Friday, November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving Lessons

Learned the Easy Way
  1. Read your recipes a million times over.  
  2. Work backwards and plan out the time everything is going to happen.
  3. Start earlier anyway.
  Learned the Hard Way
  1.  Have backup plans for potentially significant amounts of leftover herbs and/or celery. 
    1. a. Buy the right amount of thyme in the first place.
  2. Line the bottom of EVERYTHING that goes into a heat source in foil.
  3. Make sure ALL your tupperware is clean on Wednesday.
  4. One gravy packet with four servings does not, in fact, make enough gravy for four people.
  5. Line the bottom of EVERYTHING that goes into a heat source in foil.

3 comments:

Paul said...

But what if it's something that goes into a heat source? Should you also line the bottom of THAT in foil?

pamela said...

Yes, Paul. Yes, you should.

Justin said...

Of course, should you forget the foil, the second best thing is having a dude around willing to scrub and scrub ... and scrub ...