2. WRITE DOWN YOUR MENU
AND LOOK AT IT OFTEN. Write it on
your arm and post a copy
in the kitchen. EVEN Seasoned cooks will forget the salad or cranberry
sauce in the refrigerator or Burn the rolls in the oven.
3. BUY A FRESH TURKEY
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Do not buy a turkey injected with chemicals. It is
once a year! Order it at your market TODAY
so it really is there when you want to pick it up 1-2 days before the
‘Event’ and NOT FROZEN. TAKE OUT THE
INSIDE PACKAGE!!!
4. WORK BACKWARDS
from the dinner hour to what happens every hour calculating how long the Turkey
takes to cook so your GOAL
will be met. See Tip #1.
5. BUY A GOOD MEAT
THERMOMETER if you don’t own one. It will beep and tell you when the turkey
is done. They are on sale now at Bed Bath and Beyond for about $20.00. Follow
cooking directions from on line or a cookbook.
6. DO NOT BE SEDUCED
by the Food Network or other cooking/home shows!
7. ALL SIDE DISHES
ARE MADE ON TOP OF STOVE. The oven is for the turkey. (Be sure to remove
the cereal or pantry items you now store in your oven.) If you have a second oven or warming drawer, WHY are you reading this? Rolls can be warmed up (not baked) in the
oven after the turkey is out and resting. See
Tip #2.
8. DELEGATE HELPERS who
will do WHAT you say WHEN you say it WITHOUT BACKTALK!
9. DESIGNATE items
for guest to bring ONLY if
they WILL bring them and NOT PREPARE them at your house. APPETIZERS,
PIES, ROLLS even a VEGGIE DISH that can just be heated on
top of the range or microwaved. See tip
#7!
10. HAVE A BACK-UP
PLAN. Lots of appetizers, just in case things are running late. Buy
2 Frozen Pizzas only if it gives you confidence just in case the dogs eat your
turkey like in ‘A Christmas Story’.
Do you have a good Thanksgiving Story? A fabulous success
you want to share? Do you have a fabulous failure you can laugh about now?
