Avoiding Thanksgiving Disasters

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Registered: 05-15-2009
Avoiding Thanksgiving Disasters
Fri, 11-19-2010 - 1:46pm

Do you have any tips for avoiding Thanksgiving cooking disasters?

This article was interesting to read:

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Registered: 10-05-2009
Sat, 11-20-2010 - 2:38pm

I always stuff my turkey. I know it takes longer to cook that way, and I'm ok with that. I have to get up eariler, and that's ok, too. I stuff the morning of, never the night before. I don't even prepare my stuffing in advance, I make it and stuff it! I ALWAYS check the temp of the stuffing, too. If it's not hot enough, then my bird isn't done all the way through.

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Registered: 10-08-2010
Sun, 11-21-2010 - 1:36pm

My dad (who was the cook of the house) never stuffed the bird for the very same reason as the article. and I just continued with the tradition.

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Tue, 11-23-2010 - 12:56pm

I used to drain my potatoes by holding the lid onto the pan and pouring out the excess water.