This year for Thanksgiving, we had Chris' sister, brother in law and our nephews here for dinner.  The stress of several days' worth of extreme cleaning was mitigated by the fact that our 18 year old nephew cooked the entire dinner. From scratch. He cooked the 18.5 pound turkey that Chris got free from work in one of those Reynold's Oven Bags, inside our electric roaster. He rubbed the turkey with melted butter, poultry seasoning, and salt first, then it cooked for about 4 hours. I was very skeptical of the oven bag method, having never done it before. I was sure the turkey would still be pale when it was done but much to my surprise, it did turn brown. And fell apart. I barely got a photo before it was sliced, plattered, and served up. Here's Chris while carving: Our nephew also made homemade rolls. As in, from yeast and water and flour and I don't know, the pillows angels sleep on or something. I was in the living room grumbling about how crappy the Macy's Day Parade was … [Read more...]