribute food to the group. Even if I am hosting the meal and making the main dish (turkey) I would never tell someone they are not allowed to bring a dish, especially a family member
. I might suggest they prepare it another way if anything. This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 11/19/14 at 3:04 pm to StringedInstruments
Nope, I look forward to this day more than anything. Sucks for you.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 3:08 pm to LSUBoo
No sir, I don't have this problem. Only problem we have is dem damn dishes that have to be washed afterwards. Nevertheless, it beats the hell out of being deployed and missing the holidays.
This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 11/19/14 at 3:17 pm to StringedInstruments
I make sure and try everything my family members make, even if it's bad.
Having family approve of food you make is an awesome feeling. Suck it up, and return the favor.
Having family approve of food you make is an awesome feeling. Suck it up, and return the favor.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 4:24 pm to StringedInstruments
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dread Thanksgiving because of bad cooks in the family?
I could not care a rat's arse if I am with the people I want to be with.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 6:22 pm to StringedInstruments
No, but only because we don't let them cook.
My MIL came down 2 years ago and made here dressing, in all seriousness it smelled like sewage, cleared out the whole house.
The next year we told her just come on down, don't worry about cooking anything we got it.
Growing up I never had the problem bc my dad is a great cook, guess I should count myself lucky.
My MIL came down 2 years ago and made here dressing, in all seriousness it smelled like sewage, cleared out the whole house.
The next year we told her just come on down, don't worry about cooking anything we got it.
Growing up I never had the problem bc my dad is a great cook, guess I should count myself lucky.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 6:29 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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I could not care a rat's arse if I am with the people I want to be with.
This is the go-to answer in threads like this, and it always makes me chuckle because during the holidays there are multi-page threads of people talking about how they hate having to see extended family and need drinks to get through it and etc.
To each their own. I see (or at least talk to) the people I want to see more often than just Thanksgiving. If they were poor cooks and never cooked, I certainly wouldn't want them to do it on Thanksgiving just because they feel they should. I'd rather them let someone who does it well take care of it.
As for the OP: I don't really have this issue. There are a few things I'd make differently or a few things I just don't go for because they're not my thing.. but my family (and my SO's) has good cooks.
That said, the Thanksgiving dinner at my office (potluck) is sounding frightening by the sign-up sheet I snuck a peak at.
This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 11/19/14 at 6:31 pm to StringedInstruments
no, the food is the main reason I look forward to the holidays. the turkey is always perfect, dad's oyster dressing is the BEST, mom's cornbread dressing is fire, and there's gravy for days
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