What's for Dinner, Thanksgiving, Thurs., Nov. 23, 2023

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing.

I had dinner with three friends. The married couple made the main meal, the person I drove with to their house made a salad (he's sort of famous for his salads) and I supplied the bubbly.

I ate with them last year also, same division of food, salad, and bubbly. To be honest, I'm not that fond of the meal they produce, and I may want to do my best to opt out in the future. I can either find other friends to eat with, or simply fix my own meal. Which is fine.

I like cooking turkey, used to do it regularly, as in at least 4 or 5 times a year when my boys were growing up. Heck, there were times they'd come home from school in the middle of the week to a turkey dinner. Turkey is not hard to fix, just somewhat time consuming.

Oh, and don't do it in one of those flimsy aluminum pans. Buy a heavy duty roasting pan with a rack. Trust me, the bird will bake up far better in it. I got one some time in the 90s when for some reason none of my local stores had those aluminum pans a couple of days before Thanksgiving. Best thing that every happened to my turkey baking.