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[quote=Anonymous]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)

[b]Menu[/b]

[i]Appetizers[/i]
Cheese ball/crackers
Veggie tray
Guest contribution

[i]Dinner[/i]
Turkey
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Mashed rutabagas
Dressing
Cranberry sauce
Green beans

[i]Dessert[/i]
Pecan pie
Pumpkin pie
Guest contribution

[b]Schedule[/b]

[b]Tuesday evening[/b]
-Dry brine turkey/cover
-Rolls in fridge to thaw
-Cheese ball in fridge to thaw
-Wine in fridge to chill

[i][i]Wednesday morning[/i][/i][b]
-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][i]Wednesday evening[/i][/i][/b]
[i]Dinner: Pizza, salad, fruit salad[/i]
-Peel/cut potatoes, put in ice water (large Tupperware container)
-Uncover turkey

[b]Thursday[/b]
[i]Breakfast: Quiches, fruit salad, muffins, coffee[/i]

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
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