Maybe We Should Just Order Pizza Instead
For the very first time, we are hosting Thanksgiving dinner.
(Insert insane laughter here.)
In our teeny tiny house. At our teeny tiny dinner-for-4 table. In our teeny tiny kitchen. With teeny tiny children running underfoot. Wearing our teeny tiny, miniscule even, chefs hats. We have never cooked a whole turkey before. Hell, we’ve never cooked a whole chicken before.
This should be interesting.
(Insert more insane laughter.)
I know they say it’s not about the food, it’s about the family. But my family really likes their food. Thankfully, my husband is going to help. He will be the one to wrestle the bird. He is also going to remove the giblets, because ew. We have a general idea of the sides we’re going to prepare. We’ve planned this far. The end result is a whole nother story. We have extras of everything possible for experimental purposes and/or in case of a catastrophe. Unfortunately, there is only one turkey.
This could go one of two ways: either not that bad, or it’s all gonna blow to pieces. Honestly, my vote is for the latter. Both J and myself tend to become overwhelmed easily. Put us fretting in a teeny tiny kitchen, fighting for space if not our lives, and our marriage may be at stake. At least I should get a good story out of it.
Pray for us.
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Good luck with your dinner. I have so been there.So for the first time in about 35 eyars I am not cooking the big dnner. My daughter is having it at her house. So she is probably think exactly what you are thinking right know. I love it.
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Good luck with hosting your first Thanksgiving dinner! We’re having Christmas at our house, with my in-laws this year. It sounded like a good idea at the time…but as the days pass I get more & more terrified. We’ve got a tiny, seats four kitchen table as well. I’ve also never cooked a turkey. Frankly, they scare me, with their giblets and imbedded thermometers and whatnot. And it’s my in-laws…my very critical of food in-laws.
Ack. I’m hyperventilating again.
Please keep us posted on how your dinner goes…I’ll be taking notes! =)
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Good luck! We’ll be doing the same
The only other time we’ve done the whole thing was literally a week and a half after Fynn was born… in an even smaller place… and it was crazy, but still good! So if we did it then, you and I can do it this year lady. Happy Thanksgiving!
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I bet it goes surprisingly well. Turkeys are really, really easy to cook!
Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving.
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Good luck with everything!
Have a great Thanksgiving!
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Aw, have as much fun as you can! I actually LOVE hosting big dinners, but I do get a little CRAZY when doing so.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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