Thursday, December 16, 2004
What to do about Christmas?
Our Chrismas gathering with guru's side of the family is usually at his dad's house. It's always a bit cramped because his dining room is on the small side and seating sucks (2 big butts have to squeeze onto the piano bench or one big butt and 2 little ones). Now this year, we have another person to add to the table. This one needs a highchair. It's never gonna fit. It also means we'd have to take a highchair with us. My idea is to have the gathering at our house where we can spread out more. Also, there will be no dog or dog hair on the carpet so I can actually let the baby crawl around and not have to hold him the whole time. Now, the problem is this...If the gathering is at my house, I have to do the cooking. I HATE cooking!! But, for the above mentioned reasons, I would be willing to do it. However, I have never cooked a turkey in my life. I have absolutely NO desire to put my hand inside a dead bird and clean out the guts. I would buy a ready to cook bird, but they are very expensive. What should I do? I really want it at our house this year, but how do I get a nice turkey dinner when I can't cook the turkey?
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Why does your dinner have to be with turkey? What is wrong with ham, roast beef, or even chicken?
Oh, and one more thing. Why do you have to make the turkey just because you are hosting?
I think there are two very important things to have a holiday gathering- a great place to entertain people and the main food item. In this case it's the meat/turkey. You are doing all the work with hosting so you shouldn't feel like you have to do the meat.
Well here's the thing. I have to do the bird because turkey is kind of the tradition. (and my picky hubby hates ham, his dad probably does too, I don't know). Plus the only other people coming would be his dad and his girlfriend and maybe his bro his girlfriend and their son. All of which have to drive at least a half hour to get here, so driving with a cooked bird that far doesn't really make since, it would be cold by the time they got here. I do have a coupon for $4 off a turkey from Boston Market and am considering just getting one from there.
Buying a cooked turkey sounds like a great idea. Less work for you, but if you decide to cook your own, you can use my new turkey pan if you want. Just let me know what I can do to help.
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