For many people, turkey day is tomorrow. If you’re planning on making something, how goes your prep?

I’ve got a cornbread casserole in the oven, which has gone smoothly enough so far. However I do have to run to the grocery store to pick up all-purpose flour. Turns out we had less in stock than I expected, and we typically make a lot of cookies each year. Hopefully I’ll be able to get in and out no worse for wear.

  • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
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    5 hours ago

    Haha, I’m stressed like last year, I’m further behind on prep than I want to be but I’m not too far behind, might even be better than last year.

    Turkey is spatchcocked and seasoned, made the green bean salad, cranberry sauce, and chicken stock. Bacon cooked for the beer cheese and bacon soup. I’d like to have made the gravy already and be more certain o no the veggies I’ll toast tomorrow, but now typing this out I think I’m in a decent spot

    • rudyharrelson@lemmy.radioOP
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      4 hours ago

      Sounds delicious. The juiciest turkey I ever had had been spatchcocked. I haven’t done it myself, but I wanna try one of these days.

      Hope the rest of the prep goes smoothly!

      • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
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        4 hours ago

        Honestly I think it’s easier, takes up a fair bit of space in the fridge, but you don’t have to worry about liquids and leaking like with a wet brine. The prep isn’t too bad. Just give it enough time to thaw and then you cut out the spine, flatten it and season. I think optimally it has 4 days to sit then but that’s a lot of time taking that much space and I didn’t buy the turkey early enough for that >.> <.< Work’s just been busy, I’ve had a recaulking project at home that did turn out well but took triple the time i thought it would, and then with a kid and toddler, just haven’t been quite on top of it

        • rudyharrelson@lemmy.radioOP
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          3 hours ago

          I heard that. Sounds like a rough week, but glad it seems to have worked out. I was sick last week and it made the lead-up to this week stressful cause I wasn’t sure if I would recover in time. But I’ve been fine the last two days and have had to make up for lost time in getting everything ready. So far so good, though.