jmcquown wrote:

> Ted Campanelli wrote:
>
>> Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes
>> not so great) words of knowledge:
>>
>> If all else fails, you could always open a jar of gravy. (gasp, cough
>> - the "horror" of it {:-) )
>
>
> Would that I could find some jarred gravy I looked for it yesterday.
> I'm not convinced two cornish game hens will render enough fat and
> juices to make pan gravy possiblee. And jarred gravy beats McCormick's
> gravy powder hands down!

Well, you could always do a small turkey and send the leftovers home
with the caregiver. Cheap as they are this time of year, it might very
well cost less than a pair of cornish game hens, your caregiver gets
turkey for sandwiches for her and her kids, and you've got the carcass
for stock.