On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:47:26 -0800 (PST), Food Snob® wrote:

> On Nov 26, 9:38*pm, bulka > wrote:
>> Probably the worst meal I've ever prepared.
>>
>> The first clue - I've never made a bad pie. *This morning I managed to
>> charcoal the top crust.
>>
>> At least the turkey was pretty good - moist flesh, crispy skin.
>> Intentionally slightly undercooked, since most of it is planned for re-
>> use anyway. *Still managed to make a disaster of the carving.
>>
>> Cranberrys were good - Mama Stamberg's and the Garlic Cranberry
>> Chutney from the same website.
>>
>> Everything else, though, was over-spiced and over-cooked. Dishes I've
>> done right many times. *My "How hard could it be?" recipe-less attempt
>> at stuffing/dressing was inedible. *But at least there was a lot of
>> it.
>>
>> We'll see what damage I can to to a simple carcass stock tomorrow.
>>
>> I'm just thankful that we weren't having company. *Thankful that I
>> didn't break anything, start a fire, spill grease all over the floor,
>> cut off a finger. *Could have been worse.
>>
>> Some days, I shoulda stood in bed.
>
> It couldn't have been as bad as what my wife was subjected to (I
> didn't go due to circumstances) at her sister's. Store bought pies
> were one of the better things served. The scratch apple pie she
> brought was only good item. I stayed home and drank a few glasses of
> wine and worked on a 500 piece puzzle, and ate leftover turkey that I
> roasted on Tuesday. Trader Joe's cornbread stuffing mix is really
> good stuff.

people who serve store-bought pies should be flayed alive, but t.j.'s
store-bought dressing is good stuff. got it.

blake