In article >,
OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>In article >,
> Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> MoM wrote:
>>
>> > You can precook and slice your turkey up to a month ahead. Then, on the
>> > day; while all the side dishes are cooking; you take a roasting pan and
>> > line
>> > it with LETTUCE. A couple of layers. Put your turkey in, you can separate
>> > dark and white meat. Cover with another couple of layers of lettuce and
>> > put
>> > the lid on. Put in a 325* oven while you are cooking the potatoes and veg
>> > and reheating the gravy and stuffing. I imagine the stuffing can go in the
>> > oven too. Usually by the time everything else is ready, and you take the
>> > lid off the roasting pan it will be steaming and the turkey will be moist
>> > and delicious just like fresh cooked.
>>
>> There is something sooooooooo wrong about this, to me. Part of my
>> pleasure is the smell of roasting turkey (as well as all the labor) on
>> the actual day of Thanksgiving. It feeds into my need for tradition.
>> What do you serve and carve at the table? I don't have any trouble
>> preparing a large meal with many different items on that day. It just
>> takes planning. I had a neighbor once who roasted then sliced the turkey
>> the night before and just let it sit out. It was so unappetizing, as
>> well as a huge bacterial risk.
>
>I can see why a very, very busy person might do this but to me, what's
>the point? :-( If I work Thanksgiving (and I usually do), I just have it
>on that weekend instead...
>
>Since I work night shift tho', I might actually be able to pull it off
>if I prepare everything the day before and get it ready to go, and just
>start cooking when I get home and skip that morning workout. That would
>put me home about 07:30 am and I have to go to sleep by about 2 pm or so.
>
>Cheers!
>--
>Om.
>
>"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

So, if someone is so busy they need to cook their turkey a month ahead
of time, why not just go out for dinner? In our very extended family,
the preparation is done as a collaborative effort. We put things together
while talking, laughing and catching up with family members we haven't
seen in a while. If any of us were worried about the amount of time it
took, we would be better off just renting a banquet room or having the
dinner catered.