Anyone here besides me actually cook Thanksgiving dinner yesterday?

[merbex]

I cooked for ten people

Anyone else?

[ananda]

1. Congrats!

I've never cooked a Thanksgiving dinner for anyone. My mom or my sister always did the job... and it WAS a job.

[mntleo2]

44. Of COURSEI Cooked!

The traditional with my ex-husband (who is homeless) and all the kids were there with their friends and partners. Lots of people not feasting this year around us, it seems. Had around 12 people. someone brought a boneless a ham and I fixed a 15 lb turkey with still lots of leftovers to munch on today and tomorrow too! :o)

Cat In Seattle <---not afraid of the Avian flu ~ YET.

[marylanddem]

2. Yes, I cooked for 5. I'm glad it's over. nt

[shraby]

3. I cooked for 13.

Pumpkin and cherry pies, turkey, mashed potatoes (real potatoes), stuffing, gravy (real gravy made from the turkey juices), corn, and the daughter and daughter-in-law brought the salads.

[LeftyMom]

4. I did

I went to my Mom's but she'd sooner die than veganize the side dishes, so I had to make a completely separate dinner for myself and LeftyKid.

[havocmom]

5. I cooked

for me 'n Havocdad. Oh, and the dog and cat.

The cat is SOOOO nice after some bites of turkey zzzzzzzzzzzzz LOL. The dog LOVES special 'cooking holidays'. He even likes some bites of yams with apples.

[PegDAC]

6. Eternity

is two people and a turkey. We went out to eat.
:party:

[Punkingal]

7. Yep...

I cooked for 7 people. And I was exhausted last night...slept 10 hours when I finally got to bed.

[berni_mccoy]

8. My wife and I cooked our Thanksgiving meal together for our family

It was yummy :-)!

[onenote]

9. my wife and I cooked for 10

including my 91 year old dad...afterwards we sat around and had a good ol' Thanksgiving anti-bush rant...'twas lovely!

onenote

[wellstone dem]

20. I cooked the turkey and dressing

my sister made the vegetables, my mom made the potatoes which I mashed, and then my Mom, my 86 year old Dad, and a few others sat around and watched the tape of the Michael Moore speech which my sister had made. We then applauded the TV, something I don't think my family has ever done.

[terip64]

10. I cooked for 6 and had enough for 25

Soup, lasagna, turkey, potatoes, turnips, green bean cassarole, leeks au gratin, corn, stuffing, cheesecake and 2 pies. It is sinful. That Italian gene can't be controlled. I'm not cooking again until at least some of this is gone!

[GrpCaptMandrake]

11. Dinner for 8

25 pound turkey, homemeade cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato croquettes, carrot/raisin salad, pumpkin pies and banana pudding w/ homemade custard.

STILL doing dishes.

But it sure was yummy.

Turkey salad and "Turkey Carcass Soup" in the works now.

[Cassandra]

12. I cooked a turkey breast and gravy for a friend and myself.

(Free range turkey, and gravy from drippings and homemade frozen turkey stock) She brought sweet potatoes and flowers and I bought a cranberry and orange relish. I was a lot more tired from cleaning than from cooking. The turkey came out particularly well.

[bammertheblue]

13. I cooked it for the first time

Actually my boyfriend and I cooked together. It was quite the adventure in our tiny kitchen, using all 3 pots we own, but it was really fun and it turned out yummy!

[merbex]

18. Welcome to DU! This was my 17th straight year of cooking/having

Thanksgiving

That first year I had been married since Feb. and my brother was getting married the Saturday following Thanksgiving; I knew my mother was consumed with the upcoming wedding but still wanted all of us together before the "baby"got married so I offered

After that meal was over my mother said to me "You own this holiday now"

Thanks Mom

I'm exhausted

[POAS]

14. Cooked a 13 pounder just for myself

[Dulcinea]

15. Sure.

Turkey breast, gravy, a mountain of mashed potatoes (mmm, my favorite!), cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, stuffing & pumpkin pie. DH is a great cook & was a lot of help!

[seemunkee]

16. Of course, for 12

4th year in a row.

[H2O Man]

17. I wear the apron

in this household. Cooked & cleaned-up for six.

[jwirr]

19. We celebrate Thanksgiving on the another day as the

family is mostly health care workers and they work the day for two reasons. So others can be off and it pays great.

[julialnyc]

21. split the chores for a ten person dinner... then had a second dinner

brother did the turkey, cranberry sauce and creamed spinach; sister did the stuffing and gravy; husband did the sweet and mashed potatoes and I did the green bean casserole, corn bread, pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate pecan pie, berry cobbler and chocolate chip bundt cake (I got a kitchenaide stand mixer as a wedding present and demanded to do the desserts so I could use it!).

My father and my husbands father got to sit out on the cooking as did my husband's brother and his girlfriend.


Then we had a second Thanksgiving with my husband's mother and her family (but I didn't need to cook).

Splitting holidays with two sets of divorced parents is high in calories (I will have to run for 5 miles a day this week)

[Ysolde]

36. Used to do that, too,

Had Thanksgiving "lunch" with my family and then did the whole thing over again with hubby's family at about 8pm -- man was that hard on the waistline! And, we'd have to figure out a meal with my father, too!

After hubby's grandmother passed away, his mother always goes to his sister's house in CO, so we do it at my family's now. And, my dad comes to my mom's house (which is too cool for words)!

Really works out nice now.

[SW FL Dem]

22. I did

It was only the three of us, but we had the works.

[Nickster]

23. Yup, I cooked for let's see(counting on fingers) 10 people in total.

I got up at 4am to start cooking and I finally crashed REAL hard at about 5pm, woke up around 930pm or so just in time to ask how everything was:-). I haven't been that tired in a long time. I made everything from scratch right down to the cocktail sauce for the shrimp.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

24. I cooked for 7

But we had a lot of dishes -- turkey, stuffing, homemade cran sauce, greens, brussels sprouts. I was pleased that everything came out with a 5-minute span, and everything was perfect.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. I cooked for 11

First time in years. It went well.

[pdxmom]

26. My husband is the cook in our family...and he's amazing.

We only cooked for six yesterday, but we have a Christmas dinner coming up that requires cooking for 16. Should be a challenge.

Oh, and our 20-pound turkey only cost $3.80! My husband finds the best deals!

[MsUSA]

My husband too did all the cooking too.....

had a 6 lb capon, dressing, green bean dish, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin or banana cream pie. He told me he's not doing it next year. He's done our thanksgiving dinner for more then 25 years, and he says that he doesn't enjoy making it as much as he used to. He just gets tired......I said great, we'll go out next year. He's the best.

[Southsideirish]

35. Mine too. We had white fish. I made the Black Forest no-fat cake w/

cherries. Yum!! I think I'll go have a slice right now!.

[pdxmom]

38. My hubby has always done all the holiday cooking, and I

did all the daily cooking for the first 20 years of our marriage. Five years ago, I told him it was his turn to figure out the daily cooking deal. He's a much better cook and much more creative than I am.

This year's holiday dinner?

Turkey, sage sausage dressing, cranberry salad, green beans, broccolli casserole, potato casserole, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, homemade buttermilk biscuits, gravy, and pecan and pumpkin pie.

Totally traditional. And sooo amazing!

[Porcupine]

27. Cooked for 5, have food for 10. All from scratch.

I even whip the cream by hand, a family tradition.

[converted_democrat]

28. I fixed food for 6, and really enjoyed it. I'm tired today though.n/t

[soup]

29. Yep.

A little bit of this a little bit of that and a grand 20# turkey.

turkey with stuffing gravy potatoes baked sweet potatoes candied yams cranberry relish cole slaw green bean casserole dinner rolls pumpkin bread devilled eggs olives pickles banana cream pie pumpkin pie

one daughter-in-law brought over a sweet potato souffle and another brought a cherry jello dessert

this preceded by a veggie and dip tray

and followed by a very sick husband :( Poor man, thought he'd eaten too much, but round about midnight realized it was more than that - he's still down for the count today. Either the flu or a very clever ploy for getting out of cleaning up afterwards.

The best parts of the day, though, was watching one granddaughter proudly share her round-off cartwheels she's worked so hard at - and rocking the newest grandbaby to sleep last night.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Yes mashed potatoes

vegies, turkey, and fresh cranberry sauce... us diabetics cannot really eat what comes out of the can... foudd a great recipee and modified it

[Ysolde]

31. I didn't this year....

My mother and grandmother (who's 90) and my aunt did all the cooking at my mom's house (for 17). I usually do the cooking, but the 60-hour work weeks have gotten to me!

It was wonderful, even if we skipped the turkey this year (did ham and smoked ribs, instead) as well as all of our family standards (sweet potatoes, green beans, mac-n-cheese, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, etc.) and lots and lots of pies.

I'll be doing Christmas, though!

[ThomWV]

32. Every year - About 25 people yesterday

Its not a big deal at all.

[LibDemAlways]

33. Part of dinner for 6

My mom did the turkey and stuffing - her specialty. I handled appetizers, veggies, salad, rolls, and drinks. My brother brought pies. Much easier to make it "pot luck" than one person cooks all.

[pitohui]

34. yes i almost always cook

we tried eating out once, it wasn't the same, rubber turkey instead of rubber chicken if you know what i mean

[lady lib]

37. We cooked for 5.

And I do mean WE. It was all hands on deck with each person handed a recipe. We made pumpkin pie, apple spice cake, turkey breast, green beans, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad with apples/blue cheese/candied walnuts, stuffed mushrooms, cranberry sauce, and brie with some of the cranberry sauce baked into it. Yum!

Yesterday, I was thankful for:
- My cooperative and helpful family. Thanks especially to my mother-in-law for getting my teenaged daughters to help out and for giving them a cooking lesson.
- My Showtime rotisserie. This is THE way to cook poulty IMHO.
- Allrecipes.com for all my free and super easy recipes.
- Stovetop stuffing. The inventor of this product just passed away, may she RIP.
- My dishwasher. My washing machine. All the clean water that they used throughout the day.
- Stackable Ziploc storage containers. Press and seal plastic wrap. Nonstick aluminum foil.
- A fridge to hold our abundant supply of food that I try very hard not to take for granted.
- Malarky. The game that had everyone awake and laughing hysterically after our large and usually sleep-inducing meal.

[evlbstrd]

39. I did not.

It was always my job, for the last 20 years.
I am now emancipated.

[SOteric]

40. Me and my best friend from way back

cooked up a storm together in her kitchen. 16 people were in attendance, including ourselves. The turkey was a little overstuffed, but then, so were the guests.

[Missy Vixen]

41. I did

This year, it was just the two of us. It was nice. We talked about what we're thankful for. :loveya:

Julie

[RetroLounge]

42. I cooked for 4, along with my wife.

We cooked way more than we needed, of course.

It was delish...

RL

[hippywife]

43. Since we have to spend time with family

the day of, I cook a couple of things to take there, and today I am cooking a full Thanksgiving meal for just us. I do that every year since there aren't leftovers when you go somewhere else.

[flvegan]

45. I did.

But only for two.

[mykpart]

46. I cooked for 7.

I love it, but I'm beginning to get a little tired of it. My son is engaged to be married, so maybe next year my daughter-in-law will cook!

[Mr. McD]

47. Cooked enough for 8, served 3.

Gotta have leftovers.:)

[greatauntoftriplets]

48. So did I....

except my rude nephew never showed.

:evilfrown:

[shanti]

49. the whole shebang

for four people. my friend brought a pecan pie, but i made everything else, and it turned out quite well, if i say so myself:)

16 pound turkey, macadamia nut stuffing, fresh green beans, homemade mashed potatoes and gravy, green salad, rolls, olives, topped off with pumpkin and chocolate pecan pie and freshly whipped cream. yum!

[AccessGranted]

50. I did

I didn't mind. It was fun actually.

[tigereye]

51. cooked for 10

husband did most of it and loaded the dw 3 times! He is very organized. It was great and everyone seemed to like it. My son even helped quite a bit. He was a good sous chef.

We are very tired today though. I took my son to see Harry Potter, husband went to see his mo ( who is in the hospital) and then we all took a big nap after we ate Thai take-out. :)

[In_The_Wind]

52. I cooked a wonderful dinner.

For 2.

[Kali]

53. COOKED for 20 + but HAVE 3 teenagers, so five at the table

and a FEW leftovers, but they are going fast! 20+lb bird and I'm going to be lucky to get 4 meals out of it!

3 pies - half of one left!
Waldorf salad - gone
Mashed spuds - almost gone
stuffing - almost gone
sweet spuds/marshmallows - gone
peas w/pear onions - gone
rolls - gone
first package cranberries - gone (have another for spare to cook)
Gravy - almost gone

[barb162]

54. No, I am doing it this weekend when the turkey thaws out

but got a delicious dinner with the family yesterday

[lakemonster11]

55. My mom and I cooked.

There are only four of us total, but we probably had enough food for ten!

[scarlet_owl]

56. I cooked for six.

[distantearlywarning]

57. I cooked for 6.

It went very well. Turkey, mashed potatoes, squash, stuffing, etc...

[Left Is Write]

58. I cooked Thanksgiving dinner.