So What Are Your Thanksgivings Plans?

maggiemae

maggiemae

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We will have Thanksgiving Dinner here with the kids and grandkids. We usually fry a turkey with the oil but we bought an oil-less fryer this year (it uses infra red technology). can't wait to try it out. I get real anxious when that oil gets so hot and you drop a turkey. Since this is the first year I have been retired during the holidays, I feel like I can prepare a lot of things ahead of time and not be up all night before Thanksgiving!
 

We can't have it here...

My Dad and his partner hate companion animals.

Grandson is a toddler and the dogs would knock him over.

Hubby doesn't have the dexterity for big family dinners like he used to.

Must call oldest boy to find a restaurant...
 
I'm on my own so I will make a miniature feast with a few old favorites.

The challenge, for me, is how to have my little feast without filling the house with too much of a good thing.
 
This year a low key unholiday with a sibling so we can avoid other family. It'll probably be Thai food and a long walk on the beach. Sanity, peace, and laughs.
 
Will be with my new adopted family. :) So far, I've spent several family get togethers with them, since moving here, I happy to have been invited to spend the holiday with them. The grand-dame, who won't be cooking, is my aunt's bestie, who lives out of town, she was also a childhood friend of my mom's.
 
I am making dinner with all the standard dishes like I have done for the last 35 years. Creamed onions, for the hubby,turnip,mashed potatoes for my son. corn, and a few other sides. Every year there are less and less at the table but I try not to dwell on it. The last couple of years I have made the turkey a day ahead. After it is cooked I let it cool a bit. disassemble it in very large pieces,wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Thanksgiving day I slice it and put it in a large pan with some turkey or even chicken broth to reheat. It slices easier, the gravy is made ahead, Dressing removed and in its serving dish. I make the pies 2 days ahead. I figure left over pie lasts longer than three days,so why not. I have a huge cooler that I use with ice packs if the day should be warm, Condiments, can go in there with sides already prepared. If it is cool enough outside I put bowls or pots on the inside of the grill with the lid down that is on our porch. The whole process frees up my frig and oven. The only thing I miss is the crisp turkey skin. Probably shouldn't eat that anyway. I'm to old to rush around the last minute and it gives me extra time to enjoy my family.
 
I usually go to my brother's house and have dinner with him and his wife, my nephew and his gf and my sis n law's brother and friend. Not sure if they will have the dinner this year. They have been going out of town a lot.
 
Same as it's always been.......just me and mama with a big traditional home cooked Thanksgiving turkey dinner and then leftovers for a week.

Gawd I love her giblet gravy !!........I could eat it in a bowl like soup with a spoon.

Oops correction.......I HAVE eaten it a bowl like soup with a spoon. :)
 
Going to Stowe, VT for a romantic, three day getaway. Dinner at our favorite inn on Thanksgiving. They have a great meal.

No family nearby, so this makes for a fun holiday. We did this a few years ago and went swimming in the heated outdoor pool when the temperature was around zero. There was so much steam coming off the water you could hardly see five feet in front of you.
 
We haven't had a big homemade Thanksgiving dinner in our house since my in-laws passed away. Just the two of us now, we usually make something nice for dinner, but not the traditional turkey or ham. Might pick up one of each though if there's good holiday sales on them. Hope everybody has a nice Thanksgiving!
 
I'll be making turkey and all the trimmings for family that lives nearby. There'll be 8 or 9 of us. I love Thanksgiving. It's one of my favorite holidays. I love the smell of the turkey in the oven and finally getting everything on the table. I love sitting around talking with everyone but sometimes it's hard to relax after all the preparation. I'm going to try to prepare more ahead this year, at least as much as I have space for in the frig.

I have my own little tradition of listening to Dvorak's 9th Symphony (From the New Word) while I peel the potatoes. It takes about the length of the Symphony to get them all peeled. That music always reminds me of Thanksgiving.
 
We'll all be gathering at one of the daughters house for Thanksgiving...then the other daughter will be hosting Christmas. It's usually quite a gathering with 4 generations...some Really Good times.
 
I have Thanksgiving dinner at my son's home. We don't have many relatives so there will be 8 adults and my two grandchildren - 6 yr old twins. Each person brings a dish to share and my son and wife provide the turkey and refreshments. It is always a good meal and good company.
 
I'll be going to my son and daughter-in-law's home for dinner with his two sons and her two sons and daughter. It will be wonderful, I almost can't wait. Gimme gravy!!!
 

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