Thanksgiving run of show
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Anonymous
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Please double-check me...and feel free to steal this and amend it for your needs!
(We have six adults, two children; four adults are overnight guests of the host family of two adults, two children) Menu Appetizers Cheese ball/crackers Veggie tray Guest contribution Dinner Turkey Gravy Mashed potatoes Mashed rutabagas Dressing Cranberry sauce Green beans Dessert Pecan pie Pumpkin pie Guest contribution Schedule Tuesday evening -Dry brine turkey/cover -Rolls in fridge to thaw -Cheese ball in fridge to thaw -Wine in fridge to chill [i]Wednesday morning[/i] -Make cranberry sauce (ceramic bowl, cover with wrap) -Make pecan pie -Make salad for pizza dinner (large Tupperware container) -Make fruit salad for pizza dinner (large bowl, cover) -Make gravy base -Set table [i]Wednesday evening[/i] Dinner: Pizza, salad, fruit salad -Peel/cut potatoes, put in ice water (large Tupperware container) -Uncover turkey Thursday Breakfast: Quiches, fruit salad, muffins, coffee 10:30 Turkey out, unwrapped 11:40 Preheat oven to 350 11:45 Start dressing in crock pot 12:00 Turkey in oven 1:00 Wine open to breathe 1:45 Stir dressing 2:00 Appetizers/cocktails -Cheese ball and crackers out, big white plate -Veggie tray out, brown tray/silver dish -Guest contribution 3:10 Put potatoes on (large silver pot) Turkey out, cover with foil and towels Gravy on (small silver pot with lid) Put rutabagas in oven 3:30 Put rolls in oven Set out cranberries Set out butter 3:40 Drain potatoes (silver colander) 3:45 Mash potatoes, cover with towel DH carve turkey, cover with foil (blue platter) Aunt-in-law sets water on table (ice bucket); re-ups wine 3:50 Microwave green beans, blue bowl Stir dressing Rolls out of oven/white bowl with towel, on table Rutabegas out 4 p.m. Dinner 5 p.m. Offer coffee, dessert |
Anonymous
| This is crazy organized. I'm impressed! |
Anonymous
| Only thing missing that I see, unless you are buying them, when are you making the quiches? |
Anonymous
| No rolls? Or biscuits? |
Anonymous
There are rolls in the plan. In both the menu list and the master plan. |
Anonymous
Oops, not in menu list but yes in the master plan. |
Anonymous
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We do mac n' cheese (Costco's is really good) for the kids. Rutabega would not fly in our family.
Also, if you need room in your refrigerator - leave the wine outside/in the garage/in your car. Same for other hardy things like rolls |
Anonymous
OP here. Thank you for the suggestion, but my ILs insist on rutabegas (I don't care for them), and my kids only like the blue box of mac and cheese; I refuse to make that kind for a holiday meal. 
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Anonymous
| Why do people eat thanksgiving dinner so early? I’d move everything back by 2 hrs. |
Anonymous
My ILs are elderly and can't drive late at night. They prefer to get on the road as early as possible. This is the latest we could push it per their wishes. |
Anonymous
| Holy crap you're organized. All we know is we'll have 6 adults and 2 toddlers (maybe 2 more adults and 1 more toddler; they haven't confirmed yet). We also have very vague ideas around what we might make. |
Anonymous
Its a long day. I'm ready for it to be over by 7pm. |
Anonymous
| OP which items are you buying? Because I don’t see making quiche, muffins, veggie tray, or pumpkin pie in your timeline |
Anonymous
Because you'll be exhausted. Cooks have been working for days. Clean up takes forever. |
Anonymous
I'm buying all of those but the pie, which DH is making. ILs are brining the rutabegas. I didn't post my shopping list, but it's all on there!
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