Day: October 9, 2022

I didn’t even think about it until just now. Can I substitute in some Swiss Chalet dipping sauce from a pouch into the mix? Kids won’t touch gravy anyway, so no love lost there if it’s missing. But the wife and I will be looking for it with both eyes open. So update to plan. Once turkey comes out to rest, I put the heat up for potatoes, and immediately do the stuffing. Clean that pan, and use it for gravy. Small mix up, but something we can bounce back from!

I can’t believe I didn’t even twig to it until now. Wowzers. Now let us pray I don’t over cook / undercook this turkey breast lump and do us all in!

About 2 hrs left, or there abouts until show time. Feeling anxious, having a hard time sitting down. Pacing the kitchen waiting, watching, and planning out my timing. Found out the dinner rolls too. But, alas my dear friends, no carrots this year. Boiled then drizzled in brown sugar & butter. Oh my! I’ll miss them!

So how things are going. The butterball 3lb turkey breast ball was rinsed, debagged, basted with oil and set in a Corning wear pan. The oven preheated to 325°, and the turkey roll placed in the centre of the lower rack. This is where it will stay for 3.5-4 hours. Once the turkey comes out to rest, I’ll turn the oven up to 450°, and will pop in the pre cooked baby potatoes on a cooking pan, brushed with oil & dusted with vegetable salt for flavour. Canned potatoes are not known for being particularly flavorful. They should take anywhere from 15 – 30 minutes, all going well. On top of the stove I have four pans. One is corn, one green beans, one is straight up peas, and the last is for Stove Top Stuffing. I have cranberry sauce ready to go, and rolls for the table. I didn’t go ahead and make any kind of homemade desserts, because why would I. I’m inept, not a masochist. We have ice cream if the kids actually eat their dinner this time around. I like carrots but opted to keep them off the menu.

Any left overs can get eaten tomorrow or go to my inlaws who currently have Covid.

Early hours yet. But thus far no major errors in judgement. Still have more than 3.5 hrs to go! Fingers crossed for us all. Ciao Bella!

I am going to attempt to cook a Thankgiving meal myself. I may Chronicle it as it could be a humorous failure in the extreme. Title, “An Attempt at Dinner by the Criminally Inept Cook”. Laughs, tears and possibly a burn will ensue. Stay tuned. I’m no stranger to cooking, the oven & chopping board. But I am usually the one who peels potatoes & carrots, or plunges corn on the cob in boiling water, or whom lifts the finished Turkey out of the oven ever so gently to carve up a breast. I have never been without extended family that would take on the roll of cooking in my forty plus years. Thank you Covid for this new experience. Kinda? I guess? Better late than never, I suppose.

Anyway, I’m off outdoors to finish pruning all of the dead flowers and tidy up the ole homestead exterior. Ciao Bella!