you now have 5 turkeys in your freezer?
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You remind me of me, Norm. Once my nutso sister convinced us to eat out on Thanksgiving (her treat) with my mom. We went to a very nice restaurant but going home to no leftovers just filled me with regret. I swore I'd never eat out or at someone else's house for Thanksgiving again, and we never have. The actual dinner was very good but my sister's behavior, including being 45 minutes late (they wouldn't seat us until the entire party had arrived), being cocky and rude to the waiter, ruined my day even before the meal began.NormM wrote:I usually go to my sisters for Thanksgiving. There are 9 adults and 7 kids. I don't take any chances there might not be leftovers. I always get the smallest turkey I can and cook it after Thanksgiving so we WILL have leftovers. I also make extra dressing, pie and cranberry sauce.
OH MY GOD! She's lucky it wasn't me as I'd have screamed and pushed my chair back so fast, I probably would've ended up on the floor. And trust me, I wouldn't have been able to proceed with dinner. You're a trooper, Bug.Bugster2 wrote:After I had taken the bite of rice I looked down at the rice and saw this huge cockroach/beetle laying on its' back with feet pointing to the sky. She was furious. I was embarrassed but as I said I couldn't help it. The rest of the guests turned green but had enough manners just to not eat the rice dish. Since I am a primitive savage, with no class at all, I was on her $nit list for years. She would constantly make snide remarks to me about whether her food had passed my inspection.
I never let anyone help me in the kitchen (it usually makes me nervous as I like things done a certain way and I usually have a system down in my head on when I'm going to do something), nor do I let them help clean up. Everyone always says, "Michelle, you're doing so much work. Are you sure I can't help you?" And my reply is ALWAYS the same: "No problem, I don't mind doing everything myself. But just know that when I eat at your house, I'm going to sit on my butt and enjoy myself." And I mean every single word. Plus Brian always does most of the picking up while we're still at the table talking. He'll have a load of dishes going in the dishwasher before the stragglers (including me) get up from the table.Bethk wrote:It use to be my Mom & Grandma did the cooking, my brothers girlfriend (and later wife) and I would set the table & then we were clean-up. My oldest brother's wife managed to be the perfect guest, and although she was a wonderful cook, never cooked nor cleaned up at any of our meals. Funny, but when we were at her house she had no problem cooking and then allowing us to do all the clean-up.
I never understood why some people do that -- often times, the conversation and laughter at the table after a meal is really the best part of the dinner party! And as the cook, I always feel most relaxed when the meal is all done, served and everyone has enjoyed it, so I really look forward to relaxing after dinner.LisaSD wrote:I used to be more accommodating in my younger days but now I just say "NO! I want to enjoy my guests..." and they drop it. My sister jumps up from the dinner table as soon as we finish eating at major family dinners and misses out on our after dinner conversations because she wants to get the dishes done. That's not a problem any more because I quit going to her house. Problem solved.
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